College Roundup: UCI men’s soccer moves to 7-0

MEN’S SOCCER

UC Irvine 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1

TAMPA, Fla. — Enrique Cardenas had two assists for the No. 5-ranked Anteaters to open the University of South Florida Tournament Friday.

Christopher Santana scored in the 26th minute and Miguel Ibarra scored in the 27th minute for UCI (7-0). Goalie Andrew Fontein had four saves.

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

UC Irvine def. Utah State

IRVINE — Marisa Bubica, Shannon Fleming and Arielle Manz each posted career-highs in kills while Mary Carls dished out a personal-best with 51 assists in the Anteaters’ 23-25, 25-20, 25-10, 25-17 nonconference win Friday.

Bubica logged 13 kills while Fleming made it an even dozen to go along with eight blocks as UCI (5-4) logged a 10-8.5 block advantage against the Aggies (4-8). Manz, who also had a career-high 12 kills, committed just one error in 25 attempts to hit .440, another personal-best for the middle blocker. Aly Squires added a double-double match with 13 kills and 12 digs to the Anteater effort while Kristin Winkler topped all players with 27 digs in the win.

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Orange Coast def. San Diego City

SAN DIEGO — Karlee Riggs had 22 kills to lead the Pirates to a 25-17, 25-13, 25-18 nonconference win Friday.

Allison Lumsden had 33 assists and Andi Frisina had 17 digs for OCC (4-0).

San Diego is 2-1.

The Pirates play at Pasadena Wednesday at 5 p.m.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Saint Mary’s 2, UC Irvine 1

IRVINE — Coco Goodson scored an unassisted goal for the Anteaters, but theGaels responded with two straight goals in the nonconference game Friday.

St. Mary’s (7-1-1) scored the game winner in the 66th minute. UCI fell to 5-2-1.

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Vanguard 2, Holy Names 1

AHTERTON — Gabriela Valles scored her fifth goal of the season to help the Lions to the nonconference win Friday.

Jordan Cleary also scored for Vanguard (5-0). Kayla Sanchez had an assist.