Dominguez Hills to Play Top-Ranked Sonoma State

The Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s soccer team visits defending NCAA Division II champion Sonoma State in a nonconference match at noon Saturday in Rohnert Park.

Sonoma State (12-1-2) is the top-ranked team in Division II and Dominguez Hills (12-3-1) is No. 6.

Since only six teams advance to the Division II playoffs, another loss for Dominguez Hills would end its playoff hopes. After the game against Sonoma, the Toros complete their regular season with games against Westmont on Monday, Chapman on Wednesday and UC San Diego on Nov. 2.

Dominguez Hills tuned up for its match against Sonoma with a 4-0 victory over Cal State San Bernardino in a California Collegiate Athletic Assn. match Wednesday.

The victory allowed Dominguez Hills to maintain a share of the conference lead with Cal Poly Pomona at 4-1. Pomona, ranked No. 12 in Division II, upset the Toros, 1-0, last week.

Dominguez Hills has been led by junior forward Amy Rubin, who leads the conference in scoring with 36 points, including 16 goals and four assists. Rubin is also within striking distance Kristi White, the school’s all-time scoring leader. White finished with 97 points and Rubin has 94.

The Loyola Marymount women’s volleyball team will try to snap a losing streak to Pepperdine in a West Coast Conference match at 7 p.m. Saturday at Gersten Pavilion.

The Lions lost to the Waves in three games on Saturday. That match took only 65 minutes to play.

Loyola (13-9 overall, 5-3 in conference play) is second in the WCC behind 17th-ranked Pepperdine (16-4, 8-0).

The Waves have not lost to Loyola since 1986 and have a 41-match conference winning streak.

The Cal State Dominguez Hills men’s soccer team will try to stay in contention for a California Collegiate Athletic Assn. title when it visits Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Dominguez Hills kept its hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over Cal State San Bernardino--the seventh-ranked team in the NCAA Division II--on Wednesday.

Dominguez Hills is 7-8 overall and 4-3 in the conference. San Luis Obispo leads the conference with a 5-1-1 record. San Bernardino and Cal State Bakersfield are tied for second.

Dominguez Hills has been led by junior forward Gerardo Yepez, who has nine goals and 21 points, and freshman forward Mike Hall, who has 10 points.

After the game against San Luis Obispo, Dominguez Hills finishes its conference season against Chapman on Wednesday and Bakersfield on Friday.

Krista Amend, an Arizona State senior and 1988 graduate of Miraleste High, defeated Tuck Kacharoen of the University of San Diego, 6-2, 6-3, Thursday in a first-round match in the Riviera All-American Championships at Riviera Tennis Club.

Amend will play Lisa Albano of California, first on the preseason Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Rankings, in a second-round match today. Amend is ranked 15th. Amend and Albano are the only players competing in the main draw for a fourth time.