COLLEGE ROUNDUP

BASEBALL

Orange Coast 9, Golden West 1COSTA MESA — Gabe Cota had one hit and three RBIs for the Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game on Saturday.

Mike Ferraro and Chris Fung both had two hits, a run and an RBI for OCC (16-13, 7-6 in conference).

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 9,

Golden West 1

Score by Innings

GWC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 4

OCC 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 x - 9 10 0

Roth, Bredenkamp (5), Huett (7), Larson (8) and Torres; Jarvi and Lum, Cota (3). W -- Jarvi, 3-1. L -- Roth, 0-3. 2B -- Smith (OCC), Fung (OCC).

Vanguard vs. BiolaCOSTA MESA — The Lions improved to 18-12, 15-11 in the Golden State Conference after finishing a game from Feb. 17 with a win and then splitting a doubleheader Saturday.

Vanguard won the continued game, 8-3, but lost the opener of the doubleheader, 10-9. Tyson Leighton led the Lions with three hits and three RBIs in the loss. Zach Leighton went two for three with two RBIs and a run in Vanguard’s 5-0 win.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Game 1

Biola 10, Vanguard 9

Score by Innings

Biola 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 - 10 8 2

VU 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 - 9 16 4

Johnson, Alexander (6), Rodriguez (7), Matson (8) and Bodemer; Carls, Craddock (2), Vaughn (5) and Hastings. W -- Johnson, 5-2. L -- Craddock, 1-5. Sv -- Matson (2). 2B -- Foreman (B), Gebbers (B), McQueen (B), Vaughn (VU) 2, Z. Leighton (VU), Hastings (VU). 3B -- Morrow (B), Iverson (VU), T. Leighton (VU).

Game 2

Vanguard 5, Biola 0

Score by Innings

Biola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

VU 0 0 0 0 0 5 x - 5 7 0

Gausepohl and Cook; Jones and Hastings. W -- Jones, 5-1. L -- Gausepohl, 1-3. 2B -- Hastings (VU). HR -- Freeman (VU).

SOFTBALL

Vanguard 4, Biola 2Vanguard 4, Concordia 3COSTA MESA — Jen Olvera dominated in the first game and the No. 10-ranked Lions rallied in the nightcap to complete a Golden State Athletic Conference sweep of the No. 24-ranked Eagles Saturday.

Olvera also came in relief in the second game and picked up the win to improve to 12-1. Sarah Howe was two for three with three RBIs in the first game. Melissa Forrester’s triple in the eighth inning tied the game in the nightcap and Jen Rynda knocked in pinch runner Heather Durham on a single to win it.

Golden State Athletic ConferenceGame 1

Vanguard 4, Biola 2

Score by Innings

CU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 5 1

VU 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 4 5 2

Brown and Ariaz; Olvera and Ocasio. W -- Olvera, 11-1. L -- Brown, 9-6. 2B -- Howe (VU) 2, Ocasio (VU).

Game 2

Vanguard 4, Biola 3

Score by Innings

CU 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 9 2

VU 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 7 4

Briggs, Reekstin (5) and Carter; Rynda, Boyer (5), Olvera (7) and Ocasio. W -- Olvera, 12-1. L -- Reestin, 7-4. 2B -- Ariaz (CU), Bomgren (VU). 3B -- Forrester (VU).

TRACK AND FIELD

Stanford InvitationalPALO ALTO — UC Irvine senior Rickey Barns qualified for the NCAA regional in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14 minutes, 9.45 seconds Saturday.

Barnes’ time, which placed fourth in the race, is the eighth-best in UCI history. He qualified for the NCAA regional in the 1,500 meters earlier this season.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Fresno State 7, UC Irvine 0FRESNO — The No. 31-ranked UC Irvine women’s tennis team (16-3) was shut out and saw its 11-match win streak snapped at No. 15 Fresno State in nonconference play on Saturday.