COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orange Coast 83, Riverside 55

RIVERSIDE — Freshman forward Simone Ibbotson scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help the Pirates clinch at least a share of the Orange Empire Conference title Friday.

Katie Kissee added 15 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Pirates (27-3, 11-1 in conference). Courtney Ford added 11 points and a team-high 11 rebounds and teammate Brittany Taylor chipped in 10 points.

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 83, Riverside 55

OCC – Taylor 10, Ibbotson 23, Kissee 16, Ford 11, Maulit 7, Gomez 6, Barney 4, Wakamiya 3, Cargill 2, Shires 1.

3-pt. goals – Kissee 1, Ford 1, Wakamiya 1, Gomez 1, Barney 1.

Fouled out – Cargill.

RCC – Taylor 2, Vasquez 12, Smithson 9, Aregalo 14, Waldrop 2, Ross 3, Turner 2, Moreno 2, Perez 2, Outten 7.

3-pt. goals – Aregalo 1.

Fouled out – None.

Halftime – OCC, 39-21.

BASEBALL

Orange Coast 4,

College of the Desert 1

PALM DESERT — Freshmen Ryan Sheeks and Austin Elliott both went three for four to help lead the Pirates to the nonconference win Friday.

Elliott, a Corona del Mar High product, also scored a run, while Sheeks produced a triple in the ninth inning.

Brandon Dixon, the Pirates’ sophomore left-handed pitcher, struck out six, walked one and allowed four hits in eight innings.  

Nonconference

Orange Coast 4,

College of the Desert 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

Dixon, Wallach (9) and Cota, Arellano (6); Mata, Doran (8) and Young. W – Dixon, 2-0. L – Cota. 2B – Olson (OCC). 3B – Sheeks (OCC).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Orange Coast def.

Santa Barbara

COSTA MESA — Sophomore Kevin Welch had a match-high 16 kills to lead the Pirates to a 30-18, 30-21, 30-24 nonconference win Friday.

Andrew Pizula led OCC’s defense with eight digs, while setter Corey Ferraro paced the offense with 22 assists.

SOFTBALL

Belhaven (Miss.) 2,

Vanguard 1 (10 innings)

Vanguard 7, Belhaven 5

COSTA MESA — The No. 10 Lions suffered their first loss of the year in Game 1, but rebounded for the Game 2 victory in the doubleheader Friday at Vanguard.

The second game was called in the fifth inning due to darkness.

Vanguard (9-1) tied the score of Game 1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, when Angela St. Croix’s RBI single scored Jen Olvera. But Belhaven scored a run in the top of the 10th for the win.

Olvera allowed just two hits and no earned runs in nine innings, striking out nine, but received a no-decision.

Nonconference

Belhaven 2, Vanguard 1

Game 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

Burns and Eggold; J. Olvera, Dempster (10) and St. Croix. W – Burns, 2-1. L – Dempster, 0-1.

Vanguard 7, Belhaven 5

Game 2

SCORE BY INNINGS

Meadows, Cervantes (4) and Eggold; Boyer, P. Olvera (5) and St. Croix. W – Boyer, 3-0. L – Meadows, 1-2. HR – Meadows (B).

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 8, Westmont 1

COSTA MESA — The No. 4 Lions won all 12 of the singles sets played in their Golden State Athletic Conference opener Friday at Costa Mesa Tennis Center.

In doubles, the teams of Hana Jurcovicova and Damia Donkervoort, as well as Jelena Jovic and Anna Valingsten, also won for Vanguard (2-0, 1-0 in conference).

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 8, Westmont 1

Singles– Jurcovicova (VU) def. Combs, 6-0, 6-0; Tesfa (VU) def. Mathews, 6-1, 6-0; Jovic (VU) def. McGurty, 6-0, 6-0; Donkervoort (VU) def. Lee, 6-2, 6-2; Valingsten (VU) def. Klein, 6-4, 6-2; Amstad (VU) def. Dunn, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles – Jurcovicova-Donkervoort (VU) def. Combs-Klein, 8-3; Jovic-Valingsten (VU) lost to Mathews-Dunn, 6-8; Tesfa-Amstad (VU) def. McGurty-Lee, 8-1.

MEN’S TENNIS

UC Irvine 4, San Diego 3

SAN DIEGO — Anteaters freshman Ryan Mayer clinched the victory at No. 6 singles in the nonconference match Friday at the University of San Diego.

Also winning in singles for No. 60 UC Irvine (2-3) were Trevor Dobson, Khunpol Issara and Stephen Stege.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 4, San Diego 3

Singles– Sundling (UCI) lost to Liversage, 3-6, 5-7; Lamm (UCI) lost to Jackson, 0-6, 4-6; Dobson (UCI) def. Coetzee, 6-4, 7-6; Issara (UCI) def. Wolmarans, 7-5, 6-1; Stege (UCI) def. Schive, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2; Mayer (UCI) def. Antabi, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5.

Doubles – Lamm-Issara (UCI) lost to Liversage-Coetzee, 5-8; Sundling-Dobson (UCI) lost to Jackson-Schive, 4-8; Ahluwalia-Vaidyanathan (UCI) def. Antabi-Wolmarans, 8-6.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Riverside 81, Orange Coast 72

RIVERSIDE — Sophomore guard Shaun Engle had a career-high 29 points for the Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game Friday at Riverside.

Engle added eight three-pointers for OCC (6-21, 2-8 in conference), and forward Brian Helmuth had 18 points.

Orange Empire Conference

Riverside 81, Orange Coast 72

OCC – Engle 29, Helmuth 18, Molina 8, Lezama 7, Ching 5, Gee 3, Saldivar 2.

3-pt. goals – Engle 8, Helmuth 3, Molina 2, Gee 1, Lezama 1.

Fouled out – Molina.

Riv – Garcia 23, Robinson 22, Nunley 10, Norris 9, De Los Santos 6, Scott 4, Simmons 3, Dandy 2, Ibewiro 2.

3-pt. goals – Robinson 4.

Halftime – Riv, 33-30.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

UCLA 13, UC Irvine 3

IRVINE — Junior Sarah Frost scored twice for UC Irvine in its Mountain Pacific Sports Conference opener Friday at UCI.

Kat Plummer added a goal for the No. 9 ’Eaters (4-2, 0-1 in conference) against the No. 1 Bruins (11-0, 1-0). Lauren Machanis made five saves and UCLA goalie Brittany Fullen, a Corona del Mar High product, had six saves.

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

UCLA 13, UC Irvine 3

SCORE BY QUARTERS

UCLA – Kraus 3, Matthewson 3, Crowell 3, Rowe 2, Domanic 1, Burmeister 1. Saves – Fullen 6.

UCI – Frost 2, Plummer 1. Saves – Machanis 5, Davis 2.