College Roundup: UCI men’s volleyball upsets BYU

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

UC Irvine def. BYU

PROVO, Utah — Tamir Hershko had 19 kills and Thomas Hodges added 13 as the visiting No. 7-ranked Anteaters upset the No. 3-ranked Cougars, 25-23, 28-26, 32-34, 21-15, 15-12, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match Friday.

Michael Saeta had 44 assists and five kills for UCI (7-2, 4-2 in conference).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orange Coast 56, Saddleback 51

MISSION VIEJO — Michelle Wu had 16 points and Sydney Driggs added 13 to help the visiting Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game Friday.

OCC improved to 16-9, 4-3 in conference.

Saddleback is 18-6, 6-1.

Hawaii 79, UC Irvine 62

HONOLULU — The visiting Anteaters tied a school record with 12 three-pointers in the Big West Conference loss late Thursday night.

Sophomore Andee Ritter was five for 11 from three-point range and had 19 points, while senior Mckenzie Piper was six for 11 from the field (three for five from threedom) to produce 16 points for UCI (3-17, 1-5 in conference).

Shereen Sutherland had 10 points and seven rebounds for UCI, which made 12 of 29 three-point tries (41.4%).

Hawaii is 7-11, 3-3.

BASEBALL

Vanguard 7, Benedictine 6

Bryce Wetherell singled in the game-winning run in the eighth inning as the hosts overcame deficits of 3-2, 5-4 and 6-5 in the nonconference game Friday.

Senior Brock Eissman homered in the seventh to pull the No. 20-ranked Lions even, 6-6. Eissman was two for four with three runs batted in.

Shane Elias-Calles, who began the winning rally with a two-out double, was two for four, as was teammate Brandon Sandoval.

Wetherell and Tanner Perry drove in two runs apiece for Vanguard (2-0), for which Chris Lumanlan earned the win with three relief innings.

Jake Mellenthin worked a scoreless ninth for his first save.

Benedictine is 1-3.

The two teams play a doubleheader on Saturday at Vanguard, beginning at 11 a.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Saddleback 73, Orange Coast 50

MISSION VIEJO — Parker Romo had nine points to lead the visiting Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game Friday.

Nick Harding, a Newport Harbor High product, and Kamar Reese had seven points and five rebounds each for OCC (7-15, 0-7 in conference).

Saddleback, ranked No. 1 in the state, is 20-3, 6-1.