Big West singles out Biggins

UC Irvine senior Ashley Biggins became the first Anteater women’s

basketball player this season to be named Big West Conference Player

of the Week.

The 6-foot-4 center led UCI to back-to-back victories over Idaho

(Thursday) and Utah State (Saturday), averaging 19 points and 7.5

rebounds, while shooting 87.5% from the field in the two games.

She had a career-high 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds against

Idaho, then collected 18 points (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field),

and pulled down seven rebounds against Utah State.

Sage hosts semifinal

* SOCCER: The Sage Hill School girls soccer team (21-1-1) will

play host to top-seeded Arrowhead Christian in a CIF Southern Section

Division VI semifinal today at 3 p.m.

Coach Amy Ray’s unseeded Lightning, runner-up to St. Margaret’s in

the Academy League, have outscored three playoff foes, 8-2, using

seven different goal scorers.

Only freshman Claire Josephson has more than one playoff goal for

Sage, which rallied to top Desert Christian, 2-1, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Freshman Kellee Kim leads the Lightning with 30 goals, followed by

Josephson and senior Amy Werblin (12 each).

Kara Percival leads Sage in assists.

Arrowhead Christian (21-1-1), has outscored three playoff

victims,10-1, including a 2-1 quarterfinal triumph over Windward.

Today’s winner will meet either St. Margaret’s (17-2-2) or Bishop

Union (16-2-1) in the title game Saturday. The championship game’s

time and site will be determined after the semifinals.

Lions remain perfect

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s tennis team cruised to a

9-0 victory over visiting Green Mountain College, an NCAA Division

III school from Vermont, Monday afternoon in a nonconference

encounter.

The Lions (9-0), ranked No. 4 in the NAIA, did not have any

singles player lose more than three games.

Dieter Weislmair and William Storm each won, 6-0, 6-0, while

Cryril Conty beat his opponent, 6-0, 6-1.

Vanguard returns to Golden State Athletic Conference action

Thursday when it visits Westmont College in Santa Barbara at 2 p.m.

Hornets handle OCC

* SOFTBALL: Kim Ensey and LeeAnne Frutschy each had one hit and

one RBI for host Orange Coast College in a 14-3 Orange Empire

Conference loss to Fullerton Monday.

Fullerton led, 6-0, before the Pirates (1-10, 0-3 in conference)

scored twice. The Hornets (8-1, 2-0) then scored eight in the fifth.

OCC scored answered with a run, but the game ended after five

innings.