DAY IN SPORTS: GOLDBLATT HAS A GRAND TIME.

Byline: Daily News

It took one swing from the bat of Katie Goldblatt to get her El Camino Real teammates focused on Wednesday.

Goldblatt's first inning grand slam was the first of many runs, and hits for the the Conquistadores of Woodland Hills in a 14-1 nonleague victory over host Monroe of North Hills.

Teammate Sara Gardner, who had seven strikeouts, pitched a complete game four-hitter for the Conquistadores.

Kelsey Walker was 3 for 4, with two RBI and Fiona Landers added a double for ECR, which had 12 hits.

In other softball:

--San Fernando 11, Garfield 0: Selena Salazar pitched a complete game one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and at the plate, had two doubles for the host Tigers in the season-opening victory.

In boys' golf:

--El Camino Real 156, North Hollywood 186: Marshall Abraham shot an even par 36 at Woodley Lakes golf course for El Camino Real of Woodland Hills (2-0, 2-0) in the City V-A victory.

Teammate Mike Tamburro shot a 39 and Jacob Kushner added a 40. Tim Wood (45), Ben Stone (46) and Anthony Yeung (47) had low rounds for the Huskies (2-2, 0-2).

--Canyon 366, Highland 367: Brent Buckingham shot a one-over par 62 at the par 61 Vista Valencia golf course to lead Canyon to the nonleague victory.

Teammate John Scheffler and Chris Fields had rounds of 69 and 72, respectively, for the Cowboys (1-1).

--Burroughs 188, Mark Keppel 258, San Gabriel 277: At the par 35 De Bell golf course, Shaughn Crawford (36), Jon Hellebrandt (37) Mike Vahoviak (38) and Brad Jastrow (38) each contributed in the nonleague victory for Burroughs of Burbank.

--Monroe 176, Verdugo Hills 187 Monroe of North Hills' Adam Nagoshiner earned medalist honors with a low round 41 at the Cascades par 36 golf course.

In boys' volleyball:

--Valencia def. Royal 3-2: Kevin Baxter had 22 kills for Royal of Simi Valley in the 5-15, 15-10, 8-15, 16-14, 15-9 loss to host Valenica in the season opener for both teams.

--Viewpoint def. Calabasas, 3-1: Andrew Chizever had 14 kills, 17 assists and 10 digs for host Viewpoint of Calabasas in the nonleague victory.

--San Fernando Valley Academy def. AGBU 3-1: Chris Estay had 15 kills for SFV Academy of Northridge in the 15-8, 15-12, 5-15, 17-15 nonleague victory at home.

Teammate Danny Van Paddenburg had 30 assists and Andres Castro had seven blocks for the Huskies (2-0).

In college baseball:

--UC Irvine 8, Pepperdine 2: Duke Sardinha hit a home run in the bottom half of the first inning, but Pepperdine was unable to manage much offense after that in the nonconference loss at Eddy D Field Stadium.

In college softball:

--AVC 8, Pasadena 2: Keri Pulcifer, a Highland High graduate, was 2 for 4 with a homerun, double, stolen base and four RBI in the nonconference victory for visiting Antelope Valley.

Teammate Tammy Ortiz was effective on the basepaths going 2 for 2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases for the Marauders (9-7), who open up Foothill Conference play Friday against visiting Mt. San Jacinto.

In men's college volleyball:

--Pierce 3, Santa Monica 0: Kenny Hauser had 12 kills and John Mayer had 24 assists for host Pierce of Woodland Hills in the nonconference victory.