CLU BEAT; IN THIS CASE, 10 NO PERFECT SCORE CALTECH WOMEN APPEARED TO BE MISSING SOME OFFENSE.

Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer

THOUSAND OAKS - It wasn't a misprint. The Cal Lutheran women's basketball team really held one of its opponents to 10 points in a game.

The dominance that has produced eight consecutive wins and has the Regals on track to repeat as conference champions reached its climax Friday when the Regals earned a 97-10 nonconference victory against Caltech. The host Beavers scored just three points in the second half and six CLU players scored at least as many points as Caltech had combined.

Christina Mosesso led the Regals with 21 points in their highest output of the season. She entered the week ranked fifth in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in scoring, with an average of12.6 points per game.

CLU prides itself in scheduling tough nonconference opponents, but since Caltech is trying to join the SCIAC, each member of the conference plays the Beavers once. Last year, Caltech managed 20 points. As dominating as the Regals were Friday, the performance did not break team records for margin of victory or fewest points allowed.

``Defensively, we played very well,'' CLU coach Tim La Kose said. ``We tried to play well defensively and work on some things on offense. We try to get better with each game, so you don't want to ease up.''

The Regals went undefeated in January after a tough preseason left CLU (16-5, 6-0) with a 6-5 record entering SCIAC play.

Tuesday's 68-61 victory against Whittier kept the Regals perfect in the SCIAC.

``That was our intent, to play the best teams we could in the preseason and go undefeated in conference and go into playoffs strong,'' La Kose said. ``We're on track to do that.''

CLU starts the second round of conference play Friday at Claremont-Mudd and faces one of its most difficult SCIAC opponents when the Regals host Pomona-Pitzer on Tuesday.

--Commanding start: Tom Canale and Jim Harrison faced the minimum number of batters and the Kingsmen offense pounded 27 hits to lead the CLU baseball team a sweep in Friday's season-opening doubleheader against Simpson. The Kingsmen (2-0) beat the visiting Vanguards 17-1 and 16-0.

Canale (1-0), a junior right-hander, struck out eight and walked one in five no-hit innings in the first game. Harrison (1-0), a senior right-hander, gave up one hit and had eight strikeouts in four innings in the five-inning second game.

Junior shortstop Ryan Yoshiwara went a combined 5 for 6 and Dan Loyd had four RBI.

The Kingsmen's only other tuneup before their Feb. 11 SCIAC opener against Claremont-Mudd is Saturday's double-header against the alumni.

--Learn to be a leader: U.S. women's soccer team assistant coach and noted sports psychologist Dr. Colleen Hacker is the keynote speaker for ``The CLU Leadership Institute 2000: Your Passport to Success'' workshop scheduled for Saturday.

Hacker helped guide the women's national soccer team to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and the 1999 Women's World Cup.

She is an authority on team dynamics and personal-leadership development.

The Institute, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at CLU, is open to high school and college students.

Topics to be covered include marketing, technology, faith and social issues.

Registration and information: [phone].

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Photo: (color) Cal Lutheran's Christina Mosesso, shown here against Pacific Lutheran, scored 21 in the massacre of the Caltech Beavers.

Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News