Vanguard opens in record fashion

The Vanguard University women’s basketball team, ranked No. 2 in the

NAIA, kicked off the season by thumping visiting Bethany College,

129-46, in nonconference action.

The lopsided win included a school record for points in a game and

tied the mark for three-pointers with 15 in the contest. In addition,

senior Lacey Mills established a Vanguard record with 11

three-pointers, and sophomore Kelly Schmidt erased another historical

mark with 37 points in the game.

Schmidt, 16 of 22 from the field, also collected a team-high eight

rebounds. Mills, 11 of 16 from beyond the three-point line, added

three assists to her 33-point performance. Senior All-American guard

Lisa Faulkner tallied five points, five rebounds, and 20 assists.

Freshman Melissa Cook burst onto the collegiate scene with 15 points

and seven boards for the Lions, who had five players in double

figures.

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Nonconference

Vanguard 129, Bethany 46

Bethany -- Beasley 14, V. Irving 10, Harr 0, Gates 5, T. Irving, 2, Rodriguez 2, Senadenos 2, Halt 11. 3-pt. goals -- Halt 3, Beasley 2. Fouled out -- V. Irving. Technicals -- None. Vanguard -- Mills 33, Besse 14, Faulkner 5, Burns 16, Schmidt 37, Rinke

8, Jacobson 1, Cook 15. 3-pt. goals -- Mills 11, Burns 3, Faulkner 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime: Vanguard, 67-19.

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Tars rally into semis

* VOLLEYBALL: The unseeded Newport Harbor High girls volleyball

team rallied for a 20-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-11 victory over No.

2-seeded host El Dorado in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern

Section Division II-AA playoffs Saturday night.

Newport Harbor (15-12) will visit Edison in Tuesday’s semifinal

match at 7 p.m.

Senior Kiley Hall had a team-high 19 kills and Coach Dan Glenn

credited freshman Alesha Young (four digs and a dump kill to gain the

13th point of the final game) as a catalyst for the win.

El Dorado finishes 14-4.

Sea Kings move on

* VOLLEYBALL: Corona del Mar High’s girls volleyball team,

top-seeded in the CIF Division III-A playoffs, swept host Santa Ynez,

25-15, 25-16, 25-18, in the quarterfinals Saturday as Jordan Smith

provided 12 kills, 10 digs and four service aces and Lindsey Ensign

added 10 kills and 11 digs.

The Sea Kings (23-5), who will play either Twentynine Palms or

Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday, were

also paced by Traci Lawson (15 assists), Kelly Christian (13 assists

and two aces) and Kasey Kipp (two blocks). Santa Ynez finished 10-10.

Vanguard men triumph

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard University men’s basketball team erased

a 27-20 halftime deficit to post a 68-56 nonconference home win

Saturday over Bethany College.

Brian Kim led the winners with 25 points, while Tim Burnette and

Leon Rosboroough added 17 apiece for the Lions (3-0).

Bethany fell to 0-4.

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Nonconference

Vanguard 68, Bethany 56

Bethany -- Boston 17, Waugh 17, L. Jenkins 5, Stewart 5, Norman 4, J. Jenkins 6, Dunham 2. 3-pt. goals -- Waugh 5, Boston 1, L. Jenkins 1, J. Jenkins 1. Fouled out -- J. Jenkins. Technicals -- None. Vanguard -- Kim 25, Burnette 17, Rosborough 17, Dalafu

3, Strocsher 4, McGee 2. 3-pt. goals -- Kim 4, Rosborough 3. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime: Bethany, 27-20.

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Brown paces Pirates

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College men’s basketball team

earned a 79-71 overtime win over nonconference visitor MiraCosta

Saturday night in the opener for both teams.

Reggie Brown had a game-high 28 points to pace the Pirates.

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Nonconference

Orange Coast 79, MiraCosta 71 (OT)

Miracosta -- Larson 27, Green 14, January 6, Williams 5, Martinez 4, Sammons 8, Cipriano 3, Wofford 2, Jovanic 2. 3-pt. goals -- Larson 4, Green 2. Fouled out -- January, Larson, Fleming. Technicals -- None. Orange Coast -- Brown 28, Ortiz 11, Seifert

9, James 5, Chester 2, Toney 11, Davis 9, Williams 3, Colteaux 1. 3-pt goals -- Brown 3, James 1, Ortiz 1, Williams 1. Fouled out -- Seifert, James. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- Miracosta, 36-27.

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UC Irvine teams 11th

* CROSS COUNTRY: The UC Irvine men’s and women’s cross country

teams each finished 11th in the NCAA West regional at Woodward Park

in Fresno Saturday.

Ryan Hall of Stanford was the individual winner in 30:07 over

10,000 meters. UCI’s Ricky Barnes finished 36th in 31:25, Tom Whelan was 45th (31:43), Andrew Garratt was 56th in 32:02 and Tim Hearst

placed 82nd in 32:45. David Santos (33:14), John Kluve (33:20) and

Matt Grilli (34:46) round out UCI’s seven competitors.

Alicia Craig of Stanford won the 6,000-meter women’s race in

20:03. Kim Ramirez led UCI with a 29th-place finish in 21:30, Marie

Nguyen was 48th in 21:52 and Kim Handel placed 86th in 22:34. Kelli

Vanderburg (22:47), Candice Proctor (22:52), Elaine Gillespie (22:58)

and Erinn Kim (23:04) completed UCI’s seven runners.

Gauchos rally past UCI

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine won the opening game, but visiting UC

Santa Barbara rallied for a 19-30, 30-24, 30-28, 33-31 Big West

Conference women’s volleyball victory Saturday night.

Kelly Wing led UCI (17-8, 10-6 in the Big West) with 27 kills and

21 digs while teammates Trisha White (16 kills) and Sami Cash (11)

contributed to the attack. UC Santa Barbara improved to 21-3, 15-2.

‘Eaters denied upset

* SOCCER: Visiting No. 1-ranked UC Santa Barbara scored in the

third minute of the second overtime period to defeat UC Irvine, 1-0,

in a Big West Conference men’s soccer game Saturday night.

Senior Cameron Rossi had eight saves for UCI (7-12, 3-6 in

conference. UCSB improved to 17-2-1, 8-2.

49ers edge Anteaters

* WATER POLO: Junior Brett McCleave scored four goals to lead host

Long Beach State past UC Irvine, 11-10, in Mountain Pacific Sports

Federation men’s water polo action Saturday.

After a 6-6 halftime tie, Long Beach State outscored UCI, 3-0, in

the third quarter on goals by McCleave (6:34), Reid Tomassi (4:15)

and Brad Scoles (1:56).

UCI scored back-to-back goals by sophomore Colin Mello (5:01) and

senior Dan Noon (3:40) to pull the Anteaters within 10-8 in the

fourth, but UCI never got closer than the final score.