ROUNDUP : Garcia Remains Unbeaten as Glendale College Coasts to Cross-Country Victory

Hugo Allan Garcia of Glendale College remained undefeated Friday as the Vaqueros won their third cross-country meet in four outings.

Garcia, a freshman from Guatemala, set a Bakersfield Invitational record of 19 minutes 26 seconds over the four-mile Hart Park course to lead Glendale to an easy win.

The Vaqueros totaled 38 points, 25 ahead of runner-up Bakersfield. Taft (83 points), Pasadena (103) and Long Beach (143) rounded out the top five.

Moorpark, paced by Tricia Mathiesen, won the women’s meet with 41 points. Valley was second with 87, followed by Ventura (112), Glendale (115) and Bakersfield (122).

Mathiesen finished second with a time of 18:25 over the 5,000-meter course. Oxnard’s Gina Paramo, the winner of last week’s WSC meet in Ventura, was the winner in 18:22.

Garcia has been challenged only by his sense of direction this season. Twice he has strayed off course but recovered in time to win in each instance. He had no such problems Friday, winning by 13 seconds.

Teammate Obed Aguirre finished third in 19:50.

Aguirre, last season’s City Section cross-country champion for San Fernando High, appears to be rounding into shape after a slow start this season.

“He’s starting to come around,” Glendale Coach Ed Lopez said. “He’s starting to run like we expected him to.”

Glendale’s other scoring runners were Oscar Perez (sixth in 20:21), Fred Mirzaian (12th in 20:32) and Rick Provenzano (16th in 20:52).

MEN’S SOCCER

Moorpark 3, Glendale 0--Former Royal High standout Shaun Christensen scored one goal and assisted on another to lead visiting Moorpark (7-0, 2-0) to its second consecutive Western State Conference shutout.

Billy Kranz and Jeff Spach added goals and Robert Harris had an assist.

Moorpark outshot Glendale, 23-6.

Goalies Chris James and Angelo Maccano combined for the shutout.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Moorpark 2, Bakersfield 0--Torrie Roweton scored in the first two minutes and Kim Taketa scored in the last two minutes to push Moorpark (6-0-1) past visiting Bakersfield in a Western State Conference opener.

MEN’S WATER POLO

UC Riverside 17, Occidental 9--Occidental was in over its head against visiting Riverside, ranked 20th nationally.

Robert Jaffe led Occidental (1-2) with five goals in the nonconference match but it wasn’t enough to overcome Riverside’s balanced attack.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Occidental d. Whittier, 15-13, 15-8, 15-13--A pair of freshmen helped Occidental push its winning streak to five matches.

Freshman Alison Avery had 12 kills and freshman setter Leslie Heitler had 29 assists in the Southern California Intercollegiate Conference match at Occidental (9-6, 2-0).

Pomona-Pitzer d. Cal Lutheran, 15-13, 15-10, 15-8--Visiting Pomona dispatched Cal Lutheran in less than an hour.

Cal Lutheran’s Lisa Whitaker and Mary Rodriguez combined for nine kills in the nonconference match.

Cal Lutheran is 0-4; Pomona is 12-3.

Pierce d. College of the Canyons, 15-10, 15-8, 15-2--Andrea Banducci, Lori Mertes, and Carina Sailor each had eight kills for Pierce (6-0, 5-0) in a Western State Conference match.

Pierce has not lost a game this season.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Hart d. Crescenta Valley, 9-15, 15-9, 15-9, 5-15, 15-10--Carol Gruhlke had 12 kills and Shannon Martin added 10 for host Hart (3-2) in a nonleague match.

Crescenta Valley fell to 5-4.

Notre Dame d. Marlborough, 15-2, 15-0, 15-7--Phyliss Francis had 10 kills and Mary Strong added nine for Notre Dame (4-2) in a nonleague match at home.