San Diego Sports et Cetera : Mowery’s 2 Goals Boost USIU to 7-2 Hockey Win
Brent Mowery scored two goals just seven seconds apart midway through the second period Saturday night to snap a 2-2 tie, and United States International University went on to a 7-2 victory over St. Mary’s College of Minnesota in a nonconference ice hockey game at the San Diego Ice Arena.
Joe Schwartz and Blake Jurgens each scored twice for USIU (15-11), which scored three times in the third period to put the game away. St. Mary’s fell to 11-6-1.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Jeff Martineow scored 17 points and Paul Horn added 14 to lead Biola College, the nation’s No. 3-ranked NAIA school, to a 78-63 victory over Point Loma Nazarene College at Biola.
Mark Bulgin scored 16 points and Jimmy Hill added 12 for Point Loma, which fell to 7-14. Biola, which led 35-25 at halftime, improved to 22-1.
Dwayne Burton scored 18 points and four other players were in double figures as Christian Heritage College defeated West Coast (Fresno) College, 114-67, in a nonconference game at Grossmont College. Champ Pannell scored 33 points to lead West Coast. Christian Heritage is 10-11. West Coast is 3-17.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Gee Gee Golote’s three-point shot with 1 minute 11 seconds to play snapped a 65-65 tie and sent California’s St. Mary’s College on to a 69-67 victory over the University of San Diego in a West Coast Athletic Conference game at the USD Sports Center.
Sheree Tappin scored 18 points and Amy Vernetti 16 for St. Mary’s (5-12, 1-4). Jane Gilpin had 19 points for USD (7-12, 3-2).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Hugh Foster had 26 kills and Marc Jones 25 to lead No. 8-ranked San Diego State to an 8-15, 15-13, 15-11, 3-15, 15-12 Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Assn. victory over No. 4-ranked Hawaii in Peterson Gym.
San Diego State (4-3, 1-0) overcame a 33-kill performance by Hawaii’s Allen Allen. Hawaii is 8-3 and 0-2.
Jeff Babcock had 16 kills and Nick Rothman and John Lim had 13 apiece to lead host UC San Diego to a 16-14, 11-15, 15-8, 2-15, 15-6 nonconference victory over Cal State Northridge. UCSD, ranked No. 18 in NCAA Division III, is 4-7. Cal State Northridge, ranked No. 9, fell to 4-6 despite Jeff Campbell’s 21 kills.