COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 92, Fresno Pacific 45COSTA MESA — Senior Kelly Schmidt had team-highs of 21 points and 13 rebounds, leading the Lions, ranked No. 1 in NAIA Division I, in the Golden State Athletic Conference game at home Saturday.

Lacey Burns (17 points), Lindsey Rinke (13), Rachel Besse (12) and Melissa Cook (12) were all in double figures for Vanguard (16-0, 11-0 in conference), which won its 49th straight regular-season game.

Jessica Richter and Tiari Goold each dished out seven assists for Vanguard, which held Fresno Pacific (8-8, 5-7) to 16% shooting in the first half.

Vanguard plays at Cal Baptist on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Golden StateFresno Pacific -- Williams 15, Cox 14, Purdie 5, Edwards 4, Sanchez 3, Flores 2, Watson 2.

Athletic Conference

Vanguard 92,

Fresno Pacific 45

3-pt. goals -- Sanchez 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- Team.

Vanguard -- Schmidt 21, Burns 17, Rinke 13, Besse 12, Cook 12, Richter 6, Goold 4, Jacobsen 4, Butler 3.

3-pt. goals -- Burns 3, Rinke 2.

Halftime -- 40-10, VU.

Long Beach State 54,LONG BEACH — The 49ers’ Karina Figueroa, who had 28 points, scored the game-winning points on a layup with 29 seconds left in a Big West Conference game Saturday at Walter Pyramid.

UC Irvine 53

Stephanie Duda led the Anteaters (5-16, 2-5 in conference) with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Angie Ned added 14 points for UC Irvine, which had chances to win after Figueroa’s layup.

Ned missed a baseline jumper with 2.1 seconds left. The Anteaters retained possession, but Duda missed a shot from five feet out.

Big West ConferenceUC Irvine -- Duda 15, Ned 14, Johnson 6, Ishizaki 1, Maessen 8, Tull 4, Lisnere 3, Johnson 2.

Long Beach State 54,

UC Irvine 53

3-pt. goals -- Maessen 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Long Beach State -- Figueroa 28, Jacob 6, Calhoun 5, O’Brien 4, Saucedo 7, Pagani 4.

3-pt. goals -- Figueroa 2.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- 27-25, UCI.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 65, Fresno Pacific 52COSTSA MESA — Freshman Dennis Heenan, a Newport Harbor High product, scored a career-high 28 points to lead the Lions to a Golden State Athletic Conference victory Saturday.

Heenan connected on four of six three-pointers and was six for six from the free-throw line. Brian Roberts added 12 points to help Vanguard (6-14, 3-8 in conference) avenge an early season loss to the Sunbirds (11-9, 5-7).

Joey Parker contributed seven assists for the Lions.

Heenan scored 11 points during Vanguard’s pivotal 18-4 run to end the first half, giving the Lions a 32-28 lead at the break.

Vanguard outrebounded Fresno Pacific, 36-28.

The Lions will play at Cal Baptist Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Golden StateFresno Pacific -- Sanchez 17, David 10, Farley 6, Brown 7, Marks 5, Dunham 4, Hurtado 3.

Athletic Conference

Vanguard 65, Fresno Pacific 52,

3-pt. goals -- Sanchez 3, David 2, Brown 1, Hurtado 1.

Fouled out -- Sanchez, David.

Technicals -- None.

Vanguard -- Heenan 28, Gusiff 12, Dalafu 9, Rosales 5, Watson 5, Parker 2, McGovert 2, Davis 2.

3-pt. goals -- Heenan 4, Gusiff 3, Dalafu 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- 32-28, VU.

BASEBALL

Orange Coast 5, Cuesta 4SAN LUIS OBISPO — Freshman catcher Gabe Cota went two for four with a homer and drove in the what turned out to be the game-winner to lead the Pirates in a nonconference game Saturday at Cuesta College.

The Pirates (1-1) survived another shaky outing from their bullpen, after sophomore right-hander Ryan Shopshire worked six-plus innings, allowing one earned run, four hits and three walks, while striking out eight. Shopshire earned the win, when reliever Serrin Jarvi, who allowed two runs in the ninth in Friday’s 2-1 loss, worked out of a jam after allowing one run in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.

Cota belted a solo homer in the fifth that made it 3-0 and Nick Rokowitz later whacked a homer in the inning to put the Pirates up, 4-0.

Halsten Barcelo hit a two-run dinger to open the scoring in the second.

OCC had seven hits and did not commit an error, while Cuesta (1-1) had two miscues.

Coach John Altobelli’s Pirates are scheduled to complete the three-game series today at 11 a.m., when sophomore Keith Rizor gets the starting nod. Rizor sat out last season with an arm injury after going 3-1 with a 3.12 ERA for OCC in 2005.

Nonconference

Orange Coast 5, Cuesta 4

Score by Innings

OCC

0

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

-

5

7

0

Cuesta

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

-

4

8

2

Shopshire, Eccles (7), Houser (8), DeLoach (8), Jarvi (9) and Cota; Aldredge, Clerici (5), Tognazzini (9), Haugen (9), and Farris. W -- Shopshire, 1-0. L -- Aldredge, 0-1. Sv -- Jarvi (1). 2B -- Donley (C). 3B -- Olson (OCC). HR -- Barcelo (OCC), Rokowitz (OCC), Cota (OCC).

SWIMMING

UC Irvine men, women def.IRVINE — The Anteaters men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each defeated UC San Diego Saturday afternoon, with the UCI men winning 175.5-115.5 and the women’s team earning a 179-121 victory.

UC San Diego

For the UCI women, who won 11 of 16 events, junior Chelsea Nagata and freshman Lindsay DePaul both won three events.

Nagata won the 100-yard backstroke (59.05 seconds), 50 freestyle (23.70) and the 100 butterfly (55.10), the latter two meet records.

DePaul won the 200 fly (2:02.96), 500 free (4:56.93) and the 200 IM (2:05.17), all three times setting new meet records.

The UCI men won 12 events, led by seniors Mike Cohee, Eric Reilly and Dan Simonsen and junior Randall Tom, all of whom won two events.

Reilly set meet records in the 50 free (20.68) and the 100 free (45.82).

Tom set meet records in the 200 fly (1:48.50) and the 100 fly (47.86).

The UCI men and women travel to Cal State Northridge Friday for a Big West meet at 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

UC Irvine 7, San Francisco 0The No. 55 Anteaters won eight of nine matches to sweep the Dons in a nonconference match at UCI.

In singles, the Anteaters (3-1) won all six matches, led by No. 1 Becky Bernhard’s 6-0, 7-5 win over Camille Pamart.

Junior Inna Agababian beat Emma Taylor 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 2 match, and sophomore Clare Fermine topped Mylene Martin, 7-6, 7-5 at No. 3 singles.

Heidi Kaloi topped Jenny Sperry, 6-0, 6-3, in the No. 4 match, and Jessica Broadfoot beat Sarah Oudomvilay, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 5 singles.

Ali Borowicz then defeated Joana Macedo, 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 6 slot.

UCI had won two of the three doubles matches for an early lead. Broadfoot and Kaloi defeated Jenny Sperry and Emma Taylor, 8-1, in the No. 2 match.

Senior Jayme Hu and sophomore Borowicz clinched the doubles point with an 8-2 victory over Sarah Oudomvilay and Joana Macedo in the No. 3 match.

The Anteaters return to action Friday when they travel to Honolulu to face the University of Hawaii at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

TRACK AND FIELD

Washington InvitationalSEATTLE — UC Irvine sophomore Lauren Collins finished second in the pentathlon, completed Saturday.

Collins totaled 3,844 points in the five events. She finished the 60-meter hurdles in 9.10 seconds, and the 800 in 2 minutes, 19.64 seconds.

She had marks of 5 feet, 7 3/4 inches in the high jump, 17-4 in the long jump and 36-10 1/2 in the shot put.

Annett Wichmann of Hawaii won the pentathlon with 4,039 points.