Vanguards split

COSTA MESA - Gina Liebengood spun a two-hitter as Vanguard

University shut visiting Cal State Dominguez down in the first game of a

nonconference doubleheader Tuesday in college women’s softball. 3-1, but

the visitors salvaged a split with a six-run seventh inning in the

nightcap en route to a 6-2 victory.

Val Vanaken went 2 for 3 at the plate for Vanguard in the opener, and

Vanguard appeared to have the second game wrapped with a two-run burst in

the sixth, with Jill Jessen (2 for 3) keying the assault with a

run-scoring double in the sixth.

Cal State Dominguez, however, bounced back with six unearned runs in the

seventh, dropping Vanguard to 3-3 overall.

NONCONFERENCE

First game

Vanguard 3, Dominguez Hills 1

Cal St. Dominguez Hills 100 000 0 - 1 2 1

Vanguard University 003 000 x - 3 9 2

Rios and Flores; Liebengood and Meredith. W - Liebengood, 2-1. L -

Rios, 0-2. 2B - Vanaken (VU).

Second game

Dominguez Hills 6, Vanguard 2

Cal St. Dominguez Hills 000 000 6 - 6 3 2

Vanguard University 000 002 0 - 2 3 5

Diaz and Flores; Atchley, Lebengood (7) and Meredith. W - Diaz, 2-0. L

- Atchley, 1-2. 2B - Jessen (VU).