College Roundup: UCI baseball drops second straight

BASEBALL

San Diego State 4, UC Irvine 3

SAN DIEGO — The Anteaters were unable to protect a 3-0 lead Tuesday at Tony Gwynn Stadium that gave the Aztecs the series win and dealt UCI its second straight loss.

Andrew Martinez put UCI on the scoreboard in the first, driving in Mikey Duarte, who laced his 15th double of the season to lead off the game.

It was Mitchell Holland’s turn to belt a double as the first baseman hit the first pitch he saw to the left-field wall to score Jonathan Munoz and Martinez, who were both issued free passes by starter Cody Thompson.

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Long Beach State 5, UC Irvine 0

The host Anteaters had their 15-game winning streak snapped in the finale of a three-game Big West Conference series on Sunday.

Junior shortstop Mikey Duarte went two for four to lead the five-hit attack for UCI (21-11, 8-1 in conference), which left eight runners on base.

Senior Evan Manarino allowed five hits and three runs (two earned) in six innings to absorb his first loss in four decisions this season.

Chris Mattewson pitched eight shutout innings for the Dirtbags (19-12, 5-4).

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SOFTBALL

Doubleheader

Visiting Concordia University swept both Golden State Athletic Conference games against Vanguard on Tuesday, winning the first game, 2-1, and holding off the Lions in the second game, 3-2.

No. 15-ranked Vanguard seized a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the opener, but the No. 3-ranked Eagles (41-5, 17-3 in conference) rallied for two in the sixth.

Brittney Boggs went two for four with the run batted in for Vanguard (35-15, 13-7).

In the second game, Haley Croce had both RBIs for the Lions, for whom pitcher Taylor Doyle allowed one earned run on five hits, but took the tough-luck loss.

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WOMEN’S WATER POLO

UC Davis 6, UC Irvine 5

The No. 11-ranked Aggies upset the No. 5-ranked hosts in a Big West Conference match on Sunday, halting a 14-game conference winning streak for UCI.

UCI (17-7, 3-1 in conference), which had won eight straight contests, led, 3-1, after one period and 4-3 at halftime. But the Aggies pulled even in the third quarter and scored the only goal of the fourth period to improve to 16-12, 2-3.

McKenna Mitchell led UCI with two goals.

UCI can clinch the outright Big West title with a win at Long Beach State in the regular-season finale on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Cal State Northridge 4, UC Irvine 3

NORTHRIDGE — Kat Facey and Ali Facey each won in singles for the visiting Anteaters in the Big West Conference match on Sunday.

UCI lost, 13-8, 5-2 in conference, while the Matadors improved to 14-4, 5-2.

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MEN’S GOLF

Western Intercollegiate

SANTA CRUZ — UC Irvine freshman David Kim finished 20th and UCI was 11th in the 14-team field in the 54-hole event concluded Sunday at Pasatiempo Golf Course.

Kim shot six-over-par 216 for the tournament.

Senior Peter Fernandez (219) was 32nd and junior Jacob Schulze (221) was 40th for the Anteaters.