Navis, Lovett Share Lead in Four Ball

Ray Navis of Solana Beach, playing on his home course, paired with John Lovett of Escondido to share first-round honors at the Southern California Golf Assn. Four Ball Championships at Rancho Santa Fe Farms Golf Club.

Navis-Lovett and Robert Gross-Steve Titus each shot rounds of 64 on the par-72, 6,800-yard course. Justin Hicks of San Diego and James Peters of Coronado are third, two strokes behind the leading tandems, heading into today’s final round.

Ray Knowles of La Jolla is tied for 20th, seven strokes off the lead, after one round in the 38th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship at Jupiter, Fla.

Knowles shot 79 on the par 72, 6,501-yard Loxahatchee Club course and trails John Procter of Carrollton, Tex., the only one of more than 160 golfers to shoot par. Joe Simpson of San Diego shot 82.

VOLLEYBALL

Jim Coleman of Chula Vista, the USA National Center Director and a former U.S. Olympic team coach, is one of four people who will be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame on Friday.

“This is something that I never expected, and I feel extremely honored to be included among the volleyball greats,” said Coleman, who is in his 28th year with the USA volleyball programs.

Coleman, 60, was the U.S. Olympic team coach in 1968 and was an assistant for the 1988 Olympic gold-medal winning men’s team. He also served three stints as the national team coach from 1965-70, 1978-80 and 1990.

Coleman has been a member of the international governing body (FIVB) rules commission since 1977. He also coached at Kansas, George Williams College and Washington State.

The other inductees include longtime volleyball supporter Merton Kennedy and players Jon Stanley and Ron Von Hagen. The Volleyball Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Mass.

SOCCER

San Diego State routed Point Loma Nazarene, 4-0, as goalie Dan Dalzochio earned his second shutout for the Aztecs (6-5-1). Bill Demke, Willie Franklin, Chris Rich and Andy Marone scored goals with Chris Stephens, Rueben Oliviera, Demke and Aaron Jarvis collecting assists.

UC San Diego lost a tough match at home, 1-0, to Southern California College when Greg Olson’s shot deflected off a Triton defender into the net. UCSD (6-6-3) outshot the Vanguards (9-6-1), 13-4.

The UC San Diego women’s team got goals from junior Heather Sears and freshman Amanda Johnson to beat Pomona Pitzer, 2-0. It was Sears’ first goal, Johnson’s second, and freshman goalie Cari Schwartz recorded her eighth shutout for the Tritons (8-2-1).