COLLEGE ROUNDUP

BASEBALL

UC Irvine 13, Houston 7

HOUSTON — The Anteaters posted its season-high scoring output to claim the second game of the three-game Houston College Classic Saturday at Minute Maid Park.

Freshman third baseman DJ Crumlich went three four with his first collegiate home run and a double and drove in two for UCI (4-2).

Junior Chrsitian Bergman worked into the sixth to earn his second win.

Junior Dillon Bell homered for UCI, which received three runs batted in from junior catcher Francis Larson.

Houston fell to 2-5.

Houston College Classic

UC Irvine 13, Houston 7

SCORE BY INNINGS

Bergman, Bardeen (6), Hoover (9) and Larson, Donabedian (8); Stuckey, Laird (4), Ray (4), Goodnight (4), Wiley (6), Wriight (8), McLain (8) Raviele (9) and Wallace. W – Bergman, 2-0. L – Stuckey, 0-1. 2B – Olson (UCI), Crumlich (UCI), Presley (H), Kankel (H). 3B – Fisher (UCI). HR – Bell (UCI), Crumlich (UCI), Wallas (H) 2,.

Saddleback 11,

Orange Coast 2

COSTA MESA — The host Pirates committed four errors and managed just six hits in the Orange Empire Conference game Saturday at OCC.

Freshman center fielder Mykal Stokes went two for four with a run batted in and freshman Scott Stidham doubled in a run for the Pirates (9-7, 0-2 in conference).

Saddleback, which lashed 17 hits, including six doubles, improved to 12-7, 2-0.

Orange Empire Conference

Saddleback 11, Orange Coast 2

SCORE BY INNINGS

Richardson,Terzo (6), Myers (8) and Sype, Lystang (9); Drummond, Williams (6), Abrams (8), Lee (8) Alfaro (9) and Arellano. W – Richardson, 3-1. L – Drummond, 2-2. 2B – White (S) 2, Leite (S), Mota (S) 2, Montenegro (S), Sheeks (OCC), Stidham (OCC).

Azusa Pacific 9, Vanguard 4

Vanguard 7, Azusa Pacific 4

COSTA MESA — Joshua Manzano and Nicholas Akins produced two RBIs each to help the Lions earn their first Golden State Athletic Conference win of the season Saturday.

Right fielder Brett Halstead went two for three with two RBIs in the first game. Second baseman Keegan Freeman went two for three in the second game for Vanguard (2-9, 1-7 in conference).

Golden State Athletic Conference

Game 1

Azusa Pacific 9, Vanguard 4

SCORE BY INNINGS

Gehle, Kelly (6), Granitz (8), Jones (9) and Feicht; Carls, Lewis (5), Wishmyer (7), Godfrey (7), Day (7), Jessup (8), Curtis (8), Oseguera (8), Vollkemmer (9) and Romero. W – Gehle, 2-0. L – Carls, 0-2. 2B – Crespo (APU), Cutspec (APU); Schaniel (VU), Romero (VU). HR – Cutspec (APU), Feicht (APU.

Game 2

Vanguard 7, Azusa Pacific 4

SCORE BY INNINGS

Gagne, Jones (4) and Feicht; Anderson, Godfrey (7) and Krzysiak. W – Anderson, 2-2. L – Gagne, 1-1. Sv. – Godfrey (1). 2B – Chavira (APU); Akins (VU). HR – Cutspec (APU), Feicht (APU); Manzano (VU).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 86, Westmont 79

SANTA BARBARA — Rachel Copeland and Bridgette Reyes scored 20 points each for the No. 2-ranked Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference game Saturday.

Lauren Gregory added 16 points for Vanguard (25-3, 18-1 in conference), which trailed, 43-39, at the half.

Gregory, Molly Phohl and Jaclyn Blied grabbed six rebounds each to help the Lions claim post a 41-25 edge.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 86, Westmont 79

VU – Neves 8, Boyd 8, Copeland 20, Pfohl 7, Gregory 16, Blied 4, Johnson 4, Halberg 3, Reyes 20.

3-pt. goals – Copeland 4, Reyes 3, Neves 2, Gregory 2, Pfohl 1, Boyd 1.

W – Stevens 9, Case 13, Johnson 3, Heglund 8, Blanco 12, Narum 2, Chessum 1, Kittle 5, Mooty 11, Evancoe 15.

3-pt. goals – Evancoe 5, Case 2, Stevens 1, Johnson 1, Kittle 1.

Halftime: W, 43-39.

UC Riverside 50,

UC Irvine 35

IRVINE — Senior forward Kelly Cochran led the Anteaters with 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds in the Big West Conference home game Saturday.

Center Kim Barnes recorded eight points and seven rebounds for UCI (6-22, 3-12 in conference).

Big West Conference

UC Riverside 50, UC Irvine 35

UCR – Gbewonyo 10, Friend 8, Schmuckal 2, Nkele 14, Morris 2, Lewis 5, Lott 9.

3-pt. goals – Nkele 2, Lewis 1, Gbewonyo 1.

UCI – Ishizaki 2, Maessen 6, Barnes 8, Barnes 3, Ke. Johnson 3, Cochran 11, Theus 2, Belen 1.

3-pt. goals – Ke. Johnson 1.

Technicals – Team.

Halftime: UCR, 24-20.

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 2,

Academy of Art 1

Vanguard 4,

Academy of Art 1

SARATOGA — Shortstop Sarah Howe went two for three with a two-run home run in the first inning of the first game of a nonconference doubleheader Saturday.

Jenna Bergh and Amanda Plum both went two for four in the second game. Plum had a run and an RBI.

Pitchers Patricia Olvera (Game 1) and Melissa Forrester (Game 2) earned wins for the Lions (9-4)

Nonconference Game 1

Vanguard 2, Academy of Art 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

Olvera and St. Croix; Garcia and Stewart. W – Olvera. L – Garcia. 2B – Parlopino (VU); Aweau (AA), Sykes (AA). HR – Howe (VU).

Game 2

Vanguard 4, Academy of Art 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

Forrester, Gunneman (6) and St. Croix; Ames and Sykes. W – Forrester. L – Ames. Sv. – Gunneman. 2B – Glenn (VU); Aweau (AA), Coe (AA). HR – Clay (AA).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Westmont 84, Vanguard 66

SANTA BARBARA — Andrew Ellis led the Lions with 16 points in the Golden State Athletic Conference game Saturday.

Alex Chapman added 13 points and Brandon Glenn scored 11 for Vanguard (7-21, 6-13 in conference).

Golden State Athletic Conference

Westmont 84, Vanguard 66

VU – Scott 6, Whitelow 6, Heenan 4, Glenn 11, Chapman 13, Bruns 7, Ellis 16, Peart 2, Aljoe 1.

3-pt. goals – Chapman 3, Ellis 2, Bruns 1, Scott 1.

W – Jackson 13, Dutton 10, Sete 7, Schmalbach 7, Rasp 16, LeDuc 4, Fenske 4, Aijian 7, Bender 6, Haines 6, Miller 4.

3-pt. goals – Dutton 2, Schmalbach 1, Aijian 1.

Halftime: W, 36-30.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

UC Irvine 14,

San Diego State 13 (OT)

SAN DIEGO — Cortney Collyer scored the game-winner for the Anteaters with 31 seconds left in the second overtime period to lead to the nonconference upset Saturday.

Collyer, Caitlin Haskell and Gianna Rossi scored three goals each for No. 10-ranked UCI (10-4) against the No. 5-ranked Aztecs.

TRACK AND FIELD

All-UC Meet

IRVINE — UC Irvine junior Lauren Collins broke her own school record in winning the high jump Saturday at Anteater Stadium.

Collins, who was a redshirt last year, won the event with a 6-foot clearance, breaking her previous school record of 5-11 1/4 set in 2007. She also won the long jump Saturday with a mark of 19-0, tying Kristi Kaufmann (1991) for No. 4 in school history.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Big West Championships

LONG BEACH — The UC Irvine men’s team finished third and the women were fifth after the final day of the conference finals Saturday at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool.

Senior Randall Tom won the 200-yard butterfly with a school Big West Conference-record time of 1 minute, 43.63 seconds. Sophomore diver Miles Smith completed the diving sweep as he won the one-meter competition with a score of 323.45.

On the women’s side, junior diver Melanie Grosvenor completed the women’s diving sweep as she won the three-meter title with a 277.60 points.