College Roundup
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
UC Santa Barbara
def. UC Irvine
SANTA BARBARA — The No. 21-ranked Anteaters were upset, 23-25, 27-29, 27-25, 25-16, 15-9, in a Big West Conference road match Saturday.
Keri Pestolesi and Juliane Piggott had 14 kills apiece for UCI (11-3, 1-1 in conference). Pestolesi, a junior outside hitter, had a team-high 18 digs.
Riley Cropper had 13 kills and Alexandra Hauser chipped in 11 for the Anteaters, who received 52 assists from senior setter Taryn Robertson.
UCSB (11-2, 2-0) had 12 ace serves, twice as many as the Anteaters, who earned a 5-3 advantage .
Azuza Pacific def. Vanguard
AZUSA — The visiting Lions were beaten, 25-21, 25-23, 25-16, in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Saturday.
Heather DeJongh had 11 kills and hit .304 for the Lions (9-6, 3-3 in conference).
APU is now 14-4, 5-1.
MEN’S WATER POLO
UCLA 10, UC Irvine 4
LOS ANGELES — The No. 2-ranked Bruins opened a 6-1 halftime lead and cruised in the nonconference game Saturday at UCLA.
Senior Cole Bielskis had three goals to lead No. 7-ranked UCI, which fell to 6-4.
Tom Kruip had a goal and Matt Johnson posted nine saves for the Anteaters.
UCLA is now 9-1.
CROSS COUNTRY
Stanford Invitational
STANFORD — UC Irvine sophomore Rex Nelson finished 42nd, covering the 8,000-meter men’s course in 25 minutes, 19 seconds, to highlight Anteaters’ competitors Saturday.
Sophomore Melissa Mead, like Nelson a Newport Harbor High product, finished 63rd to pace the UCI women, traversing 6,000 meters in 22:31.
The UCI men’s team finished 10th and the women were 14th.
Victor Bonilla (61st in 25:40) and Brett Matejka (66th in 25:43) also fared well for the men.
Chloe Fata (64th in 22:32) and Carlotta Pham (77th in 22:51) rounded out the top three for the UCI women.
Stanford won the men’s and women’s team titles.
MEN’S SOCCER
Azusa Pacific 2, Vanguard 0
COSTA MESA — The Lions matched the Golden State Athletic Conference visitors with 11 shots apiece, but couldn’t score Saturday.
Trevor Herrera made five saves for Vanguard (3-4-1, 0-1 in conference).
Brett Taylor scored in the 15th minute and Reid Baker added an insurance tally in the 53rd minute for APU (8-0, 1-0).
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