COLLEGE ROUNDUP

MEN’S BAKSETBALL

Vanguard 85, San Diego Christian 75

EL CAJON — The Lions extended their winning streak to four games Tuesday night, riding a 20-point performance from Greg Gusiff in the Golden State Athletic Conference game.

Gusiff was three-for-five from the three-point line, while Dennis Heenan was four-for-six against San Diego Christian (5-19, 2-14 GSAC).

Greg Scott had 12 points and 14 assists.

Despite a 27-point effort from Bayo Arigbon, the Hawks still dropped their tenth loss in 11 games.

With the win, the Lions (17-7, 11-5 in conference) moved into first place in the GSAC.

The Lions will play at Chapman Thursday at 7 p.m.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 85, San Diego Christian 75

VU – Gusiff 20, Heenan 16, Scott 12, Henderson 12, Johnson 6, Roberts 5, Vaitiekus 5, Thompson 4, Davis 3, Ellis 2.

3-pt. goals – Heenan 4, Gusiff 3, Roberts 1, Davis 1.

Fouled out – None.

Technicals – None.

SDC – Arigbon 27, Neal 14, Dillon 11, Jackson 7, Harris 6, Stewart 4, Johnson 2, Lattin 2, Luttman 2.

3-pt. goals – Dillon 3, Neal 2, Harris 2, Arigbon 1.

Fouled out – None.

Technicals – Luttman.

Halftime – VAN, 41-30.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 75, San Diego Christian 64

EL CAJON — The Lions held off a second-half comeback attempt by the Hawks Tuesday night, continuing their stronghold on a Golden State Athletic Conference tie for first place with Pointa Loma Nazarene.

The Hawks, led by Courtney Ash, went on a 21-9 run to start the second half, but only came within four points of the Lions’ lead.

Junior Lauren Gregory had a season-high 21 points, while Melissa Cook posted 20 points and 11 rebounds for Vanguard (19-3, 15-1 in conference).

The Lions play host to ninth-ranked Azusa Pacific Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 75, San Diego Christian 64

VU – Gregory 21, Cook 20, Richter 14, Boyd 11, Carlson 6, Reyes 3.

3-pt. goals – Cook 3, Richter 2, Carlson 2, Reyes 1.

Fouled out – None.

Technicals – None.

SDC – Ahs 17, James 10, Hendrickson 10, Utz 9, Hertzog 8, Roberts 7, Depriest 3.

3-pt. goals – Ash 5, James 2, Roberts 1, Depreist 1.

Fouled out – None.

Technicals – None.

Halftime – VU, 45-25.

BASEBALL

Orange Coast 5, Palomar 4

COSTA MESA — Ryan Sheeks’ sacrifice fly to center in the bottom of the ninth inning brought in the game-winning run Tuesday, helping the Pirates win their sixth straight nonconference game.

Kyle Muhlsteff led off the ninth with a single. He advanced to second base on a passed ball and third on Brett Wallach’s sacrifice bunt. Palomar (5-9) tried to intentionally walk Sheeks before the pitcher, with a 2-2 count, left one over the strike zone for Sheeks to hit.

Wes Kartch went two for three and scored twice for OCC (12-2-1), which is 7-0-1 at home this season.

The Pirates play at Southwestern today at 2 p.m.

Nonconference

Orange Coast 5, Palomar 4

SCORE BY INNINGS

Aspaas, Ferguson (3), Jenkins (6), Davidson (8) and Lee and Laws (7); Peterson, Rosenhahn (5), Graham (7), Wallach (9) and Watanabe and Arellano (6). W – Wallach, 1-0. L – Davidson, 0-2. 2B - Sheeks (OCC).

SOFTBALL

Doubleheader

SAN BERNARDINO — Vanguard University split a nonconference doubleheader at Cal State San Bernardino, winning the first game, 1-0, then losing, 12-3, Monday.

Freshman designated hitter Stephanie Leisenring hit a home run in the fourth inning to help lead Vanguard (10-2) to the win. Lions freshman pitcher Patricia Olvera threw 11 strikeouts, walked none and allowed six hits in her complete game to improve to 4-0.

Cal State San Bernardino (9-11-2), which had a six-run second inning, had 15 hits en route to its victory. Junior Sarah Howe had one hit and two runs for Vanguard.

The Lions play host to Southern Oregon today in a doubleheader that starts at 1:30 p.m.

Nonconference

Game 1

Vanguard 1,

Cal State San Bernardino 0

SCORE BY INNINGS

P. Olvera and St. Croix; Lee, Shisler (1) and Camarena. W – P. Olvera, 4-0. L – Shisler, 0-1. 2B – Shisler (SB). HR – Leisenring (VU).

Game 2

Cal State San Bernardino 12,

Vanguard 3

SCORE BY INNINGS

Boyer, P. Olvera (2), Dempster (5) and St. Croix; Jacob and Camarena. W – Jacob, 1-0. L – Boyer, 3-1. 2B – Shisler (SB), Dahl (SB), Calderon (SB).

MEN’S TENNIS

Vanguard 5, Xavier (La.) 4

COSTA MESA — Florian Lemke, Tino Brodar and Gregory Chevalier each won in singles to help the Lions improve to 2-2 against visiting Xavier University of Louisiana in a nonconference match Saturday.

Nonconference

Vanguard 5, Xavier (L.A.) 4

Singles – Lemke (VU) def. Vukicevic, 6-1, 6-0; Brodar (VU) def. Richardson, 6-1, 6-3; Chevalier (VU) def. Vaval-Desse, 6-3, 6-2; Frank (VU) lost to Knowles, 2-3, ret.; Gillon (VU) lost to Myles, 6-2, 5-7, 5-7; Lamberth (VU) lost to Kempele, 1-6, 5-7.

Doubles – Lemke-Chevalier (VU) def. Walker-Myles, 8-1; Brodar-Stockler (VU) def. Knowles-Vukicevic, 8-6; Gillon-Lamberth (VU) lost to Kempele-Richardson, 3-8.