Page 6 May 7, 2015 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Eagles from page 5 explosive homeruns and at times, explosive tempers. Coach Cameron took out his frustrations on one of the umpires and was at odds with Saxon Coach Howard Miller over an obstruction call at the plate. Trailing 4-0, El Segundo broke through in the third with an RBI triple by freshman sensation Monique Benjamin and a sacrifice by Allison Tatnall to make it 4-2. The inning ended when Pelegrin was called out for leaving third base early. When Cameron came out for an explanation the umpire was emphatic that the runner left “late” and said it four times, “She’s late.” It was an explanation that didn’t resonate with Cameron until the umpire changed and he said, “She left early, she’s out”. North continued to add to their lead in the fifth inning and batted around the lineup to make it to make ot 10-2. Allison Tatnall and Julie Roach seemed to take the frustration the Eagles were feeling and unleashed a couple of tape-measure home runs to bring the Eagles’ deficit to 10-5. Benjamin took over for El Segundo pitcher Shannon Brooker for the final two innings and held the Saxons in check. In the sixth, the Eagles got themselves a run closer when Benjamin scored Katherine Burner on an RBI single to make it 10-6 but that’s as close as they would come The Eagles completed their sweep of the El Segundo Tournament by defeating City Section perennial powerhouse San Pedro 5-2 and then knocking of Port of L.A. 4-0 in the final. Brooker was strong in the circle against San Pedro, limiting the Pirates to two runs on four hits and getting eight strikeouts as she improved to 12-3 on the year. The Eagles reached the finals for the third consecutive year and Coach Cameron went with Benjamin. All the freshman did was limit the Bears to just three hits and strike out six. Coupled with her two other wins in the tournament, including a no-hitter against Bishop Montgomery, and driving in the eventual winning run in the finals, she was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. In the third inning Benjamin had an RBI double that saw POLA’s Savannah Ramirez and Vanessa Munoz collide in the outfield. The collision allowed Emily Skulick to score from first base while Benjamin hustled over to third. In the sixth inning Tatnall walked and stole second base. Julie Roach delivered an RBI single to score Tatnall. Emma Burner followed with an RBI single. POLA catcher Anessa Quiroz attempted to throw Burner out at second base on the play but the throw skipped into center field and Burner rounded the bases and scored easily. The Eagles host Hawthorne today at 3:15pm and get another crack at Santa Monica in the regular season finale next Thursday at 7pm; Senior Night. Boys’ Volleyball The Eagles won their first ever Ocean League title with a sweep of Lawndale 25-4, 25-5, 25-19. Stephen Moye had 12 kills and five blocks. Matt Carter added 10 kills and five blocks and Joe Kelly had 10 assists as El Segundo improved to (14-5, 7-0). The Eagles participated in the Redondo Tournament regarded as one of the most challenging tournaments around. El Segundo finished the tournament with a 4-2 record, going 2-1 in Friday’s pool play. It included a The boys’ lacrosse team celebrates the school’s first ever Ocean League championship. Photo by Brooks Roscoe. victory over Bay League power Palos Verdes and Pacific View League favorite Oxnard. The Eagles lost in the first round of the Gold Division (championship bracket) to Saddleback Valley Christian 25-16, 29-27, before bouncing back to defeat La Costa Canyon 25-12, 25-18 in the consolation semifinals. El Segundo used the strong hitting of seniors Teddy Karrer and Brandon Kurke to sweep Redondo 25-19, 25-21. Karrer finished with 10 kills and Kurke had eight kills to help the Eagles take home the consolation title in the Gold Division. “This was a huge weekend for our program beating PV and Redondo for the first time in our program’s history. Things are finally starting to change for us; we have come a long way since the season began,” said head coach Anjinho Bacil. Boys’ Lacrosse El Segundo won their first ever Ocean League title after being an at large program in the past. Sophomore attacker Cory Lund scored the go-ahead goal on an assist from senior Nolan Roles with 1:33 left to help lift the Eagles to a 12-11 win over Culver City. The Centaurs took a 7-3 lead in the first quarter in a physical game that had the league title up for grabs. The Eagles came alive in the second period and tied it 9-9 just before halftime. It was tied again 11-11 entering the fourth quarter and remained that way until Roles found Lund for the game winner. Lund led the Eagles with five goals and two assists while Roles had four goals and one assist. El Segundo’s offense also received contributions from senior John Lang, freshman Devin Bonney and sophomore Daniel Ball who each scored one goal. The Ocean League championship is an automatic berth in the US Lacrosse Southern Section playoffs starting this week. Baseball The frosh/soph Eagles ran their Ocean League record to 3-0 with a 13-2 victory over Hawthorne.Ryan Maryoung allowed zero earned runs in 6 innings to earn his 5th victory for the Eagles. He also had two hits and drove in three runs to lead the 14 hit attack. Jake McDonnell, Hunter Lynch, and Ryan Carey each had two hits while Shane Armendariz and Lynch each had two RBI’s. The Eagles downed West Torrance 2-1 to improve their overall record to 12-5 on the year. Maryoung had a two out walk off single to score Hunter Lynch with the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Noah Ruedas doubled and scored on a single by Lynch to tie the score at 1 apiece in the fourth inning. Jimmy Galicia was stellar on the mound allowed only one run through six innings. Lynch retired the only batter he faced in the top of the eighth with two on to earn the victory. The Eagles have a busy week with games against Hawthorne, Lawndale on the road this past Monday and Tuesday and at home today against Lawndale and South Torrance on Saturday at 11am. Next week they’ll face Santa Monica at home and on the road Thursday most likely for the league title. The varsity was in line to win their twentieth game of the season this week against Lawndale. The fourth ranked Eagles wind up their Ocean League schedule next week against Santa Monica with games on the road on Tuesday and at home next Thursday at 6pm. The JV Eagles are also in line to win twenty games this season. They face Santa Monica today at 3pm at home then again at home next Tuesday and Thursday with the Ocean League title on the line. • Julie Roach slides safely by the POLA’s Annesa Quiroz. Emily Skulick is out at second base with the tag by POLA’s shortstop Rose Garcia
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