Smith named Big West Pitcher of Week

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: UC Irvine sophomore right-hander Brett Smith was

selected Big West Pitcher of the Week after defeating No. 10 Long

Beach State, 7-1.

Smith out-dueled 49er ace Jered Weaver, going eight innings while

allowing just one run on six hits, including five strikeouts. The

Anteater hurler helped Irvine to its first victory against a

nationally ranked team this season.

Smith has been the anchor of the UCI pitching staff this season

with a 7-1 record and a 3.69 ERA. He is tied with Weaver for the most

wins in the Big West. Smith is the first Anteater pitcher to earn the

honor and third player overall to be recognized by the conference.

Matt Fisher (Feb. 24) and Chris Klemm (Apr. 7) were Big West Players

of the Week earlier this season.

VU’s Bradley honored

* WOMEN’S TENNIS: Sara Bradley, a standout for the Vanguard

University women’s tennis team, has been named Lion of the Week, by

the school’s athletic department.

Bradley a junior from Logandale, Nevada, has posted a 16-4 record

in singles play this year and 14-4 in doubles.

Last week, Bradley led Vanguard to two team victories. She earned

a singles victory over Juri Otsuka of Westmont, 7-6, 4-6, 11-9. In

addition, she teamed up with Silina Yohner to score a win over Otsuka

and Jennifer Goebel, 8-4.

A day later, Bradley helped Vanguard to another victory, this time

over Alliant International.

Vanguard (10-7) will play at Point Loma Nazarene Thursday.

NAC juniors win Cal Cup

* ROWING: The Newport Aquatic Center Junior Crew team captured the

coveted California Cup trophy Saturday for the first time since 1997

in the Long Beach Junior Rowing Invitational at the Long Beach Marine

Stadium.

The NAC rowing team was awarded the trophy for accumulating the

highest total number of points in a series of three regattas during

the season at various venues along the California coast. Saturday’s

event was the third and last regatta in the Cal Cup series.

The NAC women’s coach, Christy Shaver, powered past entries from

10 other rowing clubs to earn first-place finishes in 13 of the 19

races in which they entered.

NAC boats taking gold included two women’s eight boats: The first

boat featured Esther Lofgren, Sara Wales, Jessica Fritz, Laurie

Dabney, Jill Austin, Erica Van Steenis, Meredith Irby, Jean Geddes

and coxswain Lauren Lorman. The other gold-medal winning boat had

Claire McKay, Dana Hunt, Mitra Grubb, Anne Kircher, Kirsten Contino,

Nancy Balt, Ashly Vale, Raelyn Drury and coxswain Jennifer Guess.

The men’s team, coached by Rachel Rose and Paul Prioleau, won

seven races on the day with rowers Greg Somers, Greg Schneider,

Graham Brant-Zawadzki and Brandon Dillman winning the men’s quad,

while the winning men’s eight boat featured Somers, Matt Siemonsma,

Erik Oatman, Ryan Daniels, Loren Connors, Jeff Soukup, Ken Ito, Mike

Matthews and coxswain Zack Haskell.

The NAC Junior Crew team is preparing for the Southwest Regional

Rowing Championships in Sacramento May 10-11.

UCI defeats ASU

* WOMEN’S WATER POLO: UC Irvine defeated Arizona State, 11-4, in

the Long Beach State Tournament on Sunday. The two teams split the

four games between them this season. The Anteaters got four goals

from junior Rebecca Wedemeyer. Junior Erica Horman and senior Meghan

O’Donnell each scored twice for UCI. The Anteaters will conclude the

regular season on Wednesday against Long Beach State in Long Beach.

In earlier action, the Anteaters lost to UC San Diego, 7-5. O’Donnell

scored three goals for UCI.