COLLEGE ROUNDUP

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 18, La Sierra 6

COSTA MESA — Shortstop Sarah Howe went two for three with two home runs and four RBIs for the Lions in the nonconference game Thursday.

Amanda Plum also had four RBIs, and homered in Vanguard’s 13-run third inning. Brittany Parlopino tripled and had an RBI for the Lions (2-1).

Patricia Olvera earned the win, pitching three innings, allowing no hits while striking out four.

Vanguard plays host to Chapman Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

Nonconference

Vanguard 18, La Sierra 6

SCORE BY INNINGS

Mesa, Fejeran (4) and Bottoni, Rivera; Gunneman, Olvera (3) and St. Croix. W – Olvera, 1-0. L – Mesa. 2B – Rivera (LS); Forrester (VU). 3B – Parlopino (VU). HR – Howe (VU) 2, Plum (VU).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

61, UC Irvine 51

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Kim Barnes scored a career-high 17 points for the Anteaters in their Big West Conference game Thursday night.

Rebecca Maessen added 13 points and Kelly Cochran scored 10 points for UCI (5-17, 2-7 in conference).

The Mustangs dominated the glass, out-rebounding UCI, 40-29.

Kristina Santiago came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points, scoring 15 in the second half for Cal Poly (14-7, 6-3).

The Anteaters play at UC Santa Barbara Saturday at 2 p.m.

Big West Conference

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 61, UC Irvine 51

UCI – Maessen 13, Barnes 17, Ishizaki 4, Ke. Johnson 2, Ka. Johnson 5, Cochran 10.

3-pt. goals – Maessen 1, Ishizaki 1, Ka. Johnson 1.

Fouled out – None.

Technicals – None.

CPSLO – Harrison 13, Tratter 15, McBride 5, Stewart 2, Santiago 19, Geppert 2, Asplund 5.

3-pt. goals – McBride 1, Asplund 1.

Fouled out – None.

Halftime: CPSLO, 20-18.