Freshman Saipe Leads USD Past Chapman

Former University City High pitcher Mike Saipe scattered 10 hits in six innings to help the University of San Diego baseball team defeat host Chapman, 6-5, in a nonconference game Thursday. Saipe, a freshman, improved to 6-3. The Toreros are 21-21.

Both teams scored one run in the third inning, three in the sixth and one in the seventh. A USD single run in the second proved the difference. USD’s Chad Boyd and Chapman’s Chris Briones each hit two-run homers in the sixth. Chapman is 28-15.

SOFTBALL

The University of San Diego won two of three games, including a 4-2 decision over UC San Diego, in the opening day of UCSD Triton Classic tournament. The host Tritons later beat Concordia (Minn.), 7-5. Cal State Hayward swept three games to earn the top seed when the tournament switches to a single-elimination round at 10 a.m. today.

Aimee Reinard keyed both Torera victories. She hit a fence-clearing, 195-foot home run against UCSD to help former Mission Bay pitcher Tiffany Wasilewski beat Kim Stutzman. Against Cal Baptist, Reinard started USD’s two-run seventh inning with a double and scored on Natalie Brewer’s single. Laura Cisneros drove home Lisa Goodwin with the game winner.

Lisa Gil and Sara Vaplon were each two for three with an RBI in UCSD’s victory over Concordia. The Tritons face Hayward at 8:30 a.m. today in the final round-robin game.

DIVING

Kristen Walls, a former section champion at Monte Vista, was named to the U.S. national team with a fourth-place finish in the one-meter board competition at the U.S. Diving Indoor Championships at Ann Arbor, Mich. Walls, a redshirt sophomore at UCLA, will begin competing for the national team in three weeks.