DAY IN SPORTS: OAKS CHRISTIAN PAIR TALL ORDER.

Byline: Daily News

At 6-feet tall, Rachel Rubenstein's size presents problems for opponents of the Oaks Christian girls' volleyball team. And to think she's the smaller of the two Rubensteins on the roster.

Along with sister Julie, a 6-2 sophomore, the two combined for 21 kills as the Lions of Westlake Village defeated visiting Chaminade of West Hills 15-7, 10-15, 15-7, 15-10 Monday in a nonleague match.

``Rachel gets to everything and when she puts the ball down, it goes down and you can't stop it,'' coach David Sexauer said of the senior, who was heavily recruited by Virginia and Oregon State before deciding to go to Azusa Pacific in the NAIA. ``When Julie gets older, she'll physically dominate.''

Katie Clausen had three aces for Oaks Christian (2-3). Jocelyn Sierad and Kate Denniston had 12 and nine kills, respectively, and teammate Jamie Reed had 27 assists for the Eagles (3-5).

In other girls' volleyball:

--Grant d. Birmingham 3-2: After dropping the first two sets, Grant of Van Nuys rallied behind the play of Ashley Murray and Jessica Sanchez 7-15, 12-15, 15-8, 15-8, 15-12 in the nonleague victory at home.

Murray had 12 kills and Sanchez had 43 assists for the Lancers, undefeated in each of their three matches this season.

--Milken Community d. Hillcrest Christian (TO) 3-1: Rachel Gross' all-around game included 19 kills, 21 digs and five blocks for host Milken of Los Angeles in a 14-16, 15-6, 15-9, 15-5 Westside League victory. The victory improved the Lions to 6-0.

In girls' golf:

--Royal 230, Westlake 242, Newbury Park 310: Westlake's Ashley Freinberg (37) and Stephanie Sacha (38) finished with the lowest individual rounds but Royal of Simi Valley won the nonleague match at the par-34 Westlake Village Golf Course.

Jessica Abtin (41), Kim Bergstrom (45) and Katie Fillmore (46) each played well for the Highlanders (4-5). Hannah Kim (47), Krista Sullivan (56) and Nyssa Senzig (57) contributed for Newbury Park (1-7), and Lauren Kelsey had a round of 46 for Westlake (6-6).

In girls' tennis:

--Calabasas 18, Thousand Oaks 0: Top-ranked Calabasas continued to roll past Marmonte League competition, combining a shutout in singles with a 54-12 showing in doubles to improve to 7-1, 5-0.

Amanda Fink, Ceclia Durkin and Kristen McVitty swept in singles for host Calabasas, which has won five consecutive matches since a nonleague loss to Beverly Hills and has won 88 of a possible 90 points in league.

--Granada Hills 7, Van Nuys 0: The Highlanders (3-0), who have played in the past four City Section finals and have not lost a regular-season match since 1995, won five sets by shutout and lost only three games in a nonleague victory over visiting Van Nuys (0-3).

--Westlake 15, Royal 3: No. 1 singles player Diana Cowin and the No. 1 doubles team of Marissa Cowan and Danielle Pardee swept their respective matches for Westlake (4-2, 4-1) in a Marmonte League victory at Rancho Park in Simi Valley.

In girls' field hockey:

--Harvard-Westlake 1, Huntington Beach 1: Sandhya Dhir scored in the first half and Madeline Jacobs made four saves, preserving the Sunset League tie for visiting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (4-3-1, 3-1-1), which will travel Tuesday to Marina of Huntington Beach for a league game.

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Westlake's Danielle Weiss tries to spike the ball over two defenders during Westlake's three-game sweep Tuesday at Calabasas.

Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer