AREA COLLEGE NOTEBOOK

The Master’s College women’s basketball team was rewarded for winning its final 22 games of the season by holding its No. 4 national ranking.

The Mustangs, an NAIA independent team with a 26-2 record, must wait until Wednesday to see if they are seeded that high for the national tournament, which begins March 14 at Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn.

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The Pepperdine baseball team won two of three games at Portland over the weekend to open West Coast Conference play. The No. 10-ranked Waves (12-3) have a nonconference game at home today against Long Beach State. They host St. Mary’s in a three-game WCC series beginning at 2 p.m. Friday.