College Roundup: UCI shuts out Sacramento State

MEN’S SOCCER

UC Irvine 2, Sacramento State 0

Matt Tilley and Cameron Iwasa scored within 89 seconds of one another in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament on Saturday at UCI.

Mats Bjurman and Lalo Calzada had assists on Tilly’s goal in the 64th minute, while Mitchell Alvarez assisted Iwasa’s tally in the 65th minute to propel the Anteaters (13-5-2) to the conference semifinals on Wednesday at UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m.

Michael Breslin made two saves to secure the shutout as UCI posted an 18-7 advantage in shots.

Sacramento State is 6-11-3.

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Orange Coast 2, Santa Ana 1

Carlos Valencia and Ramin Amindari scored for the visiting Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game on Monday.

Blake Mooney and Maximiliano Aceves had assists and Nathan Brown made four saves for OCC (6-6-7, 5-4-4 in conference).

Santa Ana is 10-6-4, 6-6-1.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 88, La Verne 52

Senior DeAngelo Jones scored 21 points and senior Chris Gorman added 17 to help the host Lions in the nonconference game Saturday.

No. 1-ranked Vanguard, the defending NAIA champion, improved to 2-0, while the Leopards fell to 0-1.

Gorman added six assists and four steals for the Lions.

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MEN’S WATER POLO

Golden West 18, Orange Coast 8

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Pirates fell in the championship game of the Orange Empire Conference tournament on Saturday at Golden West College.

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USC 14, UC Irvine 10

Lovre Milos had three goals to lead the No. 12-ranked Anteaters in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game on Sunday at UCI.

UCI is 13-11, 1-6 in conference).

USC, ranked No. 3, is 20-4, 5-2.

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

UC Santa Barbara def. UC Irvine

SANTA BARBARA — Marisa Bubica had 16 kills, while Arielle Manz had 11 and hit .611 for the visiting Anteaters, who fell, 25-23, 25-16, 15-25, 25-17, in the Big West Conference match Saturday.

UCI is 16-10, 6-5 in conference.

UCSB is 12-11, 7-5.

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Vanguard def. San Diego Christian

EL CAJON — Jessica Neves had eight kills and hit .571 to lead the visiting Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Saturday.

Kelly Heenan had 13 digs for No. 21-ranked Vanguard (21-11, 10-5 in conference).

San Diego Christian fell to 9-16, 4-11.

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WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Orange Coast 10, Golden West 5

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The win allowed the Pirates to claim third place in the Orange Empire Conference tournament on Saturday.