BASEBALL
Orange Coast 11,
Southwestern 8
COSTA MESA — Pirates sophomore center fielder Cory Olson drove in the go-ahead run to break an 8-8 tie in the eighth inning of the nonconference game Tuesday at OCC.
Freshman catcher Jourdan Watanabe went four for five with two RBIs, while OCC teammates Chris Fung and Austin Elliott, a Corona del Mar High product, each went three for five to help the hosts pound out 21 hits.
Sophomore Kyle Muhlsteff went two for four with two triples and two RBIs and freshman Ryan Dunn added a pair of hits for the Pirates (5-1-1), for whom freshman Brett Wallach earned his fourth save.
Sophomore Justin Peterson, a Costa Mesa High product, earned the victory in relief.
Southwestern fell to 4-1.
Nonconference
Orange Coast 11, Southwestern 11
SCORE BY INNINGS
Sanford, Yoquigua (5), Davis (5), Martinez (7), Flint (8), Soto (8) and Wannamaker; Rosenhahn, Jacobson (5), Peterson (7), Wallach (9) and Watantbe. W – Peterson, 1-0. L – Flint. Sv – Wallach (4). 2B – Watanabe (OCC), Wallach (OCC), Dunn (OCC). 3B – Muhlsteff (OCC) 2, Elliott (OCC). HR – Farris (SW).
MEN’S TENNIS
Orange Coast 6, El Camino 1
COSTA MESA — Landon Draper, Sea Novin, Kevin Saenz, Pat Lamb and Kevin Tran each recorded victories in singles to help the short-handed Pirates to a nonconference win in their season opener Tuesday.
OCC played with five players instead of the required six, as did El Camino. So there was no No. 6 singles match and no third doubles match.
Pirates’ first-year coach Chris Ketcham said his team will be at full strength on Thursday when OCC plays host to Los Angeles Pierce. Some OCC players have needed their eligibility confirmed, Ketcham said.
Nonconference
Orange Coast, El Camino 1
Singles – Villicana (OCC) lost to Boggero, 3-6, 4-6; Draper (OCC) def. Novin, 6-0, 6-2; Saenz (OCC) def. Koble, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Lamb (OCC) def. Bohlman, 6-3, 7-6; Tran (OCC) def. Kang, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles – Tran-Draper (OCC) def. Boggero-Novin, 8-1; Villicana-Saenz (OCC) def. Koble-Bohlman, 8-0.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Cal Baptist 66, Vanguard 60
COSTA MESA — The host Lions shot 25% from the field in the first half, incurring a 32-22 deficit that proved too much to overcome in the Golden State Athletic Conference clash Tuesday at The Pit.
Cal Baptist (17-3, 9-3 in conference) shot 48% from the field in the first half and 50% after the break to push Vanguard (13-7, 7-5) farther away from the top three teams in the conference.
