COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS : Valley Ruins DeGennaro’s Bid for Perfection

Chae-Ho Chung’s leadoff double in the eighth inning spoiled Moorpark pitcher Jon DeGennaro’s bid for a perfect game and propelled Valley College to a 3-1 come-from-behind nonconference victory Thursday at Valley.

Chung later scored on a wild pitch as Valley (2-1) scored all of its runs in the inning. After an error and a walk, freshman Marc Sallin doubled home the final two runs.

DeGennaro, from Agoura High, allowed two hits and one walk and struck out four in seven-plus innings. Moorpark, which tagged Valley right-hander Dave Bogacz for eight hits, scored its run in the first inning on two doubles. Moorpark left 10 runners on base, nine in scoring position.

“Bogacz pitched his way out of a lot of trouble,” Valley Coach Kevin Murphy said. Bogacz, in his second win of the season, struck out seven and walked four.

MEN’S BASEBALL

Canyons 14, Southwestern 8--Canyons scored six runs in the sixth inning to build its lead to 14-2 and coasted to an easy win in the Casey Stengel Tournament. Len Hokanson’s home run drove in three of the sixth-inning runs.

The Master’s 14, Whittier College 3--The Master’s scored 11 runs in the first three innings and coasted to an easy nonconference win at home. Mark MacArthur hit a grand slam in the third inning and Tony Ellis was 4 for 5 with three runs batted in for The Master’s (4-2).

MEN’S TENNIS

Pierce 7, Santa Barbara 2--Pierce won five of six singles matches to win the nonconference match. Pierce winners were Nelson Gary, John Freeman, Alex Olaya, Robert Grundy and Dave Valastro.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Moorpark, 74, Cuesta 49--Debra Rabin scored 20 points and Karina Hardman added 16 for Moorpark (18-10, 10-2). Cheli Brown and Julie Treu each scored 12 points for Moorpark.

Biola 70, The Master’s 50--Mary Beth Nelson had 31 points and 19 rebounds, and Lisa Jones had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Biola (20-7, 12-4) in an NAIA District III game at The Master’s. Michelle Carter scored 18 points and Michelle Spink added 11 for The Master’s (6-19, 3-15).

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL

Fullerton 2, Moorpark 0--Annette Gonzalez struck out nine and pitched a one-hitter for Fullerton (2-0) in a nonconference game at Moorpark.