Lions roll to third straight win

Vanguard University’s women’s basketball team, ranked third in the

NAIA, knocked off its second straight Division II opponent, handing

visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills its first loss of the season,

66-41.

The Lions (7-1) limited the Toros (5-1) to 15 points on 17% shooting in the second half, which helped them expand a 35-26

halftime lead.

Kelly Schmidt led three players in double figures for Vanguard

with 19 points and added nine rebounds. Lisa Faulkner finished with

12 points and 13 assists and Lacey Mills had 14 points and seven

rebounds.

Rachel Besse and Lacey Burns each finished with a team-high 10

rebounds.

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Nonconference

Vanguard 66, Dominguez Hills 41

CSDH -- Peloza 5, Askew 9, Chase 13, Gray 4, Moss 2, Browne 2, Aldridge 2, Maciel 4. 3-pt. goals -- Askew 1. Vanguard -- Josefsson 3, Mills 14, Burns 6, Faulkner 12, Schmidt 19, McClellan 6, Besse 6. 3-pt. goals -- Josefsson 1, Mills 3, Faulkner 2,

McClellan 1.

Halftime -- Vanguard, 35-26.

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Three in a row for Sage

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill School used a season-high 19 points from

sophomore guard Debbie Yoder-Lee to post a 54-23 nonleague girls

basketball victory over Vasquez Monday.

It was the Lightning’s third victory in a row after beginning the

season with four consecutive losses.

Sophomore Haywood Wright had 13 points, 11 rebounds, five steals

and three blocks for Sage Hill (3-4). Freshman Kaitlin Tyre added

nine points and eight boards, sophomore Laura Schaefer had seven

assists and sophomore Allison Gonzalez came off the bench to grab

seven rebounds.

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Nonleague

Sage Hill 54, Vasquez 23

Score by Quarters

Vasquez 4 7 7 5 -- 23

Sage Hill 6 16 11 21 -- 54

Vasquez -- Craut 3, Rusi 8, Rodriguez 2,

Tunger 8, White 2, Perez 0. 3-pt. goals --

Craut 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --

Perez. Sage Hill -- Schaefer 3, Hembarsky 6,

Yoder-Lee 19, Tyre 8, Wright 13, Puishys 4,

Gonzalez 0. 3-pt. goals -- Yoder-Lee 2. Fouled

out -- None. Technicals -- Hembarsky.

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Lightning post shutout

* SOCCER: Sage Hill School senior goalie Cesar Arriaga made four

saves to record the shutout as the Lightning defeated visiting

Vasquez, 3-0, in a nonleague boys soccer game Monday.

Zack Milder opened the scoring by cashing in a Conrad Whitaker

assist in the 12th minute.

Richard Gadbois scored without an assist in the 51st minute and

Braden Ross cashed in a Jordan Salinger assist in the 57th minute to

help the Lightning improve to 2-2.

Sage Hill continues nonleague play Wednesday, when it visits

Laguna Beach.

OCC can’t score win

* BASKETBALL: In a game that was postponed Saturday because of a

broken backboard and resumed with 16:56 remaining in the first half

and Orange Coast College trailing, 3-2, the Pirates shot just 38.3%,

falling to Southwestern College, 76-69, in a nonconference men’s

basketball game.

Five players scored in double figures for the Pirates (2-5), led

by 13 points from Jason Garey and Jason Sanford, but OCC shot just

28.6% in the first half.

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Nonconference

Southwestern 76, OCC 69

OCC -- Bobik 11, Young 2, Hatch 2, Taylor 11, Garey 13, Nwabusor 12, Sanford 13, Seifert 2, Shaheim 3. 3-pt. goals -- Bobik 3, Garey 2, Shaheim 1. Fouled out -- Nwabusor, Sanford. Technicals -- Sanford, Fincham. Southwestern -- Singletary 14, King 2,

Waggoner 23, Spencer 15, Smith 6, Feggins 2, Heatherington 2, Glenn 5, Bradford 4, Badgett 3. 3-pt. goals -- Waggoner 1, Spencer 4. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- Team. Halftime -- Southwestern, 29-25.

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