COLLEGES: LANG RETURNS WITH A BANG AS UCLA WINS.

Byline: Daily News

Kara Lang couldn't have picked a better time to score her first two goals of the season.

Returning from playing for the Canadian national team at the Women's World Cup in China, the redshirt sophomore delivered the winning goal less than seven minutes into the overtime period Friday night to lift the eighth-ranked Bruins to a 2-1 upset of No. 2 Portland at Drake Stadium.

Danesha Adams set up Lang, who blasted a shot from the right side that was bobbled by Portland goalkeeper Kelsey Davis, a transfer from UCLA, before crossing the goal line.

Lang hit a 35-yard shot off a pass from Lauren Cheney in the eighth minute to give the Bruins (5-1-2) the lead. Portland (7-2) tied the score in the 85th minute on a goal by Natalie Budge, forcing overtime.

USC 3, Long Beach State 0: Marihelen Tomer, Lauren Brown and Megan Ohai each scored a goal for the No. 14 Trojans (7-1-1) in their victory over the 49ers (6-4). USC outshot Long Beach 14-5.

Pepperdine 2, Utah 2: Amanda Rupp and Courtney Price each scored a goal for the Waves (1-4-3) in the tie with the visiting Utes (5-2-2), who got two goals from Adele Letro.

San Diego 1, CSUN 0: Midfielder Leigh Ann Robinson's goal in the 82nd minute lifted the No. 22 Toreros (5-1-2) over the visiting Matadors (2-5-1).

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

USC 3, Cal 1: Senior outside hitter Asia Kaczor had 19 kills and five blocks to lead the No. 4 Trojans (13-1, 3-1 Pac-10) to a 17-30, 30-25, 30-19, 30-27 victory over the No. 10 Golden Bears (10-4, 0-3).

Kaczor hit .357 in the match for the Trojans, who bounced back after suffering their first loss of the season on Thursday at No. 2 Stanford.

Senior outside hitter Jessica Gysin added 14 kills for USC, while freshman outside hitter Kimmee Roleder had 18 kills, seven digs and two solo blocks.

USC played without senior Diane Copenhagen, who is day-to-day with an abdominal strain.

Trojan setter Taylor Carico had a season-high five kills to go with 52 assists, eight digs and three blocks.

Hana Cutura led Cal with 22 kills and seven digs while Angie Pressey had 14 kills and six digs. Morgan Beck also had 10 kills, seven digs and three blocks.

Stanford 3, UCLA 0: The fifth-ranked Bruins had their winning streak halted at 12 following a 30-23, 30-23, 31-29 Pacific-10 Conference setback at No. 2 Stanford (14-0, 3-0).

Ali Daley recorded 12 kills and 10 digs for UCLA (13-2, 3-1), whose only losses this season have come against top-ranked Nebraska and Stanford.

Rachell Johnson and Kaitlin Sather each contributed 10 kills and Nellie Spicer had 36 assists and 11 digs for the Bruins, who relinquished a 27-22 third-game lead.

UC Irvine 3, CSUN 1: Freshman Brittany Williams had a career-high 16 kills to go with five blocks and junior Val Kepler added nine kills, but the Matadors (4-11, 1-2 Big West) dropped their home opener 20-30, 26-30, 30-26, 27-30 to the Anteaters (12-4, 2-0).

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Waves advance three to singles semifinals: Pepperdine's Anamika Bhargava, Alex Liles and Jill Braverman advanced to the singles semifinals of the San Diego State Fall Tennis Classic at SDSU.

Bhargava defeated Milou Teeling (University of San Diego) 6-0, 6-2 and Eliska Krausova (San Diego State), 6-0, 6-1; Liles defeated Esther Cadua (San Diego State) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 and Julia Bauregger (Denver), 6-3, 6-4; and Braverman defeated Jane Huh (Arizona), 3-6, 6-4, 12-10 after a first-round bye.

Pepperdine's Tania Rice lost to Kyla Iwinski (Denver) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 before rebounding to defeat Dominique Karas (Rice), 6-2, 6-0. Rice will play in the singles consolation semifinals, as will Raine Mitchell, who lost to Varsha Shiva Shankar (Rice), 6-3, 6-0 and to Darby McGill (San Diego State), 6-2, 6-2.

In doubles, Bhargava and Rice defeated San Diego's Helene Lindstrand and Teeling 8-2 to advance to the championship quarterfinals. Liles and Braverman lost to lost to San Diego State's Milana Yusupov and Holly Bagshaw 8-6 and will play in the consolation semifinals, as will Mitchell and Marigrace Marshall, who lost to San Diego State's Cadua and Julia Trunk, 8-0.