UCSD Advances to Soccer Final
Carin Pugh ended 88 minutes and 35 seconds of futility when she scored to give UC San Diego a 1-0 victory over Minnesota’s Macalester College in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women’s soccer regional tournament at Triton Stadium. Pugh’s goal with 1:25 remaining in regulation sent No. 12 UCSD into today’s noon final in La Jolla against No. 3 Cal Lutheran.
Pugh took a crossing pass from Joanne daLuz, a senior forward out of University of San Diego High, settled the ball, then hammered it in from 20 yards for the score. Mel Hoialmen, goalie for the No. 11 Scots (16-3), had stopped 11 shots on goal to that point. The UCSD defense allowed two shots on goal. Pugh, a freshman midfielder from Woodside, leads the Tritons (11-2-3) in goals with 10.
Cal Lutheran (17-3) defeated Trinity, 3-0, in the other semifinal. Today’s game will be a rematch of last year’s regional final, won by the Tritons, 2-0. The two also played Oct. 9, with Cal Lutheran winning, 2-0.
FOOTBALL
Palomar College defeated Grossmont, 51-41, racking up 713 total yards in the process. Comet quarterback Tom Luginbill completed 22 of 38 passes for 469 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Griffin quarterback Chad DeGrenier was 24-46 for 306 yards and five touchdowns.
But Grossmont (1-6-1, 1-5-1 in the Mission Conference) could not hold leads of 17-6 and 27-14. Andreal Climon caught eight passes for 190 yards and Tony Burton rushed for 131 yards on 14 carries for host Palomar (7-1, 6-1).
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
San Diego State got its 20th victory of the season at Colorado State, 15-11, 15-11, 15-5. Gracie Schutt had a match-high 22 kills for SDSU (20-8, 5-5 in the Western Athletic Conference). Stephanie Riley added 12. CSU is 15-9, 5-6.
Point Loma Nazarene College got 18 kills from Terilyn Walker, but California Baptist (21-5, 8-4) scored a 5-15, 16-14, 15-9, 15-9 Golden State Athletic Conference victory over the Crusaders. Although tied for second place in the conference standings, PLNC (19-7, 8-4) is the third seed in the District 3 playoffs because it lost twice to Cal Baptist. PLNC will host a game Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Golden Gym. Sunday Renzema had four solo blocks for PLNC.
Christian Heritage lost the finale of its inaugural season, 15-5, 12-15, 15-7, 15-10 to The Masters College. Leslie Nasser led the Hawks (9-29) with six kills. The Masters is 14-19.
Shannon Mutch broke her own school record for sets in a three-game match, setting 52 times in USD’s 15-8, 15-10, 15-10 West Coast Conference victory over visiting Portland. Mutch held the previous record, 47, set against United States International in 1990. It is the Toreros’ fourth straight victory.
Jennifer Wrightson had 17 kills and Nikki Wallace had 16 to lead USD (17-11, 8-4). Amy McMahon had 10. Portland is 13-17, 1-10.
CROSS COUNTRY
PLNC captured its fourth consecutive District 3 championship and Crusader Robert Keter won the individual title for the second year in a row. PLNC’s women finished third behind Westmont and Azusa Pacific and saw former Crusader Vanessa Couch’s course record fall. Keter, a native of Kenya, and PLNC’s men beat second-place Azusa Pacific, 31-45.
Keter ran the five-mile course at Woodward Park in Fresno in 25:29. PLNC’s Kenneth Jasson and Scott Lardner finished third and fifth. Elizabeth Onyambu’s record time of 17:40 for 3.1 miles--surpassing Couch’s 18:06 in 1991--helped Biola finish no better than sixth. First-place Westmont won comfortably, outscoring No. 2 Azusa, 36-86. Guadalupe Ambriz of PLNC finished second in 18:44.
SWIMMING
USD’s women were 1-1 in a three-way meet at the USD Sports Center. The Toreros defeated Pepperdine, 159-140, and lost to Northridge, 160-131. Junior Hillary Devine, who broke the USD record in the 200 yard individual medley last week, set a new school mark in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.63.