COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Southern California Regional playoffs

Orange Coast College received the No. 2 seed and will play host to 15th-seeded Bakersfield in the first round Tuesday at 7 p.m.

The Pirates (19-2), the defending state champions, shared the Orange Empire Conference title with Fullerton.

El Camino earned the top seed in the region.

MEN’S WATER POLO

UCLA 8, UC Irvine 5

LOS ANGELES — The third-ranked Bruins outscored the 11th-ranked Anteaters, 3-0, in the second quarter to key their Mountain Sports Federation win at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Saturday.

Michael March, a Corona del Mar High product, as well as Krsto Sbutega and Matthew Jacobs scored two goals apiece for the Bruins, who end the regular season 15-5 overall and 6-2 in the MPSF.

Junior Colin Mello led UCI (10-18, 2-6) with three goals, raising his season total to 84. Junior goalie Matt Garcia had 12 saves.

Mello and Jacobs traded first-quarter goals before March scored twice and Sbutega once to give UCLA a 4-1 lead at halftime.

UCLA goalie Will Didinger had 10 saves.

The MPSF Championship Tournament, hosted by UCI, will begin Friday and go through Sunday.

The Anteaters, seeded eighth, meet No. 1 USC at 10:00 a.m. Friday.

Third-seeded UCLA faces sixth-seeded Pacific at 1:00 p.m.

Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation

UCLA 8, UC Irvine 5

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 1 0 1 3 — 5 UCLA 1 3 1 3 — 8

UC Irvine -- Mello 3, Hatch 1, Baxter 1. Saves -- Garcia 12.

UCLA -- March 2, Sbutega 2, Jacobs 2, Davidson 1, Santos 1. Saves -- Didinger 10.