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COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University softball team split its nonconference doubleheader with visiting UC San Diego on Monday. The Lions (20-12) rallied with two runs in the seventh inning to win, 3-2, in the opener, before losing, 8-0, in the nightcap. Trailing, 2-1, Nikki Benning's single drove in Celina Camarillo with the tying run before Jill Jessen's bases-loaded walk won the game. Camarillo went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI for Vanguard, while Gina Liebengood pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn her 10th win of the season.

COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University softball team split its nonconference doubleheader Monday against visiting UC San Diego. The Lions (20-12) rallied with two runs in the seventh inning to win the first game, 3-2, before losing, 8-0, in the nightcap. Trailing, 2-1, Nikki Benning's single drove in Celina Camarillo with the tying run before Jill Jessen's bases-loaded walk won the game. Camarillo went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI for Vanguard, while Gina Liebengood pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn her 10th win of the season.

COSTA MESA - Curt Garner's scoring fly ball to center field in the bottom of the 10th inning plated Chad Chop as host Vanguard University came from behind to defeat UC San Diego, 6-5, in a nonconference baseball game Thursday. Chop, one of three Lions with two hits, singled in the 10th with one out, moved to second on Joe Carnahan's single and advanced to third on a single by Jason Searle, before Garner's game-winning sacrifice fly. VU tied the game in the eighth on a solo home run by Carnahan.

SAN DIEGO - The Vanguard University baseball team were shut out by host UC San Diego, 11-0, Wednesday in nonconference action. Matt Tisthammer went 2 for 3 to lead the Lions (4-23). Andrew Holloway pitched a seven-hit shutout with seven strikeouts for UCSD (12-4). NONCONFERENCE UC San Diego 11, Vanguard University 0 Vanguard 000 000 000 - 0 7 2 UCSD 110 122 40x - 11 11 2 Steele, Case (5), Shaffer (7), Broderson (8) and Dodos, Skarbok; Holloway and Warrington.

IRVINE -- UC Irvine's women's volleyball team took the Big West Conference leaders to the limit before losing. UC Santa Barbara rallied to defeat the Anteaters, 25-30, 30-28, 20-30, 30-18, 15-10 in a conference match at Crawford Court. Jennifer Moser recorded a career-best 31 digs for UCI. Lauren Kellerman had a career-high 21 kills for UCI (9-14, 2-6 in conference) and had eight digs. Trisha White added 14 kills, seven digs and five block assists. Christa Conom finished with a double-double, recording 47 assists and 10 digs for the Anteaters.

Santa Clara University freshman Taylor Harkins, a Corona del Mar High product, was recently named to the Western Water Polo Assn. All-Freshman team. Harkins played in all 32 games for the Broncos, scoring 17 goals, tops among freshmen on the team. She also recorded nine steals. Santa Clara finished 19-13 and in fourth place at the WWPA championships, falling to UC San Diego, 8-7, on April 27. At Corona del Mar, Harkins was a four-year varsity player and part of three CIF Southern Section Division II championship teams, from 2004 to 2006.

college roundup for Monday editonDAVIS, Calif. -- Victor Lamm, Alex Sundling and Trevor Dobson won in singles and doubles to help UC Irvine earn a 5-2 nonconference men's tennis victory over UC Davis on Sunday. Lamm won, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 singles, then teamed with Sundling -- a 7-6, 7-6 winner at No. 5 singles -- to win at No. 3 doubles, 8-5. Dobson won at No. 6 singles and teamed with Mustafa Ulukan for an 8-6 triumph at No. 1 doubles. Aaron Ellis was another singles winner for the Anteaters, who improved to 3-6. WOMEN'S WATER POLO Triton Invitational LA JOLLA -- UC Irvine saw a 3-1 halftime lead vanish in a 6-5 loss to host UC San Diego in the fifth-place game of the Triton Invitational on Sunday.

UC Irvine earned 757 points to place first in the UC San Diego Triton men's swimming and diving invitational Saturday. UC San Diego (564) took second, followed by North Coast Aquatics (235) and Cal State Northridge (217). The Anteaters placed first in eight of 28 events. Hazem Amr, Ajamu Palmer, Attilla Szilagyi and Gonny Shimura teamed up to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:27.78. Suruk Pattanasinth (1:58.76) was the top finisher in the 200 individual medley while Shimura (1:54.

The No. 2-ranked UC Irvine men's volleyball fell in game one 30-27, then rolled to a 30-21, 30-26, 30-21 win over UC San Diego in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on the Anteaters' campus Friday night. With the win, UCI remains undefeated at 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the MPSF, while UCSD drops to 2-3 on the season and 0-2 in league play. Jimmy Pelzel led the Anteaters with 20 kills and six block assists. Monte Tucker added 11 kills and a team-high eight digs, while Nic Vislay totaled 10 kills in the victory.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Riverside RIVERSIDE ? The Pirates came from behind twice, denying an upset bid with a 22-30, 30-27, 25-30, 30-22, 15-12 Orange Empire Conference win on Wednesday. Sophomore Kiwi Winkler had 37 kills to lead OCC (18-1, 11-1 in conference), and Jacqi Reed added 30. Ashlee Moon had 36 digs, and Chelsea Spadaro added 67 assists for the Pirates against the Tigers (10-7, 6-6). MEN'S GOLF Pacific Invitational STOCKTON ?

MEN'S WATER POLO UC Irvine 15, UC San Diego 11 IRVINE - Seniors Sam Figueroa and Max Parrague scored three goals on senior night to lift the Anteaters in a nonconference game Wednesday at UCI. Sophomore Mitch Wise also scored three goals for No. 5-ranked UC Irvine (15-10). The Anteaters pulled away by outscoring No. 11 UCSD (14-9), 6-3, in the fourth quarter. UC Irvine plays at UC Santa Barbara at noon Saturday in its Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and regular-season finale.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL UC Irvine def. UC San Diego LA JOLLA — Sophomore Austin D’Amore had a career-high 12 total blocks (one solo) to help the No. 10-ranked Anteaters to a 30-23, 30-13, 30-21 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation win Friday. Sophomore Carson Clark also posted a career-high seven total blocks to go with a match-high 17 kills for UCI (14-13, 9-11 in the MPSF). Setter Jeff Schmitz recorded 37 set assists. Setter Phil Bannan, a Corona del Mar product, recorded 28 assists and a team-high seven digs for the No. 14 Tritons (8-18, 4-15)

Seventeen students and university employees were arrested Wednesday at UC Irvine after they staged a sit-in outside the chancellor’s office to protest about several issues involving UCI and other University of California campuses. From the arrest of 11 students at UCI earlier this month, to a racist party at another UC campus, fee hikes, funding decreases and university employment issues, demonstrators said Wednesday that campus life is spiraling downward. “It’s an alliance of students and workers expressing their disappointment and disgust at the administration’s lack of regard for their issues,” said Cindy Amobi, a third-year UCI student who represented the various interests.

Running through the market in the early morning, villagers would yell “Obruni” as he ran past. It isn’t a derogatory term, 20-year-old Kenneth Wong said — it just means “foreigner,” and a foreigner he was in Ghana, West Africa. Wong, a Newport Beach resident and graduate of Corona del Mar High School, spent five months as an “Obruni” as he studied at the University of Ghana and did malaria research at the children’s ward of the Legon Public Hospital in the fall.

A handful of former Orange Coast College baseball players have lined up futures at four-year programs, Pirates Coach John Altobelli announced. Brandon Dixon, an All-Southern California performer for the Pirates as a sophomore last season after going 10-5 with a 3.23 earned-run average, will play next season at Point Loma Nazarene. Dixon, who transferred to OCC from Cypress College helped Altobelli’s squad finish 32-15-1 and reach the Southern California Super Regionals. Dixon, a left-hander who was 4-3 with a 2.16 ERA through Sunday in 41 2/3 innings with the Peninsula Oilers in the Alaska summer league, was a first-team all-conference honoree last season at OCC. Wes Kartch, a second baseman for the Pirates, is also bound for Point Loma, a Golden State Athletic Conference rival of Vanguard University.

Newport Harbor High seniors Emily Ohlhaver, Carly Ruiz and Rachel Baugh have all signed letters of intent to continue their soccer careers in college. Ohlhaver is headed to UC Santa Barbara, Ruiz to Brown University and Baugh to UC San Diego. Ohlhaver, a first-team All-Sunset League midfielder as a senior for the Sailors, said she was considering a number of other schools. But, she said, she liked that UCSB was close to home and the campus near the beach. “I’m really excited,” said Ohlhaver, a four-year varsity starter.

Santa Clara University freshman Taylor Harkins, a Corona del Mar High product, was recently named to the Western Water Polo Assn. All-Freshman team. Harkins played in all 32 games for the Broncos, scoring 17 goals, tops among freshmen on the team. She also recorded nine steals. Santa Clara finished 19-13 and in fourth place at the WWPA championships, falling to UC San Diego, 8-7, on April 27. At Corona del Mar, Harkins was a four-year varsity player and part of three CIF Southern Section Division II championship teams, from 2004 to 2006.

TODAY Baseball College – UC Irvine at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 6 p.m.; The Master’s at Vanguard (doubleheader), noon High school – Costa Mesa at Oxford Academy (doubleheader) 11 a.m.; Estancia vs. Rancho Alamitos (doubleheader) at TeWinkle Park, 4:30 p.m.; Sage Hill at Sage Hill Spring Classic Lacrosse High school boys – Mt. St. Joseph at Corona del Mar, noon Softball College – Cal Baptist at Vanguard (doubleheader)