ROUNDUP : CS Northridge Notches 17th Straight Home Soccer Victory

Armando Valdivia and Scott Hunter each scored in overtime Saturday to lift Cal State Northridge to a 3-1 nonconference soccer victory over Sacramento State at CSUN.

The win was Northridge’s 17th in a row at home.

The Matadors (4-3) forced the overtime when Adolfo Perez scored midway through the second half.

In other college soccer matches:

Cal Lutheran 9, Caltech 1--Alberto Gutierrez scored three goals for Cal Lutheran in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener at Caltech.

Gutierrez scored all of his goals in the first half as Cal Lutheran (4-2-1, 1-0) ran to a 5-0 intermission lead.

Point Loma 1, The Master’s 0--Steve Beck scored the only goal of the match at the four-minute mark.

The Master’s (3-6, 3-2) outshot Point Loma, 15-5, in the NAIA District 3 match.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

University of San Diego tournament--Cal State Northridge swept North Texas State, then lost to the host school to finish third in the four-team women’s tournament.

The scores in the second match were 7-15, 15-5, 8-15, 15-8, 15-13.

Outside hitter Ana Kristich had a team-high 11 kills for CSUN and middle blocker Nancy Nicholls and outside hitter Shelly Swalec each added 10 kills against San Diego.

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY

Bell-Jeff invitational--Margarito Casillas of Hoover High showed why he is favored to win a state title, romping to victory in the Division I race at Griffith Park with a time of 14 minutes 26 seconds.

Casillas beat Alvaro Mejia of Birmingham by 43 seconds over the 2.9-mile course.

Highly regarded Hart dominated the team competition. Five Indian runners, led by sophomore Brett Strahan with a third-place finish (15:17), placed among the top eight as Hart easily won the Division I title with 28 points.

Royal invitational--Maribella Aparicio of Fillmore cruised to victory in the girls’ large-school race, and junior Brandon Del Campo of Thousand Oaks won the boys’ large-school race to lead the Lancers to the team title at Moorpark College.

Aparicio timed 17:56 over the three-mile course. Fillmore totaled 98 points and finished second behind Peninsula (21).

Del Campo timed 15:33 over the three-mile course to lead five Thousand Oaks runners among the top nine.

HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO

Harvard-Westlake 9, La Serna 8 (2 OTs)--Lance Widener scored the winning goal in the second sudden-death overtime as the Wolverines edged the Lancers in the final of the La Serna tournament.

Nine players scored and goalie Peter Kiefer recorded 13 saves for the Wolverines.