Corona del Mar knocks off Huntington Beach in four

Corona del Mar High’s girls volleyball team opened its season with a

four-game nonleague victory over visiting Huntington Beach, 25-19,

25-15, 20-25, 27-25, on Thursday.

The Sea Kings, ranked No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division

III-A, received 14 kills from junior Lindsey Ensign and 13 from

junior Jordan Smith.

Senior setter Ashley Bill had a game-high 27 assists to go with 16

digs by junior Breanne Ogden and three service aces by senior Lauren

Snell.

Lightning downed, 12-5

* WATER POLO: Sage Hill School seniors Antony Milovantsev and

Tyler Youngblood scored two goals each, but the Lightning boys water

polo team lost its season opener to Rancho Alamitos, 12-5, at Corona

del Mar High Thursday night.

John Neff also scored a goal for Sage Hill, which was down, 6-5,

with two minutes to play in the third quarter, then Rancho pulled

away. The Lightning will return to action Saturday at noon at Webb.

Sage Hill wins opener

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team won its

season opener with a 25-18, 25-8, 25-10 victory over California

School for the Deaf in Riverside Thursday.

Sophomore Cat Dailey led Sage Hill with seven kills and sophomore

Vista Murphy contributed five, while sophomore Sophia Hillgren

produced 11 service aces.

The Lightning will return to action Saturday at the Southern

California Tournament of Champions hosted by El Modena.

CdM’s McKitterick shines

* GOLF: In her first high school golf match ever, sophomore

transfer Katie McKitterick led the way for the Corona del Mar High

girls golf team in its 234-239 nonleague victory over host Woodbridge

-- the season opener for both teams -- Thursday at the par-36 Rancho

San Joaquin Golf Course in Irvine.

McKitterick, a three-sport star who earned Girls Athlete of the

Year honors last year at Sage Hill School, shot 41 to earn medalist

honors.

Katie Albright and Veronica Friedman each fired 44 for CdM (1-0),

which also got support from Caitlin McDonald (52) and Maggie Nelson

(53).

Newport edges Dana Hills

* GOLF: Newport Harbor’s girls golf team opened its season

Thursday with a 239-240 nonleague victory over visiting Dana Hills at

the par-34 Santa Ana Country Club.

Natalie Draganza and Kayleigh Horn each shot 42 to lead Newport

(1-0), followed by two 51s from Katie McKay and Marissa Zehnder. Erin

Callahan shot 53.

Dana Hills’ Jackie Kazarian shot a 1-over-par 35 to earn medalist

honors.

Anteaters remember 9/11

* SOCCER: A ceremony for the Sept. 11 tragedy of two years ago

will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight prior to the UC Irvine men’s soccer

game against Loyola Marymount at Anteater Stadium.

Numerous police and firefighters will be there to participate in

the tribute on the field, as part of a collaboration of the Kids

Helping Kids Program, Orange County Fire Authority, and Irvine Police

Department.

The night also kicks off an initiative called Heroes Wear Helmets

that encourages wearing a helmet when biking, skateboarding, or

riding a scooter.

Bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and helmets will be raffled off

at halftime.

Sailors open with road win

* FIELD HOCKEY: Newport Harbor’s field hockey team defeated host

Harvard-Westlake, 3-1, in the nonleague opener for both teams

Thursday on artificial turf.

Senior Dana Owad scored the first goal of the game on a corner off

an assist from senior Jillianne Whitfield before Harvard-Westlake

tied it, 1-1, four minutes before halftime.

Ashley Harrison scored the game-winning goal with 8:20 left in the

game off an back-handed assist from Kristen Jendrusina and Reese

Simmons capped the scoring with a goal four minutes later on a pass

from Harrison.

Amanda Wittman made four saves for Newport (1-0), which lost to

Harvard-Westlake, 1-0, in a shootout in last season’s Tournament of

Champions final.

Mustangs defeat ‘Runners

* TENNIS: Costa Mesa High’s girls tennis team opened its season

Thursday with a 13-5 Golden West League win over Saddleback.

Mesa (1-0) didn’t lose a set in doubles as the No. 1 team of

Ashley Harrison and Qyuen Nguyen swept, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2, followed by

Maria Garcia and Uyen Le’s 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 triumph at No. 2. Hong-An

Nguyen and partner Leah Le claimed a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 sweep.

Evelyn Wallace lost just one game at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0,

while Paulina Rodriguez won a set and Jasmine Mathieson came on

strong in the final two sets.

Orange Coast wins by forfeit

* GOLF: Host Irvine Valley College had to forfeit because it

couldn’t field enough players, so the Orange Coast College women’s

golf team automatically tallied a win in a Orange Empire Conference

match Wednesday that also included Santiago and Saddleback on the

par-71 Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine.

OCC still played and shot 354 while Santiago fired a 363 and

Saddleback a 343. Lorraine Fernando and Laura Sumpter each shot 85s

for Coast (1-2, 1-0 in the OEC) with Ashlee Kendall (89) and Joanne

Durocher (95) rounding out the scoring.