Cal Poly Pomona

Corona del Mar High senior Danielle Kaiden recently signed a national letter of intent to play tennis for Cal Poly Pomona. Kaiden, a four-year varsity letterwinner, primarily playing doubles, compiled a 197-27 record competing with various doubles partners. She helped the Sea Kings to a CIF Southern Section Division I title in 2006, when they were undefeated. She was also a part of CdM teams that reached the CIF Division I title match the past two seasons. Kaiden, along with Lindsay Zotovich, reached the title match of the Pacific Coast League finals and advanced to the CIF Individuals this past season.

POMONA - The Vanguard University men's tennis team had little trouble with Cal Poly Pomona, winning, 7-2, over the Broncos. Martin Makovec needed two tiebreakers to win in singles' competition, 7-6, 7-6 before teaming up with Joakim Ulfvebrand for a 9-7 doubles' win. With the win over Broncos, ranked No. 19 in the nation in the NCAA Division II polls, the Lions, ranked No. 3 in the NAIA polls, improve to 15-2 overall....

Less than two minutes into the second half, the Vanguard University men’s basketball team trailed by 11 to visiting Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday night. Lions Coach Fred Litzenberger said he just kept telling his team, “Don’t stop playing.” The simple words meant he did not want his players to stop giving their best effort, or to give up. They didn’t and their second-half performance resulted in a 64-60 nonconference victory. Dennis Heenan, a Newport Harbor High product, led the Lions (2-1)

COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University women's basketball team could not overcome visiting Cal Poly Pomona's 30-point lead, but the Lions chipped a bit away and lost their first game of the season, 88-72, Saturday. Vanguard's Kelly Boeke scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, both game-highs, while Becki Huddle (15) also scored in double figures and had nine assists for the Lions (2-1). Cal Poly Pomona (2-0) stretched an 18-point halftime lead to as many as 30 in the second half.

Vanguad University's men's basketball team dropped a 91-69 nonconference decision at Cal Poly Pomona Saturday, falling to 4-7 overall. Orange Coast's women's basketball team, also came up short in nonconference play on Saturday, falling to visiting Chaffey, 77-65, to fall to 10-7 overall. COLLEGE MEN NONCONFERENCE Cal Poly Pomona 91, Vanguard 69 Vanguard - Keane 16, Cablay 10, Boys 8, Curtis 11, Burgess 11, Corkery 4, Candelaria 4, Goldman 5. 3-pt.

UCI short men's basketball pre (exhibition vs. Cal Poly Pomona)UCI meets visiting Cal Poly Pomona tonight.UC Irvine men's basketball fans will get their first look at the 2005-06 Anteaters when they play host to Cal Poly Pomona in an exhibition game tonight at 7 at the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters, who open their regular season Nov. 10 against George Mason in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer at Wake Forest, are coming off a 16-13 season. Cal Poly Pomona was 24-7 a year ago, and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Tournament.

COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University men's basketball team opened its season with a 65-52 nonconference loss to visiting Cal Poly Pomona Friday. Vanguard trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half before attempting a comeback in the final five minutes. Shane McKim converted a lay up with 26 seconds left to pull the Lions within three points, 25-22. Cal Poly scored the first six points to open the second to take a 31-22 lead. Vanguard responded with six points, but Cal Poly took charge, leading by 18 points with less than eight minutes left in the game.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Cal Poly Pomona 54, Vanguard 43 POMONA — Junior Elvis Whitelow finished with 11 points and seven rebounds in the Lions’ nonconference game Tuesday. Juniors Dennis Heenan and Gregory Scott contributed seven points each for Vanguard (0-3), which trailed 29-16 at halftime. Cal Poly outrebounded Vanguard, 48-24. The Lions play host to Holy Names Friday at 7:30 p.m. Nonconference Cal Poly Pomona 54, Vanguard 43 VU – Whitelow 11, Heenan 7, Scott 7, Ellis 7, Boyce 5, Bruns 3, Portz 2, Trajceski 1. 3-pt.

Two university representatives will visit OCC this spring to lure students to their respective campuses. Cal Poly Pomona representatives will visit OCC eight times on Wednesdays from February to May, while Vanguard University officials will stop five times, twice in February and once in March, April and May. Vanguard has an enrollment of about 2,000 students, while Cal Poly Pomona has a student population of more than 20,000. OCC ranked No. 2 in the number of students transferred to California State Universities.

Corona del Mar High senior Danielle Kaiden recently signed a national letter of intent to play tennis for Cal Poly Pomona. Kaiden, a four-year varsity letterwinner, primarily playing doubles, compiled a 197-27 record competing with various doubles partners. She helped the Sea Kings to a CIF Southern Section Division I title in 2006, when they were undefeated. She was also a part of CdM teams that reached the CIF Division I title match the past two seasons. Kaiden, along with Lindsay Zotovich, reached the title match of the Pacific Coast League finals and advanced to the CIF Individuals this past season.

When: Tonight, 7 Where: UCI Bren Events Center Key Anteaters: Jr. G Darren Moore; Jr. C Zach Atkinson; Jr. F Chad DeCasas. Key Eagles: Jr. G Benny Valentine; Jr. C Brandon Moore. Breakdown: The Eagles, 11-19 last season in Coach Kirk Earlywine’s first campaign, are without a pair of projected starters still awaiting eligibility clearance ... Despite being short-handed, the Big Sky Conference unit was tied at 35 at halftime in its 66-50 season-opening loss at Illinois ... UCI dropped its opener, 78-55, at USC Saturday after being within two points until a buzzer-beating three-pointer by the Trojans before halftime ... Valentine, a 5-foot-7 transfer from Texas Tech, had a team-high 14 points in the Eagles’ opener ... The 6-9 Brandon Moore had 13 points and seven rebounds ... Darren Moore, who played in the Big Sky for Northern Colorado in 2006-07, led UCI with 16 points against USC ... DeCasas had a team-high 18 points in an exhibition win over Cal Poly Pomona, but was scoreless and took just one shot in 24 minutes at USC ... These two teams meet again Nov. 30 at Eastern Washington ... UCI plays host to Oregon Friday, the Anteaters’ final home game in nearly a month.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Cal Poly Pomona 54, Vanguard 43 POMONA — Junior Elvis Whitelow finished with 11 points and seven rebounds in the Lions’ nonconference game Tuesday. Juniors Dennis Heenan and Gregory Scott contributed seven points each for Vanguard (0-3), which trailed 29-16 at halftime. Cal Poly outrebounded Vanguard, 48-24. The Lions play host to Holy Names Friday at 7:30 p.m. Nonconference Cal Poly Pomona 54, Vanguard 43 VU – Whitelow 11, Heenan 7, Scott 7, Ellis 7, Boyce 5, Bruns 3, Portz 2, Trajceski 1. 3-pt.

TODAY Basketball College men – Vanguard at Cal Poly Pomona, 7 p.m. Tennis High school girls – Cajon at Sage Hill, quarterfinal CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs, 3 p.m. Volleyball High school girls – Corona del Mar at Beckman, semifinal CIF Southern Section Division II-AA playoffs, 7 p.m.   WEDNESDAY Basketball College men –...

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team, which went 18-16 last season and lost three of its top four scorers, will play host to Cal Poly Pomona in an exhibition game tonight. Tipoff is set for 7:05 at the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters’ probable starting lineup Saturday features Patrick Rembert and Darren Moore in the backcourt, Chad DeCasas at wing, Kevin Bland at power forward and Zack Atkinson at center. Moore and Atkinson are JC transfers. Coach Pat Douglass is in his 12th season at UCI and is the longest-tenured and winningest coach in school history.

The UC Irvine men are picked sixth and the women eighth in preseason polls compiled Wednesday during Big West Conference basketball media day at the Irvine Hilton. The UCI men lost three starters from a team that finished 18-16 last season and advanced to the conference tournament championship game. UCI was 9-7 in the conference regular season and finished fifth in 2007-08. Coach Pat Douglass’ squad tied for sixth in the coaches’ poll with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The UC Irvine men?s and women?s basketball teams will be introduced to the UCI students tonight as part of SHOCKTOBERFEST at approximately 9:30 at the Bren Events Center. The basketball portion of the event, which includes a series of activities in and around the arena, will feature introductions of the men?s and women?s teams, a battle-of-the-sexes three-point-shooting competition and the annual dunk contest. Only students with wristbands will be admitted. Students may pick up wristbands today after 2 p.m. at the Bren Center.

The 10th annual ITA College tennis tournament at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club begins today with virtually every major college or university in the nation represented. The first event on the College Summer Circuit will have full 64-player draws in women’s and men’s singles with 32 draws in doubles. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Arizona State lead the Western states. The state universities of Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado, Hawaii, Tennessee, Oregon, Virginia, Utah, Nebrask, and Washington join Notre Dame, Northwestern, Bucknell, Harvard, BYU, Brown, Purdue, Drexel, Georgetown, TCU and Princeton, among others with players in the draw.

The UC Irvine men?s basketball team?s 2008-09 schedule includes three teams that played in the NCAA Tournament last season, including USC in the regular-season opener at the Galen Center on Nov. 15 and at home against Oregon, Nov. 21. The other NCAA Tournament team on the slate is Big West Conference rival Cal State Fullerton. The Anteaters play host to the Titans in the Big West Conference opener Jan. 3 and visit Titan Gym in the Big West regular-season finale on March 7. Cal State Fullerton defeated UCI, 81-66, in the championship game of the Big West Conference Tournament last season to earn the school?