San Luis Obispo

SAN LUIS OBISPO — When you win 18 of your first 20 baseball games, it usually involves a variety of means. In the Big West Conference opener Friday night at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Irvine proved it not always uses distance but direction and, perhaps, more finesse than force that is needed to produce victory. In the end, the Anteaters (18-2), ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball, used more perseverance than punch to produce a 12-4 come-from-behind triumph over the Mustangs (8-13)

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UC Irvine 84, SAN LUIS OBISPO — Stephanie Duda scored a career-high 22 points to go with 11 rebounds and five steals, to key the Big West Conference-opening win Thursday. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 73   Angie Ned scored 15 points, while Miranda Forry and Annie Mai had 14 each. Rebecca Maessen had 12 for UCI (3-11). Big West Conference UCI -- Duda 22, Ned 15, Mai 14, Forry 14, Maessen 12, Ishizaki 5, Johnson 2. UC Irvine 84, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 73   3-pt.

Siedsma-Castillo Mr. and Mrs. David Siedsma of Costa Mesa announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Christine Siedsma of Costa Mesa to Eric Wayne Castillo of Long Beach. The bride-elect graduated from Costa Mesa High School. The future bridegroom, son of Jose Castillo and Barbara Machenry of Long Beach, graduated from Los Alamitos High School and is attending Orange Coast College. The couple plans to marry in May 2006. Chute-Lear Mary Lear and Bob and Karen Lear of Newport Beach announce the engagement of their son, Bradley Lewis Lear of Newport Beach to Kelly Margaret Chute of San Luis Obispo.

SAN LUIS OBISPO ? The UC Irvine baseball team pounded out 12 hits in a 4-3 Big West Conference victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Friday night. Jaime Martinez went 3 for 4 with a run and Matt Morris went 3 for 5 with a run and an RBI. Danny McCarthy and Gary Dudrey added two hits each for UC Irvine (20-16, 2-6 in conference). Dylan Axelrod hurled 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win for UCI, which goes for the series win today in a 1 p.m. game. Closer Blair Erickson made his first start of the season, giving up two runs and striking out six in four innings.

SAN LUIS OBISPO ? The UC Irvine baseball team surrendered the game-winning run on a passed ball to ruin a strong start by Justin Cassel in a 2-1 Big West Conference loss at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Thursday. Jimmy Ostrand, who had tripled with one out, scored one out later in the sixth on a passed ball by UCI catcher Aaron Lowenstein. UCI fell to 19-16, 1-6 in conference, while Cal Poly improved to 21-15, 5-2. Jaime Martinez had two doubles, one of which drove in a run, to pace the Anteaters' five-hit attack.

SAN LUIS OBISPO - Orange Coast College's women's basketball team advanced to the championship game in the Cuesta Tournament at San Luis Obispo with a 97-60 romp over Taft. Erin Tomlinson led the Pirates with 18 points, and Leah Wilde and Karyn Fierst each scored 14 for OCC. The game was never close, with OCC taking a 46-25 halftime lead. The championship game is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Cuesta College. CUESTA TOURNAMENT OCC 97, Taft 60 Taft: Mahoney 20, Smith 12, Day 8, Franco 6, Carter 5, Miller 4, Yaden 2, Hall 2, Dugan 1. 3 pt: Franco 2. Foul Outs: None Technicals: None OCC: Tomlinson 18, Fierst 14, Wilde 14, Johnson 9, Middlebrooke 9, Urban 8, Akins 7, Steward 7, Masuda 5, Lewis 2, Redmond 2. 3-pt: Fierst 2, Wilde 2, Akins 1. Foul Outs: None Technicals: None Halftime: OCC, 46-25.

Football Division VI 1. Newport Harbor 2. Orange Lutheran 3. Charter Oak 4. Los Altos 5. Mayfair 6. Valencia 7. Villa Park 8. Aliso Niguel 9. Irvine 10. (tie) Bonita and La Mirada Boys cross country Division III 1. Servite 2. Oak Park 3, Cabrillo 4. Northwood 5. San Luis Obispo 6. Corona del Mar 7. Santa Margarita 8. Chino Hills 9. Barstow 10. Nordhoff Girls cross country Division III 1. Corona del Mar 2. Rim of the World 3. Oak Park 4. Rosary 5. Yucca Valley 6. Lompoc 7. Bonita 8. St. Joseph/Lakewood 9. San Luis Obispo 10. Santa Margarita Boys water polo Division I 1. Long Beach Wilson 2. Harvard/Westlake 3. El Toro 4. Newport Harbor 5. Foothill 6. Corona del Mar 7. San Clemente 8. Northwood 9. Loyola 10. Laguna Hills

1924 to 2009 Fran, as she liked to be called, passed away with family at her side on November 4, 2009. She lost her valiant battle against the terrible disease Pulmonary Fibrosis. Having led a full life, she was a tremendous wife and mother, great cook and swing dancer, and accomplished golfer. Fran had three hole-in-ones during numerous enjoyable rounds of golf in Southern and Central California and could (and did) dance her three sons into the dance floor! She is survived by Rush Hill, II, a Newport Beach architect, and his wife Linda (son and wife)

IRVINE - The first 11 shots clanged off the rim at the start of Saturday's game for the UC Irvine women's basketball team. Junior forward Jasmine Bernard finally made the 12th shot, a layup on Kelly Meggs' assist. But the Anteaters were already in a big hole against visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. UC Irvine Coach Doug Oliver has seen the poor shooting for much of the early season. So far, the lack of scoring is making it difficult for UCI to score wins in the Big West Conference.

WOMEN'S GOLF Big West Conference Championships SAN LUIS OBISPO - UC Irvine finished second and Anteaters redshirt freshman Michelle Yang finished third in the three-day event completed Tuesday at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. Yang shot one-under-par 71 in the final round to make her 54-hole total 224, four shots back of champion Bev Vatananugulkit of UC Davis. Sophomore Ronnie Valerio tied for eighth (229) while junior Michelle Park tied for 13th at 231. Senior Lalita Patipaksiri tied for 16th at 233 and sophomore Sara Banke tied for 29th at 238. UCI's team score of 911 was 13 shots behind victorious UC Davis.

Bernice Hazel Clausen Lykke passed away peacefully July 11, 2010, at the age of 92, in Corona del Mar.  She was born in Templeton, Calif., on May 13, 1918, to Lulu Johnson Clausen and Fritz Olaf Clausen in the Templeton Hotel, which was their home and the site of their business. She was the youngest of four children. She attended Templeton High School, trained in a nursing program and became a nurse's aide for the Red Cross in the early World War II years.  For many years she was the assistant to Al Rhodes, the superintendent of schools, in San Luis Obispo.

SAN LUIS OBISPO — UC Irvine senior Christian Bergman failed to put post a third straight strong start and the Anteaters relievers fared little better as host Cal Poly San Luis Obispo posted a 15-7 win Saturday to even the Big West Conference series at one game apiece. UCI (28-16, 9-5 in conference) led, 2-0 and 4-1, before it had to rally to pull even at 6-6 with two runs in the fifth. But Cal Poly (14-28, 6-11) scored two in the fifth, then broke it open with six in the seventh to make today’s 2 p.m. series finale a rubber game.

BASEBALL UC Irvine 3, Cal Poly SLO 1 SAN LUIS OBISPO — Senior All-American Danny Bibona allowed one run and five hits in eight innings and became the school’s career strikeouts leader in the Big West Conference road game Friday. Bibona struck out six and did not walk a batter. He now has 330 strikeouts as an Anteater, three more than Scott Gorgen amassed in three seasons (2006-08). Casey Stevenson went two for five with two runs batted in and Sean Madigan was two for five with one RBI to lead the offense for UCI (28-15, 9-4 in conference)