Gulls Play Second Exhibition Tonight in Phoenix

The Gulls and Phoenix Roadrunners meet for the second time in three nights at 7:30 tonight at the Tucson Convention Center. It will be the final exhibition in preparation of Friday’s season opener against the Salt Lake Golden Eagles.

In Wednesday’s exhibition, the Gulls, with an emphasis on defense, proved Coach Rick Dudley correct with a 9-2 victory. Dudley has been saying that despite the loss of several key scorers from last year’s team, offense will not be a problem because defensemen will become more involved with the attack.

The exhibition game will be carried live by KSDO (AM 1130) and KGMG (AM 1320) with a pregame show beginning at 7.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

University of San Diego scored a 15-13, 15-6, 15-6 West Coast Conference victory over visiting St. Mary’s (4-11, 0-1) behind Nikki Wallace’s 13 kills.

USD is 10-6, 1-0.

The three highest-ranking teams in the recent NCAA Division III West Region Poll will meet today at Saturday at UC San Diego for the Mizuno Invitational Women’s Volleyball Tournament.

UCSD, ranked second, plays top-ranked Menlo College at 8 p.m. after third-ranked La Verne plays UC Santa Cruz at 6.

The tournament continues Saturday at noon and concludes with La Verne vs. UCSD at 8.

Biola defeated Christian Heritage, 15-4, 15-12, 15-3, in a District 3 NAIA matchup. Christian Heritage’s Melanie Barringer equaled Biola’s Michelle Hocking with a match-high seven kills.

Christian Heritage is 3-19.

MEN’S TENNIS

Top-seeded Tom Gullickson advanced to the singles semifinals and the doubles finals at The Tennis Classics at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Gullickson advanced with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Anand Amritraj. He faces Bob Lutz, a 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 winner over fourth-seeded Sandy Mayer.

Gullickson and his brother, Tim, reached the doubles final with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Peter Fleming and Amritraj.