Noriega Leads USD to Victory

University of San Diego gets a chance to win its own tournament today after beating Yale, 6-1, in the second round of the BNP Collegiate Tennis Classic at USD.

Jose Luis Noriega, ranked No. 1 in the nation, defeated Rob Pohly, 6-3, 7-5, then teamed with freshman Ignacio Martinez at No. 1 doubles for a 6-2, 6-1 victory.

Also winning for USD were Fredrik Axsater, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 over Santtu Sappala; Kevin Bradley, 6-3, 6-4 over Adam Mandell; Philippe Hoffman, 6-1, 7-5 over Steve Griesemer; and Rob Seward, 6-4, 6-4 over Royal Hansen. Yale’s Matt Quall beat USD’s Olle Pierrou, 6-2, 6-4.

USD plays University of Pacific at 1:30 p.m. on the West Courts today to decide the tournament champion.

In other matches today, Indiana State (2-6) plays Nebraska (2-3) at 8 a.m. on the West Courts; and Pennsylvania (4-2) plays Iowa State (6-4) at 9 a.m. and Yale (3-3) plays Navy (4-3) at 1:30 p.m. on the East Courts.

San Diego State defeated visiting Northern Arizona, 7-2, in a nonconference match. Jeff Belloli and Chris Numbers keyed the victory with a 6-3, 7-5 decision over Michael Tebbett and Craig Purcell, who are ranked 27th nationally.

Kerry Safdie, Numbers, Michael Sass and Belloli were singles winners for the Aztecs (8-1). NAU dropped to 5-3.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

UC San Diego finished second to Kenyon College at the 11th annual NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at State University in Buffalo, N.Y.

UCSD’s best individual finisher was junior Sabrina Lum, who took second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2 minutes 8.59 seconds. Freshman Brenda Weigel took sixth in that event.

UCSD’s Ruth Prange, Jill Jackson, Cathi Wood and Julie Goldstein finished fourth through seventh, respectively, in diving.

The Triton 400 freestyle relay team of Jocelyn Rothbard, Jamee Couch, Christy Parker and Weigel took third.

SOFTBALL

Errors destroyed Point Loma Nazarene (6-4), which committed eight on the afternoon and dropped a doubleheader to Southern California College (8-1, 2-0) to open Golden State Athletic Conference play.

The Crusaders committed three errors in the first game, an 8-3 loss, and five in the second, a 16-5 setback. PLNC has lost four straight.

Four runs were unearned in each game. Robin Rabello (5-2), the losing pitcher in the opener, had two hits and a triple in the second game. Missy Talbot had two doubles and a triple in the first game. Neither Rabello nor Talbot had an RBI.

UCSD dropped a doubleheader to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 2-1 in nine innings, and 3-2.

Diana Moreno, the losing pitcher in the first game, and Lisa Gil had three hits and one RBI on the day for UCSD (10-8). Cal Poly 13-4.