Local sports report: PLNU wins (and wins and wins) during busy weekend in volleyball, soccer, hoops

Almost 8% percent of the students at Point Loma Nazarene University are involved in intercollegiate athletics.

And many of them were busy last weekend.

The Sea Lions’ women’s volleyball team won the NCAA Division II West Regional and is headed to this week’s championships in South Dakota. The men’s soccer team lost in overtime in the NCAA Division II quarterfinals.

And PLNU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams opened PacWest Conference play with wins on the road.

The Sea Lions’ men’s team, which is 7-1 overall and ranked 12th in the nation, defeated Jessup 89-87 in overtime on Thursday, then scored an 85-63 win at Fresno Pacific Saturday. The 6-2 women’s team, which has won six straight since losing 62-50 to Cal State San Marcos, defeated the same two teams.

The Sea Lions were led by guards Jaden Matingou (St. Augustine High School) and Tyce Paulsen and forwards Andrew Hommes and Andrew Nagy.

Paulsen had 35 points over the two games on 13-for-20 shooting, including going 9-for-14 from 3-point range. Matingou had 27 points and 11 assists. Hommes had 26 points and 16 rebounds over the two wins, while Nagy had 24 points and 16 rebounds.

The PLNU women out-scored Jessup 68-39 over the last three quarters in an 81-60 win, then defeated Fresno Pacific 67-56. Like the men’s team, the women were paced by four players.

Guard Izzy Navarro, a Tijuana native who went to Cathedral Catholic, combined for 30 points and 12 assists in the two games. Forward Ruby Vlahov, a native of Australia, had 27 points and 14 rebounds. Guard Hannah Golan had 22 points and 20 rebounds and center Eiley Tippins had 25 points and 11 rebounds.

Cougars clash with Monterey Bay

Cal State San Marcos, the county’s other Division II university, opened California Collegiate Athletic Association basketball play with back-to-back, home-and-away games against Cal State Monterey Bay.

The Cougars women (4-2) split while the men (3-4) lost both games.

Forward Kaity Haan led CSUSM over the two women’s games with a combined 30 points and 16 rebounds. Guard Tatum Tamashiro had 23 points and nine assists, while forward Sydney Hani had 16 points and 17 rebounds. Guard Keavie Love (Oceanside High, San Diego City College) paced the Cougars men with 34 points, seven rebounds and eight assists over the two games. Forward Dexter Stratton (SDCC) had 31 points and 14 rebounds.

PCAC hoops

San Diego City College’s men’s basketball team has won six straight games since opening the season 1-2. The team won three straight games last week during the 52nd annual Grossmont College Tournament, capped by a 75-68 win over Pacific Coast Athletic Conference rival Palomar College (7-4).

Guard Dylan Griffin (University City High) led SDCC with 49 points and 21 rebounds in the three tournament wins. Guard Junior Camacho added had 32 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists. Santana Huff had 33 points.

• Palomar College’s men had two wins at Grossmont before losing to SDCC. Guard/forward Isaiah Pomare (El Camino High) led the Comets with 60 points, 24 rebounds and 11 assists over the three games. Guard Angel Ochoa (Victory Christian Academy) scored 51 points and forward Justin White had 40 points.

• MiraCosta College’s women extended their record to 11-0 with wins over Santa Barbara City College (59-45) and Los Angeles Mission (75-42) at the College of the Canyons Crossover Tournament. Anayla Anderson had 30 points, six rebounds and six steals in the two wins. Kiya Waters had 23 points and 17 rebounds while Chaya Scott (University City High) had 17 points and 17 rebounds.

• Palomar College’s women (7-3) won two of three games at the 42nd annual Cypress College Lady Charger Classic. Kylee Trujillo (Mission Hills High) had 58 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in the three games. Ivorii Seals (Mira Mesa High) had 44 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, while Kami Gillis (Escondido Charter) had 46 points.

Wrestling

Southern California Regionals runners-up Sebastian Anderson (Westview High) and Jakar Carter (Helix High) are among nine Palomar College wrestlers who will take part in this weekend’s state championships at Sierra College. Sergio Porras and Ivan Natcelli placed third in the regionals for the Comets, who finished sixth in the team standings.

Also headed to the state championships are Nick Rodriguez (Cathedral Catholic High), Seth Iten and seventh-place finishers Marvin Morton, Nick Garris and Alejandro Scolari.