Cabrillo wins Black & Blue Week Opener: Tennis,XC,Water Polo,& Volleyball

A disappointed Paty Martinez leaves the court after dropping her first round match to Ashley Pennewell (following).


The Cabrillo Conquistadors and the Lompoc Braves will meet in head-to-head match-ups three times this week. Tuesday was Tennis at Lompoc, Wednesday is Girls Golf at Cabrillo (VCC), and Thursday is Volleyball. To the tete-a-tete contests, you can also add the Wednesday LPL All-Duals Meet (at Templeton), and the LPL Girls Golf Tournament #4 (at Morro Bay) to the compendium of competitions between the two valley schools this week.



LPL Girls Tennis

The LPL begins its second pass through the round-robin schedule with two teams ranked in the Division IV Top 10 - Santa Ynez (4th) & St. Joe (6th). [Ranks]

Santa Ynez (12-1, 6-0 LPL) 11, Mission Prep 7
The Pirates won 6 points in singles, and 5 in doubles. While they freely substituted, Santa Ynez Exchange student Nathalia Chaddad [Brazil] played and won all three sets.

St. Joseph (6-1 LPL) 13, Morro Bay 5
Ane McPike lost just one singles game, but this match was won in doubles where the Knights only surrendered two games. Duos Shelby Brooks / Sammy White & Christine Noe / Whitney Bouquet each swept three sets (all 6-0). While Kayla Zimmer / Victoria Thomas won both their sets 6-0.

@Templeton 15, Santa Maria (0-9, 0-7 LPL) 3
The Saint's Belgian exchange student Astrid Schifflers had two singles points.

CABRILLO Vs. LOMPOC

Varsity @ Dave Bickmore Courts
Cabrillo (5-2 LPL) 15 Lompoc 3

Lompoc's Loretta Jensen tries to fire up the troops after a 1-5 first round on Tuesday. It didn't work. The Conqs came out on fire and stayed that way.

Singles: Cabrillo 7-2
Ashley Pennewell [C]
def Paty Martinez [L] 6-1
def Sameeha Husayn [L] 6-1
def Nicole Nomany [L] 6-0

Julie Leyva [C]
def Martinez 6-2 [L]
def Husayn 6-2 [L]
def Nomany 6-0 [L]

Nikki Piertsegaele [C]
def Martinez [L] 6-3

Sameeha Husayn [L]
def Amy de Vonage [C] 6-0

Nicole Nomany [L]
def Nikki Piertsegaele [C] 6-1

Doubles: Cabrillo 8-1
Brissa Montes / Jessica Montes [C]
def Dana Campitelli / Maria Morales [L] 6-1
def Kaitlin Munoz / Elicity Fabing [L] 6-3
def Renee Xiong / Jessica Cosio [L] 6-0

Lanae Magers / Katy Carlson [C]
lost to Campitelli / Morales [L] 4-6
def Munoz / Fabing [L] 6-3
def Xiong / Korina Esqueda [L] 6-2

Jocelyn Walton / Elke Piertsegaele [C]
def Campitelli / Morales [L] 6-1
def Munoz / Fabing [L] 7-6 (7-5)
def Xiong / Esqueda [L] 6-1

Junior Varsity @ Ryon Park
Cabrillo 12 Lompoc 6

Cabrillo has been forced off their home courts since the LUSD began work on them about the time school started. They practice around the pits at CHS, but play matches at the Ryon Park courts - which could use some work as well. Lompoc made this one closer than their earlier meeting but couldn't quite pick up additional sets. There were no subs in this one because Lompoc doesn't really have them, and Cabrillo didn't have the transportation to bring any.

Singles: Cabrillo 7-2
Andriana Siefe [C]
def Emily Tremblay [L] 6-3
def Gold Vang [L] 7-6 (7-5)
def Katelynn Lee [L] 6-1

Ashley Bowman [C]
def Tremblay [L] 6-3
lost to Vang [L] 4-6
def Lee [L] 6-1

Bree Piper-Williams [C]
lost to Tremblay [L] 3-6
def Vang [L] 6-3
def Lee [L] 6-3

Doubles: Cabrillo 5-4
Lompoc's #1 Doubles pair (Ashley Branson / Azucena Villalobos) swept [7-5, 6-3, 6-3].

Kaitlyn Phillips / Lauren Daulton [C]
lost to Branson / Villalobos [L] 5-7
def Serena Zuares / Julie Abrego [L] 6-3
def Isabel Anguiano / Rosa Carreno [L] 6-0

Eisha Ayyar / Alena Tabor [C]
lost to Branson / Villalobos [L] 3-6
def Zuares / Abrego [L] 6-4
def Anguiano / Carreno [L] 6-3

Kaylin Rentschler / Eloisa Castillo [C]
lost to Branson / Villalobos [L]3-6
lost to Zuares / Abrego [L] 6-7 (5-7)
def Anguiano / Carreno [L] 6-2


Cross- Country : Clovis 2008
{Woodward Park Fresno,CA}


Cabrillo joined several hundred of their favorite harriers for the 3rd most renowned meet in California (behind Mt. SAC and the state championships) on this years state final course.

Race #8 - Girl's High School Varsity Med Sch : 10:25
27 Schools, 159 Runners

[Place, School, Points,
Team_Time, Avg_Runner,
Finish_Order, Scoring_Order]

21 Cabrillo 557
1:52:12, 22:26,
92 114 120 123 136 143 146
87 109 114 117 130 136 138

Place, Last, First, Grade, School, Time, 2007 (Diff)

92 Heter Britni 11 Cabrillo 21:35 22:14 (-0:39)
114 Sidhu Chelsey 11 Cabrillo 22:17 21:27 (+0:50)
120 Rich Karina 9 Cabrillo 22:30
123 Merana Lora 10 Cabrillo 22:38
136 Roell Dean 10 Cabrillo 23:12 23:06 (+0:06)
143 Rodriquez Bianca 11 Cabrillo 24:16
146 Peterson Jamie 12 Cabrillo 24:29

Race #9 - Boy's High School Varsity Med Sch : 10:55
30 Schools, 178 Runners


[Place, School, Points,
Team_Time, Avg_Runner,
Finish_Order, Scoring_Order]

14 Cabrillo 357
1:26:13, 17:14,
25 29 89 103 119
25 29 87 100 116

Place, Last, First, Grade, School, Time, 2007 (Diff)

25 Block Levi 11 Cabrillo 16:40 16:12 (+0:28)
29 Tovar Eddie 12 Cabrillo 16:46 17:19 (-0:33)
89 Hopson Jeshua 11 Cabrillo 17:26 17:46 (-0:20)
103 Hernandez Johnny 11 Cabrillo 17:35 17:12 (+0:23)
119 Odam Eric 11 Cabrillo 17:46

LPL Boys Water Polo

Lompoc [2-1 LPL] 12 @ Santa Maria 6
The Braves "stole" the win at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center pool, with four players having five or more steals. The combination of Kyle Pickles & Daniel Dunaetz was deadly - each had 5 goals, 5 steals, and several ejections drawn. Kyle Thumm keyed the defense with 6 blocks in goal, and ball thieves Alex Stone (6) and Robert Macias (5) helped play keep-away.
Both teams are back in action this weekend at the Santa Maria Tournament, with two games apiece on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday, Lompoc faces East Covis (3pm) & Santa Maria (5 pm). The Saints follow that at 7 pm with a match vs. Bullard [Fresno]. Saturdays games are determined by Friday's results.

Cabrillo hosts Santa Ynez at the COLAC on Wednesday (2:40 pm), for LPL supremacy. Also on Wednesday St. Joseph hosts Morro Bay at Allan Hancock College at 3:30 pm.

LPL Girls Volleyball
NOTE: The Braves and Conquistadors lock horns on Thursday.
[JV/Frosh info will be posted ASAP as an update to this post]
Lompoc (1-5 LPL) 3, Santa Maria (0-6 LPL) 1
The Braves Win !! The Braves Win !!! The Braves Wiiiiiiiiiin !!!!!!!!!!
Lompoc, which has been knocking on the door all season, finally just busted down the door with a win at Santa Maria's Wilson Gym on Tuesday.
The Braves 25-22, 22-25, 25-13, 25-21 nailbiter was the first varsity win in nearly two years. As usual, Cameron Lizarraga [12 kills, 4 blocks] controlled the net with the assistance of Erica Slikker [6 kills, 1 block].

Santa Ynez (12-2, 6-0 LPL) 3, Cabrillo 0
The Pirates breezed through the Conqs in straight games - 25-13, 25-17, 25-15. Jessica Farley (11 kills), Tiffany Lee (8 kills), and Kaylee Long (5 aces) were leaders for the locals. Kelsey Soos was again spectacular - 9 kills, 32 assists, 6 aces. Aly Squires had 9 kills and five aces, Rachael Szyller had 8 kills in 9 attempts, and Caitlyn Wright (9 kills, 5 digs, 5 aces, 0 hitting errors) was everywhere for the Pirates. Skyler Jacobsen contributed 4 digs. The Pirates host San Marcos in a non-league match on Thursday.

JV Coach Jennifer Smith writes

Aww, it finally happened. . . we lost. . . in 2 (17-25 and 24-26 – we almost had them in this one!) to Santa Ynez. The girls played a great defensive game by holding Santa Ynez to a total of 4 aces!! (Last season, we allowed them 25 aces in 3 games!) Kristina Goodchild had 10 digs, 2 aces and 2 kills, Cathy Lynes had 8 digs and Kiley Shae Aldridge had 12 assists.

Morro Bay (4-4, 3-2 LPL) traveled to Templeton

St. Joseph (5-1 LPL) hosted Laguna Blanca (7-1) in a non-league contest and was decisively beaten 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-17). Jackie Harvey (14 kills), Katie Borden (10 kills), and Annie Varni (8 kills, 5 blocks) led the Owls. -- el stato