COLLEGE ROUNDUP

BASEBALL

Vanguard 15, Westmont 8

COSTA MESA — The Lions took a 9-0 lead after three innings and hung on for a Golden State Athletic Conference win Wednesday at Vanguard.

Luke Iverson was three for five with two doubles and two RBIs for Vanguard (6-6, 6-6 in conference).

Nick Vaughn, Zach Leighton (three RBIs), Keegan Freeman and Adam Hastings all added two hits for the Lions, with Hastings hitting a home run.

Richard Jessup pitched eight innings to get the win for Vanguard, improving to 2-0 on the season.

The Lions are at Westmont today at 2:30 p.m.

Golden State

Athletic Conference

Vanguard 15, Westmont 8

Score by Innings

West. 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 5 VU 2 1 6 0 1 4 0 1 x - 15 15 4

Barth, Downs (3), Sakoda (3), Evans (7) and Montzingo; Jessup, Ducy (9) and Hastings.

W -- Jessup, 2-0. L -- Barth, 0-4. 2B -- Iverson (VU) 2, Voorhies (VU), Z. Leighton (VU, Freeman (VU). HR -- Hastings (VU).

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 5, Dominican 1

Vanguard 11, Dominican 1

COSTA MESA — Pitchers Melissa Forrester and Kelsey Boyer each won for the Lions in a nonconference sweep at Vanguard on Wednesday.

Vanguard shortstop Rachel Bomgren was three for four with two runs in the first game, and Sarah Howe and Jennifer Rynda both had doubles and two hits for the Lions (17-4).

In Game 2, Boyer improved to 4-0 in a five-inning win, scattering five hits. Bomgren was again three for four, with three RBIs, and first baseman April Glenn also had three RBIs. Left fielder Katie Daniels was three for three with two runs and two RBIs, and Rynda scored three runs for Vanguard, which scored five times in the second and fourth innings.

Vanguard is at the Tucson Invitational tournament starting Friday.

Nonconference

Vanguard 5,

Dominican 1 (Game 1)

Score by Innings

Dominican 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Vanguard 1 1 0 0 3 0 x - 5 9 4

Parks and Kennedy; Forrester and Ocasio. W -- Forrester, 3-1. L -- Parks. 2B -- Howe (VU), Rynda (VU). 3B -- Bomgren (VU). HR -- Markley (D).

Nonconference

Vanguard 11, Dominican 1 (Game 2)

Score by Innings

Dominican 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Vanguard 0 5 1 5 x - 11 15 0

Westrope and Talman; Boyer and Ocasio. W -- Boyer, 4-0. L -- Westrope. 2B -- Wilcox (D), Rynda (VU).

Riverside City 3, Orange Coast 0

COSTA MESA — A three-run sixth inning on Wednesday ended the Pirates’ chances of winning their first Orange Empire Conference game.

Paulina Rodriguez went two for three for OCC (1-16, 0-8 in conference).

Orange Empire Conference

Riverside3,

Orange Coast 0

Score by Innings

Riverside City 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 5 2 Orange Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1

Yniguez and Redman; Evers and Leal. W -- Yniguez, 1-0. L -- Evers, 0-8. 2B -- Galvan (RCC).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Orange Coast def. Palomar

SAN MARCOS — Matt Knutson recorded a career-high 19 kills and added seven digs as the Pirates on Wednesday won the Pacific Coast Conference match, 30-27, 30-26, 24-30, 30-22, and their seventh match in a row.

Rick Schroeder finished with 13 kills and seven blocks, and Alika De Rego had 10 digs for Orange Coast (7-1, 2-0 in conference).

MEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 9, Cal Baptist 0

RIVERSIDE — The NAIA No. 5-ranked Lions swept all nine matches played in an easy Golden State Athletic Conference win Wednesday at Cal Baptist.

Dominic Stockler and Florian Lemke held on for a 9-8 win at No. 1 doubles, and also both won their singles matches.

Dieter Weislmaier, Greg Chevalier, Vasileios Psyrras and Garrett Gillion also won singles matches for Vanguard (7-2).

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 9, Cal Baptist 0

Singles -- Stockler (VU) def. Ventre, 6-3, 6-2; Lemke (VU) def. Eisikovits, 6-2, 6-0; Weislmaier (VU) def. Miljons, 6-1, 6-0; Chevalier (VU) def. Polezhaev, 6-1, 6-2; Psyrras (VU) def. Gerbrands, 6-2, 6-1; Gillion (VU) def. Melendez, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles -- Stockler-Lemke (VU) def. Eisikovits-Miljons, 9-8 (7-3); Weislmaier-Frank (VU) def. Ventre-Polezhaev, 8-4; Chevalier-Gillion (VU) def. Gerbrands-Aballi, 8-3.

Rice 6, UC Irvine 1

IRVINE — Victor Lamm defeated Rice’s Filip Paroci 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in No. 2 singles action, giving the Anteaters their only point in the nonconference home match on Tuesday.

UC Irvine (4-7) plays host to Georgia State today at 1:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 8, Cal Baptist 1

RIVERSIDE — After having action suspended due to rain after three singles matches were completed on Feb. 27, the fifth-ranked Lions resumed play Wednesday.

Vanguard, which improved to 7-1, took all six singles matches, and two of three doubles matches.

Nonconference

Vanguard 8, Cal Baptist 1

Singles -- Brown (VU) def. Montanha, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Tesfa (VU) def. Wren, 6-2, 6-3; Jurcovicova (VU) def. Rodrigues, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Zustakova (VU) def. DeSilva, 6-2, 6-3; Donkervoort (VU) def. Faulkner, 6-0, 6-0; Amstad (VU) def. Miller, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles -- Brown-Donkervoort (VU) lost, Montanha-Wren, 3-8; Tesfa-Zustakova (VU) def. Rodrigues-DeSilva, 9-7; Jurcovicova-Amstad (VU) def. Faulkner-Bailey, 8-2.