THE DAY IN SPORTS: WAVES CLAIM DIVISION TITLE.Byline: Daily News Pepperdine won the Coast Division championship of the West Coast Conference on Saturday, sweeping visiting Gonzaga 7-4, 12-5 to improve to 40-11 overall and 19-8 in conference. The division title earned the Waves a berth in the WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m divisional playoff series that will determine the WCC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. Pepperdine will enter that May 21-22 divisional series as the school's 10th 40-game winner and the third to log 40 wins against NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams. Chris Spieth, G.J. Raymundo and former El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Jared Pitney and Spieth had three hits apiece in the second game, when Damon Katz, Michael Kramer and Danny Garcia added two each. Brad Tucker (6-1), the first of three Pepperdine pitchers, took the win. In other college baseball: Playoffs next for Vaqs: Jason Bowers tripled, doubled and scored four runs in a 4-for-4 performance, and Andy Gadt went 4 for 5 with four RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in as Western State Conference Southern Division champion Glendale (23-21, 15-9) concluded regular-season play with a 10-4 win over visiting Bakersfield (24-20, 11-13). Winning pitcher Wes Hutchison struck out six to total a school single-season record 103 for Glendale, which clinched a second straight title by defeating Pierce 8-5 on Thursday. Pierce and Glendale shared the title last season. Bruins belt Beavers: Jason Green had four hits and Jack Santora and Chase Utley three apiece as 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 totaled 20 hits during a 15-0 thumping of Oregon State in a Pac-10 game at Jackie Robinson Field. Santora, Utley and former Alemany High star Bill Scott homered for the Bruins (27-29, 11-9), Scott hitting his 20th of the season. Josh Karp (7-3) and Tyler Dersom combined to limit the Beavers (16-34, 4-16) to four hits. In college track: Merino Merino Breed of medium-sized sheep originating in Spain that has become prominent worldwide. It has a white face, white legs, and crimped fine-wool fleece. Known as early as the 12th century, it may have been a Moorish importation. , Wilkinson champs: Jose Merino of Glendale College won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the Southern California championships at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. , where Pierce student Michele Wilkinson was also a winner in the women's 3,000 meters. Merino clocked 9:12.9 in a race that saw fellow WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) steeplechasers Rey Coronado of Moorpark (9:27.4) and Jorge Lopez of Glendale (9:30.2) finish 3-4. Wilkinson, competing for Los Angeles City College Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. because Pierce does not field a track team, won her event at 10:40.29. Kelly Sill of Glendale was second in 10:52.72. In prep baseball: Bautista, again: Faith Baptist's Julio Bautista, who started the week with an area-best batting average of .725, doubled twice and homered to lead the Contenders (13-5) to an 8-5, 6-3 sweep of Santa Maria Valley Christian (11-7) in a nonleague doubleheader at Faith Baptist. Falcons nip Cubs: Marc McCauley and Tim Balkey both doubled twice to lead a 19-hit Crescenta Valley offense that included eight extra-base hits, as the Falcons outlasted Loyola 12-11 in a nonleague game at Stengel Field. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Pepperdine's Damon Katz forces out Gonzaga's Barry Matthews at second base on a double play. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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