COLLEGES: BRUINS GAIN BERTH IN REGIONALS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Nana Meriwether had a team-high 15 kills and nineblocks as the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX women's volleyball team advanced to the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional semifinals for the fourth straight season with a 30-24, 30-27, 30-26 victory against Utah on Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. . Katie Carter added 12 kills and Kaitlin Sather had 11 for the fourth- ranked Bruins (31-3), who head to this week's Honolulu Regional, where they'll face 13th-seeded Oklahoma. Nellie Spicer had 38 assists and five blocks for UCLA and teammate Colby Lyman made 13 digs. The Bruins will join fifth-seeded USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , No. 12 seed Hawaii and Oklahoma in Honolulu. The round-of-16 matches are Friday, with the winners playing Saturday for a berth to the national semifinals. COA (Certificate Of Authenticity) A document that accompanies software which states that it is an original package from the manufacturer. It generally includes a seal with a difficult-to-copy emblem such as a holographic image. state tournament: Pierce kept its title hopes alive by rallying for two victories in Fresno. The Brahmas (26-4) defeated El Camino 30-32, 30-23, 30-20, 30-28 in their first elimination match Saturday, then beat 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. Mesa 26-30, 30-17, 30-23, 30-27. Pierce is scheduled to play Sacramento at 10 a.m. today, with the winner facing Orange Coast at 1 p.m. in the championship match. Ashley Lugo-Brown had 25 kills, hit .500 and added a tournament-best 10 blocks as the Brahmas defeated El Camino, the state's second-ranked team. Pierce setter Jackie Tomas set a tournament record with 67 assists in that match, a mark that was bested later in the day by Mesa's Alyssa Factuar with 69 against Delta. Lugo-Brown and Ashley Murry each had 15 kills in the victory against Mesa. MEN'S BASKETBALL Oklahoma State 90, Pepperdine 74: Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry JamesOn Curry (born January 7, 1986 in Pleasant Grove, North Carolina) is a guard who plays for the Chicago Bulls. He attended Eastern Alamance High School. He played for Oklahoma State and left for the NBA Draft after three years. each scored a game-high 24 points, and the host Cowboys pulled away late. Oklahoma State dominated much of the first half, but the Waves (1-6) came out firing after the intermission, cutting into a 35-19 halftime deficit with a run that pulled Pepperdine within 61-56 with 8:39 remaining. After each team made layups, the Cowboys (9-0) slowly built a lead that stretched to 69-60 on a jumper by Curry and to 74-62 on another Curry jumper. Pepperdine never got closer than 10 after that. Lea Marvin scored 14 of his team-high 20 points in the second half for Pepperdine. Chase Griffin added 18points and Tomas Pranciliauskas had 11. 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. USC 76, Colorado 57: Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Murphy eclipsed her career-high with 33 points to lead the Women of Troy to their first road victory of the season. Murphy, who has scored in double-figures in 31 consecutive games, tallied the final 13 points for USC (3-3), which pulled away late. Murphy shot 13 of 19 from the field and had six steals, fiverebounds and four assists. Chloe Kerr and Morghan Medlock added 11 points each and Jamie Hagiya scored 10 for the Women of Troy, who shot 46 percent (31 of 67). Kerr added a team-high seven rebounds. Jasmina Ilic led Colorado (5-3) with 22 points. Cal State Northridge 79, Santa Clara 67: LaJoyce King scored 15 points and had a school Division-I record 21 rebounds as the Matadors won at home. Ofa Tulikihihifo led CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge (3-5) with a game-high 26 points. The Matadors defeated Santa Clara for the first time in seven tries. Jazelle Burries added 14points and Krisztina Fuleki scored 11 for CSUN, which committed a season-low 18 turnovers. Ashley Graham led Santa Clara (4-4) with 25 points, shooting 8-of-18 from 3-point range. |
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