Winter Sports : Northridge 7th in Golf Opener at Sandpiper

Wayne Tyni, a junior, shot 229 for 54 holes to lead Cal State Northridge to a seventh-place finish in an 18-team golf tournament at the Sandpiper Golf Course in Goleta on Tuesday.

Host UC Santa Barbara scored 913 to win the two-day tournament. Tyni placed sixth overall as CSUN (942) finished two shots behind fourth-place Pepperdine (940) in the Matadors’ season-opening tournament.

“For the first tournament of the year, they played pretty well,” CSUN Coach Jim Bracken said. “This was not a bad showing for us.”

Senior Tony Chieffo was CSUN’s second-highest finisher. He shot a 234 to place in the top 15.

The Matadors played in gusty winds Monday and wet course conditions in Tuesday’s final round. CSUN plays UCLA in a tournament at Industry Hills on Monday.

BOYS’ SOCCER

L.A. Baptist 3, Village Christian 0--Keith Johnson scored a goal and assisted on another in an Alpha League game at L. A. Baptist.

Mike Vanderhorst and Ron Simpson also scored for the Knights (4-8-3, 2-1-1). Village Christian dropped to 1-3-0 in league play.

Moorpark 2, Oak Park 1--David Marin scored the first Moorpark goal on Juan Garza’s assist 15 minutes into the Tri-Valley League game at Oak Park. Garza scored in the second half as Moorpark improved to 11-4-1, 6-0 in league play. Oak Park dropped to 2-2-1 in league play.