BASEBALL
Orange Coast 8, Santa Ana 4
SANTA ANA — Sophomore center fielder Cory Olson led the winners going three for five with three RBIs and a home run in the Orange Empire Conference game Saturday.
OCC freshman third baseman Drew Hillman was three for five with one RBI and freshman shortstop Ryan Dunn was also three for five to help the Pirates improve to 15-6-1, 2-1 in conference.
Freshman pitcher Chris Licon worked 6 1/3 solid innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs while striking out two. He did not walk a batter.
Sophomore left-hander Brandon Dixon worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings to earn his first save of the season.
Chris Fung and David Seiler contributed two hits apiece to the Pirates 18-hit attack against five Dons pitchers.
Santa Ana fell to 14-7, 2-1.
Orange Empire Conference
Orange Coast 8, Santa Ana 4
SCORE BY INNINGS
Licon, Dixon (7) and Watanabe, Arellano (9); Hall, Buenrostro (2), Arnold (6), Cardenas (8), Smart (9) and Hardman. W – Licon, 4-0. L – Hall, 0-1. Sv – Dizon (1). 2B – Elliott (OCC), Dunn (OCC), Boyer (SA). HR – Olson (OCC), Hardman (SA).
San Diego Christian 8,
Vanguard 1,
Vanguard 12,
San Diego Christian 2
EL CAJON — Sophomore center fielder Tyson Leighton homered and tripled, helping the Lions win the second game of a Golden State Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday.
Leighton drove in two runs in Game 2, and junior third baseman Zach Falk went three for four with two runs batted in.
Junior starter Christopher Carls picked up the win after allowing one earned run and four hits in six innings for Vanguard (7-13, 3-11 in conference).
Golden State Athletic Conference
Game 1
San Diego Christian 8, Vanguard 16
SCORE BY INNINGS
Jessup Anderson (8) and Dobbs, Gentry; Janke and Inderwiesche, Whittet. W – Janke, 3-2. L – Jessup. 2B – Bondurant (VU).
Game 2
Vanguard 12, San Diego Christian 26
SCORE BY INNINGS
Carls, Osegura (7) and Vasquez, Gentry, Munoz, Dobbs; Luna, Polvorosa (3), Acheson (4), Abell (4), Carmichael (5), Arthur (5), Wygant (7) and Lanto, Preisendorfer. W – Carls. L – Luna. 2B – Machado (VU), Black (VU) 2, Falk (VU), Whittet (SDC), Kobara (SDC). 3B – T. Leighton (VU), Z. Leighton (VU). HR – T. Leighton (VU).
TRACK AND FIELD
NAIA indoor nationals
