COLLEGE ROUNDUP: A BIG WAVE CRASHES IN ON TULANE 31-21.

Byline: Daily News

Once again, the Green Wave from Tulane was overcome by the Waves of Pepperdine.

For the second time in as many days, host Pepperdine defeated third- ranked Tulane 30-21 in a nonconference baseball game in front of more than 500 at Pepperdine.

The Waves (3-3) had 20 hits, including five home runs, and senior catcher Rock Mills and junior designated hitter Ed Montague each hit two home runs to highlight the 20-hit barrage. Eight of the nine starters in the Waves' lineup collected at least one hit.

In other college baseball:

--UCLA 4, Florida Atlantic 1: Chris Cordeiro struck out seven in seven innings to lead the host Bruins to the nonconference victory over Florida Atlantic in front of more than 300.

In just his second start of the season, Cordeiro, a Thousand Oaks High graduate, pitched six innings of one-hit ball before giving up three hits in the seventh for the Bruins (3-3).

Ben Francisco opened the first inning with a double. After he stole third, a Josh Arhart sacrifice fly scored him. UCLA added a run in the second when a Preston Griffin sacrifice fly scored Adam Berry, who had doubled. The Bruins added two more runs in the fifth to make it 4-0.

Valencia High graduate Kyle Wilson relieved Cordeiro with two outs in the eighth and did not allow the two runners on base to score. He gave up the only FAU run of the game when Mike Cox homered, but he struck out Rusty Brown to end the game.

--Long Beach State 7, USC 4: The fourth-ranked Trojans continued to struggle against the host 49ers and lost the nonconference game to fall to 0-2 on the season.

--Washington St. 11, CSUN 9: Tim Arroyo hit a three-run home run and Phillip Archer and Jason Gorman each hit solo homers in the host Matadors nonconference loss.

Scott Roberston pitched two innings of relief and had three strikeouts for CSUN (2-2).

In men's volleyball:

--UCLA d. USC 3-0 Behind a solid game from Matt Komer, the top-ranked Bruins defeated the visiting Trojans 30-23, 30-17, 30-23 in an MPSF game.

Komer had 14 kills and teammate Rich Nelson had 37 assists for the Bruins (11-1, 6-0). Brook Billings had 16 kills for the Trojans (4-9, 1-6).

--Stanford d. CSUN 3-0: The 13th-ranked Matadors (6-5, 3-4) lost 30-28, 30-22, 30-24 to the No. 6 Cardinal (6-6, 5-4). Senior Eckhard Walter had a team-high 16 kills and a .520 hitting average.

--Kearin interviews at Santa Barbara CC: Former Cal State Northridge football coach Jeff Kearin has interviewed for the head-coaching position at Santa Barbara City College, according to a source.

Kearin was on campus Saturday and interviewed with athletic director Ben Partee. If he accepts, he would take over head-coaching duties after next season. Santa Barbara City coach Carmen DiPoalo is expected to retire after the 2002 season.

CSUN eliminated its football program in November.