COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S SOCCER

UC Irvine 1,

Long Beach State 0

IRVINE — Senior Kim Conlan’s blast from 40 yards out with the goalkeeper out was the difference in the Big West Conference game Tuesday night at Anteater Stadium.

Conlan’s first goal of the season, making her the 10th player on Coach Scott Juniper’s squad to score, helped the Anteaters (10-5-2, 4-1-1 in conference) jump over the 49ers (11-6, 4-2) into third place in the conference.

With three points for a victory and one for a tie, UCI now has 13 points, one more than Long Beach and two behind conference co-leaders Cal Poly (5-1 in conference) and Cal State Fullerton (5-2).

UCI visits Cal State Fullerton Thursday at 7 p.m.

Freshman goalie Danielle de Seriere had three saves and freshman forward Tanya Taylor had two of the Anteaters’ six shots Tuesday.

It was the eighth shutout for de Seriere, whose goals-against average fell to 0.57 per game. It’s the ninth shutout for UCI this season.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Vanguard def. The Master’s

COSTA MESA — A balanced attack propelled the host Lions to a 30-25, 27-30, 30-15, 30-26 triumph in the Golden State Athletic Conference contest Tuesday.

Sophomore Heather DeJongh’s 15 kills led four Lions in double figures, followed by sophomore Kelsey Wirt (13), senior Kim Wynn (12) and junior Michal Shortridge (10).

In addition, junior Shardai Sublett hit .533 with nine kills, one solo block and four block assists, while freshman Noel Rosborough hit .545 with eight kills and five block assists for the No. 16-ranked winners (10-12, 8-9 in conference).

Wirt and Wynn had 16 and 15 digs, respectively, while freshman Alexandra Griffins also had 16 digs for Vanguard.

Shortridge and sophomore Meghan Walsh had 30 and 29 assists, respectively, for Vanguard.

The Lions return to action Saturday at 3 p.m. at conference rival Fresno Pacific.

MEN’S SOCCER

Santa Ana 2, Orange Coast 1

COSTA MESA — Brandon Taylor had the Pirates’ only goal in the Orange Empire Conference game Tuesday.

The goalkeeper combination of Dane Fernandez and Joey Balbas had four saves for OCC (7-4-4, 3-5-2).

Santa Ana improved to 13-4-2, 8-1-1.

OCC visits Irvine Valley today at 3 p.m.