COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Irvine Beats Chapman Despite Yates’ Homers

Doug Yates of Chapman College hit three bases-empty home runs, but UC Irvine rallied for a run in the 10th inning to defeat the Panthers, 5-4, in a nonconference baseball game Tuesday at Hart Park in Orange.

Yates, a first baseman from Cypress College and El Dorado High School, hit homers in the fifth, seventh and ninth innings. He also had a single and was four for four with three runs scored and three runs batted in. Yates, who hit 13 home runs last season at Chapman, has four this season.

Yates’ homer in the ninth came with one out and forced an extra inning.

Irvine loaded the bases in the 10th on a error, a hit batter and a single. Matt Filson drove a ball to deep right that was dropped by Chapman’s James Merriweather, allowing Pete Golaszewski to score the winning run. Chapman’s scorer ruled it an error and Irvine’s a hit, but the home scorer is considered official.

John Graves (0-2) pitched 10 innings but took the loss for Chapman (2-6). Steve May (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the victory for Irvine (5-5). Neil Weingarten had a three-run home run in the seventh for the Anteaters.

In other nonconference games:

Loyola Marymount 9, Cal State Fullerton 6--The Titans led, 4-0, after two innings, but Loyola Marymount scored twice in the third and three times in the fourth. Tim Williams gave the Lions a 5-4 lead with a two-run double in the fourth and they never trailed again.

Loyola Marymount (6-5) wrapped up the game with a four-run seventh. Gerardo Perez had a two-run single in the inning. Matt Hattabaugh had two hits and three RBIs for Fullerton (3-6).

In Big West Conference women’s basketball:

Cal State Fullerton 50, UC Santa Barbara 47--Genia Miller scored 32 points and Fullerton (18-6, 11-4) won at Santa Barbara. Miller made a layup with 4:19 left to put the Titans ahead for good, 43-42.

In Golden State Athletic Conference men’s basketball:

Cal Baptist 78, Southern California College 54--Mike Henjum scored 21 points but the Vanguards (20-7, 6-4) lost at Cal Baptist. Warren Daniels had 27 points for Cal Baptist.

Christ College Irvine 72, Point Loma Nazarene 69--Mike Oden had 22 points and Keith Rogers 15 for host Christ College Irvine (10-17).

In Golden State Athletic Conference women’s basketball:

Christ College Irvine 79, Point Loma Nazarene 65--Nancy Geisler had 20 points and Gitte Mejer 15 for host Christ College Irvine (18-5, 6-2). Shannon Abrams had 34 points and 21 rebounds for Point Loma Nazarene (18-7, 7-1).

In Golden State Athletic Conference men’s tennis:

Cal Baptist 8, Southern California College 1--Mike Prince and Scott Hous won in doubles, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, for host Southern California College.

In California Collegiate Athletic Assn. men’s tennis:

Chapman 6, Cal State Los Angeles 3--Michael Zuercher defeated Mel Pereira, 6-3, 6-1, and Laurent Dropsy defeated Faisal Rahman, 6-3, 6-4, for visiting Chapman (2-1).

In nonconference softball:

Chapman 1, UC Santa Barbara 0--Jacki Blake (1-0) pitched a four-hitter and struck out five in the Panthers’ season-opening victory at Santa Barbara. Rose Conner walked, stole second, was sacrificed to third and scored on a fielder’s choice as Christy Wurster grounded out to second base in the third inning.

Chapman 1, UC Santa Barbara 0--Cheri Schreck (1-0) pitched a no-hitter but a first-inning error kept her from a perfect game. She struck out five.