Carew Has Show-Stopping Performance

Chapman’s Stephanie Carew continues to have a flair for the dramatic on the softball field.

Carew stepped up to the plate with Chapman trailing UC San Diego by one in the bottom of the seventh last Saturday. Heather Peters was on first with a walk and Carew eventually worked a full count before ending the game with a two-run home run well over the left-center field fence.

Carew’s NCAA Division III-leading 12th home run of the season gave Chapman a doubleheader sweep and extended the Panthers’ winning streak to 13 games. Carew is batting .545 with 53 runs batted in and a 1.118 slugging percentage.

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Women’s basketball: Chapman Coach Mary Hegarty is interested in the head coaching position at UC Irvine, but doesn’t yet know if UCI is interested in her.

Hegarty, 55-43 in four seasons at Chapman, sent a resume to Irvine soon after Colleen Matsuhara was fired last month. She hasn’t had any other contact with Irvine officials.

“I decided to throw my hat in the ring and check it out,” said Hegarty, who was an assistant at UCLA for four years before coming to Chapman. “I am interested in finding out a little more about it.

“On the other hand, I have no eager desire to leave Chapman.”

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Baseball: Southern California College’s Bryce Primm was named the Golden State Athletic Conference pitcher of the week. Primm, a junior from Torrance, gave up six hits and had seven strikeouts and two walks in a 6-0 victory over Concordia last Saturday.

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More baseball: Concordia’s Matt France hit a pinch-hit, three-run home run in the seventh inning to help the Eagles to a 3-2 victory over Point Loma Nazarene Tuesday.

Last Saturday, freshman pitcher Jeff Sybesma struck out seven in a 5-2 seven-inning complete-game victory over SCC. Sybesma, who is second in the conference in strikeouts with 66, has 26 in his last three starts.