College baseball: Dent helps VU split

AZUSA - Vanguard University outfielder James Dent homered three

times, including once in a 7-3 first-game win, as the Lions split a

Golden State Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader at Azusa Pacific

Saturday.

Dent homered twice in the second game, won by Azusa, 16-11.

Vanguard (9-36, 4-24 in conference) knocked the Cougars (27-17, 18-10)

into a first-place tie with Biola.

Kevin Candelaria (a homer and two doubles) and Samuel Baeder (a homer and

a double) also swung hot bats for Vanguard.

GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

First game

Vanguard 7, Azusa Pacific 3

Vanguard 200 010 202 - 7 16 4

Azusa Pacific 011 000 001 - 3 11 3

Case, Steele (8), Shaffer (8), Williams (9)and Dodos’ Powell, Bitnio (7)

and Terrazas, Sullivan (7). W - Case. L - Powell, 5-2. 2B - Candelaria

(VU), Baeder (VU), Luster (AP). HR - Dent (VU), Candelaria (VU).

Second game

Azusa Pacific 16, Vanguard 11

Vanguard 070 202 0 - 11 13 0

Azusa Pacific 502 423 x - 16 19 0

Williams, Taylor (3), Steele (5), Shaffer (5), Broderson (6), Baeder (6)

and Candelaria, Dodos (6); Pazzulla, Litchfield (5) and Sullivan. W -

Pazzulla, 8-3. L - Taylor. Sv - Litchfield, 5. 2B - Candelaria (VU),

Davis (VU), Luster (AP), Ayala (AP), Morlet (AP). HR - Luster (AP), Dent

(VU) 2, Baeder (VU), Fogel (AP).