Vanguard wins 16th straight

Vanguard University’s women’s basketball team held host Hope

International to 16.1% field-goal shooting (10 for 62) and won its

16th straight game with a 63-32 Golden State Athletic Conference

victory Saturday.

Sophomore Kelly Schmidt tallied her eighth double-double this

season with 22 points and 12 rebounds to go with a team-high three

blocks for the Lions (18-1, 9-0 in the GSAC).

Lisa Faulkner added 15 points and eight assists while Andrea

Jacobson and Rachel Besse each finished with eight points for

Vanguard, which held the Royals (3-15, 0-9) to 4-of-32 shooting

(12.5%) in the second half.

Lacey Burns grabbed eight rebounds and added five points while

Besse and Lacey Mills each tallied six rebounds for the visitors.

Jasmine Nault paced Hope International with 13 points.

UCI holds off Utah

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team received sterling play

from its top two singles players and doubles teams to collect the

squad’s first victory of the spring season with a 4-3 nonconference

win over the University of Utah Saturday on the University of Oregon

campus in Eugene, Ore.

Anna Bentzer, Izabela Mijic and Inna Agababian all won their

singles and doubles matches for the Anteaters (1-1). Bentzer and

Mijic each won their singles matches in straight sets while Agababian

defeated Allison Hansen, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Utah fell to 0-2.

Lions fall in overtime

* BASKETBALL: Mark Roussin tallied game highs in points(24) and

rebounds (11) to help the Hope International men’s basketball team

snap a seven-game losing streak and collect their first Golden State

Athletic Conference victory this season following a 73-65 overtime

triumph over visiting Vanguard Saturday night.

The Lions (8-10, 3-6 in the GSAC) shot just 1 of 9 from the field

(11.1%) in overtime and were outscored, 13-5.

Levi Seekins led four Lions in double figures with 20 points while

teammates Leon Rosborough and Tim Burnette added 19 and 13 points,

respectively.

The Royals improved to 4-12, 1-8.