Orange Coast Crew Dominates Four-Year Colleges in Rowing

The men’s varsity eight crew led the way for Orange Coast in a sweep of all five events Saturday in Newport Harbor.

The crew of Walter Coyle, Graham Hoover, Rosh Gruwell, Patrik Englund, Mark Miller, Mike Morton, David Caro-Greene, Kent Gladinus and coxswain Jamie Ballard won the men’s varsity eight in 5 minutes 49 seconds. Long Beach State was second in 5:51, and UC Irvine (5:56) finished third.

In the novice eight, Orange Coast won in 5:52.

In the women’s varsity eight, Orange Coast was first in 6:43, followed by UC Irvine (7:03).

In Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s volleyball:

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Cal State Northridge 3, UC Irvine 0--Chad Strickland had 26 kills and 10 digs to help visiting Northridge to a 15-8, 15-8, 15-11 victory.

Junior Mosones had 19 kills and Adam Black and Mark Lee each had 11. John Baxter had 70 assists for the Matadors (10-13, 6-12).

Irvine (9-14, 5-13) was led by freshman Jeremy Koop with 20 kills. Cory Weber and Donnie Rafter each added 10 kills. Kevin Dake had 58 assists for the Anteaters.

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The Cal State Fullerton baseball game against Nevada, scheduled for Saturday at Titan Field, was suspended after a half-inning because of rain.

The game will be continued at 1 today with Fullerton batting in the bottom of the first. Neither team had scored.

The game was delayed 35 minutes, then suspended when heavy rain began about 25 minutes later.