COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Browning Leads Titans to Soccer Victory

Freshman Delores Browning scored three goals as Cal State Fullerton defeated Fresno State, 5-2, Saturday at Fresno.

Browning, the Titans’ leading scorer this season, got Fullerton on the scoreboard midway through the first half when she stole the ball in front of the Bulldogs’ goal and poked it into the net.

Fresno State (8-9) took a 2-1 lead early in the second half, but the Titans (11-3) came right back when Browning scored consecutive goals within a span of three minutes.

Kelly Bogan and Erin Rico, on an assist from Michelle Rice, added late goals to seal the victory.

At the Cal Poly Pomona cross-country invitational:

Southern California College men finish third--Larry Holland finished sixth and Tim Hardin was eighth with times of 26:26.1 and 26:35.5, as Southern California College took third with 104 points. Westmont’s Eben Robinson won the 8,000-meter race in 24:50.4 at Cal Poly Pomona.

Westmont finished first with 50 points.

In the women’s division, Southern California College’s Nikee Pool finished second in 17:55.8 over 5,000 meters. The Vanguards finished fourth.

Air Force’s Jen Young won the race in 17:22.1.

In Golden State Athletic Conference women’s soccer:

Southern California College 2, Azusa Pacific 1--Lori Peroni scored a goal early in the second half to lead Southern California College (10-6, 4-2). Michelle Van Herk also had a goal for the Vanguards.

In Big West Conference volleyball:

Long Beach State 3, New Mexico State 1--Brita Schwerm had 26 kills and Nique Crump had 17 to lead Long Beach State (14-4, 9-2) to a 16-14, 15-13, 12-15, 15-7 Big West Conference victory over New Mexico State.

Nevada 3, UC Irvine 0--April Colgrove had 11 kills to lead Nevada (12-8, 7-4) in a sweep of UC Irvine, 15-4, 16-14, 15-10.

Popi Edwards and Tandie Wade each had eight kills for the Anteaters (4-14, 1-10).

In Golden State Athletic Conference volleyball:

Southern California College 3, Biola 1--The Vanguards bucked tradition by defeating host Biola, which had an 18-4 record against SCC, 15-9, 15-7, 5-15, 15-6.

Angela Tonavanik and Christine Heims each had nine kills for the Vanguards (9-15, 2-8).

In Mountain Pacific Sports Federation water polo:

Long Beach State 13, UC Santa Barbara 11--Jeff Rose scored three goals to lead seventh-ranked Long Beach State (7-8, 2-4). It was Coach Ken Lindgren’s 300th career victory at Long Beach State.