COLLEGE ROUNDUP

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 9, Hope International 1Vanguard 7, Hope International 0COSTA MESA — With dominant pitching and hitting, the Lions stayed perfect in the Golden State Athletic Conference.

Jen Olvera (9-1) struck out 13 batters and scattered two hits in the six-inning win in the first game. Sara Howe, April Glenn and Jen Rynda had two hits each in the Lions’ 11-hit attack.

In the second game, Kelsey Boyer (8-0) had a three-hit shutout with four strikeouts. Howe, Rachel Bomgren and Melissa Forrester had two hits each for Vanguard (28-5, 8-0 in conference).

Howe also had three RBIs total in the two games. Rynda and Katie Daniels had two RBIs each in the first game.

Hope International dropped to 4-20, 0-10.

The Lions play host to Point Loma Nazarene March 27 at 2 p.m.

Golden State Athletic ConferenceGame 1

Vanguard 9

Hope International 1

Score by Innings

VU 4 1 0 0 3 1 - 9 11 0

HI 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 2 4

Olvera and Rynda; Schofield and Abbe. W -- Olvera, 9-1. L -- Schofield. 2B -- Howe (VU), Daniels (VU), Teberg (HI), Smith (HI). 3B -- Glenn (VU), Olvera (VU).

Game 2

Vanguard 7

Hope International 0

Score by Innings

VU 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 10 0

HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2

Boyer and Rynda; Mauerhan and Abbe. W -- Boyer, 8-0. L -- Mauerhan. 2B -- Howe (VU), Forrester (VU), Bergh (VU), Navarette (VU).

BASEBALL

Fullerton 6, Orange Coast 4COSTA MESA — Mike Ferraro went three for four with one run and one RBI for the Pirates in their Orange Empire Conference loss Tuesday.

Gabe Cota had one hit and two RBIs for OCC (13-11, 4-4 in conference). Fullerton improved to 16-8, 4-4. The Pirates play at Fullerton at 2:30 p.m.

Orange Empire Conference

Fullerton 6, Orange Coast 4

Score by Innings

Ful. 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 15 1

OCC 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0

Gustin, Thompson (7), Levier (9) and Aguilar; Eccles, Hauser (5), Jarvi (8) and Lum, Cota (3). W -- Gustin, 2-0. L -- Eccles, 3-1. Sv -- Levier (3). 2B -- Levier (F), Kennedy (F), Ferraro (OCC), Cota (OCC).

Central Christian 4, Vanguard 3(11 innings)COSTA MESA — Luke Iverson and Keegan Freeman had one hit and one RBI each in the Lions’ nonconference loss to the team from Kansas Tuesday.

Central Christian scored on Robert Carroll’s RBI single that scored Taku Mirakami from second base.

Vangaurd (12-9) play host to Concordia today at 2:30 p.m.

Nonconference

Central Christian 4, Vanguard 3

11 innings

Score by Innings

CS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - 4 12 1

VU 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 2

Price, Derusha (5), Gilbert (5), McKee (7) and Mays; Jessup, Ducy (9), Riddle (11) and Linn. W -- McKee, 1-0. L -- Riddle, 2-1. 2B -- Carroll (CS), Newell (CS), Machado (VU), Leighton (VU). HR -- Freeman (VU).

MEN’S TENNIS

Orange Coast 5, Saddleback 0Match called due to rainCOSTA MESA — Giovanni Villacana, Charlie Nguyen and Andy Ong won in singles to help lead the Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday.

The Pirates (9-2, 4-2 in conference) were also awarded wins after Saddleback defaulted in No. 6 single and No. 3 doubles.