Lions roll, 85-77

* BASKETBALL: Vanguard University’s Golden State Athletic

Conference women’s basketball champions tacked on another victory to

their list of credits as they await the NAIA Tournament, topping host

Azusa Pacific, 85-77, Saturday night in the regular season finale.

The Lions, now 23-8, 18-2 in the GSAC, were paced by Paulette

Seaman, Cecilia Josefsson and Jennifer Wilcox, who scored 20, 17 and

12 points, respectively.

Wilcox had a double-double with 10 boards.

Seaman netted 6 of 12 from three-point range and Josefsson hit 4

of 6 from beyond the arc.

GSAC women

Vanguard 85, Azusa Pac, 77

Vanguard -- Candelaria 8, Dittenbir 8, Mills 9, Lee 6, Wilcox 12,

Josefsson 17, Lenderman 2, Seaman 20, McKinney 3.

3-pt. goals --Seaman 6, Josefsson 4, Mills 2, Lee 2, Wilcox 1.

Fouled out -- none.

Azusa Pacific -- West 28, Rice 16, Hudson 11, Heal 4, Dresback 0,

Okamoto 0, Regan 5, Dyk 13, Bateman 0.

3-pt. goals -- Rice 3, Regan 1, Dyk 1.

Fouled out -- Regan.

Halftime -- Vanguard, 43-35.

Baylor rolls on, 11-5

* BASEBALL: UC Irvine’s baseball team fell to 4-10 with its

second straight nonconference loss to Baylor University Saturday

night at UCI.

Baylor struck for seven runs in the last three innings to turn

around a 6-4 deficit.

Gary Dudrey tripled and Jodan Szabo doubled for UCI.

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Nonconference

Baylor 11, UCI 6

Score by Innings

Baylor 010 210 412 -- 11 14 3

UCI 110 202 000 -- 6 7 5

Taylor, LaMotta (6), Reichenbach (7),

Carlson (7) and Ford; Smith, Alstot

(7), Tripoli (7), Schroer (8),

Raulinaitis (8), French (8), Edell (9)

and Werhun, Wagner. W -- LaMotta, 4-0.

L -- Alstot, 1-2. Sv -- Carlson (3). 2B

-- Griffin (B), Webb (B), Reynolds (B),

Wagner (UCI), Szabo (UCI). 3B -- Witt

(B), Dudrey (UCI)

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UCI women fall

* BASKETBALL: UC Irvine’s women’s basketball team fell to

visiting UC Santa Barbara Saturday night at the Bren Events Center,

78-56, as the Gauchos continued their championship run in the Big

West Conference with a 21-4, 13-1 Big West record, outscoring UCI in

the second half, 50-23.

Christina Callaway (19 points) and Wendy Gabbe (13 points) were

UCI’s standouts. Lisa Faulkner had six assists.

UCI falls to 1l6-10, 9-6.

Big West

UCSB 78, UCI 56

UCSB -- Richardson13, Mann 4, Taylor 20, Hansen 3, Fisher 14,

Bonds 4, Willett 10, Caine 5, Sarr 5, Perkins 0.

3-pt. goals -- Willett 2, Hansen 1.

Fouled out -- none.

UCI -- Yadon 4, Callaway 19, Faulkner 8, Gabbe 13, Green 3,

Biggins 0, Sturgeon 0, Ferguson 7, Usher 2.

3-pt. goals -- Faulkner 2, Gabbe 1, Green 1, Ferguson 1.

Fouled out -- Yadon.

Halftime -- UCI, 33-28.

VU men fall, 80-57

* Vanguard University’s men’s basketball team absorbed an 80-57

Golden State Athletic Conference loss to host Azusa Pacific Saturday

night, falling to 7-22, 3-15 in the GSAC.

Conrad Adamczak, Leon Rosborough and Tim Burnett shared scoring

honors for the Lions with 14 points apiece.

Azusa Pacific improved to 24-4, 16-2.

GSAC men

Azusa Pac 80, Vanguard 57

Vanguard -- Adamczak 14, Rosborough 14, Burnette 14, Hartman 8,

Pierson 0, Moreau 7, Cotter 0, Enns 0.

3-pt. goals - Rosborough 2, Moreau 1.

Fouled out -- Adamczak, Hartman.

Azusa Pacific -- Simon 12, Michel 8, Rosales 2, Gervin 18,

Staniland 11, Soderberg 6, Myers 0, Pratt 2, Dillon 11, Blake 6,

Moore 4.

3-pt. goals -- Dillon 3, Michel 2, Gervin 2, Staniland 2, Blake 2.

Fouled out -- none.

Halftime -- Azusa Pacific, 45-32.

Vanguard splits

* BASEBALL: Vanguard University split a Golden State Athletic

Conference baseball doubleheader with visiting Biola Saturday, taking

the opener, 5-2, but losing the nightcap, 3-1, to fall to 11-8, 5-3

in the GSAC.

Justin Millward and Matt Tisthammer had doubles in the opener to

back up Kalec Lopez (5-0), who went the distance, striking out five,

walking four and giving up five hits, including a two-run homer by

Matt Parrish in the sixth inning.

Joe Carnahan went 2 for 3 with an RBI and scored a run in the

nightcap.

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GSAC

Vanguard 5, Biola 2

Biola 000 002 000 -- 2 5 3

Vanguard 002 021 00x -- 5 6 0

Gallegos , Poti (6), Angevine (7) and

Kujawa; Lopez and Bower. W -- Lopez, 5-0.

L -- Gallegos. 2B -- Hamblet (B),

Millward (V), Tisthammer (V)

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Biola 3, Vanguard 1

Biola 021 000 0 -- 3 9 0

Vanguard 000 100 0 -- 1 7 2

Hamblet, Klatt (6), Moore (7) and Kroeker;

Harris and Bower. W -- Hamblet. L --

Harris, 2-3. 2B -- Galloway (B). HR --

Carnahan (V)

*--*

Vanguard splits

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard University’s softball team split a Golden

State Athletic Conference doubleheader at Concordia in Irvine

Saturday, capturing a 7-1 decision in the nightcap after absorbing a

7-6 loss in the opener.

Celina Camarillo and Jill Jessen slugged back-to-back home runs in

the Lions’ victory.

Camarillo was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Lisa

Jackson was 2 for 4 with a run scored.

Krystal Keltner improved to 4-0 with a five-hitter for Vanguard

(l9-3, 1-2).

In the opener, Holly Martinez was 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs

scored, and Ashley Mauro was 2 for 3 with four RBIs and a run scored

for the Lions. Her three-run homer in the seventh lifted Vanguard

into a 5-3 lead before Concordia (5-6, 1-1) rallied.

Donovan to State

Costa Mesa High wrestler Adam Donovan went 4-3 over the course of

two days in the CIF Master’s Meet at Fountain Valley High and

qualified for the State Tournament at Spanos Arena in Stockton Friday

and Saturday.

The 152-pound senior raised his record to 46-13, running off four

straight victories after an opening loss at the tournament.

Hall sparkles in 1,500

Vanguard University senior Sarah Hall won the women’s 1,500 meters

in a personal best time of 4:45.2 outdistancing Orange Coast

College’s Michelle Icban, who finished second inthe Trojan Track and

Field Invitational at USC Saturday.

Vanguard sophomore Jenny Thune finished third in the women’s 800

meters (2:23.27).

Junior Mikael Larsson and freshman Matt Meyer went 2-3 in the

men’s 800 in 1:57.75 and 1:59.01, respectively.