COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Chapman Women Lose to Cal Poly Pomona in Semifinals

Chapman College could not hold on to its early advantage and lost, 62-55, to Cal Poly Pomona in the semifinals of the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. women’s basketball tournament at Pomona Thursday.

Chapman lost its lead with 5 minutes 2 seconds left in the first half when Pomona’s Marcine Edmonds was fouled by Jennifer Uecke and converted both free throws to put the Broncos ahead, 26-25.

Bethel Trice had 23 points and Julie King 12 for Chapman (18-10). Both were named to the All-Conference team, which was announced at the tournament.

In Big West Conference women’s basketball:

Cal State Fullerton 68, Fresno State 60--Genia Miller had 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the host Titans (13-13, 8-9). Jeannine Battaglia scored on a steal and a layup to give Fullerton a 18-16 lead with 9:27 remaining in the first half and the Titans never lost the lead. Jill Matyuch scored 18 points and had eight assists and Kathy Werth added 10 points for Fullerton. Simone Srubek had 20 points for Fresno State (17-10, 10-7).

In Golden State Athletic Conference baseball:

The Master’s College 13, Southern California College 6--The Master’s scored four runs in the first inning, three in the second and three in the fifth to take a 10-1 lead. Donny Harrell hit a solo home run in the fourth inning, his second of the season, for Southern California College (6-6-1, 0-1). Doug Rystrom had two hits and two RBIs and Paul Plyler had two hits and scored twice for SCC. Craig Johnson had a double, triple and two RBIs and scored three times for The Master’s.

In nonconference baseball:

Christ College Irvine 3-8, Hawaii Pacific College 2-1--In the first game, Mike Adams scored the winning run from second base on Lou Simon’s one-out single in the eighth. In the second game, Mike Bradish had two hits and two RBIs for Christ College Irvine (8-8).

In nonconference men’s tennis:

California 7, UC Irvine 2--Ninth-ranked UC Irvine had three players out with the flu and one sidelined with an ankle injury. Trevor Kronemann defeated Matt Lucena, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, in the No. 1 singles and freshman Randy Ivey from Woodbridge High School won at No. 6 singles over Tommy Phanco, 6-2, 6-1, for Irvine’s victories. Irvine is 6-5.