Southland Roundup : Without Bonds, Cal Lutheran Gets Run Over by Northridge

Mike Kane ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in 23 carries, and the Cal State Northridge defense forced seven turnovers in a 7-3 win over Cal Lutheran in a Western Football Conference game at Thousand Oaks.

Cal Lutheran held Kane in check until midway through the second quarter, when he burst up the middle for a 39-yard touchdown run and a 7-0 Matador lead. In the fourth quarter, Kane had a 34-yard run to set up Northridge’s other touchdown, a 26-yard pass from Danny Fernandez to Richard Brown. The touchdown gave Northridge (4-1 overall, 1-1 in the WFC) a 14-3 lead, and the Matadors added a field goal.

It was the third loss in a row for Cal Lutheran (2-3 overall, 0-2 in WFC), which was without injured quarterback Tom Bonds, who was hurt two weeks ago in a loss to Cal State Hayward. Last week, without Bonds, the Kingsmen were routed by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Bonds is expected to return next week.

Against Northridge, freshmen replacements Jeff Chalmers and Shane Hawkins combined to complete only 10 of 27 passes for 100 yards, with 5 interceptions.

Claremont-Mudd 13, U. San Diego 9--Chris Dabrow ran for 150 yards in 34 carries and 1 touchdown, and the Stags withstood a late Torero rally for a nonconference win at San Diego.

Dabrow’s three-yard touchdown run in the first quarter helped Claremont-Mudd (3-1) build a 13-3 lead. But quarterback Pat Dixon threw a touchdown pass with 3:40 remaining in the game to pull San Diego (3-2) within four points.

La Verne 19, Pomona-Pitzer 14--Mark Van Allen threw touchdown passes of 63, 90 and 3 yards to lead the Leopards to a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win at Pomona-Pitzer. Van Allen finished with 19 completions in 35 attempts for 327 yards, with 4 interceptions. La Verne is 3-2 overall, 2-1 in SCIAC. Pomona-Pitzer is 1-3, 0-1.

St. Mary’s 14, UC Santa Barbara 9--The Gaels shut down the Gaucho passing offense to win a defensive struggle in a nonconference game at UC Santa Barbara.

St. Mary’s (3-2) limited Santa Barbara quarterback Paul Wright to 5 completions in 21 attempts for 121 yards, forcing him into an interception and a fumble inside the Gael 10.