COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Santa Barbara Beats CSUN on Waco Homer

UC Santa Barbara’s David Waco hit a ninth-inning, solo home run to propel the Gauchos to a 9-8 win over Cal State Northridge on Tuesday in Goleta.

Waco’s homer, his fifth of the season and his fourth against Matador pitching this year, offset a comeback in which Northridge had rallied from a 7-0 deficit to tie the score, 8-8.

Waco, a sophomore, played for Chatsworth High before leaving for Santa Barbara.

Northridge scored six runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by Scott Sharts’ grand slam, his 21st home run of the season. Sharts is now tied for second on the school single-season list.

Then, with the Matadors trailing, 8-6, in the eighth, Craig Clayton and Scott Richardson each drove in a run to tie the score.

The nonconference loss dropped Northridge to 31-20. Division I UC Santa Barbara improved to 38-16.

TENNIS

Cathie Teobaldi and Allison Kincaid of Cal State Northridge will play their first-round singles matches today in the NCAA Division II women’s championships in Rancho Cordova.

Teobaldi and Kincaid both won their individual matches on Monday as CSUN defeated Ferris (Mich.) State, 5-4, in the consolation round of the team competition. Teobaldi, the Lady Matadors’ No. 1 singles player, defeated Jody Ventress, 6-2, 6-0, while Kincaid dispatched Denise Brown, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4.

Northridge, which lost to top-ranked Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday, clinched the match when Teobaldi and Kincaid teamed to defeat Ventress and Collette Tremblay, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, in doubles.