College Spring Sports : Ouzts Establishes Hit Record as Moorpark Buries Canyons

Sophomore Malia Ouzts set a Moorpark College record for hits in a season Friday to lead the Lady Raiders to a 10-1 victory over College of the Canyons in a Western State Conference softball game Friday at Canyons.

Ouzts, an All-American last season, was 3 for 4 with three runs batted in. Ouzts bettered by one the old record of 39, set in 1986 by Judy Fitzgerald, who is now a senior at Creighton. Moorpark (18-9-1, 6-0 in conference play) has won 11 of its past 13 games.

Julie Myers was 4 for 4 for Moorpark. Myers, a freshman from Royal High, also had three 3 RBIs and scored two runs. Sophomore Laura Detweiler was 2 for 5 with a double and two RBIs and Tammmy Ottino, a freshman from El Camino Real, was 2 for 4 and scored two runs.

Freshman right-hander De Dow (12-5) went the distance for the win, striking out seven and walking one. The only run Dow allowed was unearned, as Canyons’ Diana Franklin singled and scored after two consecutive Moorpark errors.

VOLLEYBALL

Ball State d. Cal State Northridge, 15-5, 12-15, 15-3, 15-11--The Matadors played most of the match in the Ball State tournament at Muncie, Ind., without middle blocker Jeff Campbell, who injured his left leg in a match against Loyola Marymount earlier this week.

CSUN (15-15), the seventh-ranked team in the nation, defeated No. 9 Ball State (22-8) earlier this year in a five-game match at CSUN.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Cal State Northridge 8, University of Denver 1--The Lady Matadors lost only three sets in the nonconference rout at the Bronco Invitational at Cal Poly Pomona.

No. 1 singles player Missy Conn suffered one of the losses, but she recovered to defeat Allison Hope, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Other winners for CSUN (8-11, 6-2) included Allison Kincaid, Nicole Gillis, Kaliko Yandall, Suzi Izmirian, and Kris Anderson.