Baseball: Lions fall in opener

THOUSAND OAKS - The Vanguard University baseball team opened its

2001 season with a 12-8 nonconference loss to host Cal Lutheran Tuesday.

Andy Riddell went 3 for 5 including a double and a home run for the

Lions with a run and 3 RBIs, while Matt Tisthammer added two hits, two

runs and two RBIs.

The Lions will play at Cal St. Los Angeles today at 3:30 p.m.

NONCONFERENCE

Cal Lutheran 12, Vanguard 8

Vanguard 000 010 511 - 8 10 0

Cal Lutheran 000 363 00x - 12 14 3

Walker, Wood (5), Shaffer (6), Franco (8) and Cotter; Courneya,

Thompson (7), Vurek (8), Thomas (8), Barbettini (9) and Slimak. W -

Courneya, 1-0. L - Walker, 0-1. 2B - Walker (VU), Riddell (VU), Bair

(VU), Cooney (CL), Meyers (CL). HR - Tisthammer (VU), Riddell (VU),

Galants (CL) 2, Meyers (CL), Engel (CL).