Four Aztecs Pitch In to Beat Chapman

Four San Diego State players scored goals Sunday night to beat Chapman College, 4-1, in a nonconference men’s soccer match Sunday night in Aztec Bowl.

Andy Morrone, Eric Wynalda, Marcelo Balboa and Greg Cipolla scored for the 14th-ranked Aztecs (13-4-2).

Balboa and Wynalda will miss the team’s final two regular season games--Wednesday at Cal State Northridge and Sunday at home at 2 p.m. against UC Santa Barbara--because of U.S. national team commitments. They are two of the three college players on the national team but are expected to return if SDSU is selected for the NCAA playoffs.

The University of San Diego snapped a five-match winless streak by shutting out San Francisco, 2-0, in a West Coast Conference contest in San Diego.

The Toreros (12-6-1, 1-3) received second-half goals by Tom Crane, his 11th, and Phillip Button, his second. Sean Pinnell and Leo Ronces had the assists. USF fell to 9-8-2, 1-3.

UC San Diego, the defending NCAA Division III champions, finished its regular season with a 5-1 victory over Loyola Marymount (5-12).

Craig Hyde had two goals and two assists, and Chris Hanssen added two goals for the 17th-ranked Tritons.

UCSD (12-5-1) will learn today whether it will advance to the playoffs this weekend.

The top-ranked UCSD women’s team was selected as the No. 1 seed in the Division III playoffs and will play in the West Regional Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. against regional host Macalester College.

Macalester, the No. 4 seed, is 11-2-2. UCSD is 15-1, and all 15 victories were shutouts. The other schools in the four-team regional are No. 2 St. Mary’s of Winona, Minn. (12-3) and No. 3 St. Thomas of St. Paul (8-3-2).