Sports briefs: College of Marin diver wins two state titles
College of Marin freshman diver Ben Lentz won a pair of state championships this past weekend — 50 years since the last time the Mariners had a state champion in diving.
Lentz, a 19-year-old from Pleasanton, won gold in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events at the 3C2A Championships. Lentz, who is coached by Steve Carrera and Denis Bondarenko, scored a 262.85 to win the 3-meter event then did even better in the 1-meter event, putting up a 310.65 score.
Lentz’s 1-meter score was just seven points shy of the 3C2A record. COM hadn’t won a state championship in diving since 1975, when David Cotton was victorious in both events.
College baseball
COM is set to open Super Regional play in the 3C2A playoffs against No. 6 San Mateo at 1.am. on Thursday in Fresno. The Mariners (28-14-1) are the No. 15 seed. Host Fresno City is the No. 3 seed.
The three teams will compete in a double-elimination format from Thursday until Saturday with the winner advancing to the Regional Finals.
College soccer
Archie Williams standout Jackson Richardson has accepted an offer to continue his playing career at UC Davis next season.
Richardson, who played for an MLS Next team, decided to play for the Peregrine Falcons as a senior this past season. Richardson was a key part of Archie Williams’ attacking front four, helping the Peregrine Falcons to an MCAL regular-season title, a North Coast Section title, and the program’s first NorCal championship.
The Aggies featured three Marin-based players on their roster last season with Jason Hsu (Terra Linda), Ensio Sardans (Redwood), and Zack Lillington (Archie Williams). UC Davis won the Big West Championship last season and made it to the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Boys tennis
The top four seeds all advanced into the quarterfinals of the MCAL singles tournament on Monday. Tam’s Witt Bulger, Redwood’s Casra Afsharipour, Branson’s Chase Hoeveler, and Redwood’s Will Greenwald — Nos.1 through 4, respectively — won their first-round matches.
Redwood’s Julian Zhang and Cal Fazal had a bye into the doubles quarterfinals. Redwood’s Tug Ricordel and Liam Martinez (No. 2) and Branson’s Tommie Higgins and Leighton Fraser (No. 3) won their respective matches.
- San Domenico’s Toby Sadzeck, the No. 2 seed, picked up a 6-3, 6-3 victory against Stuart Hall’s Teddy Morfit, the No. 3 seed, to win the BCL West singles tournament on Monday.