College Roundup

MEN’S SOCCER

UC Irvine 2, Cal Poly San

Luis Obispo 1 (2 OT)

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Senior Carlos Aguilar scored his second goal by converting a penalty kick in the 103rd minute to end the Big West Conference Tournament semifinal early in the second overtime Wednesday at Cal Poly.

The Anteaters (14-6), the No. 3 seed in the four-team tournament, meet conference regular-season champion UC Santa Barbara in the title match, Saturday at 7 p.m. at UCSB’s Harder Stadium.

UCI opened a 1-0 lead in the second minute, when Aguilar headed in an assist from senior Irving Garcia.

Cal Poly (8-10-2), the No. 2 seed, pulled even on a free kick in the 30th minute.

Sophomore goalie Andrew Fontein had two saves for the ’Eaters, who forced Cal Poly keeper Patrick McLain to make eight saves.

Last season, UCI defeated UCSB, 4-2, in the inaugural conference tournament title match, after taking a 4-0 lead into halftime.

This season, the Gauchos have a pair of 1-0 wins over UCI, Sept. 27 in Santa Barbara and Oct. 31 in Irvine.

Wednesday’s win greatly increases the likelihood that UCI will play in the NCAA Tournament, in which it advanced to the round of 16 last season.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Orange Coast def.

Irvine Valley

IRVINE — Poe Gantt had 16 kills to help lead the Pirates to a 19-25, 25-17, 25-18, 22-25, 15-8 Orange Empire Conference win Wednesday.

Briana Fields added 11 kills and Nikki Osuna had 23 digs for OCC (16-2, 10-2 in conference), ranked No. 7 in the state. Kimya Jafroudi amassed 49 assists. IVC (12-4, 8-4) is ranked No. 12 in the state.