DAY IN SPORTS: EX-PAC-10 STALWARTS TAINO, MAMIIT WIN MATCHES.Byline: Daily News Former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX tennis player Eric Taino Eric Taino (born March 18, 1975 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a tennis player who represents the Philippines. He started a professional career in 1997. Before turning pro, he played for the UCLA Bruins along with fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim. outlasted Taylor Dent 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Tuesday in a first-round meeting of unseeded Americans at the Rydell Automotive Group/USTA Men's Challenger of Calabasas. Cecil Mamiit of Eagle Rock was another first-round area winner in the competition that continues through Sunday at Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center. Mamiit, who won the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association singles title as a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. freshman, overcame a 4-1 third-set deficit to defeat Marcos Ondruska of South Africa 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6). In college softball: --Canyons 15, Valley 0: Monique Abourched and Casey Walper had three hits apiece as the visiting Cougars (21-10, 13-1) won their 12th consecutive Western State Conference Southern Division game. In prep baseball: --Hart 4, Valencia 3: Danny Braun homered, tripled and doubled for visiting Valencia (8-5, 3-3), but Phil Tognetti and Bill Susdorf allowed the rest of the Vikings only one other hit in a Foothill League win at No. 2 Hart of Newhall (13-0, 6-0). --Birmingham 3, Cleveland 0: Patrick Roark threw 49 of his 59 pitches for strikes in a complete-game four-hitter to lead the host Patriots of Van Nuys (10-4, 4-1) to a West Valley League win over the Cavaliers of Reseda (10-5, 1-4). --Chaminade 7, Loyola 2: Sean Clark struck out 10 as the No. 5 Eagles of West Hills (9-2, 6-0) won a Mission League game at Loyola (6-8, 3-2). --Granada Hills 11, El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) of Woodland Hills (7-5, 2-3). In prep golf: --Foothill tournament: Hart of Newhall's Josh Vanek shot 74 to share medalist honors with Burbank's Brian Ko at par-70 De Bell GC. |
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