NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Danielle Mirda, a seventh-grader at St. John’s Catholic School in Napa, won three matches to capture the title of the 14-and-under division at the Northern California Tennis Open at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park.

Having not played a tournament in nearly two months, Mirda, 12, won her first NorCal Open singles title by defeating Simone Vandroff of Moss Beach (6-2, 6-2), Chloe Forlini of Folsom (1-6, 6-4, 10-5), and Lily Forlini of Folsom (4-6, 7-5, 10-5).

Mirda won seven straight games to take the second set, and then won the super tie-breaker of the third set in the finals.

“She’s a very determined and composed young player,” said Mirda’s coach, Jay Dixon. “It was amazing to watch the comeback unfold. Dani took advantage of the situation by slowing it down, staying focused, and mixing things up.”

Mirda climbed to as high as No. 13 in the Northern California Tennis Association girls 12-and-under rankings before deciding to move into the 14’s, where she is having early success.

Natalie Facchini, a starting libero and defensive specialist on the volleyball team, was named as UC San Diego’s co-athlete of the week.

The senior from Napa led the Tritons to a pair of California Collegiate Athletic Association wins last week, including a 3-2 upset of No. 19 Cal State Los Angeles. She became the program’s all-time digs leader with her 18 in the win over the Golden Eagles on Wednesday night before adding 15 more in a 3-0 sweep of Cal State Dominguez Hills on Saturday evening.

Facchini has accumulated 1,408 digs in her four-year Triton career.

She is a Vintage graduate and played volleyball for the Crushers.

Senior middle hitter Koryn Kendall of Napa entered the University of Chicago record books for volleyball as the Maroons went 1-3 at the University Athletic Association round robin No. 2 over the weekend at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Kendall, a former Vintage player, established a Chicago career record for total blocks and reached the 1,000-career kill plateau.

She had nine blocks, giving her 365 for her career and surpassing the previous mark of 361, set by Jeannie Kim (1990-92). Kendall registered 56 kills in the four matches to increase her career total to 1,030. She joins three other players on the school’s 1,000-kill chart.

Kendall averaged 3.73 kills per game and had a .564 hitting percentage. She had double-digit kills with at least a .515 attack percentage in all four matches.

The 6-0 Santa Rosa Junior College Bear Cubs are the No. 1 ranked team in this week’s California Community College Athletic Association and California Community College Football Coaches Association NorCal poll.

With Loren Roberts not playing last week at the Administaff Small Business Classic, Jay Haas narrowed Roberts’ Charles Schwab Cup lead to 69 points with two tournaments remaining. With a maximum of 1,120 points left for any player to earn, only six players remain in contention for the $1 million annuity that goes to the overall winner. Those still in the running are Roberts, Haas, Tom Watson, Brad Bryant, Denis Watson and D.A. Weibring.

Following the completion of this week’s AT&T Championship, the top-30 money winners on the 2007 Champions Tour will qualify for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma. It’s scheduled for Oct. 22-28 at the Sonoma Golf Club, a 7,012-yard layout.

The Schwab Cup is a season-long points program designed to recognize the Tour’s leading player. The program rewards both top finishes and week-in/week-out consistency at all 29 official Schwab Cup events. Points are awarded to the top-10 finishers and ties and are based on the money distribution for each tournament. Points are doubled at the Champions Tour’s five major championships and the season-ending Schwab Cup Championship.

The winner of the 2007 Schwab Cup will earn a $1 million annuity. The second through fifth-place finishers earn annuities of $500,000, $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000.

The previous winners in the competition are Allen Doyle (2001), Hale Irwin (2002 and 2004), Tom Watson (2003 and 2005) and Haas (2006).

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.