Sports Roundup: Montes drives Glendale college baseball to extra-inning win

MEN’S BASEBALL

Glendale Community College 4, Rio Hondo College 2 (10 innings): The Vaqueros are off to a 2-0 start after Thursday’s nonconference road victory.

Both of the Vaqueros’ victories have come by two runs with the latest coming on the strength of a two-run, one-out single in the top of the 10th inning by Cristian Montes that scored Jared Akins and Frank Garriola.

Akins finished with three hits and Mondo Rodriguez had a run batted in, while Jacob Gribbin and John Malott also scored runs.

GCC got another phenomenal effort from its bullpen, which threw 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball, with Marco Quintanar, James Giambalvo and Peyton Oshiro holding Rio Hondo scoreless.

Angel Lerma threw a one-hit ninth to get the win, while AJ Jimenez allowed two hits in a precarious 10th, but survived for the save.

MEN’S TENNIS

Glendale Community College 7, Fullerton College 2: The visiting Vaqueros (2-0) rolled to a nonconference victory Thursday.

Glendale received singles victories from Arin Meserkhani (6-3, 2-6, 10-5), David Ismailian (6-2, 6-3), John Robertson (7-5, 10-5), Masaki Kimura (6-3, 6-0) and Michael Akopians (6-2, 6-2).

The Vaqueros got doubles wins from Meserkhani and Ismailian (8-6) and Robertson and Kimura (9-7).

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Moorpark College 11, Glendale Community College 0 (five innings): The Vaqueros fell Thursday in a nonconference home game at the Glendale Sports Complex.

Glendale dropped to 1-3-1.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

West L.A. College 74, Glendale Community College 65: The Vaqueros lost Wednesday night on the road in Western State Conference Southern Division play, falling to 3-19, 0-9 in the division and losing for the 10th consecutive game.

GIRLS’ WATER POLO

La Serna 13, Crescenta Valley 12 (overtime): The Falcons lost a nailbiter in nonconference play on the road Thursday afternoon.

Playing without reigning All-Area selection Esma Dolaku, the Falcons, ranked fourth in CIF Southern Section Division IV, dropped to 23-4. La Serna is No. 7 in Division III.

Audrey Taylor, the reigning All-Area Girls’ Water Polo Player of the Year, had five goals, while Alex Garas had four and Rachel Ward had three.