ROUNDUP : CSUN Loses Soccer Match in 2 Overtimes

The offensive woes of the Cal State Northridge soccer team continued Saturday in a 1-0 double-overtime loss to host Portland.

Scott Sager scored with one minute left in the second 15-minute overtime period to drop the Matadors to 1-2 in their inaugural Division I season.

Sager scored on a header after a crossing pass by Joe Leonetti.

“It was a fairly close match,” Portland Coach Clive Charles said.

“Portland had three to four good chances it didn’t convert. Going on chances, Portland should have won two or three to nil.”

Northridge has been shut out in two of its three matches.

Northridge’s only goal was scored by Teddy Davila--who is out for the season with a broken leg--in a 1-0 win over UC Irvine.

Northridge ends its first trip of the season today with a match at Oregon State at 1 p.m.

The Matadors return to North Campus Stadium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for a match against Washington.

In another men’s soccer match:

Cal Lutheran 2, Cal Baptist 1 (2 OTs)--Mario Marquez scored on a 20-yard blast that hit the top of the cross bar and bounced in as the Kingsmen won their opener at Cal Lutheran.

The winning shot came with five minutes remaining in the period.

Dan LaFond gave CLU a first-half lead on a penalty kick, but Cal Baptist tied the score with 15 minutes left in regulation when Eric Dale booted in Terry Cassidy’s crossing shot.

It was the second consecutive double-overtime loss for Cal Baptist (0-4).

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Cal State Dominguez Hills 5, Cal Lutheran 0--Cal Lutheran managed only one shot on goal in a nonconference match at Dominguez Hills, which is ranked No. 2 in the Division II coaches poll.

Dominguez Hills led at halftime, 5-0.

Vanessa Martin had Cal Lutheran’s only shot on goal, late in the second half.

Senior goalkeeper Kim White had 20 saves for Cal Lutheran (0-1).

BOYS’ WATER POLO

Bell Gardens tournament--Crespi won the championship with a 10-3 win over El Rancho in the semifinals and a 12-6 victory over Rowland in the final.

Paul Suppa scored three goals to lead the Celts (5-0) against Rowland. Goalie Tim Behrens recorded 14 saves.

Vince Greco scored five goals and Behrens had 18 saves against El Rancho.

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY

Morro Bay Invitational--Nordhoff High placed three runners in the top 10 to edge host Morro Bay for the boys’ title. The Rangers scored 56 points to hold off Morro Bay (57), Bell-Jeff (91), Antelope Valley (103) and Santa Ynez (149).

The Antelopes’ Louie Rudziewiez won the individual title with a time of 18 minutes 27 seconds on the three-mile course at Morro Bay High. Bell-Jeff’s Terrence Flynn finished fourth in 19:12.

The Morro Bay girls’ team upset top-seeded Nordhoff, 23-54, behind Jenny Lacovara, who ran a course-record 21:52.

Jiselle Szeneredi of Bell-Jeff finished fourth (24:15).