COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Long Beach State 66,

UC Irvine 65

IRVINE — The 49ers’ Kaiti O’Brien made a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left, helping Long Beach State escape with the Big West Conference win Thursday at the Bren Events Center.

The free throws put Long Beach State (8-18, 4-9 in conference) up four, before UCI’s Rebecca Maessen hit a three-pointer at the buzzer for the final score.

Kirian Ishizaki had 17 points for the Anteaters (6-21, 3-11), who never led in the second half. Maessen added 16 points and Kelly Cochran tallied 14 before fouling out.

Big West Conference

Long Beach State 66, UC Irvine 65

LBSU – Fields 17, Barbee 16, O’Brien 10, Lisnock 9, Williams 4, Timmons 4, Beckner 2, Sims 2, Bookman 2.

3-pt. goals – Barbee 1.

Fouled out – Fields.

Technicals – None.

UCI – Ishizaki 17, Maessen 16, Cochran 14, Barnes 6, Theus 4, Belen 4, Ka. Johnson 2, Ke. Johnson 2.

3-pt. goals – Ishizaki 4, Maessen 1.

Fouled out – Cochran.

Technicals – Team.

Halftime – LB St, 34-32.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Orange Coast 9,

Cypress 0

COSTA MESA — Melissa Boyer swept at love at No. 2 singles as part of the Pirates’ Orange Empire Conference win Thursday.

OCC remained undefeated at 5-0, 3-0 in conference.

Azusa Pacific 5,

Vanguard 4

AZUSA — Betyel Tesfa, Kateryna Malakhova and Anna Valingsten each won in singles for the Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Thursday.

Hana Jurcovicova and Malakhova won at No. 1 doubles for Vanguard (3-2, 3-2 in conference).

MEN’S TENNIS

Azusa Pacific 5,

Vanguard 4

AZUSA — Florian Lemke, Tino Brodar and Fredric Sandberg each won in singles for the Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Thursday

Lemke and Nils Iwdal won at No. 3 doubles for Vanguard (4-2, 3-2 in conference).

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 7, Simpson 2

Vanguard 19, Simpson 2

REDDING — Sarah Howe had five hits, six runs and three RBIs for the Lions in the nonconference doubleheader Thursday.

Amanda Young went two for four with four RBIs in Vanguard’s 19-2 win, while Brittany Parlopino went two for five with three RBIs in that game.

Jennifer Bergh went two for three with two RBIs in the opening game.

The Lions improved to 7-4.

Sophomore pitcher Patrica Olvera struck out four in her complete-game win for the 7-2 victory. She allowed 10 hits.