College Roundup: Vanguard women’s soccer drops nine on Arizona Christian

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Vanguard 9, Arizona Christian 0

Senior Jennifer Martin finished with a hat trick for the No. 13-ranked Lions in a Golden State Athletic Conference match at home on Saturday.

Vanguard, which didn’t need goalkeepers Lauren Terry and Kaycee Smith to make a save, shut out its ninth opponent of the season.

Nicole Dunn had four assists and a goal for Vanguard (9-1-1, 2-1-0 in conference).

Janell Koide, Rayven Hernandez, Madison Cody, Asia Kleinmeyer and Kristyn Chavez each scored a goal for the Lions.

Vanguard travels to face San Diego Christian for a match at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon on Wednesday at noon.

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Vanguard def. San Diego Christian

Charlotte Heerlyn recorded 25 kills to help lead the No. 18-ranked Lions to a 25-15, 25-21, 25-14 Golden State Athletic Conference victory Saturday.

Jessica Neves had 18 kills, Jessica Chase had 13 kills and Taylor Jackson added 11 kills for Vanguard (17-6, 6-2 in conference).

Kelly Heenan, a Newport Harbor High product, led the Lions with 18 digs, Amanda Sappington and Lauren Hays had 11 digs each.

San Diego Christian is 6-9, 3-5.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Vanguard 5, Arizona Christian 1

Freshman Brian Torres scored twice for the Lions in a Golden State Athletic Conference match at home on Saturday.

Luis Valdivia, Brian Pautasso and Jesus Fregoso had a goal apiece for Vanguard (6-4, 2-1 in conference).

The Lions play San Diego Christian College at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

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MEN’S WATER POLO

Stanford 12, UC Irvine 6

STANFORD — Freshman Matt Skinner recorded a hat trick for the No. 9-ranked Anteaters in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game at No. 2 Stanford on Saturday.

Alan Robertson had two goals for UCI (10-4, 0-2 in MPSF), while Ryan Warde added a goal.

The Anteaters open the SoCal Tournament at UCLA against UC San Diego next Saturday at 9:25 a.m.

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MEN’S GOLF

Cowboy Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational

MARICOPA, Ariz. — The Anteaters shot a two-round total of 593, good enough to share sixth place Northern Colorado on the first day of the tournament at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club on Saturday.

UCI enters the final round on Sunday 27 strokes back of the leader, Idaho. Play resumes at 7:30 a.m.

UCI senior Pete Fernandez is in third place at three-under-par 141 (71, 70). He’s four strokes back of Idaho’s Jared du Toit and Arizona State’s Mathias Schjoelberg, who are tied for first.