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SANTA ANA COLLEGE el Don • MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
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Second baseman Brett Tanos added two hits, one run and an RBI in the Don’s losing effort.
Korzelius named to All-OEC team Women’s basketball forward Jessika Korzelius and center Andrea Hernandez both received All-Orange Empire Conference honors. Korzelius was named First-Team AllOrange Empire Conference. This is her second year being elected to Korzelius an OEC team as she was chosen to the Second-Team as a freshman. Korzelius led the team, averaging 14.5 points and 2.7 rebounds in conference play. Korzelius was also dubbed 2009-10 Santa Ana College Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Hernandez was named Second-Team All-Orange Empire Conference. This season, Hernandez averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in 11 college conference games. The Dons ended their season Feb. 19 with a record of 6-20 overall and 0-12 in the OEC. –Daniel Lujan
SAC BASEBALL 2010
Costly errors doom Dons
Five unearned runs are too much to overcome in an 11-9 loss to Santa Barbara Story by Jermaine Ruvalcaba Photos by Blanca Valdivia
Fonseca places first in track Freshman Reyna Fonseca was the lone first-place finisher for the Women’s Track & Field team, winning both the 800 and 1500 meter runs in the Feb. 26 meet against visiting Fullerton College and Golden West Fonseca College. Fellow freshman Cortnee Kleidon led the Dons, placing in five events. She finished second in the high jump, fourth in the shot put, fifth in the javelin throw and sixth in both the discus and hammer throws. Sophomore Maria Ramirez also had a strong day, placing second in the 1300 meter and third in the 1500. Despite their efforts, the Dons’ women lost the dual meet. They were defeated by the Fullerton Hornets 107-32. Golden West also defeated Santa Ana 71-41. The loss drops the Dons’ record to 1-3 for the season. Next, the team heads to Orange Coast College for a dual meet against OCC and Saddleback College. –Hugo Pacheco
Pitcher R.J. Hively was pulled in the fifth inning after allowing seven runs.
Center fielder Gary Apelian led the Dons with four RBIs, adding to his teamleading total of 13.
Dons’ freshman pitcher Sean Slettvet entered the game in the eighth inning with Santa Ana up by one run. After drawing two walks and capitalizing on two Dons’ errors, Santa Barbara took the lead. The Vaqueros held on for the 11-9 win, handing Santa Ana its second consecutive loss on Feb. 26. Slettvet walked Santa Barbara’s Zach Pecyna to lead off the inning. Pecyna reached third on Slettvet’s throwing error during the following at-bat, and then scored on Danny Cavaletto’s sacrifice bunt to tie the game 9-9. A second walk and another fielding error later, two more unearned runs crossed the plate. Although Slettvet didn’t allow any hits, the Vaqueros did enough to capitalize on the young pitcher’s mistakes to go on top. “Disappointed, just completely disappointed that we didn’t do very well,” said Head Coach Don Sneddon. “We got nine runs. That should be enough to win.” Coming from behind became a theme for Santa Ana. The Dons found themselves down early when starting pitcher R.J. Hively gave up three
runs in the first inning. Through five innings, Hively allowed four more runs, putting the Dons in a 7-5 hole. Hively was pulled after allowing five earned runs, seven overall. “R.J. didn’t pitch well today, but he is a good pitcher,” Sneddon said. Santa Ana was able to cobble together some runs thanks to center fielder Gary Apelian’s three-run double in the second inning. The six-foot-four Apelian drove in four runs to give him a team high 13 RBIs. In the sixth inning, catcher Danny Recio’s single through the right side drove in two runs to put the Dons ahead, 9-7. After Slettvet’s bad outing, Santa Ana’s offense sputtered in the final three innings, managing a walk but no hits. The Dons are averaging 8.57 runs per game but have committed a total of 23 errors in seven games this season. In the end, three key errors and five unearned runs gave the Vaqueros their sixth win this season. “I think we got a little too confident. These last two games brought us to reality,” Recio said. The Dons visit Golden West College tomorrow.