MEN’S GOLF
Anteater Invitational
COSTA MESA — UC Irvine senior John Chin earned medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 11-under-par 202 to lead the host Anteaters to the team title Tuesday at Mesa Verde Country Club.
UCI overcame a 14-shot deficit heading into the final 18 holes and edged Santa Clara in a one-hole playoff.
All five players participated in the playoff, in which the top four players scores counted. UCI’s combined score on the No. 18 was 14, three shots better than the Broncos.
Chin, who shot 66-65-71, finished four shots better than runner-up Nick Delio of Cal State Northridge.
MEN’S TENNIS
Orange Coast 9,
Long Beach 0
LONG BEACH — Brad Fisher, an Estancia High product, swept at love at No. 1 singles for the Pirates in their season opener Tuesday.
Tony Wright, Yannick Lepage, Matt Miller, Jesse Chen and Marvel De La Cruz also won in singles for OCC.
USC 7, UC Irvine 0
LOS ANGELES — The Anteaters dropped to 3-2 after the nonconference loss to the No. 1-ranked Trojans Tuesday.
Shimpei Suzuki lost in No. 3 singles to Jaak Poldma, 5-7, 7-6, 10-7.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Orange Coast 6,
Mt. San Jacinto 1
COSTA MESA — Melissa Boyer highlighted the win for the Pirates in their season opener Tuesday.
Boyer defeated Nicole Lessley, 6-1, 6-7 (9), 11-9.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Point Loma Nazarene 68,
Vanguard 57
COSTA MESA — Greg Scott scored 19 points for the Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference game Tuesday.
Mitch Boyce added nine points for Vanguard (4-14, 3-9 in conference).
