College Roundup: UCI women’s tennis upset in Big West semifinal
WOMEN’S TENNIS
UC Santa Barbara 4, UC Irvine 3
INDIAN WELLS — The No. 2-seeded Anteaters were upset in the semifinals of the Big West Conference Tournament on Saturday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Kat Facey (No. 1), Sarah Gong (No. 2) and Arisha Ladhani (No. 3) all posted singles wins for the Anteaters (15-9).
UCI had reached the conference tournament title match the last seven seasons.
UCSB improved to 16-8.
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BASEBALL
UC Irvine 5, Cal State Fullerton 4 (10 innings)
FULLERTON — Freshman Cameron Bishop singled in the winning run in the 10th inning and worked four scoreless relief innings to earn the pitching victory in the Big West Conference game Saturday.
The win halted a nine-game losing streak against the Titans and helped the Anteaters (24-15, 11-3 in conference) solidify their Big West lead.
Bishop, who allowed one hit on the mound, singled through the left side in the 10th to plate Mikey Duarte. Duarte singled to lead off the inning and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kris Paulino.
After Keston Hiura was intentionally walked, a fielder’s choice left runners on the corners to allow Bishop to come through.
Duarte was three for four, while Hiura, Paulino and Cole Kreuter had two hits apiece for the winners. Hiura drove in three runs and Paulino added one RBI.
Cal State Fullerton, which scored three in the fifth to erase a 4-1 deficit, is 21-20, 7-4.
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Doubleheader
Host Vanguard University split with No. 8 The Master’s on Saturday to complete the regular season and finish fourth in the Golden State Athletic Conference.
The Lions (34-18, 27-15 in conference) will open the GSAC Tournament on Thursday against an opponent to be determined.
Vanguard rallied from deficits of 3-0 and 4-1 to win the second game, 5-4. The Lions scored four in the sixth inning of the seven-inning game to earn the split.
Conference champion TMC (41-10, 33-9), ranked No. 8 in the NAIA, won the first game, 5-3, in 10 innings.
In Game 2, Taylor McKnight was two for three with two runs batted in for the Lions.
Vanguard’s David Stone and Jose Rojas were both two for three with one RBI. Stone scored twice and Rojas scored once to help Jordan Moak earn the pitching victory and improve to 5-4.
In the opener, Justin Davis was two for five to lead Vanguard’s 10-hit attack.
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WOMEN’S WATER POLO
UC Irvine 8, UC Davis 6
HONOLULU — Mary Brooks scored four goals to lead the No. 5-ranked Anteaters in the semifinals of the Big West Conference Tournament on Saturday at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex.
McKenna Mitchell added two goals and Jillian Yocum had seven assists and two steals to help UCI (19-7), the regular-season conference champion, advance to Sunday’s title game.
UCI will play either Hawaii or Cal State Northridge, who met in the other semifinal late Saturday night.
No. 8-ranked UC Davis, the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament, fell to 19-13.
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SOFTBALL
Doubleheader
No. 16-ranked Vanguard University was swept by Golden State Athletic Conference visitor Biola, which broke a tie for second place to drop the Lions into third as the regular season ended Saturday.
Vanguard had just one hit and lost the first game, 1-0, then was bested, 6-3. The Lions (36-20, 14-10 in conference), lost their last five regular-season games and dropped nine of their last 10.
No. 20-ranked Biola is 32-16, 16-8.
Taylor Hallahan had a third-inning single and a stolen base to post the Vanguard highlights in Game 1.
In Game 2, Breanne Gomez was two for three with a run batted in, while Taylor Wilson and Brittney Boggs each had one RBI for the Lions.
Alexandra Olvera allowed one run on six hits in seven innings to take the loss in the opener.