ROUNDUP : Arreola and Vett Pace Northridge in Cross-Country

Darcy Arreola and Derik Vett led the Cal State Northridge women’s and men’s cross-country teams to seventh- and ninth-place finishes Saturday in the Aztec Invitational at San Diego’s Morley Field.

Arreola, the 1989 Division II cross-country champion, placed fourth in the women’s race with a time of 17 minutes 27.6 seconds over the 5,000-meter course, and Vett finished 16th in the men’s race with a time of 25:47.2 for the five-mile distance.

Vett, a senior from Buena High, was in 12th place after two miles before dropping back into the mid-20s at the three-mile mark.

Arizona, powered by the 2-3-4 finish of Brian Grosso, Marc Davis and Martin Keino, won the men’s team title with 30 points, followed by Northern Arizona (65) and UC Santa Barbara (91). Northridge had 331 points.

Arreola, who finished second to Buffy Rabbitt of UC Irvine in the Fresno Invitational last week, was trailing Rabbitt by approximately 20 yards in Saturday’s race before taking a wrong turn with a half-mile left. The mistake cost her 30 yards in distance and two places, according to Strametz.

“She didn’t run badly,” CSUN Coach Don Strametz said. “But I think she was a little tired. We didn’t ease up for this meet. We trained right through it.”

In other cross-country meets:

SCIAC double-dual: Marcial Beltran of Occidental, timed in 26 minutes 59.7 seconds for five miles, broke the course record at Redlands by more than a minute as the Tigers defeated Redlands, 17-46, and Pomona-Pitzer.

Laura Schuster led an Occidental sweep of the first five places in the women’s race, clocking 20:21.0 for 5,000 meters, and the Tigers beat Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer by identical scores of 15-50.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Occidental 14, La Verne 0--Occidental (2-1-1) set four school records in the SCIAC match. Jos Bergmann scored five goals, the first after 52 seconds, and had three assists to set Occidental records for most goals in a match, fastest goal and most points (13) in a match. The Tigers’ 14 goals also set a school match record.

MEN’S WATER POLO

Cal State Los Angeles 19, Occidental 4--Robert Jaffe scored two goals in the losing effort.

MEN’S SOCCER

The Master’s 6, Cal State San Bernardino 2--Corey Hooper scored two goals to lead the Mustangs (4-4-1) at San Bernardino. Chris Palm added a goal for his 10th score in nine games.

BOYS’ CROSS-COUNTRY

Junior J. J. Castner of Oak Park timed 15 minutes 19 seconds in winning the small-schools race of the Warren Invitational at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

L.A. Lutheran d. First Lutheran, 15-13--The Lions edged Heritage League rival First Lutheran in the championship game of the Southeast Lutheran tournament. Anna Lopez of L. A. Lutheran was named the tournament’s most valuable player.