LOCAL NOTES

Cal State Fullerton will be trying to avenge a three-game sweep last season at Stanford when the Titans open a weekend baseball series at home against the Cardinal at 7 tonight.

The teams are ranked among the top 20 in the nation in various preseason polls.

Stanford has a 2-2 record after losing its season opener at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and taking two of three from Fresno State. Fullerton lost its season opener at Pepperdine, 5-2, on Tuesday.

Senior left-hander Jon Smith, 18-4 with a 3.41 earned-run average in three seasons, is the scheduled Titan starter tonight. Shane Waroff, a transfer from Fullerton College, is the probable starter at 1 p.m. Saturday, with senior Kirk Saarloos set for Sunday. Saarloos led the Big West with a 2.32 ERA last season as a closer.

FOOTBALL

Orange Coast linebacker Dustin Davis will play next season at West Virginia Wesleyan, OCC Coach Mike Taylor said. Davis, who played at Mater Dei, led OCC with 157 tackles last year and had a school-record 237 in his career.

SOCCER

David Chun of Woodbridge, Jordan Harvey of Capistrano Valley and Tyson Wahl of Newport Harbor helped lead the U.S. men’s under-17 national team to a two-game sweep of Honduras this week in Bradenton, Fla. Chun and Harvey, both defenders, were starters in the 4-1 victory on Monday and the 3-0 victory on Wednesday. All three players are juniors and members of the Irvine Strikers club team.

The under-17 team plays Guatemala Saturday in Miami before the U.S. men’s national team’s game against Colombia.