Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Athletic Clearance
It is time to get cleared for Sports for the 2018-2019 School Year! Complete the clearance process online at www.athleticclearance.com and bring the signed “Confirmation Page” to the Athletics Office to complete the process. Sports Physicals must be completed AFTER May 1, 2018. Athletes must get a new physical and go through the clearance process each year.
Bring completed Registration forms and payment to the S.A.C.
Spring Sports Update
Boys Golf
The boys team finished Team CIF at Miles Square Golf Course with a 7th place finish out of 20 schools. This is a testament to the strength of our league. We finished 5th in Pacific Coast League but 7th in CIF. That’s amazing.
Today, freshman George Lu is in Santa Barbara at Rancho San Marcos Golf Course playing in individual CIF. This is the qualifier for the State Championship.
Go Uni! Go George!!
Boys Swimming
Six of our top swimmers are traveling to the State Swim Championship in Fresno today. They will be competing on Friday and Saturday. Best of luck boys!
Girls Swimming
The CIF SS Div 1 Championship meet was held last week at Riverside Community College.
Preliminaries were Thursday with the top 18 in each event returning for finals on Saturday.
In the individual events, Claire Jang finished 23rd with a time just off her season best of 24.80. Both Jang and Alondra Ortiz had lifetime best times in the 100 fly, Ortiz finishing 22nd with a 58.28 and Jang finishing 24th with a 58.42. Ortiz had another lifetime best of 57.98 in the 100 back and qualified 18th making finals where she finished 18th as well. Kate Weiland swam a season best time in the 100 breaststroke finishing 24th.
The 200 Medley Relay team of Ortiz, Weiland, Isabella Pagano and Jang were 17th after prelims and swam an almost identical time in finals again finishing in 17th place. Ortiz had a lifetime best 50 back split of 27.39 in finals.
The 200 Freestyle relay team of Pagano, Leila Mirsafian, Anne Iwata and Jang dropped 1.66 seconds from their best previous time moving up from 24th seed to qualify for finals in the 17th spot. They dropped another 0.18 in finals to finish 18th with a 1:40.20.
The 400 Freestyle relay team of Ortiz, Weiland, Ortiz, Iwata and Mirsafian dropped an amazing 3.41 seconds from their entry time to move up from 33rd seed to finish 25th.
This concludes the 2018 Swimming and Diving season.
Good-bye, good luck, and thank you to our graduating senior swimmers: Mabel Guo, Anne Iwata, Claire Jang, Alondra Ortiz, Jennifer Tseng, Jessica Wong, and Ashley Yang!
Boys Tennis
The top ranked boys tennis team lost a heartbreaking semi-final match 8-10 to Peninsula high school on Wednesday. Junior Aditya Gupta, who committed to UPENN, had an incredible day. Aditya defeated the #1 player from Peninsula who will be attending and playing for Cal next year 7 to 5. He also won his other two matches 6-0 and 6-0.
The boys will regroup and get ready for the state tournament which begins next Friday.
Track & Field
Girls Track and Field had our top athletes competing at the Division 1 CIF Prelims this past weekend at Trabuco Hills High School. Many of our girls finished their season running personal bests. Collette Lowengrub capped off her impressive freshman season, running in the 1600 and 3200. She ran a lifetime best of 11:15 in the 3200m and placed 17th overall in a very competitive race. She now ranks in the top 10 freshmen in the entire CIF Southern Section. Sara Sussman tied her personal best time in the 800, running 2:22. In the 300 hurdles, Daria Shkel ran a season best time of 46.60. We look forward to having many of these young athletes back with us next year. Great season Uni Girls Track!
Boys Track finished their season last weekend at the D1 CIF prelims. Our high jumpers matched their lifetime best of 6’ for Sam Kammerman and 6’ 2” for Evan Pariser. The 4 x 100 gave it their best but came up short ( Thomas Manalo, Austin Lake, Jeremy Koo and Faris Qaisi). Faris also competed as an individual in the 200m but had to slow up coming across the finish line after reinjuring his hamstring. Go Boys Trojan Track and Field!
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, May 17th
Boys Golf CIF Championship @ Rancho San Marcos Golf Course – 7:30 a.m.
Friday, May 25th
Boys Tennis So Cal Regional Championship @ Claremont Club – Time TBA
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Athletic Clearance It is time to get cleared for Sports for the 2018-2019 School Year! Complete the clearance process online at www.athleticclearance.com and bring the signed “Confirmation Page” to the Athletics Office to complete the process. Sports Physicals must be completed AFTER May 1, 2018. Athletes must get a new physical and go through the clearance process each year.
Sign up for Summer Camp! Please turn in Summer Camp Registration Forms and Checks payable to University High School to the S.A.C.
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
The U*N*I Baseball Team concludes the regular season today at Beckman High School. The U*N*I Team had a huge win last Friday, defeating Woodbridge, 7-5. The win gave the U*N*I Team the series and insured a winning record for the season. The U*N*I Team will find out Monday at 10am is they will make the playoffs.
Boys Golf
This week was the start of individual and team CIF. George Lu finished with 68 (-4) Monday 5/7/18 at Sky Links Golf Course at CIF Individuals. That is good for 3rd place finish among 120 players!!! This is an amazing accomplishment for such a strong field. He finished 1st among ALL Pacific Coast League Players! This CIF Southern Section Southern Division Individual is considered the toughest of the 3 divisions. He is now among the top 20 players from Southern Division to qualify for Individual Championship & SCGA Qualifying Tournament for the right to play The Southern Regional State Tournament. He will be joined by the top 20 players from 2 other divisions. They will be traveling to San Marcos Golf Course in Santa Barbara next Thursday 5/17/18.
The team also qualified for CIF. We will play our first round at Miles Square Golf Course next Monday 5/14/18. The top 2 teams will move on and join George Lu in Santa Barbara.
Every member of the team has worked and contributed to getting to this point and should be congratulated. They all worked hard to improve their game. Now we will need some good golf and a bit of luck to move on!
Softball
Uni Softball finished their season yesterday celebrating their seniors and families. A bittersweet day as one chapter ends for these seniors and another begins. Peyton Mattson, Zoe Manjarrez and Janette Oh were our trio of captains. Although not the outcome we had hoped for, our season highlight was pulling out our win against Woodbridge 14-13 in 8 innings. This was the first win in over 15 games against Woodbridge and we spoiled their perfect season with our amazing battle and win! Great job Trojans, you are better every day!!
Boys Swimming
The boys swim team will be competing in the CIF Prelims today at Riverside City College. We have 14 boys going from our school. Best of luck boys!
Girls Swimming
Last Friday at the Pacific Coast League Championship Finals, the Varsity girls finished in 4th place, moving up one spot from their 5th place finish last year. The JV girls finished 5th and the Open division girls finished 4th for a combined girls overall 4th place finish.
There were many outstanding swims during the championship meet. The 200 Medley A relay of Alondra Ortiz, Kate Weiland, Isabella Pagano, and Claire Jang dropped 1.52 seconds from their seed time with a season best CIF consideration time 1:50.02, only 0.02 off the CIF Automatic time for 4th place, with each swimmer recording season best splits. The B relay of Lia Cui, Danica Wong, Savannah Cruz and Ira Chaturvedi dropped 4.11 seconds off their seed time for 12th and a CIF consideration time.
In the 200 free, Cruz had a whopping 4.63 second time drop, for a season best 2:04.26, to move up from 14th seed to 11th. Chloe Johansson was 16th in that event with a 2 second time drop from her season best during prelims.
In the 200 IM, Weiland finished 9th winning the consolation final, with Marta Meinardi 14th with a season best time and Kristina Yan 15th.
In the 50 free, Jang was 4th, Pagano 12th, and Mirsafian 15th.
In the 100 fly, Ortiz was 6th with a lifetime best of 58.83 and Jang was just behind her in 7th with a season best 58.91. Pagano finished 13th just .01 off her season best with a 1:01.2.
In the 100 free, Mirsafian finished 11th and Sarah Sharifi finished 15th also with a season best time.
In the 500 free Cruz finished 9th, Mirsafian 10th, Cui 13th and Johansson 14th. Both Cruz and Meinardi had big time drops with Cruz dropping 7.77 seconds and Meinardi droping 5.26 seconds from their prelim times.
In the 200 free relay, the A relay of Anne Iwata, Pagano, Mirsafian and Jang finished 4th lowering their CIF consideration time to 1:42.04. The B relay of Johansson, JenniferTseng, Cui and Sharifi finished 14th with a 1.42 second time drop from their seed time.
In the 100 backstroke, Ortiz finished 6th and in the 100 breaststroke, Weiland was also 6th in a season best 1:08.90, followed by Wong in 8th, also with a season best, 1:11.43. Yuuri Yoshikawa won the consolation final in 9th, with a season best 1:11.18.
In the final event, the 400 free relay, the A relay of Iwata, Ortiz, Weiland and Mirsafian dropped an amazing 4.03 seconds to finish 6th, and the B relay of Yoshikawa, Sharifi, Meinardi and Cruz finished 12th dropping an even more amazing 7.10 seconds from their seed time, both teams with CIF consideration times.
Last Saturday, the swimmers who officially qualified to swim in this week’s CIF-SS, Division I Championships were announced. Swimmers are allowed to swim a maximum of 2 individual events and 2 relays.
Both our divers, sophomore Tamar Azik and freshman Laurel Jin qualified for CIF, diving this past Tuesday in the prelims and finishing 23rd and 24th.
The following swimmers will be representing Uni at CIF prelims today:
The CIF meet will be held at the Riverside Community College Aquatics Center. Prelims are today, Thursday, May 10 at 9a, with finals Saturday, May 12 at 4p. Good luck, swimmers!
Boys Tennis
Last Thursday Seniors Patryk Kozlowski and Julian Lafond won the doubles title at the Pacific Coast League individual championships. The boys will now represent Uni in the CIF individual tournament next week. Yesterday the boys defeated Loyola High School 16 to 2 in the first round of the CIF team playoffs. The Trojans are the top ranked team in D-I and will travel to Redlands high on Friday for a 2nd round of playoff match. Finally, Aditya Gupta, Naevin Anukornchaikul, Patryk Kozlowski and Julian Lafond were all named to the “All Pacific Coast League First Team”. We are so proud of our boys and the continued success of the Uni boys tennis program.
Pacific Coast League boys tennis finals offer a surprise in doubles
By DAN ALBANO | dalbano@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: May 7, 2018 at 3:01 pm | UPDATED: May 7, 2018 at 3:02 pm
The strongest boys tennis league in Orange County produced one surprise and one expected winner during its championships last week.
Stefan Dostanic of Woodbridge defended his Pacific Coast League singles crown with an 8-2 victory against Nick Wang of Northwood at Irvine.
Dostanic, a rising junior, continued a hot streak that added the singles title at the recent Ojai tournament.
In doubles, University’s Patryk Kozlowski and Julian LaFond upset defending champion Leo Hibi and Paul Diamantopoulos of Woodbridge, 8-6. Hibi and Diamantopoulos made the semifinals at Ojai, helping the Warriors claim the team title.
By reaching the league championship matches, Dostanic, Wang and the teams of Kozlowski-LaFond and Hibi-Diamantopoulos qualified for CIF individual championships.
Track & Field
The Boys track team finished their League Finals last Friday with many personal best on the season and for some their life time best. This Saturday we will be competing at CIF prelims at Trabuco Hills High School. In the sprints we will have Thomas Manalo, Austin Lake, Jeremy Koo, Matt Tang and Faris Qaisi in the 4 x 100. In the 200, we will have Faris Qaisi. The field events will be represented by Sam Kammerman and Evan Pariser in the High Jump. We hope for success to compete another day. Go Trojan Track and Field.
Girls Track had a great showing at the Pacific Coast League Finals with many top 5 finishes and CIF qualifiers. Freshman Collette Lowengrub continues her impressive season, as she placed 1st in the 3200 and 2nd in the 1600, moving her on to CIF in both events. Our other individual winner was Sara Sussman, placing 1st in the varsity 800. More CIF qualifiers include Daria Shkel, who placed 2nd in the 300 hurdles and Amber Sun who finished 3rd in the high jump. We look forward to watching these girls compete at the Division 1 CIF Prelims this Saturday at Trabuco Hills High School. GO UNI TRACK!
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, May 10th
Swimming CIF Prelims @ Riverside City College – 9:00 a.m.
Baseball @ Beckman – 3:30
Friday, May 11th
Boys Tennis @ Redlands – CIF Playoff Match – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 12th
Track & Field CIF Prelims @ Trabuco Hills – 11:00 a.m.
Swimming CIF Finals @ Riverside City College – 4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 14th
Boys Golf Team Championships @ Mile Square Golf Course – 8:00 a.m.
Boys Tennis – Potential CIF Playoff Match – Location TBA – 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16th
Boys Tennis – CIF Semi Finals (Tentative) – 3:00 p.m.
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
The Boys Basketball teamwas well represented at the recent 53rd Orange County All Star game held on Saturday, April 21st at Cypress College in front of over 2,000 fans. Alex Bray scored ten points to go with a number of great passes to lead the South All Stars to a 113 – 87 victory over the North County All Stars. Coach Mike Dinneen served as the head coach for the South All Stars while University assistant coaches Kenny Shin and James Roth helped out in the win.
Spring Signing Event: We had our final signing event of the year during office hours on Wednesday, May 2nd. We honored 8 of our top athletes that will be moving on to play their sport in college. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
From Left: Kahi Rodrigues, Westmont College (Baseball), Alondra Ortiz, Cal State East Bay (Swimming), Janette Oh, Wheaton College (Softball), Peyton Mattson, Penn State Beaver (Softball, Claire Jang, Occidental College (Swimming), Daniel Dolan, Amherst College (Football), Naevin Anukornchaikul, Johns Hopkins (Tennis), Alex Bray, Air Force Academy (Basketball). We would also like to congratulate Patryk Kozlowski who was unable to attend the signing. He will be playing tennis for Caltech next year.
Athletic Clearance It is time to get cleared for Sports for the 2018-2019 School Year! Complete the clearance process online at www.athleticclearance.com and bring the signed “Confirmation Page” to the Athletics Office to complete the process. Sports Physicals must be completed AFTER May 1, 2018. Athletes must get a new physical and go through the clearance process each year.
U*N*I Baseball has it’s Game of the Week this Friday, 3:30, versus Woodbridge. Senior Day is Tuesday, 5/8, versus Beckman HS. The recognition of the Seniors will start at 3:00, with the game following at 3:30. Come out and support!
Boys Golf
The boys golf team finished their regular season yesterday with a 2 day league finals held at Sky Links Golf Course in Long Beach. Of the 6 Uni golfers, 3 made it into the second round. The 1st day cut was only 6 over par of 78! After 36 holes of golf, one Uni golfer qualified for Individual CIF – George Lu. It’s an astounding accomplishment to be one of top 9 players in the toughest golf league in Orange County! George finished tied for 4th place with a 3 over par 147 after 36 holes. Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment.
Our veteran player, Connor O’Brien started the day tied for 2nd place after 1st day round of -2, 70. He struggled down the stretch and finished with 78 and tied for 3 other Woodbridge players for the last 3 spots of the 9 qualifiers. Connor lost in a sudden death playoff. It’s a heart breaker but I know he will bounce back stronger next year! He will lead our team into 1st round of Team CIF the week of May 14th!
Although we finished with a record of 3-14, our average score of 198 is good to place top 3 in any other league in the county! We had many close matches this year and I am very proud of all our players. Each and every one of them improved on their scoring averages!
Congrats to George Lu!
Boys Lacrosse
What an amazing display of Irvine talent at the OTC end of season tournament. Woodbridge finished 2nd in the Pacific Coast League and #18 overall, finishing the season with an OTC crown, defeating two time defending champ Northwood. What a great Irvine school district lacrosse season! #Irvinelacrosserising
University HS Boy’s lacrosse started off strong this season and had plans for a top finish in the league after posting their strongest winning season with 9 wins in 2017. Returning captain and 4 year starter Nick Khamseh lead all Uni scorers for the third straight season with a steady output every contest. Most teams would try to “shut-off” Nick, but he would still produce even under the toughest pressure. Many of the seniors experienced both the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory, with tough seasons their first years without a win to the ultimate, the best record ever, a true testament to their character.
As their coach I am so impressed and proud of the level of skill that the players have exhibited and the mark of that these players will leave on the program as it builds towards the future.
Girls Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse wrapped up an amazing season yesterday. After completing season with an historic 13-3 record, the Lady Trojans were seeded 11th in the county, qualifying for the US Lacrosse post-season tournament for the second straight season. Pitted against 6th place Aliso Niguel, the girls played a strong match. After falling behind 5-1 in the opening four minutes of the game, the team re-grouped and re-organized their defensive play and went on a scoring streak to end the half, 7-5. Taking advantage of a penalty against Aliso in the second half, the Lady Trojans scored three unanswered goals to take the lead, 8-7. Although it didn’t last, it was a spectacular performance and one of which the team should be proud. Ashley Chandler (Sr.) led the team with 5 goals, Mya Wang (Fr.) contributed 3, and Molly Pirus (Sr.), Makenzie Field (Jr.) and Grace Colunga (So.) rounded out the goals. Gracelyn Caceros (Jr.) had an awesome night in goal, making 12 stops! Though saddened to see the season draw to a close, the team had an amazing season, of which they are tremendously proud. If you see a lacrosse player walking around, congratulate them on a remarkable year!
Softball
Congratulations to Softball for their win against Corona Del Mar on Tuesday. The Trojans came out ahead 6-2. The girls will be playing Irvine today (5/3) at home at 3:30 p.m. Come out and support!
Boys Swimming
The Uni boys swim team started their League Finals yesterday with a strong showing at Prelims. Both the JV and Varsity levels will be shooting to finish in the top two in at League Finals, aspiring to catch Northwood, and hold off CDM. In the sprint freestyle events, Senior Max Tello, Junior Aaron Lee, and Sophomores Kai Yoshizaki and Brian Lou positioned themselves to place high in Friday’s Finals. In the middle-distance freestyle events, Senior Aidan Yong and Sophomore Caedon Ng placed top 3 in Prelims, and will look to upset Northwood’s top qualifier. The Uni Varsity 200 Free Relay has already posted a time that is under the Pacific Coast League record that we set last year, and we will look to claim the new record on Friday.
The Open boys division closed up yesterday with a strong 2nd place finish overall! Most of the swimmers on this roster put down lifetime bests, and were highly competitive for taking home the championship. Sophomores Daniel Jin and Larry Tsao, and freshmen Hayden Shulman and Pravir Gurukar all had strong top-6 performances in their individual events.
Girls Swimming
The girls swim team is competing in the Pacific Coast League Championship meet this week. Prelims for Varsity and JV and Championship Finals for the Open division took place Tuesday at the Wollette Aquatic Center near Irvine High. The Open girls finished in 4th place in their division. Many Open division swimmers had best times and scored points for their team.
The top 16 JV and Varsity swimmers in each event will compete again in finals this Friday. Uni goes into finals with 21 individual Varsity top 16 qualifying swims, and 13 in the JV division. Senior Captains Alondra Ortiz ( 6th, 100 fly and 100 back) and Claire Jang ( 3rd, 50 free, 7th, 100 fly) both qualified in the top 8 in both of their individual events and Sophomores Kate Weiland (6th)and Danica Wong (8th) both qualified in the top 8 in breaststroke, with junior Yuuri Yoshikawa finishing in 11th place. Weilan also qualified 9th n the 200 IM with freshman Kristina Yan 16th in that same event. Freshman Marta Meinardi qualified 13th in the 200 IM and was 9th (with a 2 second time drop) in the 500 free, with Sophomore Savanna Cruz (10th, with a 2.5 second drop), and freshman Lia Cui (12th) and Chloe Johansson (13th) also making finals in that distance event. Cruz (14th) and Johansson (16th, with a 2.3 second drop) also will be returning for finals in the 200 free. Freshman Isabella Pagano (11th, 50 free and 11th, 100 fly) will be returning for finals with season best times in both those events. Sophomore Leila Mirsafian returns in both the 50 free (11th) and 100 free (9th), and junior Sarah Sharifi (15th, with a 1.2 second time drop) also returns in the 100 free.
All relays will be contested on Friday. Friday will also be the swimmers last chance to make CIF cuts in preparation for the CIF-SS Division I prelims and finals next week. Good Luck Girls!
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team finished the regular season with a 12 to 6 win over CdM on Tuesday. Sophomores Soomin Lee and Cameron Sepahi led the way with a sweep at doubles. The win moved the boys to 10 and 0 in Pacific Coast League play and 21 -1 overall. The boys have now won 118 league matches in a row spanning 12 years. The last time the boys lost a league match was in April 2006. With 5 PCL teams consistently in the CIF D-I top ten, this is an incredible accomplishment.
In the PCL individual tournament finishing today, senior Naevin Anukornchaikul (Johns Hopkins) advanced to the semi-final round in singles while seniors Patryk Kozlowski (Cal Tech) and Julian Lafond advanced in doubles. CIF team playoffs begin next Wednesday.
Track & Field
Girls Track is competing at the Pacific Coast League Finals this Friday. We have a solid group of varsity girls who are looking for big performances and possible CIF qualifiers. These girls include Collette Lowengrub, Sara Sussman and Avery Klauke in the distance events, Daria Shkel in the hurdles, Harini Venkataganesh in the throws, and our girls 4x100m relay team of Daria Shkel, Lauryn Wood, Leyna Wood and Rovinya Ruhunage. Come out on Friday evening to support to these girls and to watch some exciting races!
Boys Track competed in League prelims this last Tuesday here at Uni and we had many personal best on the day. League Finals are set for Friday and we have several athletes to watch. Faris Qaisi in the 100 and 200, Jeremy Koo in the 400, Faris, Jeremy, Austin Lake and Thomas Manalo in the 4 x100, Lee Mceligot and Adam Gish in the 800 and Evan Pariser and Sam Kammerman in the high Jump. If all goes well, look to see some of them moving on to CIF prelims next week. Go Trojan Track
Boys Volleyball
We finished up our regular season play on Tuesday with a dramatic 3 sets to 2 win over Beckman! Bringing our final league record for the season to 5-5 and our overall record to 17-11 for the year. This has been a great season and we are hoping to get a CIF playoff bid within the next couple of days.
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Thursday
4/26
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Beckman
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, May 3rd
Boys Tennis League Finals @ Irvine – Time TBA Softball v Irvine – 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 4th
Swimming League Finals @ Woollett Aquatics Center – 2:00 p.m. ***GOW***Baseball v Woodbridge – 3:30 p.m. Track & Field Finals @ Uni – 4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 7th
Boys Golf CIF Individuals @ Skylinks – 1:00 p.m.
Softball @ Woodbridge – 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8th Baseball v Beckman – 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9th
Boys Tennis CIF Round 1 – Location TBA ***GOW***Softball v Beckman – 3:30 p.m.
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Athletic Clearance It is time to get cleared for Sports for the 2018-2019 School Year! Complete the clearance process online at www.athleticclearance.com and bring the signed “Confirmation Page” to the Athletics Office to complete the process. Sports Physicals must be completed AFTER May 1, 2018. Athletes must get a new physical and go through the clearance process each year.
New Football Coach hired! We are thrilled to welcome Coach Scott Meyer to the school and our football program. His extensive teaching and head coaching experience with Corona Del Mar High School, and most recently Servite High School, includes a Division III State Championship, three C.I.F. Championships, two C.I.F. Academic Team Championships, and OC Coach of the Year honors, among other accolades. You can read all about Coach Meyer in the OC Varsity article below.
University hires Scott Meyer as football coach
By DAN ALBANO | dalbano@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2018 at 2:45 pm | UPDATED: April 26, 2018 at 10:25 am
University has hired veteran Scott Meyer, formerly of Servite and Corona del Mar, as its football coach, said Mark Cunningham, the Trojans’ retiring coach and athletic director.
The hire is pending Irvine Unified School District approval, but all signs point to Meyer returning to the same Pacific Coast League where he rose to prominence.
“This entire opportunity is really exciting,” said Meyer, 53, who will also teach at University. “The school is fantastic and the community is ready. Looking forward to the season.”
Meyer will replace Cunningham, who in January announced his retirement after 32 seasons as University’s coach.
“I couldn’t be happier that he’s the person to take over for me,” said Cunningham, who started at University in 1986.
Meyer built Corona del Mar into a PCL and CIF-Southern Section powerhouse before departing for Servite in a high-profile hire by the Trinity League school in February 2015.
He resigned after this past season, his third at Servite.
Meyer wasn’t able to duplicate his success at Servite, going 14-18 without a playoff victory. He said in January that his decision to resign was about a difference in the direction of the program. Several top players transferred after the Friars’ 6-5 season.
But before arriving at Servite, Meyer earned Orange County coach of the year honors in 2013. In that fall, he guided Corona del Mar to the county’s first 16-0 season, a third consecutive CIF-SS title and the CIF state Division 3 crown.
Cunningham coached against Meyer for four seasons in the Pacific Coast but served as a consultant to Corona del Mar for the 2013 state game. The Sea Kings’ opponent, Sacred Heart Prep, shared some similarities with University and the league rivals briefly united.
Cunningham said he respected that Meyer got “everything he could” out of his players.
In an interesting twist of fate, Meyer will not coach against Corona del Mar in the Pacific Coast League. The Sea Kings are moving to the Sunset League this fall after a dominating run in the Pacific Coast, which included Meyer going 50-6 overall with the Sea Kings.
Meyer led Corona del Mar to league titles from 2011-2014.
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
U*N*I Baseball had two HUGE wins this last week…..a 2-1 win over NHS and a 7-1 win over IHS. The team will play at IHS on Friday to close out the three game series. Next week will be another challenge, with the U*N*I Team playing Woodbridge, Tuesday at Ryan Lemmon Stadium and on Friday, a home game…..all game are scheduled for 3:30 start time.
Schlomovits leaves his mark on University’s victory over Northwood
University’s David Schlomovits with the home run ball he hit in the sixth inning of the Trojans’ 2-1 victory over Northwood on Friday. He was also the winning pitcher and had his arm wrapped up in ice after the game. (Photo by Tim Burt, Correspondent)
IRVINE – University starting pitcher David Schlomovits is in the clean-up spot of the batting order for a reason.
Not only did Schlomovits get the win on the mound Friday, but he ripped the eventual game-winning home run to help University defeat Northwood 2-1 in a Pacific Coast League baseball game at University High. .
Schlomovits belted a solo home run to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning then got the first two outs of the seventh to earn the win.
“It was the first pitch and I was looking for a fastball on the inner half and he threw it on the inner half and I got it, got it elevated and it carried out and broke the 1-1 tie,” Schlomovits said of his home run in the sixth inning. “It’s a huge victory, it helps our morale, especially since we had kind of a losing skid. We played well as a team.”
Third-place Northwood (15-5, 5-4) tried to battle back in the top of the seventh.
With one out, Ely Stuart and Darren Shorter singled. Julian Tristan grounded out to put runners on second and third with two outs.
Schlomovits reached the CIF pitch count for the week and was replaced on the mound by Brad Hodges.
With Tom McCarty at the plate, a pitch went to the backstop, but bounced back toward catcher Kahi Rodrigues. The pinch-runner at third initially broke toward home, then tried to get back to third. But Rodrigues and shortstop Jackson LoBianco got him in a rundown and Rodrigues eventually made the tag to end the game.
“We got a lucky bounce and we were able to take advantage of it,” said University coach Mike Gerakos. “We had to throw the ball around a little bit to get the out and we did.”
Schlomovits struck out six, allowed four hits, hit four batters and walked one. Adam Barnett had two hits for the Trojans (11-8, 3-6).
Northwood jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when shortstop Ely Stuart belted his fourth home run of the season leading off the game. The Timberwolves had the bases loaded with one out, but Schlomovits worked out of trouble without any more runs scoring.
“He gives up a lead-off home run and they have the bases loaded and one out and he doesn’t flinch,” Gerakos said. “He competed all the way through. To his credit, and the credit of the team, they battled.
“It was obviously a great win and a crazy finish but we will take it any way we can. It’s been a while since we’ve had that type of success.”
Northwood starter Ben Berkel also pitched well, allowing just five hits.
University tied the game in the fourth inning when Nick Wetzel doubled, went to third on an error and scored on an infield single by Barnett.
Northwood wound up taking two of the three games against University.
“The reality is in game one of the series, they could have won and we could have won game three,” said Northwood coach Rob Stuart. “Baseball has a strange way of evening itself out. Ben threw outstanding and David pitched with a lot of heart.”
Ely Stuart led Northwood with two hits and reached base three times.
Boys Golf
As we close out our regular season with our last match Thursday 4/26/18 against Beckman at Strawberry Farms, we look forward to League Finals and CIF. The team qualified for CIF this year. It’s an accomplishment for playing in one of the toughest leagues in the county.
Boys Lacrosse
The Boys Lacrosse team has finished out their regular season. They will be playing this Saturday in a tournament with the other Irvine schools. They will play Northwood at 10:00 a.m. in the Uni Stadium.
Girls Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse is in the last week league play and on their way to an historic finish. The Lady Trojans are 7-2 in league and 13-2 overall. The team played their way to a dominant win over Woodbridge, 22-12. Olivia Holmes (Sr.), Mya Wang (Fr.), and Ashley Chandler (Sr.) scored the first three goals of the match, and the team never looked back. Mya ended the match with 6 goals and 3 assists, Ashley netted 4 and added an assist, and Olivia notched 3, plus two assists. Mak Kaufman (So.) found a lot of space in front of the net and put away 3 goals. Makenzie Field (Jr.) and Grace Colunga contributed goals, 2 for Field and 1 for Colunga. Defensively, the team held firm and forced Woodbridge to make most of their goals off penalty shots. The team scooped up an amazing 25 ground balls, forced 4 turnovers and Ashley added 3 interceptions. The team’s last league match is a big one: home, against Beckman, Thursday, April 26th. Please come out and support the squad as they wrap up their season against an undefeated Beckman team…and who knows: this team has already made history by beating CdM, and they are definitely looking at adding a new benchmark to this amazing season.
Softball
Huge Congratulations to the Uni Softball team for beating Woodbridge last Thursday. The final score was 14-13. Congratulations girls! The girls will be playing Corona Del Mar next Tuesday at Corona Del Mar, 3:30 game time.
Boys Swimming
The Uni boys swim team will be heading in to league prelims and finals next week. Boys Prelims are on Wednesday, May 2nd at Woollett Aquatics Center. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. League Championships are on Friday, May 4th at Woollett, event begins at 2:00 p.m. Best of luck boys!
Girls Swimming
Last weekend, the Varsity girls swimmers participated in the annual Foothill Swim Games, a two day, prelims and finals invitational meet at Foothill HS in Tustin, which featured many of the fastest teams in all CIF divisions in Orange County. The Uni girls finished 8th out of 11 teams, moving up 2 positions from last year.
The Uni girls had a great meet, with almost all swimmers posting significant time drops in every event. Several new CIF consideration times were achieved. There were so many time drops that there is not enough room here to mention them all. Official results can be found at swimphone.com or on the Meet Mobile app.
The top 16 swimmers and relays in each event returned for finals on Saturday. Swimmers qualifying for finals were: Alondra Ortiz (200 medley A relay, 100 fly, 100, back 400 free A relay), Kate Weiland (200 medley A relay, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 400 free A relay), and Claire Jang (200 medley A relay, 50 free, 100 fly, 200 free A relay). Additional swimmers making top 16 on relays included Isabella Pagano ( 200 medley A and 200 free A relay) Leila Mirsafian (200 free A relay) Anne Iwata ( 200 free A relay and 400 free A relay), Yuuri Yoshikawa (400 free A relay), Jennifer Tseng, Ira Chaturvedi, Savannah Cruz, and Lia Cui ( 200 medley B relay), and Tseng, Marta Meinardi, Chloe Johansson, and Sarah Sharifi. (400 free B relay).
All three Varsity A relays lowered their CIF consideration times with season best performances. The 200 Medley Relay of Ortiz, Weiland, Pagano and Jang are now only 1.5 seconds from a CIF automatic cut. Weiland made CIF consideration cuts in the 200 IM (2:14.18) and the 100 breaststroke (1:09.01) with season best times. Jang had season best times in the 50 free (24.72) and the 100 fly (58.98), and Ortiz swam lifetime best times in the 100 fly (58.93) and the 100 back (58.88), improving their prior CIF consideration cuts.
Yesterday, in the last dual meet of the season, the team traveled to Beckman, with Varsity winning 96-74 and JV losing 86-83. While Uni had 6 Varsity 1st place finishes, Yuuri Yoshikawa was the only Varsity swimmer with a time improvement, winning the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:12.49.
Next up for swimming is the Pacific Coast League Championships next week, being held at the Wollette Aquatic Center next to Irvine HS. Girls prelims are Tuesday, boys prelims Wed, and combined finals for the top 16 swimmers and relays in each event will be next Friday afternoon. Good luck swimmers!
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team won a tight match against Woodbridge on Tuesday defeating the Warriors 10-8. Congrats to Woodbridge on playing a great match. The win moves the Trojans to 8-0 in league play with 2 matches left. The top ranked team in CIF D – I was led by sophomores Cameron sepahi and Soomin Lee who won all three matches playing doubles. The boys will be back in action on Monday against Beckman at Uni.
University boys tennis motivated more by CIF titles than impressive league streak
University boys tennis players, from left, Naevin Anukornchaikul, Patryk Kozlowski and Aditya Gupta have helped the Trojans extend their Pacific Coast League winning streak to 114 games. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)
IRVINE – University’s boys tennis team is riding one of the most impressive winning streaks in Orange County high school sports but its players hardly mention the feat.
“It’s only come up one time,” tri-captain Patryk Kozlowski said with a humble grin. “We know about it.”
The top-ranked Trojans entered their duel against Irvine on Thursday as winners of 114 consecutive Pacific Coast League matches. Their last league defeat came in April of 2006 against Corona del Mar.
Yes, University has been perfect in league for 12 years against schools from tennis-crazed cities such as Irvine and Newport Beach.
“Probably the toughest league in the country,” veteran University coach John Kessler said.
As impressive as the streak has been, the players find their inspiration beyond the league. They pay respect to opponents such Corona del Mar and Woodbridge but talk more about capturing a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 title.
“We are more motivated by playing and winning CIF,” said Kozlowski, a senior bound for Cal Tech. “We really want to win (CIF).”
Winning CIF is part of the mindset at University. The Trojans are 11-time section champions.
To put that into perspective, they have only one fewer CIF titles than Newport Harbor’s storied boys water polo program.
And like many storied programs, University has its winning formula.
The Trojans, ranked No. 1 in Division 1, are loaded with quality players this spring. They feature about a dozen players who compete in tournaments outside of high school events.
“That’s a huge advantage,” said rising junior Aditya Gupta, who left home schooling to join the University team. “Our lineup runs pretty deep.”
A few of the players, such Gupta and Johns Hopkins-bound Naevin Anukornchaikul, train at the nearby Brymer Lewis Tennis Academy at the Great Park in Irvine.
The academy is run by Chuck Brymer and Chris Lewis. Brymer’s son, Gage, won CIF singles titles at University from 2011-13.
Lewis, born in New Zealand, is known for reaching the finals of Wimbledon in 1983. He lost to John McEnroe.
“It’s been big for people like me and Naevin,” the Penn committed Gupta said of the academy.
University also features an experienced coaching staff.
Kessler has led the Trojans to eight section titles since taking the coaching reins in 2002. His staff features ex-Los Alamitos coach Kevin Garrett, former Los Alamitos standout John Mano and Larry Scalia.
“Kessler runs a real good program,” Anukornchaikul said.
Kessler credits the program’s success to the players, the ones with the lofty goals this spring.
Leo Krapp and Jack Wheeler are other captains and senior Julian LaFond is another player to watch in doubles.
“You have to have the horses,” Kessler said. “We’re lucky to have this population.”
Track & Field
Girls Track competed in our last dual meets of the season against Woodbridge and Beckman. Despite two tough team losses, our girls were still able to pull of some great individual performances. Next week we will conclude the regular season at the Pacific Coast League Prelims and Finals. Top performers to watch at league finals this year include Collette Lowengrub, Daria Shkel, Sara Sussman, Avery Klauke, Sandy Zhang and Harini Venkataganesh. If you want to watch some exciting races, come support our girls on Friday, May 4 at 5pm in the Uni Stadium. GO UNI TRACK!
Boys Track completed their regular season league meets this last Tuesday at Beckman. Despite their loss, we still had some fine performances and we are looking forward to the athletes peak performances next week at League Prelims and Finals. Athletes to watch will be Faris Qaisi in the 100, 200 and 4 x 100, Jeremy Koo in the 4 x 100, 400 and 4 x 400, Evan Pariser and Sam Kammerman in the High Jump, Thomas Manalo and Austin Lake in the 4 x 100. Go Trojan Track and Field!
Boys Volleyball
Congrats to the Boys Volleyball team for their win against Irvine on Tuesday. The boys travel to Woodbridge on Friday, April 27th. Only two games left in the regular season. Best of luck boys!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Thursday
4/26
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Beckman
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, April 26th **GOW**Boys Golf v Beckman @ Strawberry Farms – 3:30 Softball v Northwood – 3:30
Boys Lacrosse @ Beckman – 4:00 Girls Lacrosse v Beckman – 4:00
Friday, April 27th
Baseball @ Irvine – 3:30
Boys Volleyball @ Woodbridge – 4:00
Saturday, April 28th Boys Lacrosse Tournament @ Uni – 10:00 a.m.
Monday, April 30th
Boys Golf League Prelims @ Skylinks Golf Course – 9:00 a.m. Boys Tennis v Beckman – 3:15
Tuesday, May 1st
Boys Golf League Finals @ Skylinks Golf Course – 9:00 a.m.
Girls Swimming League Prelims @ Woollett – 2:00 p.m. Track & Field League Prelims @ Uni Stadium – 2:00 p.m.
Potential Girls Lacrosse Play-off Match – Time TBA Boys Tennis v Corona Del Mar – 3:15
Baseball @ Woodbridge – 3:30
Softball @ Corona Del Mar – 3:30 Boys Volleyball v. Beckman – 5:15
Wednesday, May 2nd
Boys Tennis League Prelims @ Irvine – Time TBA
Boys Swimming Prelims @ Woollett – 2:00 p.m.
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Track & Field GOW is today, April 19th! They are competing against Woodbridge today at the Uni Track at 3:00 p.m. Come out and support!
Irvine Junior Games 2018 – Volunteer Opportunity!Need to earn Service Hours? Sign up to volunteer at the 2018 Irvine Junior Games. http://irvinechildrensfund.org/
Athletic Clearance:It is time to get cleared for Sports for the 2018-2019 School Year! Complete the clearance process online at www.athleticclearance.com and bring the signed “Confirmation Page” to the Athletics Office to complete the process. Sports Physicals must be completed AFTER May 1, 2018. Athletes must get a new physical and go through the clearance process each year.
Girls Volleyball Corsage & Boutonniere Fundraiser – Deadline has been extended to Thursday, April 26th. Turn in order form in front of the main gym after school Friday, April 20th or Thursday, April 26th.
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
U*N*I Baseball completes its 3 game series versus NHS this Friday at home, 3:30. The U*N*I Team will host IHS next Tuesday at 3:30.
Boys Golf
The Boys Golf Team played the top 2 schools in our conference since the last update. We lost a heartbreaker to Northwood 195-193 at Strawberry Farms Golf Club last Thursday. Connor O’Brien continued his strong performance with a par 36 and taking medalist honors.
Yesterday we lost to undefeated and twice defending league and CIF champion Woodbridge HS. It was one of our best as a team but Woodbridge shot only 4 over par 179 to our 189. They had 4 players shooting par 35. But the medalist honor goes to our own, very talented freshman, George Lu. He shot an amazing 2 under par 33 at a very difficult back 9 of Strawberry Farms Golf Club.
Today, we look to bounce back against Irvine HS at home. Next Thursday 4/26 is our GOW (Game Of the Week). Come support our team! Spectacular welcome. 1st tee time is 3pm!!
Boys Lacrosse
The University Boy’s Lacrosse team played Irvine HS Wednesday night at IHS stadium. It was a hard fought game from start to finish. Ultimately it would come down to the last possessions of the game and way the ball was handled. In the first meeting, the Trojans handed their opponents an 8 point loss, but in the second game, Irvine was hungrier. Nick Khamseh scored an amazing 7 goals and had 2 assists in the 12-10 loss. Nick has been a four year starter and holds the team record this year for points and needs 15 goals to pass Brian Cook to become the all-time scorer.
Girls Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse continues to have a fantastic season. Returning from Spring Break, the girls suffered what is their biggest defeat so far this season, away to Beckman, 9-4. However, the girls bounced back to win against Northwood (18-5) and Dana Hills (21-9). The team carried that winning momentum into their second league match, away, against CdM. Despite falling behind 3 goals to open the game, the girls bounced back to take a 6-5 lead at halftime. The biggest lead Uni had was two goals, and they held on to that advantage to edge out CdM, for the first time in history, 8-7. It was a phenomenal accomplishment and the girls were ecstatic. To celebrate the Seniors, Uni played Irvine in a night match and cruised to an 18-3 victory. With two matches remaining (Woodbridge and Beckman), the team looks poised to improve on last year’s finish and enter the post-season seeded 11th in the county. What an amazing season! If you see a player, please offer tem congratulations and come out and support them in their last two regular season matches next week. Go Girls Lacrosse!
Softball
Come out to the Softball Fields to watch the girls take on Woodbridge at 3:30 today. Best of luck girls!
Boys Swimming
The boys will be competing in the 46th Annual Foothill Games today at Foothill High School. Best of luck boys!
Girls Swimming
The swim team travelled to Portola high school last Thursday for a non-league meet, and both Varsity (116-54) and JV (130-40) divisions were victorious. The JV girls won all their events, going 1,2,3 in 6 of them, and the Varsity won 9 out of 11 races; both divisions winning all 3 relays. (Portola has only freshmen and sophomores being a new school, and there was no Open division). Leila Mirsafian swam the team’s fastest time of the season in the 200 free and a personal season best in the 100 free, Kate Weiland dropped 1.6 seconds for a season best to win the 200 IM and also won the 100 breaststroke, Clarie Jang won the 50 free with a season best time of 24.75, and won the 100 fly as well. The 200 free relay team of Anne Iwata, Mirsafian, Isabella Pagano and Jang again lowered their CIF consideration time to 1:44.94. Alondra Ortiz won the 100 backstroke and Marta Meinardi dropped another 3 seconds in the 500 free after a big drop in the meet against Irvine the day before.
Yesterday was Senior Recognition Day at the last home meet of the season against Woodbridge, the defending PCL champs. Seniors Anne Iwata, Claire Jang, Alondra Ortiz, Ashley Yang, Jessica Wong, Jennifer Tseng, and Mabel Guo were honored with candy leis and flowers during the meet. Varsity and JV fell to Woodbridge, but Uni did win the Open division. Highlights of the meet were Jang winning the 50 free, Ortiz winning the 500 free with a lifetime best time, and Marta Meinardi dropping 2 full seconds from her best time in the 200 IM.
Coming up this weekend the Varsity swimmers will be participating in the 46th Annual Foothill Swim Games hosted by Foothill HS in Tustin. Prelims for the girls are Friday afternoon with the top 16 in each event making it back to finals on Saturday.
Next week the team travels to Beckman for the last dual meet of the season.
Good luck, girls!
Boys Tennis
The Uni Boys Tennis team will be playing Irvine at home today at 3:15. Come out and Support!
Track & Field
Track did not have any league meets this past week, but we did send our top girls to compete at the ASICS OC Track and Field Championships over the weekend. Collette Lowengrub finished 7th in the county for the girls frosh/soph 1600m with a time of 5:23, and Avery Klauke was 25th in the county for the same event. Katherine Loritz finished 12th in the county for the frosh/soph high jump, and Amber sun finished 16th in the varsity high jump. Harini Venkataganesh set a new personal best in the discus throwing 96’7’’. This week we resume our league competition with our GOW against Woodbridge on 4/19. The races start at 3pm, come out and support! GO UNI TRACK!
Boys Track had no League Track meet last week but we had many boys participate in the OC Track and Field Championships. In the 100 , Faris Qaisi and Matt Tang, in the 200, Faris Qaisi, Matt Tang, Neel Chowdary and Lance Deolden, in the 400 Michael Blinstrub, in the 110 HH Ray Corpus and in the 4 x 400 relay Ethan Jenkins, Adam Gish, Neel Chowdary and Michael Blinstrub, in the High Jump Evan Pariser. This week is our GOW here at home against Woodbridge. Come out and support Uni Track and Field.
Boys Volleyball
The last couple of weeks have been hard for the UNI Boys’ Volleyball team. We took a tough loss to Beckman last Friday and lost in 4 sets to a solid Northwood team on Tuesday. With only 3 games left against Irvine, Woodbridge, and Beckman, we hope to better our league record as we close out the season. This year’s team is full of talent and I still believe that we have a great chance to go far in the CIF tournament!! Please come out and support our team on Tuesday April 24th at UNI against Irvine. GO TROJANS!!!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Monday
4/26
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Beckman
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, April 19th Boys Golf v Irvine @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00 ***GOW***Track & Field v Woodbridge – 3:00
Boys Swimming @ Foothill – 3:00 Boys Tennis v Irvine – 3:15 Softball v Woodbridge – 3:30
Friday, April 20th
Girls Swimming @ Foothill – 3:00 Baseball v Northwood – 3:30
Saturday, April 21st
Boys & Girls Swimming @ Foothill – 10:00 a.m.
Monday, April 23rd Boys Lacrosse v Woodbridge – 4:00
Tuesday, April 24th
Track & Field @ Beckman – 3:00
Boys Tennis @ Woodbridge – 3:15 Baseball v Irvine – 3:30
Softball @ Beckman – 3:30 Boys Volleyball v Irvine – 5:15
Girls Lacrosse v Woodbridge @ Uni Stadium – 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25th
Boys & Girls Swimming @ Beckman – 3:15
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Boys Volleyball GOW – Tuesday, April 17th – Come out and Support!
Irvine Junior Games 2018 – Volunteer Opportunity!Need to earn Service Hours? Sign up to volunteer at the 2018 Irvine Junior Games. http://irvinechildrensfund.org/
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
The U*N*I Baseball Team is 10 and 6 overall, 2 and 4 in PCL action. The Trojans finish their 3 game series with CDM at Home this afternoon. Next week the U*N*I Team competes against Northwood, away on Tuesday and home on Friday.
Boys Golf
The University HS Boys Golf team has 3 matches this week. Tue and Wed against Beckman at Tustin Ranch Golf Course and CDM at Newport Beach Country Club respectively. We lost close matches to both schools. We lost to Beckman 207 to 204 and to CDM 194 to 192. Both matches could have been won if it were not for some uncharacteristic mistakes on our part. We definitely had our opportunities. But on the bright side, we had personal bests performances from Nyle Wong. It is encouraging to see him continue to develop as a player that can contribute to the team!
Connor O’Brien was the low medalist for University HS with scores of 38 and 35 at Tustin Ranch and Newport Beach respectively. Today we have our third match of the week against Northwood HS at Strawberry Farms Golf Course. The last match against Northwood at Oak Creek, we did not have 2 of our starters. Today we will be in full force and looking for some payback! Wish us luck! Go Trojans!!
Boys Lacrosse
The University Boy’s Lacrosse team traveled to Canyon View Elementary to take on the Northwood Timberwolves on Wednesday. The game was a very spirited contest. Northwood would be leading at halftime 6-4, after a back and forth first half. The Trojans came storming back in the third quarter tying it up 6-6. Ultimately the game would come down to a few missed opportunities for the Trojans losing 8-11.
Girls Lacrosse
Come out and support the Girls tomorrow as they take on Dana Hills in the Uni Stadium at 4:00 p.m. Good luck girls!
Softball
Varsity Softball will be playing Corona del Mar today at home at 3:30. Come out to the Softball fields and show your support!
Boys Swimming
The Trojan boys swim team continued their league meet season with an impressive victory over Irvine yesterday. This was an all-around solid team meet, with time improvements and strong swims coming top to bottom. Sophomore Lukas Johansson had a particularly good swim, posting a lifetime best in the 500 free. The underclassmen boys will be facing Portola today, then the whole team will be facing Woodbridge next Wednesday. Go Uni!
Girls Swimming
The girls swim team returned after break for a tough away league meet against a strong Irvine High team, with all three divisions, Varsity, JV and Open falling to the Vaqueros. A few bright spots in the meet were season best times by Kate Weiland in the 200 IM, Alondra Ortiz in the 100 fly, Claire Jang in the 100 free and Marta Meinardi in the 500 free.
The swim team travels to Portola HS today for a non-league meet, then will host Woodbridge next Wednesday for the last home meet of the season when the seniors on the team will be recognized.
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team came back from Spring Break with a match against Beckman on Tuesday. Jack Wheeler and Noah Schneiderman came in and won a big match against the #1 doubles team to lead the Trojans to a 15 to 3 win. Senior Sam Topper won his two sets in singles and Michael Rudin and Luis Moros won their two sets in doubles. On Wednesday the team traveled to CdM to take on the 2nd ranked team in Orange County in a much anticipated match. With the match tied at 2-2 seniors Patryk Kozlowski and Julian Lafond continued their undefeated season defeating CdM’s top team in a tiebreaker to give the Trojans a 3-2 lead. Uni swept all 6 sets in the 2nd round to take a 9-3 lead in a match that was tied 3-3 after the 1st round. Naevin Anukornchaikul (Johns Hopkins) led the Trojans winning all three sets at singles while only losing 3 games! Junior Aditya Gupta (UPenn) also swept his three sets playing #1 singles. Freshmen Rithvik Krishna defeated Cdm’s top player in the final round for his second win of the day. The Trojans moved to 5-0 in league play and 15-1 overall. Uni is the #1 team in CIFSS DI and has not lost a Pacific Coast League match in 12 years (113 straight wins). The boys are back in action today at home against Northwood.
Track & Field
The Boys Track team had a Tri meet with CDM and Irvine prior to spring break with over 500 hundred athletes from all 3 schools. The meet was scored as two different dual meets and the boys lost both by less than 5 points. Some of our outstanding performances came from our 4 x 100 relay team (Qaisi, Tang, Koo and Lake), Ryan Duffy and Adam Gish in the 1600, Charlie Feuerborn and Ray corpus in the 110 HH, Jeremy Koo and Daniel Vilchis in the 400, Faris Qaisi and Austin Lake in the 100, Lee McEligot and Adam Gish in the 800, Micheal Wu in the 300 H, Faris Qaisi and Matt Tang in the 200, Raja Batra in the 3200, Juan Rodriquez in the long jump, Aaron Huang in the triple Jump, Evan Pariser and Sam Kammerman in the high Jump, Joshua Thai in the shot put. We have a bye this week but will return to competition next week here against Woodbridge as our GOW. We also have 14 different boys competing at the OC Track Championships this weekend at Mission Viejo High School. Go Trojan Track and Field!
Uni Girls Track competed in a Tri-meet against Irvine and CDM on 3/29. Although we lost to CDM, our varsity girls took the win against Irvine with some strong individual performances. Freshman Collette Lowengrub continues to impress, as she won both the 1600 and 3200 events. Sara Sussman took first in both the 400 and 800, Lauryn Wood won the 100, Katherine Loritz won the high jump, and Harini Venkataganesh won the shot put and took 2nd in the discus. Other top performers were Avery Klauke, Sandy Zhang, Mollie Kessler and Amber Sun. We look forward to watching many of these girls compete at the Orange County Championship meet this weekend. GO UNI TRACK!
Boys Volleyball
The boys are travelling to Beckman this Friday, April 13th. Lower levels play at 4:00 and Varsity following at 5:15. Best of luck!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Monday
4/23
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Woodbridge
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, April 12th Boys Golf v Northwood @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00
Swimming @ Portola – 3:00 Boys Tennis v Northwood – 3:15 Baseball v Corona Del Mar – 3:30 Softball v Corona Del Mar – 3:30
Friday, April 13th Girls Lacrosse v Dana Hills – 4:00
Boys Volleyball @ Beckman – 5:15
Saturday, April 14th
Track & Field – Orange County Invitational @ Mission Viejo – 9:00 a.m.
Monday, April 16th
Girls Lacrosse @ Corona Del Mar – 3:15
Tuesday, April 17th
Baseball @ Northwood – 3:30
Softball @ Irvine – 3:30 ***GOW***Boys Volleyball v Northwood – 5:15
Wednesday, April 18th Swimming v Woodbridge – 3:15
Boys Lacrosse @ Irvine – 6:00 Girls Lacrosse v Irvine – 6:00
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Boys Tennis GOW Today!The Boys will be playing Woodbridge today at 3:15 at the Uni Tennis courts. Come out and support!
Girls Lacrosse GOW is April 11thCome out and support the Girls Lacrosse team on Wednesday, April 11th for their GOW. They will be playing Northwood at 4:00 p.m. in the Uni Stadium.
Help Support Uni Girls Volleyball!
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
U*N*I Baseball is 9-2 overall and 2-2 in the PCL. The team travels to Beckman to play this afternoon at 3:30. The U*N*I Team is going to participate in the Ryan Lemmon Tournament over the Spring Break; Sat, 8:30 vs Bountiful HS at Cypress Park, Mon, 8:45 vs Dana Hills Windrow 2, Tues, 5:15 vs Tustin at Ryan Lemmon Stadium, Wed TBD.
Boys Golf
The team had a busy week. Since last Thursday, we played 3 matches…CDM, Woodbridge, and Irvine. We lost a close one against CDM at home last Thursday. It was a match we should have won. The score was tied at 202. We lost on the 6th player tiebreaker. In case if a tie, we look at the highest score out of the 6 players and whoever has the lowest score wins. It shouldn’t have had come down to the tiebreaker because one of CDM players should have been accessed a 2 stroke penalty but our boys didn’t catch the rules violation.
We lost to the defending PCL and CIF champions Woodbridge HS this past Monday at Rancho San Joaquin. On Tuesday, we won our 1st league match against Irvine 209 to 239. It was a good score considering we were without one of our best players, Connor O’Brien.
League play continues after spring break with 3 back to back matches 4/10 through 4/12. The matches will be Tuesday with Beckman at Tustin Ranch Golf Club, Wednesday with CDM at Newport Beach Country Club, and back home at Strawberry Farms against Northwood on Thursday.
Wish us luck. Go Trojans!!
Boys Lacrosse
The University Boy’s Varsity Lacrosse team played two important league games this week. On Monday Irvine HS visited Uni HS for their first of two matchups. The Trojans came out strong and energetic, controlling the ball and game from start to finish. With an efficient offense, lead by senior Nick Khamseh and junior Oliver Kubit and stellar defensive play by senior Ryan Hane and Junior goalie Rustin Sorat the team lead 8-4 at halftime. The second half would be even better as the Trojans would outscore IHS 7-1. Final score 13-5.
On Wednesday the Trojans faced a senior dominate Woodbridge team which they had lost to last year twice by a combined 3 points. WHS was determined to put some distance between the two programs this year with a strong effort right from the first whistle. The Warriors won the ground ball war and the game literally running away with it 15-4.
Girls Lacrosse
Girls lacrosse is having a tremendous season. The girls have won their last three games. Last Friday, they beat Yorba Linda 17-5, on Monday they came out on top of Irvine, beating them 18-4 and in their game against Woodbridge yesterday, they won 17-7. Congratulations girls!
Softball
Congratulations to the Uni Softball Team. Varsity went undefeated at the two-weekend Katella tournament! On March 17th, the Trojans beat Orange High School 12 – 2 and they beat Calvary Chapel 9-7. On March 24th, Uni beat Loara 12-5 and the Trojans also defeated Santa Ana, 12-0. Way to go ladies!
Come out and support the team today at 3:30 for their home game against Rancho Alamitos. Best of luck ladies!
Boys Swimming
The boys will be training over the break and will be back in action on Wednesday, April 11th against Irvine. The meet is at Woollett Aquatic Center at 3:15. After that they will be competing at Portola High School on Thursday, April 12th at 3:00.
Girls Swimming
Yesterday, the Uni swimmers traveled to Northwood for their second league meet, falling to the Timberwolves in all 3 Girls Divisions: Varsity, JV and Open. Nevertheless, there were several strong swims and time improvements. For the Varsity, Alondra Ortiz was a double winner in both the 100 fly and the 100 backstroke, lowering her CIF consideration times in both. Claire Jang was second in both the 50 free and the 100 fly, only 0.2 seconds behind Ortiz in the fly. Freshman Chloe Johansson had a 2.59 second drop in her 200 free, Kristina Yan, Yuuri Yoshikawa and Marta Meinardi all had significant time drops in the 200 IM, Danica Wong had a 1.74 second drop in her 100 breaststroke and Angela Yan had a whopping 10 second drop in her 500 freestyle. The 400 freestyle relay team of Jang, Anne Iwata, Ortiz and Leila Mirsafian had a season best time by 2.61 seconds to lower their CIF consideration time once again.
First place finishers in the JV division included Ira Chaturvedi in the 100 fly, Maria Langlois in the 500 free, and Sabine Saivucci in the 100 back. First place finishers in the Open division included Aeven Mooney in the 50 fly, and Jessica Wong in the 100 free.
The girls will be training hard over spring break, and then open the second half of the season on 4/11 against Woodbridge HS with a second meet that week against Portola on 4/12. Good luck, girls!
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team moved to 2 and 0 in league with a 16 to 2 win over Irvine high school. Last weekend the boys lost in the semi-final of the National All-American tournament. Junior Aditya Gupta was named to the prestigious “All-Tournament” team. The boys will be back in action today with a match at home against Woodbridge. Unfortunately, the Trojans will be without their #1 player, Aditya Gupta who has made it to the quarter-final of the Easter Bowl in Palm Springs. We wish Adi best of luck in this top national singles tournament.
Track & Field
This past Saturday, girls track had a small number of athletes who competed at the Beach Cities Invitational. Daria Shkel finished 2nd in the entire meet for both the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Katherine Loritz also finished 2nd in the meet for the girls frosh/soph high jump with a new personal best of 4’8’’. Harini Venkataganesh had solid performances in the discus and shot put as well as Amber Sun in the high jump. We started our league competition this past Tuesday against Northwood. Freshman standout Collette Lowengrub ran the fastest 1600 in the PCL so far with a time of 5:17. Lowengrub also won the 800. Other top varsity performers were Sara Sussman, Avery Klauke, Mollie Kessler and Harini Venkataganesh. This a big week for UNI track as we compete against CDM+Irvine today, 3/29. Come out and support!
Boys Track was rained out last Thursday but had a great outing at the Beach Cities invitational. Evan Pariser and Sam Kamerman both medaled in the high Jump at 6’, Faris Qaisi medaled in both the 100 and 200, and Matt Tang medaled in the 100. Our best performance of the day came from our boys F/S Distance medley. Not only did they win but they set a new meet record. The team was made up of Adam Gish, Ethan Jenkins, Raja Batra and Ryan Duffy. This last Tuesday we made up our first league meet with Northwood here at Uni. At the meet, we had some great performances from Ryan Duffy and Adam Gish in the 1600, Evan Pariser in the 110 HH, Daniel Vilchis in the 400, Faris Qaisi in the 100, Lee McEligot and Adam Gish in the 800, Raja Batra in the 3200 and our 4 x 400 team ( Chistian Go, Michael Blinstrub, Neel Chowdary and Daniel Vilchis). Today we have a Tri meet with Irvine and CDM here at Uni. Come support. Go Trojan Track and Field!
Boys Volleyball
All levels of the Boys Volleyball team are doing good. J.V. and the Frosh/Soph team beat Northwood last week and the Varsity also won, 3-1. We were bested by CDM’s talented team once again on Tuesday. Bringing our league record to 1-2. We go to Irvine tonight with hopes of evening out our league record. JV and Frosh/soph game is at 4pm and Varsity is at 5:15 at Irvine High school. We’d love to see you there supporting our boys!! GO TROJANS!!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Monday
4/23
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Woodbridge
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, March 29th Track & Field v Corona Del Mar & Irvine – 2:00 p.m. **GOW***Boys Tennis v Woodbridge – 3:15 p.m.
Baseball @ Beckman – 3:30 p.m. Softball v Rancho Alamitos – 3:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball @ Irvine – 5:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 31st
Baseball v Bountiful High School @ Cypress Park – 8:30 a.m.
Monday, April 2nd
Baseball v Dana Hills @ Windrow Park – 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, April 3rd
Baseball v Tustin @ Windrow Park – 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 4th
Ryan Lemmon Baseball Tourney – Time TBA
Monday, April 9th Boys Lacrosse v Beckman – 4:00 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse @ Beckman – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10th
Boys Tennis @ Beckman – 3:15 p.m.
Baseball @ Corona Del Mar – 3:30 p.m.
Softball @ Northwood – 3:30 p.m. Boys Golf v Beckman @ Tustin Ranch – 3:50 p.m. Boys Volleyball v Woodbridge – 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 11th
Boys Tennis @ Corona Del Mar – 3:15 p.m.
Swimming @ Irvine – 3:15 p.m.
Boys Golf v Corona Del Mar @ Newport Beach Country Club – 3:30 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse @ Northwood – 4:00 p.m. ***GOW***Girls Lacrosse v Northwood – 4:00 p.m.
Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Help support the Girl’s Volleyball Program!
Help support Uni Aquatics!
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
Baseball is 7 and 2. They lost a close game to Northwood 3-1 and ran into a hot CDM team on Tuesday and lost 13-5. The U*N*I team plays at IHS on Friday, hosts WHS on Tuesday and completes the first round of PCL play with an away game at Beckman next Thursday. The U*N*I team will play in the Ryan Lemmon Tournament over the Spring Break.
Boys Golf
We started league matches this week with Northwood yesterday at Oak Creek and CDM today at Strawberry Farms. Due to the music festival at Uni, we were shorthanded 2 of our staters Dylan Kurnnemann and Steven Li. We lost to to Northwood 192 to 181. I am extremely proud of the team as they collectively played our best round even without the 2 starters. 192 is our best so far this year! Freshman George Lu shot even par 35 for our best score. Today we match up against CDM at Strawberry Farms Golf Course. They return all but one player from last year’s talented team. But we are also better this year and will go for the win today!
Boys Lacrosse
The University Boy’s Varsity Lacrosse team played their first Pacific Coast League game versus Northwood on Monday. The Trojans came out firing and pulled ahead early 6-3 with goals from Nick Khamseh, Oliver Kubit, Lucas Hall and Matt McCarthy, but the Timberwolves stormed back to tie the game. There would be 5 lead changes going into the 4th quarter. The game was very heated, both sides battling every possession. The Trojans had many Man-Up opportunities, due to NHS overzealous play, but came away with few points. This would prove to be the difference as the game would end 14-13.
Girls Lacrosse
Come out and support Girls Lacrosse tomorrow as they take on Yorba Linda. Varsity plays at 4:00 p.m. in the Uni Stadium. The JV game will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Uni Stadium. Come out and watch these amazing girls!
Softball
The softball game scheduled with La Quinta high school today was unfortunately rained out. The girls will be competing in the Katella tournament this Saturday. They will be playing Loara High School at Loara at 9:00 a.m. and Santa Ana at Katella High School at 12:00 p.m. Best of luck girls!
Boys Swimming
The Uni boys swim team is starting to hit their stride this season! They followed up a nice finish at the Capo Valley Relay Invitational two weekends ago with a close win over Santa Margarita at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Open Divisions. Yesterday, the Trojans opened up their season against Pacific Coast League opponents by handily defeating the CDM team 110 – 60! All relays featured stand-out swims from multiple members. Additionally, senior Aidan Yong, junior Aaron Lee, and sophomores Brian Lou and Caedon Ng had particularly impressive individual performances! The team will be prepping for a challenging match-up against their rival Northwood next week! Go Uni!
Girls Swimming
The girls swim team had two challenging meets this past week. Last Thursday they swam against the four-time defending CIF-SS champions, Santa Margarita CHS, and yesterday in the GOW (or MOW) hosted Corona del Mar.
Although the defending champions prevailed, the Santa Margarita meet resulted in some fast times for Uni. Season best times were recorded by sophomore Kate Weiland in both the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke, and by freshman Marta Meinardi in the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle, with a 3 second drop in the 500. Both sophomore Leila Mirsafian and senior tri-captain Anne Iwata had season best times in the 50 free, with Iwata also posting a season best in the 100 free. Senior tri-captain Alondra Ortiz and freshman Isabella Pagano swam to season best times in the 100 fly, and the 200 freestyle relay team of Pagano, Iwata, Mirsafian and senior tri-captain Claire Jang lowered their CIF consideration time to 1:45.14.
Yesterday, in their first PCL meet against CDM, the girls lost a close one, 88-81, with the meet coming down to the last relay. All 3 relays dropped significant amounts of time, with the 200 Medley relay of Ortiz, Weiland, Jang and Mirsafian dropping 2 full seconds to lower their CIF consideration time to 1:53.04, the 200 free relay of freshman Kristina Yan, Iwata, Mirsafian and Jang winning with a time of 1:45.02, and the 400 free relay of Ortiz, Weiland, K. Yan and Iwata dropping 2.5 seconds with a time of 3:55.44. Weiland dropped her 200 IM time by 2 seconds and also her 100 breast time for two new season bests, Ortiz made her CIF consideration time in the 100 fly with a season best 1:00.69, freshman Lia Ciu dropped her 100 back time by more than 2 seconds, as did senior Yuuri Yoshikawa in the 100 breaststroke. Meinardi dropped her 500 time once again, and freshman Ira Chaturvedi had a 3.6 second drop in the 100 fly. Many other swimmers had time improvements as well.
The team will travel to Northwood next Wednesday.
Come on out and support the swim team! Good luck, girls!
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team started league play on Tuesday with a 14 to 4 win over Northwood. Naevin Anukornchaikul won his two sets playing first singles. Freshmen Rithvik Krishna also won two sets playing 3rd singles. In doubles play, Patryk Kozlowski and Julian Lafond continued their incredible start to the season winning their two sets to remain undefeated. And, Luis Moros and Cameron Sepahi spet their three sets at 2nd doubles.
The boys are the top ranked team in Orange County and the #1 team in CIF D-I. Uni will also be the 2nd seeded team in the prestigious National All-American tournament taking place tomorrow and Saturday at the Uni courts and other local clubs. 16 teams will be competing from around the nation for the title that Uni has already won 3 times.
Track & Field
Girls track had another solid performance against Huntington Beach last week, despite a close loss. It was our last pre-season meet, and we are feeling prepared and looking forward to starting our actual season. Collette Lowengrub and Avery Klauke once again finished 1-2 in the 1600. Daria Shkel continues to dominate the hurdle events, winning both the 100 and 300 hurdles. Sara Sussman and Vani Tanka finished 1-2 in the 400, and we swept the 800m (Sara Sussman, Collette Lowengrub, Abigail Sanders). Other top varsity contributors were Amber Sun, Sandy Zhang, Harini Venkataganesh and Jamie Kim.
We also competed at the Laguna Beach Trophy Invitational this past weekend where Collette Lowengrub and Daria Shkel put up impressive performances among the best in Orange County. Lowengrub raced in the prestigious Eric Hulst 3200m and finished as the fastest freshman in the entire meet with a time of 11:28 over 8 laps. Shkel placed 3rd overall in the 100 hurdles and 4th overall in the 300 hurdles. We look forward to more exciting performances from these ladies.
Come support the girls this Thursday, 3/22 for our first PCL meet against Northwood on our home track. GO UNI!
The Boys track lost another close preseason meet coming down to the 4 x 400 relay. The athletes are coming together and we had some very good performances. In the 1600, Adam Gish and Ryan Duffy, in the 800, Raja Batra, in the 110 H, Charlie Feuerborn and Evan Pariser, in the 300 H, Michael Wu, Charlie Feuerborn and Yarin Heffes, In the 400, Daniel Vilchis, Michael Blinstrub and Neel Chowdhary, in the 100, Faris Qaisi, in the 200, Faris Qaisi and Matt Tang, in the 3200, Ryan Liang, In the long jump, Won Suk Choi, in the High jump, Won Suk Choi and Evan Pariser. We also won the 4 x 400. Our first league meet is set for Thursday against Northwood weather permitting. Go Trojan Tack!
Boys Volleyball
The Boys Volleyball team is off to a great start this season! We won the Foothill Classic Varsity tournament last weekend and we are starting to hit our stride. We took a tough loss to a very talented CDM team last night but the boys are ready to come back strong this Friday against Northwood. With 12 very talented seniors on the team this year we have a very good shot of being one of the top teams in the league and I’m excited for what the rest of the season has in store. Our first home league game is next week on Tuesday 3/27/18 against CDM and we would love to see you there! Go Trojans!!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Monday
4/23
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Woodbridge
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, March 22nd Boys Golf v CDM @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00
Track & Field v Northwood @ University – 3:00 Boys Tennis v Corona Del Mar – 3:15
Softball @ La Quinta – 3:30
Friday, March 23rd
Boys Tennis Tournament @ Uni – Time TBA
Baseball @ Irvine – 3:30 Girls Lacrosse v Yorba Linda – 4:00
Boys Volleyball @ Northwood – 5:15
Saturday, March 24th
Boys Tennis Tournament @ Uni – Time TBA
Track Invitational @ Huntington Beach – 8:00
Softball Tournament @ Loara – 9:00 AM
Softball Tournament @ Katella – 12:00 PM
Monday, March 26th Boys Lacrosse v Irvine – 4:00
Girls Lacrosse @ Irvine – 6:00
Tuesday, March 27th
Boys Golf v Irvine @ Oak Creek Golf Course – 3:00
Boys Tennis @ Irvine – 3:15 Baseball v Woodbridge – 3:30 Boys Volleyball v Corona Del Mar – 5:15
Wednesday, March 28th
Swimming @ Northwood – 3:15
Boys Lacrosse @ Woodbridge – 4:00 Girls Lacrosse v Woodbridge – 4:00
Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:
Attend the games
Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
Attend the GOWs
Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
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Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus. If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.
What’s Happening on Campus
Come out and support Boys Lacrosse and Uni Swim at their upcoming GOW’s:
3/19 – Boys Lacrosse v Northwood – 4:00 @ Uni Stadium
3/21 – Boys & Girls Swim v CDM – 3:15 @ Uni Pool
Spring Sports Update
Baseball
Baseball went 5-0 in the Newport Elks tournament. They were Champions of the Orange Division. The 7-0 U*N*I Baseball Team opens up PCL action on Friday, 3/16, 3:30, versus Northwood HS.
Boys Golf
As we finish up the non-conference pre-season portion of our schedule today at Talega Golf Club against San Juan Hills, I can’t but help to have a sense of optimism. Although I have anticipated better overall team scores, I have seen our talented freshman gain confidence and it has reflected in lower scores. Our returning players have also improved. We still have a long ways to go but we are moving in the right direction!!
Next week starts league play with Northwood HS at Oak Creek Golf Course on Wednesday and then CDM on Thursday at Our home course of Strawberry Farms. We are looking forward to playing in one of the toughest golf leagues in Orange County and making a push to CIF.
Boys Lacrosse
The University Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse team is 3-3 going into their last preseason game this Friday night at Dana Hills. On Monday the squad dominated the Tustin Tillers 15-5 with solid second half team play. Lacrosse is a combination of brutality and finesse and the team is competitive and in the hunt for the PCL title. FUN FACT: In 2017/2018 there is a 13% chance of getting a full-ride scholarship in lacrosse compared to a 2-5% chance in all other sports combined.
Girls Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse had a good week, earning two wins against El Dorado and El Toro. Last Friday, the girls were in action against a very feisty El Dorado squad. Despite falling behind by three goals and trailing at halftime by one, the team worked hard and played some phenomenal lacrosse to tie the match, 10-10, in regulation. Mya Wang (Fr.), in overtime, ran the ball up field, drew a penalty shot, and rocketed home the game winner. It was a deserved win and the girls stayed strong in a game where officials showed El Dorado players 4 different yellow cards.
In their first home match of the season, the girls played El Toro and, again, were down by one at half time, 4-5. However, the offense lit up El Toro during the second half, scoring 4 unanswered goals in the first four minutes, and they never looked back. Netting twelve total goals in the second half, the team dominated play all over the field. The defense and goalies worked tirelessly to stifle El Toro’s offense, and though they managed some goals, the girls were simply too much for El Toro to get back into the game.
The squad is back in action tomorrow night (3/16), away, against Valencia and league play starts next week. The first home match, against Corona del Mar, is slated for Wednesday, March 21. Please come and support!
Softball
Softball is headed to Ocean View High School today for a non-league game. Both JV and Varsity play at 3:15. Best of luck ladies!
Boys Swimming
The Trojan boys swim team performed exceptionally at the Capo Valley Relay Invitational, a meet featuring 25 of the top teams in Orange County and Los Angeles. The Varsity boys dropped season-best times and placed 4th overall, while the Frosh-Soph team stepped up and placed 2nd overall. The boys team will look to continue their success today (3/15) as they battle the always-challenging Santa Margarita team. Go Uni!
Girls Swimming
The swim team participated in the fast Capistrano Valley HS Relay Invitational last week, with girls prelims on Thursday and combined girls and boys finals on Saturday afternoon. This meet included most of the top teams in Orange County and many meet records were broken. The Uni girls qualified for finals in 7 out of 7 possible relays in the Frosh/Soph division and 6 out of 7 in the Varsity division. The Varsity 200 medley relay team of Alondra Ortiz (backstroke), Kate Weiland (breaststroke), Isabella Pagano (butterfly) and Claire Jang (freestyle anchor) lowered their CIF consideration time again, posting a 1:55.08 in Saturday’s final. The Varsity girls finished 14th and Frosh/Soph finished 9th out of the 21 participating high schools which included 12 out of the top 20 teams from the 2017 CIF-SS Division 1 Championships.
Today, March 15th, the team travels to Santa Margarita HS for a challenging dual meet against the 3 time defending CIF-SS Division 1 Champions. It is a fast pool, and with the excellent competition some nice time drops are expected. Good luck swimmers!
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team defeated Dana Hills 17 to 1 last Thursday to improve to 10 and 0 on the year. The boys were rained out against Fountain Valley on Tuesday but will be back in action against San Clemente today at Uni. Currently the boys are the top ranked team in Orange County and #1 in the CIF Southern section for Division 1. Go Trojans!
Track & Field
Girls track had another successful preseason meet against Godinez this past Thursday, winning 84-38. Collette Lowengrub and Avery Klauke went 1-2 in the 1600m and 3200m. Daria Shkel once again took the win in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles. Harini Venkataganesh placed first in both the shot put and discus. Other top performers included Mollie Kessler, Abigail Sanders, Roseanne Yu, Sandy Zhang, and Amber Sun. This week we are up against Huntington Beach on our home track. Come out and support. GO UNI!
Boys Track had their second preseason meet against Godinez High School here at Uni. We had another tough loss but still had some fine performances. Raja Batra in the 1600 and 3200, Adam Gish, Christian Go and Chris Lohmeyer in the 800, Charlie Feuerborn and Evan Pariser in the 110HH, Micheal Wu and Oliver Corpus in the 300H, Daniel Vilchis in the 400, Faris Qaisi and Austin lake in the 100 and 200. Juan Rodriguez and Matt Naranjo in the Long Jump, Won Suk Choi and Aaron Haung in the Triple Jump, Evan Pariser and Juan Rodriguez in the High Jump. This week we are up against Huntington Beach High School here at Uni. Go Trojan Track!
Boys Volleyball
The boys are headed to Tesoro today for a non-league match up. Lower levels play at 4:30 at Tesoro high school and Varsity plays at 5:30. Best of luck!
17-18 Spring GOW Schedule
Sport
Day
Date
Time
Location
Opponent
Boys Lacrosse
Monday
3/19
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Swimming
Wednesday
3/21
3:15
UHS Pool
Corona Del Mar
Boys Tennis
Thursday
3/29
3:15
Uni Tennis Courts
Woodbridge
Girls Lacrosse
Wednesday
4/11
4:00
Uni Stadium
Northwood
Boys Volleyball
Tuesday
4/17
5:15
UHS Gym
Northwood
Track & Field
Thursday
4/19
3:00
Uni Stadium
Woodbridge
Boys Golf
Monday
4/23
3:00
Strawberry Farms
Woodbridge
Baseball
Friday
5/4
3:30
UHS Baseball Field
Woodbridge
Softball
Wednesday
5/9
3:30
UHS Softball Field
Beckman
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, March 15th Track & Field v Huntington Beach – 3:00 p.m.
Swimming @ Santa Margarita – 3:00 p.m.
Boys Golf v San Juan Hills @ Talega Golf Club – 3:00 p.m. Boys Tennis v San Clemente – 3:15 p.m.
Softball @ Ocean View – 3:15 p.m.
Boys Volleyball @ Tesoro – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16th Baseball v Northwood – 3:30 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse @ Valencia (Placentia) – 5:30 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse @ Dana Hills – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17th
Track & Field @ Laguna Beach – 8:00 a.m.
Softball Tournament @ Orange High School – 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Monday, March 19th **GOW**Boys Lacrosse v Northwood – 4:00 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse @ Northwood – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20th
Boys Tennis @ Northwood – 3:15 p.m.
Softball @ Fountain Valley – 3:15 p.m. Baseball v Corona Del Mar – 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21st **GOW** Swimming v Corona Del Mar – 3:15 p.m.
Boys Volleyball @ Corona Del Mar – 4:30 p.m.
Boys Golf v Northwood @ Oak Creek Golf Course – 3:30 p.m. Girls Lacrosse v Corona Del Mar – 4:00 p.m.
Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:
Attend the games
Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
Attend the GOWs
Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
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What’s happening on Campus
Boys Soccer
Boys Soccer is continuing their unforgettable season this week as they compete in the CIF SoCal Regional tournament. The boys beat La Habra on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory in Overtime. You can read about the game in the OC Varsity article below. The team will be competing in the semi-finals tonight (Thursday, 3/8) against Villa Park at Fred Kelly Stadium at 5:00 p.m. General Admission is $9.00 / Student, Child, Senior (65+) is $5.00 Come out and support!
University defeats La Habra in OT, advances in SoCal Regional soccer playoffs
Darious Abdollahi, center, celebrates after scoring the goal to end the sudden-death overtime game as the University High School boys varsity soccer took on the La Habra Highlanders in the first round of the Division III playoffs in the CIF Southern California Regionals Tuesday at University High School. in Irvine on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
By DAMIAN V. DOTTORE |
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2018 at 9:05 pm | UPDATED: March 6, 2018 at 9:17 pm
IRVINE – University was banged up and tired just four days after winning its first CIF-SS boys soccer title, but the Trojans found a way to beat La Habra 2-1 in overtime Tuesday in the first round of the CIF Division III Southern California Regional playoffs.
The Trojans were missing two of their best players – Pedro Palmaka, who scored four playoff goals, and Zach Howard, the team’s lock-down defender – because of knee injuries.
Good thing they still had Sebastien Hertel. He provided a goal and an assist on the winning goal to beat the visiting Highlanders (15-12-3).
The Trojans (23-1-3) will face Villa Park in the SoCal semifinals Thursday, which is a rematch of Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 3 championship game that University won 2-0.
The Trojans came close to having to send Hertel to the bench early in Tuesday’s game.
As he followed through on the shot that gave the Trojans a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute, he injured his ankle. It swelled close to the size of a tennis ball, University coach Martin Wallwork said.
“He was on one leg after that,” Wallwork said. “I asked him if he could go and he told me he would give everything he had. And he plays nearly every minute after that.
“He is the best high school player, bar none. Period. On one leg he is beating players (for La Habra) that are fresh.”
Four minutes into the 15-minute overtime period, Hertel dribbled around and through at least four Highlanders, making his way into the box. He eventually flicked the ball to Darious Abdollahi, who guided a shot inside the far post.
The Trojans defeated the Highlanders by the same score in the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals on Feb. 27, but that game didn’t go to overtime.
“After winning the championship on Saturday, this game kind of had the feel of a preseason game,” Wallwork said. “It was hard to get them back up for it, and then there’s the fatigue. They hardly had any time to recover. They (La Habra) were fresh. I thought we were the better team, but that No. 17 (Rene Martinez) is a crakin’ player.”
Martinez scored the tying goal in the 48th minute, wrapping a free kick around Uni’s wall.
That was the only shot James Choi didn’t stop for University, as he finished with six saves.
Twice he slid and kicked the ball away at the last second, turning away Christian Bribiesca’s shot in the first half and Tanner Coombs’ scoring chance in the final minute of the second half.
“He (Choi) did a great job,” La Habra coach Joel Carlisle said of Choi. “We knew we were going to have to take advantage of opportunities, and we missed a couple. That was the difference for us.
“We are super-proud of what they have accomplished this year. We asked them to believe in themselves, and that is what they have done.”
As the No. 1 seed, the Trojans will be the home team for the SoCal semifinal on Thursday. An event is already scheduled for University High’s stadium on Thursday night, Wallwork said, so the semifinal match will likely be played at El Modena High.
Spring Sports Update
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis team is off to a great start to the 2018 season. The boys began the season with a 16-2 win over San Marino on Tuesday February 20th. Later that week the boys won the So Cal high school pre-season championships defeating Peninsula high in the final. Junior Aditya Gupta won a crucial set at first singles with the match tied at 2 apiece to put the Trojans up 3 to 2. Seniors Patryk Kozlowski and Julian Lafond went undefeated at 2nd doubles. 16 teams were entered in this tournament and the Uni boys had to beat 6 of the top teams in Southern California to win the title.
Last Tuesday the boys defeated the defending D-I champs, The Harvard-Westlake school 11 to 7. Aditya Gupta and senior Naevin Anukornchaikul led the team in singles and Kozlowksi and Lafond swept their sets in doubles. Finally, yesterday the boys defeated Los Al high 16 to 2. Freshmen Rithvik Krishna won his two sets playing singles. The Uni boys look to be pretty strong this year and should make a deep run in the CIF playoffs.
Boys Volleyball
The boys will be competing in the Foothill tournament this Friday and Saturday. Uni’s first game will be at 3:30 on Friday at Foothill High School. Best of luck boys!
Track & Field
Girls track had our first pre-season meet against El Modena this past Thursday. Our distance squad swept the 1600m (Collette Lowengrub, Avery Klauke, Abby Sanders) and the 800m (Collette Lowengrub, Sara Sussman, Abby Sanders). Avery Klauke also won the 3200m, and Sara Sussman won the 400m. Top returner Daria Shkel started her season strong, winning both the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles. Other notable performances came from Mollie Kessler who won the long jump and placed 3rd in the 100m, Amber Sun who won the high jump, and Harini Venkataganesh who won the Discus and placed 3rd in the shot put. We continue our preseason meets today, March 8th against Godinez here in our home stadium. GO UNI TRACK!
Boys Track had their first meet against El Modena High School here at Uni. We had some great performances but came up short in the scoring. Some of our top performers included Ryan Duffy in the 1600, Adam Gish in the 800, Won Suk Choi in the long and triple jump, Faris Qaisi in the 100 and 200 and Charlie Feuerborn in the 110 and 300 hurdles. We have Godinez here for our next meet.
Go Trojan Track
Boys Swimming
The Uni boys swim team got underway with their competitive season this week, narrowly placing second in the Irvine City Relays and battling to the last relay with Laguna Hills. During both meets, many swimmers beat time standards to gain eligibility to compete at CIF. CIF times were made by senior Aidan Yong, junior Aaron Lee, and sophomores Brian Lou, Hunter Kroll, and Caedon Ng. Uni will look to continue their success as they face off against the top teams in Orange County this Friday and Saturday at the Capo Valley Relay Invitational. Come out to support the Trojan swimmers!
Girls Swimming
The Uni girls swim team’s season began with four meets in the last week. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the annual Blue vs White Intra-squad co-ed meet came down to the last relay with the Blue team taking home the trophy. Both Girls Blue and White 200 Medley Relays and 200 Freestyle Relays teams recorded CIF consideration times.
Last Friday Uni swim participated in the annual Irvine City Relay Championships against Irvine High, Northwood, and Beckman, and Portola. The Varsity girls finished 2nd and the JV girls finished third, for a combined girls 3rd place finish. Senior captains Claire Jang and Alondra Ortiz swam to individual CIF consideration times as the leadoff swimmer in the 100 yard butterfly relay (Jang) and the 100 backstroke relay (Ortiz) respectively. The 200 yard Medley Relay team of Ortiz, sophomore Kate Weiland, Jang and senior captain Anne Iwata finished 2nd with a CIF consideration time of 1:57.12. The 400 freestyle relay of Iwata, junior Sarah Sharifi, and sophomores Savanna Cruz and Leila Mirsafian also finished 2nd with a CIF consideration time of 3:57.66.
This past Tuesday afternoon the team traveled to Laguna Hills High School, with the Varsity Girls winning by a score of 88-81, and the JV girls winning 115-52. All three relays lowered their CIF consideration times, with the 200 free relay of Mirsafian, freshman Isabella Pagano, Iwata and Jang, dropping 2.5 seconds with their first place finish. Savanna Cruz dropped 4.2 seconds in the 200 freestyle and 6.5 seconds in the 500 freestyle, winning the 500. Jang, Pagano and Iwata went 1-2-3 in the 50 free with all three swimmers dropping time and Jang coming very close to the CIF automatic time, finishing in 24.79.
The team travels today to Capistrano Valley High school for the preliminary session of the annual Capo Valley relay meet against many of the fastest high schools in the LA and OC area. The relays that advance to finals will swim again on Saturday afternoon at the same venue.
Go Uni Swim!
Baseball
Baseball is off to a fast start…they are 6-0. It has truly been a team effort—with the Pitchers, Offense, Defense and the important Bench all contributing to the team’s success. They play Irvine HS on Friday in the Championship Game in the Newport Elks Tournament—Orange County Division.
Softball
The girls will be playing Costa Mesa at home tomorrow, March 9th at 3:15, come out and support!
Girls Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse officially kicked off their season yesterday with an away match against Mission Viejo. Despite taking almost six minutes for either team to get on the board, Uni scored first and then never looked back as they cruised to a 9-1 victory! Mya Wang (Fr.) was the lead scorer with 3 goals while Kaylor Chott (Sr.) and Olivia Holmes (Sr.) added 2 goals apiece. Goalie Gracelyn Caceros (Jr.) had six saves to keep the Mission Viejo squad from getting in to the game. It was a great first match for the team and they all hope to start a streak of wins beginning tomorrow when they play El Dorado. The first home match for the girls is next Wednesday, 4:00 PM, in the stadium. Come cheer on the team!
Boys Lacrosse
The University boys varsity lacrosse team heads into Friday night’s match against Martin Luther King high school at 5 PM in the stadium with a record of 2 and 2. The Trojans who finished in 3rd place in the PCL last year are looking to improve their defense in this game and protect their goalie Rustin Sorat better. There are only three preseason games left to continue to build chemistry until they start the regular season against Northwood.
Boys Golf
The boy’s golf team lost a close match yesterday at Seacliff Country Club against Huntington Beach 201 to 199. This was our 3rd preseason non-league match and we have improved as a team each and every time.
The league matches we play take the best 5 out of 6 scores from each team to determine the winner. Yesterday, however, since we were the visiting team, we played how Huntington Beach plays their preseason matches – best 5 out of 8. We finished tied 201 to 201 after 6 players and would have won the tie breaker (by looking at the 6th player’s score…lowest wins). But their 8th player came in 2 strokes better so their score was 199. We will play them again next Monday at home…we will WIN!
We were led by one of our top talented freshman, George Lu. He shot an incredible 34, that’s 2 under par, for 9 holes at a very challenging Seacliff Country Club. He took Medalist Honors (lowest score for both teams) by 3 shots!
Up next will be Huntington Beach at home next Monday and San Juan Hills at Talega Country Club next Thursday. League play starts the following week! Go Trojans!!
Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletic events
(Home events in Blue)
Thursday, March 8th Track & Field v Godinez – 3:00 PM
Boys Tennis @ Dana Hills – 3:00 PM
Girls Swimming @ Capo Valley – 3:00 PM
Boys Soccer v Villa Park @ Fred Kelly Stadium – 5:00 PM (CIF Regionals)
Friday, March 9th
Baseball – Newport Elks Tourney – Time & Location TBA
Boys Swimming @ Capo Valley – 3:00 PM Softball v Costa Mesa – 3:15 PM
Girls Lacrosse @ El Dorado – 3:30 PM
Boys Volleyball Tourney @ Foothill – 3:30 PM Boys Lacrosse v Martin Luther King – 5:00 PM
Saturday, March 10th
Boys Volleyball Tourney @ Foothill – Time TBA
Track & Field – Irvine Invitational @ Irvine High – 8:00 AM
Boys & Girls Swim – Capo Valley Relays – 2:00 PM
Monday, March 12th Boys Golf v Huntington Beach @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00 PM
Boys Lacrosse @ Tustin – 4:00 PM
Tuesday, March 13th
Softball @ Tustin – 3:15 PM Boys Tennis v Fountain Valley – 3:15 PM
Boys Volleyball @ Laguna Hills – 5:15 PM
Wednesday, March 14th Girls Lacrosse v El Toro – 4:00 PM
Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:
Attend the games
Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
Attend the GOWs
Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – http://trojanthursday.wordpress.com
