COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Nebraska 80, UC Irvine 66

IRVINE — Freshman Naomi Halman had team-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds off the bench, but the Anteaters (1-4) fell to the Cornhuskers (4-1) in a nonconference game Friday.

Kelly Cochran had 12 points and Annie Mai added 11 for the Anteaters, who shot just 41.4% from the field compared to Nebraska’s 52.7%.

UC Irvine plays host to Loyola Marymount on Dec. 1.

Nonconference

Nebraska 80,

UC Irvine 66

Nebraska -- Hardy 23, Griffin 22, Page 9, Montgomery 7, Spiric 6, Aubry 6, LaFleur 4, Ford 3.

3-pt. goals -- Hardy 5.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

UC Irvine -- Halman 16, Cochran 12, Mai 11, Zdenek 8, Ned 7, Duda 6, Forry 4, Ishizaki 2.

3-pt. goals -- Mai 3, Ned 1, Zdenek 1.

Fouled out -- Cochran.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- 35-29, Nebraska.

MEN’S WATER POLO

Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation

Championship Tournament

IRVINE — Top-seeded USC extended its winning streak to 43 games Friday with a 13-2 win over No. 8 seed UC Irvine in the first round of the MPSF Championship Tournament at UC Irvine.

Freshman Kyle Baxter scored both of the goals for the Anteaters (10-19), who trailed 7-1 at halftime. The Trojans, meanwhile, had 10 different people score, led by Thomas Hale with three and Gabor Sarusi with two.

UCI junior Matt Garcia had 10 saves.

UC Irvine plays a consolation semifinal against UC Santa Barbara today at 10 a.m.

In other action, No. 2 seed California topped No. 7 seed Long Beach State, 17-6. No. 3 seed UCLA got by No. 6 Pacific, 17-1, and No. 4 Stanford outlasted No. 5 UCSB, 12-9.

Long Beach State plays Pacific today at 11:30 a.m. in the other consolation semifinal

The action is followed by the championship semifinals of USC versus Stanford at 1 p.m. and then UCLA takes on Cal at 2:30 p.m.

Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation

Championship Tournament

First round

USC 13, UC Irvine 2

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 0 1 1 0 — 2 USC 4 3 4 2 — 13

UC Irvine -- Baxter 2. Saves -- Garcia 10.

USC -- Hale 3, Sarusi 2, Krumpholz 1, Sagehorn 1, Valovic 1, Delgadillo 1, Artukovich 1, Sardo 1, Vyn 1, Vranes 1. Saves -- Shilling 6, Weil 3.