The No. 2 UCLA men's soccer team got an overtime goal from player-of-the-year candidate Sasha Victorine to defeat No. 13 Cal State Fullerton and clinch the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Pacific Division title. The victory also ended the Bruins' three-game losing streak to the Titans and extended their winning streak to 14. . . . The No. 3 USC men's water polo team rebounded from a loss to No. 1 Stanford the weekend before to rout No. 12 Pepperdine, 12-2, Saturday.
The No. 7 UCLA women's volleyball team, perhaps the nation's hottest team entering last weekend, lost at No. 2 Stanford in four games Friday before a Pacific 10 season-high 5,291. The loss was the first in the conference for the Bruins, bringing the Cardinal to within one-half game of them, and ended UCLA's 19-match winning streak. . . . The Long Beach State women's volleyball team defeated UC Santa Barbara in four games Saturday, completing a sweep of its Big West rival.
In an all-USC final, second seeded Andrew Park defeated top-seeded Patrick Gottesleben, 6-2, 6-2, Sunday to win the ITA Region VIII South tennis championship, a fall regional tournament, held at Pepperdine. Pepperdine's Sebastien Graeff and Anthony Ross, seeded fourth in doubles, defeated top-seeded Ryan Moore and Nick Rainey of USC, 6-1, 7-6, Sunday to win the doubles title. With his title, Park automatically qualified for the national indoor championships in February.
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Best of the Week
WOMEN'S SOCCER
NCAA tournament at UCLA's North Athletic Field, Saturday, 1 p.m.; at the Coliseum, Sunday, 1 p.m. : The No. 14 Bruins and No. 17 Trojans get byes in today's first round and will play for a spot in the round of 16 this weekend.
CS Dominguez Hills at Cal Poly Pomona, Saturday, 7 p.m. : After playing into quadruple overtime in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament last weekend, they go at it again in the NCAA tournament.
MEN'S SOCCER
Azusa Pacific at Fresno Pacific, Saturday, 1 p.m.: After defeating Westmont in the regional semifinals last weekend, the Cougars travel to Fresno to face the Sunbirds in the regional championship.
UCLA at Washington, today, 1 p.m. : The No. 2 Bruins, winners of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Pacific Division, face the No. 21 Huskies, winners of the Mountain Division, in a regular-season finale with plenty of tournament-seeding implications.
MEN'S WATER POLO
USC at UCLA, Friday, 3 p.m.: Two of the top three teams in the nation face off in one of the biggest matches of the year.
SCIAC championship tournament at Caltech, Saturday and Sunday: Five of the seven SCIAC teams are ranked in the Division III top 10.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Pacific at Long Beach State, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.: Tied for the Big West Western Division lead, the No. 6 49ers and No. 5 Tigers meet in the regular-season finale. The Tigers defeated the 49ers in three games in their first meeting, when the Tigers were ranked No. 1.
FOOTBALL
Redlands at Cal Lutheran, Saturday, 1 p.m.: If playing for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship wasn't incentive enough, Cal Lutheran (3-1 in the SCIAC) will be looking to avenge a 53-13 loss to Redlands (4-0) last season--a loss that angered the Regals so much, they have had the score painted inside their locker room all season.
Azusa Pacific at Chapman, Saturday, 1 p.m.: The Cougars face a Division III opponent in their final game before the NAIA playoffs begin. A victory and the defending NAIA champions are in, a loss and they become a bubble team.
