College Spring Sports : Moorpark Dominates WSC Tri-Meet

Stacy Gibson won three events and Ken Lowther and Boris Gurarie each captured two as the Moorpark College men’s track team rolled to an easy victory Friday in a Western State Conference tri-meet at Moorpark.

Moorpark crushed WSC rivals Allan Hancock and Oxnard as the Raiders (5-3) lost only one event and scored 129 points. Allan Hancock finished second with 25 points and Oxnard had 11.

Gibson, a freshman from Royal High, won the long jump with a mark of 23 feet, 3/4 inch. He also took the 400 meters with a time of 50.8 seconds and the 400-meter hurdles at 58.7. Lowther, a sophomore from Simi Valley High, won the shotput with a season-best mark of 53 feet, 11 inches, and he won the discus throw with a mark of 137 feet, 3 inches.

Gurarie, a sophomore from Kennedy High, won the 100 meters in 10.8 seconds and took the 200 meters with a time of 21.8 seconds.

WOMEN’S TRACK

Moorpark 86, Oxnard 15, Hancock 4--Carol Kellick won the shotput with a mark of 36 feet to lead the Lady Raiders to a Western State Conference victory in a tri-meet at Moorpark College.

The victory improved the Lady Raiders’ record to 7-1.

SOFTBALL

Pierce 7, Ventura 1--Shelly Creal was 2 for 3 and Michelle Marciano was 2 for 3 with two runs batted in for Pierce (8-4, 1-2 in the WSC) in a conference game at Pierce. Tina Shimozo (7-4) pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts and allowed no earned runs.

Moorpark 4, Bakersfield 3--Heidi Leal hit a pair of triples to lead Moorpark in the WSC game at Bakersfield.

With the score tied, 3-3, Julie Myers singled home the winning run in the seventh. Jamie McDaniels doubled and was 3 for 3 for Moorpark (12-7-1, 3-0).

Starter De Dow pitched 6 innings before Janeen Duncan entered in the seventh. Duncan got one out before Dow (7-4) returned to get the final out.

VOLLEYBALL

Pierce d. Santa Barbara City College, 15-11, 16-14, 15-10--Outside hitter Matt Bellers had 25 kills and five service aces for host Pierce in the first game of the South Coast Conference match.

Bellers added nine kills in the second game as Pierce rallied from a 10-3 deficit.

MEN’S TENNIS

Pierce 4 1/2, Orange Coast 4 1/2--The No. 6-ranked Brahmas won four of six singles events, but fifth-ranked Orange Coast won two doubles matches and the teams tied in the No. 1 doubles competition before the match was called because of darkness.

The nonconference tie did not affect Pierce’s 36-match streak in Western State Conference play. The last conference loss for the Brahmas (9-0-1) was against Harbor in 1985.