Friedrichs powers Sage Hill to a 5-3 win over Brethren

* BASEBALL: Sage Hill School senior Zach Friedrichs belted a two-out,

two-run double to break a 3-3 fourth-inning tie and lead the

Lightning to a 5-3 Academy League victory Tuesday over visiting

Brethren Christian.

Zack Shockley singled to lead off the fourth and Jordan Salinger

also singled to set the table for Friedrichs.

Junior Tim Wilkins went the distance to earn his third win in four

decisions, yielding just four hits and striking out eight.

He did not walk a batter and had only one three-ball count.

Wilkins, batting leadoff, went 2 for 4, scored twice and stole three

bases.

Sage Hill, which entered the day tied for second with Capistrano

Valley Christian, improved to 6-4-1, 5-3 in league.

Brethren Christian fell to 5-7, 3-5.

The Lightning hosts Western Christian from Covina in the first

round of the Sage Hill Spring Tournament, today at noon.

*--*

Academy League

Sage Hill 5, Brethren Chr. 3

Score by Innings

Brethren 201 000 0 -- 3 4 1

Sage Hill 201 200 x -- 5 7 0

Kilbane, Warden (5) and Andrews; Wilkins

and Kornswiet. W -- Wilkins, 3-1. L --

Kilbane, 1-1. 2B -- Friedrichs (SH)

*--*

Vanguard gains split

* Softball: The Vanguard University softball team split a Golden

State Athletic Conference doubleheader with visiting Concordia

Tuesday, winning the first game, 2-1 and dropping the second, 2-0.

The Lions scored twice in the first in the opener, when Jill

Jeranko doubled and Ashley Mauro followed with a triple and scored on

Celina Camarillo’s fielder’s choice bunt.

Marciea Ball made the two runs stand up, scattering eight hits.

Concordia scored single runs in the third and seventh to win the

second game, as Vanguard managed just two hits.

Vanguard is now 23-22, 10-16 in conference, while Concordia is

32-16, 14-10.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Game 1 Vanguard 2, Concordia 1

Score by Innings

C’cordia 001 000 0 - 1 8 0

V’guard 200 000 x -- 2 4 1

Castillo and Thoms; Ball and Rolle. W --

Ball, 9-13; L -- Castillo, 5-8. 2B -- Lev

(C), Jeranko (V). 3B -- Mauro (V)

*--*

*--*

Game 2 Concordia 2, Vanguard 0

Score by Innings

C’cordia 001 000 1 -- 2 6 0

V’guard 000 000 0 -- 0 2 0

Guido and Thoms; Ball and Rolle. W --

Guido, 14-5. L -- Ball, 9-14. 2B -- Slane

(C). 3B -- Kuehnert (C), Ratajczak (C)

*--*

Vanguard outdueled

* BASEBALL: Point Loma Nazarene pitcher Ryan Williams outlasted

Vanguard starter Matt Caston Tuesday, going the distance in 2-1

Golden State Athletic Conference victory that required 10 innings.

Williams gave up six hits and walked two to improve to 5-3, while

Caston surrendered five hits and two walks, before giving way with

one out in the 10th.

Both pitchers struck out three.

Vanguard opened the scoring in the fourth when Robert Cruz

singled, advanced to third on two groundouts and scored on Joe

Carnahan’s double.

Point Loma tied it in the sixth and won it with an unearned run in

the 10th, giving Caston only his second loss in seven decisions.

Vanguard fell to 21-23, 10-13 in conference, while Point Loma

improved to 24-15, 12-10.

Cruz went 2 for 5 to pace the Lions.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Point Loma 2, Vanguard 1

Score by Innings

Pt. Loma 000 001 000 1 -- 2 6 0

V’guard 000 100 000 0 -- 1 6 4

Williams and Roberts; Caston, Searle

and Bower. W -- Williams, 5-3. L --

Caston, 5-2. 2B -- Marn (V), Eshragh

(PL), Carnahan (V)

*--*

Barry sweeps Lions

* TENNIS: The men’s and women’s tennis teams each absorbed

nonconference losses at Barry University in Florida Monday, by

identical 7-2 scores.

Calle Lumsden and Calle Holmgren were men’s singles winners for

Vanguard, while singles players Sara Bradley and Melissa Krohn posted

the lone victories for the Lions’ women.

The Vanguard men fell to 12-8, while the women are now 11-9.