COLLEGE ROUNDUP

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Orange Coast def. San Diego CitySAN DIEGO — Kevin Welch had 13 kills and seven digs to lead the Pirates to their 13th straight win, a 30-19, 30-23, 30-20 Pacific Coast League victory Wednesday.

Rick Schroeder added 12 kills and Stefan Brule contributed eight digs and two aces for Orange Coast (13-1, 7-0 in conference). Trevor Holmes amassed 36 assists for the Pirates, who play host to Palomar on Friday at 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

UC Irvine 12, Brown 6IRVINE — Anteaters freshman Erin Kiene had a career- and team-high four goals to lead No. 6 UCI to a nonconference win Wednesday.

Senior Jackie Prine added three goals for the ‘Eaters (15-6), who held No. 19 Brown (14-6) to just one goal after halftime. Junior goalie Lauren Machanis made eight saves, while freshman Kelsey Wilcox added a save.

UCI plays host to No. 1 Stanford on April 6 at 5 p.m. in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 12, Brown 6

Score by Quarters

Brown 4 1 0 1 — 6

UCI 2 4 2 4 — 12

Brown -- Lansing 3, Stanton 1, Fahey 1, Angyal 1 . Saves -- Laing 8.

UCI -- Kiene 4, Prine 3, Kaake 2, Rossi 1, Fancher 1, Frish 1. Saves -- Machanis 9, Wilcox 1.

BASEBALL

Vanguard 12, Westmont 4SANTA BARBARA — Richard Jessup improved to 3-0 after going the distance for the Lions in a Golden State Athletic Conference game Wednesday.

Luke Iverson went three for five with three doubles, three RBIs and three runs for Vanguard (15-11, 12-10 in conference), which blew the game open in the seventh and eighth innings, where it scored seven runs.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 12,

Westmont 4

Score by Innings

VU 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 - 12 19 1

West. 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 11 0

Jessup and Linn; Gaustad, Downs (7), Skersies (7), Sakoda (8), Barth (8). W -- Jessup, 3-0. L -- Gaustad, 0-4. 2B -- Iverson (VU) 3, T. Leighton (VU), Stout (WC).

MEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 7, Point Loma 2COSTA MESA — The Lions, ranked No. 6 in the NAIA, won five of six singles matches and a pair of doubles matches in a Golden State Athletic Conference win on Tuesday.

Seniors Dieter Weislmaier and Vasileios Psyrras, sophomores Florian Lemke and Thomas Frank and freshman Greg Chevalier all won singles matches for Vanguard (14-4, 4-1 in conference).

The Lions are at Biola on Friday.

Golden State Athletic ConferenceVanguard 7, Pt. Loma 2 -- Lemke (VU) def. Gerloff, 6-1, 7-5; Weislmaier (VU) def. Bowman, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Chevalier (VU) def. Johnson, 6-1, 6-1; Psyrras (VU) def. Wheeler, 7-6, 6-4; Gillion (VU) lost to Albaugh, 6-7, 7-5, 11-13; Frank (VU) def. Hilker, 6-4, 6-2.

Singles

Doubles -- Lemke-Strom (VU) def. Gerloff-Bowman, 8-6; Weislmaier-Frank (VU) def. Johnson-Crail, 8-0; Psyrras-Chevalier (VU) lost to Wheeler-Helker, 8-9.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 7, Pt. Loma 2COSTA MESA — The Lions, ranked No. 5 in the NAIA, swept all three doubles matches to earn a Golden State Athletic Conference win Tuesday.

The teams of Hana Jurcovicova and Damia Donkervoort, Amy Brown and Zuzana Zustakova, and Betyel Tesfa and Olivia Omstad all won for Vanguard (12-2, 5-1 in conference).

The Lions are at Biola on Friday.

Golden State Athletic ConferenceVanguard 7, Pt. Loma 2 -- Brown (VU) lost to Strimple, 1-6, 1-6; Tesfa (VU) lost to Weir, 5-7, 2-6; Jurcovicova (VU) def. Lalonde, 6-0, 6-0; Zustakova (VU) def. Petrini, 6-2, 6-3; Donkervoort (VU) def. Reeve, 6-2, 6-3; Amstad (VU) def. Hall, 6-1, 6-1.

Singles

Doubles -- Jurcovicova-Donkervoort (VU) def. Lalonde-Weir, 8-1; Brown-Zustakova (VU) def. Strimple-Petrini, 8-3; Tesfa-Amstad (VU) def. Reeve-Hall, 8-0.