CAL LUTHERAN NOTEBOOK: REGALS EAGER TO FACE UC SAN DIEGO AGAIN.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer Ever since the Cal Lutheran women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team watched its season end against UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. in the first round of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. championships last March, the date Nov. 28 has been circled. It's the date, this Saturday, that Cal Lutheran will host UC San Diego in a nonconference game. It starts at 5 p.m. ``We're excited,'' said Cal Lutheran coach Tim LaKose. ``We're looking at it as a tournament game that is being played early in the season. It's one game the players have been looking forward to.'' Cal Lutheran is the top-ranked team in the West Region in Division III and the Tritons are ranked No. 2. The Regals have started the season strongly, winning their first three games by an average margin of 18.3 points. The team has done it with offense and defense. Against UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. in the season opener the Regals scored 93 points. On Tuesday, when they defeated Westmont, the defense held the Warriors to 48 points. ``Ideally, we like to do both well,'' LaKose said. ``Our defense has been pretty good, and on offense we can make some runs. (Against Westmont) we struggled on offense, but our defense played well.'' Through the first three games, Missy Rider is the leading scorer and rebounder. The 6-foot senior center is averaging 19.3 points and double figures in rebounds. Nicole Sanchez is averaging 14.7 points a game. The team has today off for the Thanksgiving, but practices Friday in preparation for Saturday's game. Men's basketball: The Kingsmen split their first two games, losing to CS Dominguez Hills 68-55 Friday and beating La Sierra 80-54 on Saturday. Against La Sierra 14 players saw action and 13 of them scored. Cal Lutheran trailed 2-0, but used a 10-0 run and a 28-6 run in the first half to put the game away. Mike Dulaney led with 14 points. Ivan Barahona added 11. David Seals David Seals (born April 29, 1947 in Denver, Colorado) is an American writer specializing in Native-American culture and history. His novel, Powwow Highway was made into a major motion picture starring A. Martinez and Gary Farmer. was the leading rebounder with six. The team is off through the weekend and plays its next game Dec. 1 at UC San Diego. Park honored: After leading the Regals volleyball team to a 20-2 record and its fourth consecutive tournament appearance, James Park was selected the Division III West Region Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association The American Volleyball Coaches Association aka (AVCA) is an organization, incorporated as a private non-profit educational corporation in 1981, as the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association. . |
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