COLLEGES: CSUN HONORS SINGH BEFORE TIE WITH UCR.

Byline: Daily News

After a pregame ceremony to honor Jay Singh and with the family of the late Cal State Northridge men's soccer player looking on, the Matadors and visiting UC Riverside played to a 0-0 tie Saturday afternoon at Matador Field.

The tie was the third straight for the Matadors (4-2-4, 0-0-3) in Big West Conference play.

After a short delay in the start time to accommodate the arrival of the Singh family, a short ceremony took place to honor the family of the player, who died last Sunday. With representatives from each CSUN athletic team on hand, and with several full squads on the sidelines, the men's soccer teams welcomed the Singh family and escorted them to their seats.

A small tribute was set up near the bleachers, and head coach Terry Davila invited fans to join with the Matadors in laying flowers at the banner, which was already surrounded by flowers, letters, and posters in support of the Singh family and the men's soccer team. The UC Riverside captains presented a bouquet.

A moment of silence was held immediately before kickoff.

CSUN outshot UC Riverside (4-3-4, 1-1-2) 14-7, but could not score.

CSUN goalkeeper Kevin Guppy of CSUN had five saves.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Pepperdine 3, San Francisco 2: Julie Rubenstein had 24 kills and 20 digs to lead the Waves (12-5, 4-1 West Coast Conference) to the 30-24, 21-30, 30-20, 28-30, 15-11 victory over the visiting Dons 13-8, 2-3 WCC.

The victory was the eighth in the past nine matches for the Waves.

Lecca Roberts added 17 kills for Pepperdine.

MEN'S WATER POLO

USC wins two: The top-ranked Trojans (10-0) defeated Redlands 19-1 and Loyola Marymount 11-3 at the Southern California Tournament at Corona del Mar High School to advance to the semifinals.

USC plays UCLA today at UC Irvine at 10:30 a.m.

Trevor Clark had three goals to lead the Trojans against Redlands, while Drew Vyn, Jovan Vranes and Tommy Corcoran each had two goals. Against LMU, Vranes had three goals and Matt Sagehorn and Trevor Clark each added two goals.

UCLA wins two: The No. 4 Bruins (14-2) tuned up for their semifinal showdown against USC with two wins in the Southern California Tournament. UCLA defeated No. 5 Pepperdine 11-6 and also defeated No. 14 Pacific 15-10.

Kevin Kuga, Scott Davidson and Marco Santos each had three goals against Pepperdine (18-4). Nick Corjon had two goals to lead the Waves.

Against Pacific, Matthew Jacobs and Ben Hohl each had three goals for the Bruins.

CROSS COUNTRY

UCLA men eighth, women 25th: The No. 19-ranked men's team finished eighth at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., as senior Austin Ramos led UCLA with his 15th-place individual finish with a time of 23:38.1.

For the women's team, senior Claire Rethmeier was the Bruins' top runner with an 83rd-place finish as UCLA finished 25th out of 35 teams.