College Division : He Earned Win and Save, but It’s Against the Rules

A pitcher cannot record a win and a save in the same game under National Collegiate Athletic Assn. rules, but Chris Haslock of Cal State Dominguez Hills met the requirements for both in his team’s season-ending 8-5 win over Cal State Los Angeles on May 13.

After starting the game as the left fielder, Haslock was brought in to pitch with the score tied, 4-4, in bottom of the seventh inning. He got his team out of the jam, and the Toros came back with four runs in the eighth for an 8-4 lead.

Then, after holding Cal State L.A. scoreless in the bottom of the eighth, Haslock moved back to the outfield and Kevin Smith was brought in to pitch in the ninth.

But when Cal State L.A. loaded the bases with one out, Dominguez Hills Coach Andy Lopez once again called upon Haslock for relief and he retired the final two batters to preserve the win.

College Division Notes

Cal Poly Pomona had its best showing in the NCAA Division II women’s track finals when it finished fourth last Saturday in San Angelo, Tex. The Broncos were led by Durelle Schimek, who won the high jump and heptathlon, and Brandi Gail, who won the shotput. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo placed fourth and Cal State Los Angeles fifth in the men’s division. . . . Frank Hinman and Lance Au of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps combined to win the NCAA Division III men’s doubles tennis title last Saturday in Lexington, Va. . . . Brian Newhall, a former All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player at Occidental, has been named men’s basketball coach of the Tigers. Newhall coached Occidental to the SCIAC junior varsity title last season. He replaces Bill Westphal, who resigned to become coach of NAIA power Grand Canyon in Phoenix.

Occidental pitcher and outfielder Jon Billingsley has been selected SCIAC player of the year in baseball. Billingsley had a 6-3 record with 67 strikeouts and was the second-leading hitter in the conference with a .420 batting average and 4 home runs. Conference champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps placed seven players on the squad headed by freshman outfielder Neil Nichols, the SCIAC’s top hitter with a .435 average. . . . Third baseman Mike Eatinger of UC Riverside, shortstop Dave Hajek of Cal Poly Pomona and outfielder Lenn Gilmore of Cal State Northridge were chosen as California Collegiate Athletic Assn. tri-most valuable players. Gilmore batted .351 with a conference-leading 17 homers and 63 runs batted in this season, Eatinger batted .374 with 57 RBIs and Hajek hit .368 to lead Pomona to the conference title. Wayne Koklys of Pomona, who had a 13-3 record a 3.95 earned-run average in regular-season play, was named the CCAA’s top pitcher, and Pomona’s John Scolinos was coach of the year.