Vanguard Upset at NAIA Tournament

Freshman Bobbi Suhr came off the bench to score 25 points and lead unseeded Western Montana to a 79-60 upset win over No. 10 seed Vanguard in the first round of the NAIA Division I Women’s National Championships Thursday night in Jackson, Tennessee.

After playing to a 29-29 tie at the half, Vanguard took a one-point lead midway through the second half. But Western Montana (22-7) went on an 11-0 run that gave it a 10-point lead with 9 minutes 30 seconds left, and the Lions never recovered.

Marisa Emde led Vanguard with 16 points and Kelly Boeke added 13 for the Lions, who finished 28-7.

Western Montana will play seventh-seeded Southern Nazarene (Okla.) today. Vanguard ends its season with a 17th-place finish in the national tournament.

In the Kia softball Classic:

Arizona 6, Cal State Fullerton 0--The Titans had only one hit, and Arizona pounded them with seven hits in the fourth inning, when the Wildcats scored all their runs in the second-round game.

Lauren Bauer, a Foothill High alumna, had three hits and two RBIs for Arizona (31-1), which is ranked second in the nation. Teammate Toni Mascarenas, formerly of Pacifica High, had one hit and an RBI.

Yasmin Mossadeghi was the only Fullerton player who got a hit. The Titans (23-3) are ranked ninth in the nation.

In the University of West Florida softball tournament:

Vanguard 3, North Dakota State 2 (8 innings)--Val Vanaken drove in Stacey Caggiano with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth for Vanguard (15-12). Caggiano had three hits, including a triple, and one RBI.

Vanaken had three hits and drove in a run in an earlier game against Eureka (Ill.), which Vanguard won, 4-3.

In nonconference men’s tennis:

Utah 5, UC Irvine 2--Oliver Schweizer, Irvine’s No. 1 singles player, and No. 5 Brett Lucas each won singles matches for the Anteaters (9-5).

Schweizer won, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, and Lucas won, 6-2, 6-4.