Anteaters edge Titans

The UC Irvine men’s soccer team defeated Cal State Fullerton, 3-2,

Tuesday night in a Big West Conference match at Titan Stadium.

Ben Hofstetter put the Titans up, 1-0, 4:19 into the game. Senior

Lorne Howlett tied it in the 32nd minute on a blast from 35 yards

out. In the 35th minute, Howlett brought the ball upfield, drawing

the keeper out of the box and crossed it to junior Kit Vitagliano,

who put the Anteaters (7-11-0, 3-5-0 in the Big West) up, 2-1.

Hofstetter scored again for Fullerton. UCI sophomore Brad Evans took

the rebound off a Howlett shot to give the visitors a 3-2 lead at the

53:41 mark.

Senior goalkeeper Cameron Rossi had four saves for UCI. Cal State

Fullerton fell to 4-10-2, 2-6-0.

Sage sweeps first round

* VOLLEYBALL: Cat Dailey had 13 kills while teammate Haywood

Wright added 11 to power the host Sage Hill School girls volleyball

team to a 25-11, 25-17, 25-9 first-round victory over San Gabriel

Academy in the CIF Southern Section Division IV-A playoffs Tuesday.

Vista Murphy added eight kills while Kelly Hutchinson had a

team-high three service aces for Sage (15-6), which will play Mary

Star of the Sea in the second round Thursday at a site to be

determined today by a coin flip.

Lightning eliminated

* WATER POLO: The Sage Hill School boys water polo team, making

its first CIF Southern Section Division VI playoff appearance, lost

to fourth-seeded and host Chadwick, 14-3, in the first round Tuesday.

Sage finished the season 13-9.

Jesse Tootell scored eight goals to lead Chadwick (20-6-1), which

jumped to a 7-0 halftime lead.

Newport falls short

* SURFING: Erica Hosseini and Tanner Prairie each won their

respective heats, but the host Newport Harbor High surf team fell to

undefeated San Clemente, 96-72, in a South Coast League meet at 56th

Street Tuesday.

Hosseini earned her third straight first-place finish with a 6.5

in the girls short board, helping Newport to an 11-10 victory in the

event. Teammate Lisa Turk placed third. Prairie claimed top honors in

the boys long board competition, which San Clemente won, 11-10.

The Sailors opened with victories in the first two heats,

including an 11-10 triumph in the boys short board. Joey Head and

Christian Morabito took second and third, respectively, for Newport.

The Tritons, though, won the final five heats.

Matt Kretschmar took second for the Sailors’ body board squad,

which fell, 12-9, while Devon Falasco returned from an injury and

placed second in the girls long board event, which Newport lost,

13-8.

Daniel Shea took second in his heat while Brett Catron placed

third in the boys short board event for the Sailors.

Newport hosts Dana Hills in the final league meet Tuesday at 56th

Street before the league championships take place Nov. 17-18 at San

Onofre.

Huskies too much

* BASKETBALL: Kelly Schmidt scored a game-high 17 points, but it

was not enough as the Vanguard University women’s basketball team

lost to Pac-10 foe Washington, 84-34, in an exhibition game Monday in

Seattle.

The Lions, who come off a season when they tallied the most wins

in the program’s history while reaching the NAIA quarterfinals, shot

just 7 of 43 from the field (16.3%). Schmidt scored 13 of her points from the free-throw line.

Lacey Mills and Rachel Besse scored eight and six points, apiece,

while Besse and Schmidt each finished with a team-high seven

rebounds.

The Huskies amassed 20 assists compared to Vanguard’s six.

Vanguard will conduct its alumni game at 5:30 p.m. today before

hosting Bethany in the regular-season opener at the same time

Saturday.

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Nonconference

Washington 83, Vanguard 34

Vanguard -- Burns 1, Besse 6, Mills 8, Faulkner 0, Schmidt 17, Dittenbir 0, Rinke 0, Jacobson 0, Cook 2.

3-pt. goals -- Mills 2.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

UW -- Bell 8, Craddock 14, Florence 2, Burt 5, O’Neill 9, Watson 12, Hicks 8, Banks 11, Schelly 0, Castro 0, Clark 6, O’Hara 8, Hollands 0.

3-pt. goals -- Craddock 4, O’Neill 2, Burt 1, Banks 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- Washington, 40-16.

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