COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

NAIA national championships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Vanguard University sophomore Grace Jepngetich placed second with a time of 17 minutes, 47.90 seconds Saturday at Tom Sawyer State Park.

Jepngetich, who last year finished 17th at the nationals, helped the Lions take 15th as a team. Rebecca Sopp finished 25th (18:35.60), followed by Olivia Amstad (171st, 20:05.70), Jewel Butler (178th, 20:10.50), Kelsie Davis (250th, 21:26.80) and Sara Ann Medlen (262nd, 22:43.65).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 71, Union 65

JACKSON, Tenn. — Jessica Richter scored 20 points to help the Lions win Saturday in a Rotary Classic game featuring two programs sharing the NAIA Division I top spot.

Kelly Schmidt added 16 points for the Lions (4-0), who went 3-0 during the three-day, round-robin tournament hosted by Union.

Vanguard handed the reigning NAIA champion its first loss of the year. Union (5-1) hurt itself by making just nine of 17 free throws and allowing the Lions to make 53.3 percent of their field goals in the second half.

Rotary Classic

Vanguard 71,

Union 65

Vanguard -- Richter 20, Schmidt 16, Besse 14, Burns 9, Cook 6, Rinke 4, Goold 2.

3-pt. goals -- Richter 2, Burns 1.

Fouled out -- Besse.

Union -- Fuller 21, Smith 16, Graves 11, Owino 8, Sissoko 5, Dudley 2, Eason 2..

3-pt. goals -- Graves 3, Fuller 1.

Fouled out -- Owino.

Halftime -- 31-28, Vanguard.

Texas El Paso 64, UC Irvine 51

EL PASO, Texas — Kelly Cochran led the Anteaters with 11 points in a nonconference loss at Texas El Paso Saturday.

UCI (1-2) couldn’t keep up with UTEP (3-0), which jumped out to a 35-23 lead at halftime.

Nonconference

Texas El Paso 64,

UC Irvine 51

UC Irvine -- Cochran 11, Duda 8, Maessen 8, Mai 6, Ned 5, Halman 4, Johnson 4, Ishizaki 3, Zdenek 2.

3-pt. goals -- Ishizaki 1, Mai 1, Maessen 1.

Fouled out -- Duda, Halman.

Texas El Paso -- Marisett 18, Hughes 11, Porras 10, Williams 7, Taylor 7, Piekarska 4, Krezel 3, Valtierra 3, Launiainen 1.

3-pt. goals -- Taylor 1, Piekarska 1.

Halftime -- 64-51, Texas El Paso.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Orange Coast 1, Ventura 0

VENTURA — Nicole Huff scored on a header from Melissa Wiesz’s corner kick in the 80th minute leading the 13th-seeded Pirates to the upset over fifth-seeded Ventura in a first-round game of the Southern California Regional playoffs Saturday.

Katie Johnson had six saves for OCC (15-7-1) which will play at 11th-seeded Santa Monica on Tuesday.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

UC Irvine def. Cal State Northridge

NORTHRIDGE — UCI’s three-match winning streak ended on the road as Cal State Northridge swept the Anteaters, 30-24, 30-28, 30-26, Saturday.

Lauren Kellerman recorded 13 kills and 12 digs for UCI (12-16).

MEN’S WATER POLO

Long Beach State 7, UC Irvine 5

LONG BEACH — Junior Colin Mello led UCI with two goals, but the No. 11-ranked Anteaters fell Saturday in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match.

Junior goalie Matt Garcia had 12 saves for UCI (10-17, 2-5 in conference).

Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation

Long Beach State 7, UC Irvine 5

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 2 2 1 0 — 5 Long Beach 2 3 1 1 — 7

UCI -- Mello 2, Baxter 1, Merlo 1, Wells 1. Saves -- Garcia 12.

Long Beach -- Greenwood 2, Gerardi 2, Bradley 1, Buchanan 1, Henneman 1. Saves -- MacKenzie 16.

MEN’S SOCCER

El Camino 5, Orange Coast 1

CERRITOS — Jordan Joseph scored for the Pirates, the ninth seed, that ended their season at 9-8-6, in the first round of the Southern California Regional playoffs Saturday.