Weekend college report: PLNU soccer teams win, head to NCAA tournaments

Point Loma Nazarene men’s soccer team will be hosting the NCAA Division II West Regionals this week, while the Sea Lions’ women’s soccer and volleyball teams will both be in tournament action on the road.

Both PLNU soccer teams won their PacWest Conference tournaments last Saturday to gain automatic berths in the NCAA Division II tournament.

The men (15-3-1) will be the No. 3 seed in the regionals and will play sixth-seeded Cal State San Bernardino at 1 p.m. Saturday on the PLNU campus.

The fifth-seeded PLNU women (10-3-5) will travel to Bellingham, Wash., to play Azusa Pacific in Thursday’s first round. The winner will play No. 1 seed Western Washington in Saturday’s second round.

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The men’s and women’s 3C2A soccer tournaments start on Wednesday, and eight local teams are involved. The men’s team at Cuyamaca College (18-1-2) drew a first-round bye and will host the winner of the first-round game between San Diego City College (11-6-5) and Fullerton College (8-6-7) on Saturday. Golden West College (7-6-6) will travel to MiraCosta College (11-4-6) at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Palomar College (11-7-3) will play at Cypress College (13-3-5) at 1 p.m.

PCAC women’s champion Southwestern College (14-3-4) will host Ventura (9-6-6) at 7 p.m. Wednesday. PCAC runner-up MiraCosta (12-4-6) will also be home to Pierce (9-5-5), while Palomar (11-4-5) will open at Pasadena (14-6-2) and Mesa (7-8-5) will open at Bakersfield.

• The Cal State San Marcos men’s soccer team (7-8-5) lost 3-0 to Stanislaus State in the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s championship game after defeating top-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills 3-2 in overtime in the semifinals. Efren Dominguez scored the winning goal in 95th minute after assisting on Cisco Avila’s game-tying goal in the 74th minute.

• San Diego State’s men (7-9-2) lost 4-0 to San Jose State in first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament.

• UC San Diego’s men (2-9-7) lost 2-0 at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in the first round of the Big West tournament.

• The Tritons’ women’s team (5-6-8) defeated UC Santa Barbara 1-0 at home Saturday on an 81st-minute goal by Alexis Nguyen. Charlotte Wilfert had six saves in the shutout.

• USD’s women (4-7-7) ended their 1-7-3 West Coast Conference season on a three-game losing streak.

Women’s volleyball

USD’s women’s volleyball team (21-4, 14-0) defeated Oregon State and Portland, both in five sets, to extend its winning streak to 14 straight matches.

Isabel Clark had 31 kills, five blocks and nine digs in the two wins. Nemo Beach had 30 kills; Kali Engeman had 18 kills and six blocks. Kylie Munday had 79 assists and 12 digs.

• The sixth-ranked PLNU women’s volleyball team (23-3), led by Saren Rogers’ 25 kills and 16 kills and eight blocks by Kyra Miles, defeated ninth-ranked Fresno Pacific 3-2 at home Saturday to win a second PacWest regular season title in three years. The Sea Lions are the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, which starts Thursday in Hawaii.

• Mesa College’s women’s volleyball team (27-1) extended its winning streak to 24 straight matches by defeating Grossmont 3-1 to clinch the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference title.

Women’s basketball

USD is off to a 1-3 start following a 79-47 loss at Arizona State last Thursday. UC San Diego is also 1-3 after a 80-69 loss at San Francisco Sunday despite receiving a career-high 18 points from 6-foot-4 forward Erin Condron.

• Cal State San Marcos is off to a 2-0 start after scoring a 62-50 win over PLNU (0-2) at home. Guards Kristan Yumul and Sophie Morales led the Cougars with 18 and 17 points, respectively.

• MiraCosta College is off to a 5-0 start with sophomore guard Kyla Palpallatoc (Morse High) averaging 16.6 points per game. Palomar College is off to a 4-1 start with guards Kylee Trujillo (Mission Hills High, 16.8 ppg) and Ivorii Seals (Mira Mesa High, 15.8 ppg) leading the way.

Men’s basketball

Defending PacWest champion Point Loma Nazarene is off to a 2-0 start after defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills (90-82) and Cal State San Bernardino (87-66) in the PacWest/CCAA challenge. Forward Andrew Nagy had 36 points and 18 rebounds in the two games, while guard James Nobles had 33 points and 12 rebounds. Guard Jaden Matingou had 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists.

Cross country

Cuyamaca College is ranked second and Mesa College fifth in the men’s division and Mesa College is ranked third in the women’s division heading into Friday’s California Community College State Championships in Fresno.

Mesa’s Luciano Roberts was third overall in the men’s race at the Southern California Regionals at Liberty Station. Cuyamaca’s Ivan Guzman was 10th.

Mesa’s Jazzlyn Islas was second among the individuals, and teammate Natalie Allen (Valley Center High) finished fifth in the women’s SoCal Regionals. Cuyamaca’s Marseel Bahnan finished 15th.

• Point Loma Nazarene’s Madeline Reeves finished fourth overall in Saturday’s NCAA Division II West Regional Championships in Monmouth, Ore. PLNU’s women finished sixth in the team standings. Angela McManus of Cal State San Marcos was 13th in the women’s division; the Cougars finished 13th in the team standings.

• CSUSM’s  Alan Jimenez of CSUSM finished ninth overall and the Cougars men finished sixth in team scoring.