Sweeps

BASEBALL UC Irvine 9, Sacramento State 7 IRVINE — Tommy Reyes and D.J. Crumlich combined for six runs batted in to help No. 22-ranked UC Irvine to the nonleague sweep Sunday. Reyes was four for four with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored, while Crumlich posted two hits, drew a pair of walks and also scored twice. Jordan Leyland went two for four with two RBIs, while Brian Hernandez posted am RBI on two hits as well as registering a save on the mound for UCI (12-1)

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Grossmont COSTA MESA - Dillon Emery had 18 kills to help lead the Pirates to a 25-19, 25-22, 25-18 Pacific Coast Conference win Friday. Rusty Sary had 10 kills, Michael Ensign had 34 assists and Victor Schaefer had eight digs for OCC (9-4, 6-1 in conference).

BASEBALL Doubleheader COSTA MESA — Host Vanguard won with mass production and with supreme efficiency to sweep both nonconference games against La Sierra on Wendesday. The Lions (20-24) had 12 hits in a 9-8 win in Game 1, then managed a 3-1 triumph despite collecting only two hits. Tyson Leighton went three for five with three runs batted in in the opener, including a home run and a triple. Gabriel Garcia pitched six shoutout innings, allowing one hit, in the seven-inning finale to improve to 7-4. Mike Leal and Robert Purpura posted saves for the Lions.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Estancia def. Segerstrom COSTA MESA - Middle blocker Christian Aguilar had seven kills and four blocks in the Eagles' 25-22, 25-14, 25-11 nonleague sweep on Thursday. Lucas Perreira contributed nine kills for Estancia. The Eagles (2-5) open Orange Coast League play at Laguna Beach on Tuesday at 6 p.m. * BOYS' GOLF Estancia 200, Lakewood 208 COSTA MESA - Senior Jake Knapp shot a two-under-par 33 to earn medalist honors in the Eagles' nonleague match Costa Mesa Mesa Linda Golf Course on Thursday.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Corona del Mar def. Woodbridge CORONA DEL MAR - Junior opposite James Christian finished with eight kills as the Sea Kings got closer to repeating as undefeated Pacific Coast League champions with a 25-10, 25-11, 25-14 victory Friday. Joey Martino added five kills for CdM (20-6, 9-0 in league), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll. The Sea Kings close out league play at home against University at 5:15 p.m. * BASEBALL Corona del Mar 9, Irvine 0 CORONA DEL MAR - Senior Billy Macdonald threw a shutout in the Sea Kings' Pacific Coast League game Friday.

The Costa Mesa High boys and girls cross country teams defeated visiting Ocean View in a Golden West League dual meet Monday. The Mesa girls swept the top seven places to record a 15-40 triumph. The Mustang boys won, 25-30. Junior Kayla Flores remained undefeated in league, winning the three-mile girls race in 19 minutes, 38 seconds. Sophomore Luis Genis (second in 17:03) paced Mesa's boys. Jasmin Day (19:48), Emily Cotton (19:50), Jenny Sparks (20:05)

Orange Coast College's women's volleyball team make quick work of visiting Skagit Valley College of Washington Monday, posting a 30-24, 30-22, 30-21 victory over the Cardinal. "Overall we had a good performance," said OCC Coach Chuck Cutenese. "We used three different lineups with three different setters and all three did a great job." Katja Muller led Coast with 10 kills, while Melissa Roberts finished with 10. Rachelle Suesoff had 13 assists and Amber McCarthy had 12. Janelle Jeremiah played well defensively, with eight digs.

The Ensign eighth-grade boys volleyball team remained undefeated with a 25-12, 25-16 victory over Dwyer Oct. 28. Dusty Campbell and Mark Libermann served eight and six consecutive points, respectively, in the first set while Kyle Caldwell added four kills. R.J. D'Cruz converted several kills on sets from Erik Bonn and Garrett Heiser and Andrew Kaban made two diving saves to maintain possession. Jimmy Burger served to put Ensign ahead in the second set with John Puppo adding a few digs.

Alicia Robinson Democratic congressional candidate Jim Brandt questioned the recent community sweeps by the U.S. Border Patrol in a statement he issued Monday. The border patrol, now under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security, began searching the Inland Empire for illegal immigrants earlier this month. In Brandt's statement, the candidate called on the Bush administration to explain the sweeps, which critics have said are based on racial profiling.

CERRITOS - Playing with a very sore left shoulder, Sage Hill School senior Robbe Simon kept battling. The lefty said he felt pain, particularly when serving. But there was no way Simon was going to take a seat in Monday's CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinal boys' tennis match at Cerritos Regional Park. Simon swept a difficult Whitney singles lineup, somehow getting through three tough sets against Vignesh Sadras, Ruthwick Pathireddy and Sathwick Pathireddy. Simon, who Coach A.G. Longoria has called the best player in program history, stayed undefeated in the playoffs.

CORONA DEL MAR - In the corner of the Corona del Mar High gym, three banners hang near each other. They are the latest championships the boys' volleyball team has won, dating back to last season. The Sea Kings on Tuesday night moved a step closer to defending one of those titles. They earned the right to go for back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division 2 crowns. Second-seeded CdM swept West Ranch of Valencia, 25-12, 25-20, 25-18, in the semifinals at home. No opponent has challenged CdM (25-6)

In a marathon meeting that concluded after 3 a.m. Wednesday, the Costa Mesa City Council pushed through plans to outsource the city jail and street-sweeping services to private companies. "Today is a momentous day, a great day," said Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer. "... I know we're going in the right direction, and I think by the time this is over I think the rest of the city will too. " Councilwoman Wendy Leece, who cast the lone dissenting vote in 4-1 splits on the jail and street-sweeping measures, said such an important decision should not be made in the early-morning hours, when most community members have gone home.

The Costa Mesa City Council will consider Tuesday whether to outsource five city services, more than a year since the wheels were first set in motion amid furious protests from city workers and local activists. City staff are recommending Costa Mesa outsource its jail services and street sweeping but keep its animal control, building inspections and video production in-house. Staff recommend that the city contract with G4S Secure Solutions, a worldwide company owned by Danish security firm Group 4 Falck.

CORONA DEL MAR - In quite a few boys' volleyball matches this season, Corona del Mar High has relied quite heavily on outside hitter Parker Brown and middle blocker Jack Reed. While that was also the case in Saturday night's 25-19, 25-23, 25-19 CIF Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal win over Trabuco Hills at CdM, it took a total team effort during the most crucial moments. And that team effort will take the Sea Kings to another home match, a semifinal showdown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

NEWPORT BEACH - Coach Steve Astor said there is one boys' volleyball team Newport Harbor High has wanted to play all season. The Sailors earned a shot to face that team. Newport Harbor gets to see Dana Hills after the host Sailors swept Ventura, 27-25, 25-14, 25-16, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs on Tuesday. While Astor said the site of Thursday's second-round matchup between the Sailors (22-8) and Dolphins (29-4) would be decided by a coin flip on Wednesday morning, he doesn't care where the match is played.

COSTA MESA — It was back to business for the Orange Coast College baseball team on Sunday. And, as has been the case during a monumental 2012 season, business is booming for the Pirates. The No. 1-ranked team in the state, which is also ranked atop one national poll, hammered Los Angeles Valley, 9-1, to complete a best-of-three sweep in the Southern California Regional held Saturday and Sunday at OCC. The Pirates needed extra innings to prevail, 6-5, on Saturday, when they lost a 4-0 lead in the ninth and fell behind in the 10th, before rallying for the walk-off triumph.

LOS ANGELES - All through its postseason run, the deepest team UC Irvine men's volleyball Coach John Speraw ever had kept shuffling the deck. But in the NCAA final against top-ranked USC on Saturday night, the Anteaters merely rode their same hot hand. Senior opposite Carson Clark, a four-time All-American, pounded a match-high 22 kills with a .465 hitting percentage to help the No. 2-ranked 'Eaters top to Trojans, 25-22, 34-32, 26-24, in front of 9,612 at USC's Galen Center.

Orange Coast College sophomores Chris Carlson and Keegan Yuhl swept top honors to lead eight Pirates who collected All-Orange Empire Conference honors in baseball. Carlson's .440 batting average is third in the state and he has seven home runs and 42 runs batted in heading into the best-of-three Southern California Regional series beginning Saturday at 11 a.m. at OCC. Carlson batted .471 with six homers and 23 RBIs in conference play to help the Pirates (31-4-1) win their first outright title since 1987.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Corona del Mar def. Woodbridge CORONA DEL MAR — Junior opposite James Christian finished with eight kills as the Sea Kings got closer to repeating as undefeated Pacific Coast League champions with a 25-10, 25-11, 25-14 victory Friday. Joey Martino added five kills for CdM (20-6, 9-0 in league), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll. The Sea Kings close out league play at home against University Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. * BASEBALL Corona del Mar 9, Irvine 0 CORONA DEL MAR — Senior Billy Macdonald threw a shutout in the Sea Kings' Pacific Coast League game Friday.