Wallace Leads USD to 4th Victory

Nikki Wallace broke her hitting record to lead University of San Diego to its fourth consecutive women’s volleyball victory Friday night. The Toreros scored a 15-5, 15-12, 15-13 nonconference decision over Cal State Fullerton.

Wallace’s hitting percentage was .619, bettering the mark she set against St. Mary’s in 1990. She finished with 15 kills and made only two hitting errors.

Amy McMahon and Maria Rickard had 11 kills apiece, and Jennifer Wrightson added 10.

USD is 7-4; Fullerton is 0-5.

Robin Rabello had 19 kills and Kacy Oakley added 17 as Point Loma Nazarene defeated Westmont College, 15-5, 15-8, 4-15, 15-17, 15-11, in a Golden State Athletic Conference match.

PLNC is 5-3 and Westmont College is 11-3. It was the first conference match for both teams.

UC San Diego is 1-1 in pool play after one day of the Trinity University National Volleyball Invitational in San Antonio. The Tritons defeated Courtland (N.Y.) State, 15-13, 9-15, 15-3, 15-6, but lost to Juniata (Pa.), 15-3, 13-15, 15-8, 15-12. UCSD plays Washington University of St. Louis this morning at 8. Washington defeated the Tritons for the Division III title last year.

Gracie Schutt’s 14 kills led San Diego State past Northeastern in the Hofstra Invitational, 15-2, 15-4, 15-2. Stephanie Riley had nine kills for the Aztecs (8-2), who play Hartford today at 10.

MEN’S SOCCER

Freshman Socrates Scatolini had two unassisted goals, and junior Steve Beck also scored twice to help PLNC win its home opener, 5-1, against Hawaii Pacific. Rodrigo De Matta had the other goal for PLNC (1-1). Hawaii Pacific dropped to 4-2-1.

George Evangelidis, Justus Heyman, Matt Tessier had assists for Point Loma.

SDSU bounced back from a four-goal loss in its last outing to score a 1-0 nonconference victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The Aztecs got a second-half goal from Bill Demke, and the play of goalies Shannon Storey and Dan Dalzochio made it stand up. Storey was injured midway through the second half. SDSU is 4-1-1; Cal Poly is 3-2.

Freshman Guillermo Jara of Livermore scored two goals and assisted on another as University of San Diego defeated New Mexico 4-1 in the USD MetLife Classic. Chugger Adair added a goal and two assists for the Toreros (4-1), who play Florida International Sunday at 2 p.m. in the final day of the tournament.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Heidi Walters and Kim Komera scored for SDSU in a 2-1 double-overtime victory over visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The Aztecs improved to 2-2. Cal Poly fell to 4-2.

CROSS-COUNTRY

USD’s cross-country teams return to action today when they play host to the Torero Classic, which replaces the originally scheduled Aztec Invitational on the Kinney course at Morley Field. The event begins at 3 p.m. Also competing are SDSU, PLNC, Azusa Pacific and USC.