COLLEGE ROUNDUP

SANTA BARBARA — The top-ranked UC Irvine men’s volleyball team posted a pair of victories Friday in the Elephant Bar Classic at UC Santa Barbara, advancing to the championship match.

Coach John Speraw’s Anteaters opened the tournament by sweeping Stanford, 30-23, 30-21, 30-23.

They then topped Cal State Northridge, 30-19, 30-24, 30-22, in the semifinals.

UCI is in the championship match of the tournament against No. 3-ranked UCLA tonight at 6:30.

The defending NCAA champion Bruins topped the host Gauchos in three games in their second-round match.

In the ‘Eaters second-round win over Northridge, senior Matt Webber led UCI with a season-high 18 kills, while senior Jayson Joblosnky had 16 kills and 11 digs.

Senior middle blocker David Smith added eight kills and three blocks.

Junior middle blocker Aaron Harell had seven kills, sophomore libero Brent Asuka had 11 digs and senior setter Brian Thornton added 49 assists.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orange Coast 87, Cypress 72

COSTA MESA — Courtney Ford had team-highs of 22 points and nine rebounds, helping the Pirates top the Chargers in an Orange Empire Conference game Friday at OCC.

Erin Barney had 14 points, Brittany Taylor added 13 and Rachael Maulit had 11 points and nine assists for OCC (16-3, 2-0 in conference). The Pirates play at Fullerton on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Brandi Thomas had a game-high 25 points for Cypress (8-10, 1-1).

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 87,

Cypress 72

Cypress -- Thomas 25, Butler 20, Felix 11, Enriquez 6, Bryan 4, Phelps 4, Hill 2.

3-pt. goals -- Enriquez 1, Felix 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Orange Coast -- Ford 22, Barney 14, Taylor 13, Maulit 11, Allen 10, Calcagno 6, Smith 5, Kissee 3, Hundley 3.

3-pt. goals -- Barney 2, Hundley 1, Ford 1, Taylor 1, Smith 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- 47-33, OCC.