COLLEGE ROUNDUP : 49ers Beat Stanford in Volleyball

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, ranked sixth NCAA Division I, rallied to beat No. 3 Stanford Friday at the Pyramid.

Junior middle blocker Tom Hoff had 33 kills and sophomore outside hitter Geoff Cryst had 27 for the 49ers (12-5, 8-5 in the Pacific Division of the MPSF), who won 15-11, 6-15, 9-15, 15-5, 15-13. Stanford is 11-5, 8-4.

In Rebel Spring Games softball:

Showdown rained out--Chapman remained unbeaten in Florida but the Panthers’ anticipated showdown with top-ranked Trenton (N.J.) State was rained out.

Moments before the scheduled start of the game there was a downpour that lasted about two hours, Chapman co-Coach Janet Lloyd said. The game won’t be rescheduled because Trenton State had to catch a flight home.

“I asked them, ‘Is there anyway you guys can stay?’ ” Lloyd said. “They said, ‘No, gotta go, gotta go.’ ”

Earlier Friday, the Panthers (11-2) beat Wisconsin Oshkosh, 6-2, as Kathy Donovan went three for three with three runs batted in.

In nonconference baseball:

Westmont 4, Chapman 2--Chapman’s Matt Marquez struck out with runners on second and third and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The first two batters in the inning had walked and advanced on a weak ground out. With one out, pinch hitter Carlos Cervallos grounded out to the pitcher, setting the stage for Marquez’s at-bat.

Marquez had two hits in the game and teammate Jason Smith walked three times and scored once.

In women’s gymnastics:

CS Fullerton 192.675, Missouri 189.15, New Hampshire 189.125--Alexis Lott won the uneven bars with a 9.80 and the individual all-around in 38.65 for the host Titans (8-4), who set a school record for single-match scoring. Lott also finished second in the floor exercise (9.725).

Fullerton’s Cristi Clifford, third in the individual all-around, won the floor exercise (9.77) and finished third in the vault (9.725) and the uneven bars (9.675).