Bjargardottir claims The Big West crown in 200 individual

medley

* SWIMMING: UC Irvine freshman Lara Bjargardottir swept the field

in the women’s 200-yard individual medley on the first of the

three-day Big West Conference Championships Wednesday at Belmont

Plaza.

The Anteaters’ standout clocked a 2:03.38 to edge the University

of the Pacific duo of Kris Willey (2:03.95) and Heidi Schmidt

(2:03.97).

Along with the efforts of Semah Zavarch in the 500 free, Megan

Baker in the 200 individual medley, Kim Do in the 50 free and the 200

free relay and 400 medley relay teams, the UCI women are in third

place with 147 points.

UOP and UC Santa Barbara are running 12-2 with 241 and 217 points.

Zavarch was fifth in the 500 free with a 4:59.11 clocking. Baker

was seventh in the individual medley (2:07.19) and Do was sixth in

the 50 free (24.57).

In men’s competition, which finds UCI third (behind UOP and UCSB)

with 135 points, the relay teams were the mainstays.

Pirates sweep foe

* JC VOLLEYBALL: Freshman outside hitter Poyer Poia posted a

team-high 10 kills to go along with eight digs to lead Orange Coast

College to a 30-24, 30-26, 30-19 men’s volleyball victory over

visiting Santa Monica Wednesday afternoon in interconference play.

Kyle Martin added nine kills, posting five of those putaways in

the first game. The Pirates raced to a 17-8 lead early on behind

Martin as the Corsairs came out tight and nervous. Martin also added

a pair of blocks in the game to stake the Bucs to a 1-0 lead.

The Pirates were challenged seriously for the only time in the

match during Game 2. Lading, 23-14, after a Martin service ace, the

Corsairs went on a 10-1 run to tie it at 24. The teams split the next

two points, but the Bucs posted three straight after that with Setiam

Allah recording a pair of kills to take control.

Game 3 was even early, but the Pirates had no trouble putting the

Corsairs away for good after splitting the first 20 points. The Bucs

scored 11 of the next 13 points to take a 21-12 advantage, David

Doxey providing a trio of service aces during the streak. Doug Lewis

and Matt Skolnik each added a pair of kills as the Pirates continued

to pull away.

Martin chipped in with nine kills while Skolnik led the defense

with 10 digs. Doxey went the distance as the Coast setter, dishing

out 40 assists for the afternoon. Luster posted a team-high four

blocks, three of those in the final game.

Orange Coast (8-1, 5-0) wraps up interconference play Friday,

hosting Santa Barbara at 7 p.m.

Carnahan spins shutout

* Vanguard University’s Joe Carnahan threw a four-hitter for a

complete-game 1-0 Golden State Athletic Conference victory over

visiting Cal Baptist Wednesday, allowing just four singles, striking

out four and walking two.

The Vanguard southpaw ran his record to 2-1 an Vanguard improved

to 10-6, 4-2 in the GSAC.

Vanguard was limited to just two hits by Cal Baptist pitcher Tony

Orozco, but the Lions made the most of what they had, stranding just

three.

Justin Millward and Carnahan singled back-to-back to open the

fourth inning and were moved over on a sacrifice by Jason Searle.

First baseman Scott Martin delivered a sacrifice fly to center to

score Millward from third base for the game’s only run.

Vanguard’s defense turned two double plays and did not allow a

runner past second base in a game which had no extra base hits.

The Lions are back in action today at Hart Park in Orange with a 3

p.m. nonconference matchup against Chapman.

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Golden State Athletic Conf

Vanguard 1, Cal Baptist 0 Score by Innings

Cal Bap 000 000 000 -- 0 4 1

Vanguard 000 100 00x -- 1 2 0

Orozco and Crouch; Carnahan and Bower. W

-- Carnahan, 2-1. L -- Orozco, 1-4

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Hall Lion of Week

* HONORS: Sarah Hall, an NAIA Indoor Track and Field National

qualifier, has been named Vanguard University’s Lion of the Week.

Hall excelled at the Carl Rossi Relays at Claremont McKenna College

this past Saturday to gain an individual berth in the 3,000 meter

run. The senior team captain finished fourth in a field of 42,

stopping the clock at 10:19.55.

Her time was well under the automatic qualifying mark of 10:33.50

and makes her the eighth seed at the NAIA Indoor meet, which is March

6-8 at East Tennessee State University.

VU men fall, 71-61

* BASKETBALL: Vanguard University’s men’s basketball team

dropped a 71-61 Golden State Athletic Conference decision at

Christian Heritage in El Cajon Tuesday, falling to 7-20, 3-13.

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GSAC men

Chr. Heritage 71, Vanguard 61

Vanguard -- Hartman 17, Pierson 10, Adamczak 10, Rosborough 13,

Burnette 5, Moreau 4, Seekins 0, Cotter 0, Enns 2, Egkan 0. 3-pt.

goals -- Rosborough 3, Pierson 3, Hartman 2. Fouled out -- none.

Technicals -- none. Christian Heritage -- Griffin 15, Robinson 12, Krause 6, Salscheider 22, Crain 4, Rogers 12, Fellows 0, Johnson 0.

3-pt. goals -- Salscheider 4, Rogers 4, Griffin 1. Fouled out -- none. Technicals -- none. Halftime -- Christian Heritage, 32-24

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