SPORTS WEEKEND : WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 10

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: California League playoffs, San Bernardino at Rancho Cucamonga,

7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Furama Classic at Loyola Marymount: Brigham Young-Houston, Loyola Marymount-Ohio State, 5 and 7 p.m.; Cal State Northridge at Long Beach State, Pyramid, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Denver at Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Loyola Marymount at Long Beach State, California at Pepperdine, UC San Diego at Pomona-Pitzer, 3 p.m.; UC Irvine tournament: Cal State Fullerton-San Jose State, Rider-UC Irvine, 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Pacific at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: USC at Long Beach State, 3 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Fairplex, thoroughbreds, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 7:15 p.m.

* CYCLING: National Collegiate Championships, Olympic Velodrome, Carson, 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 11

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* PRO SOCCER: Chicago at Galaxy, Rose Bowl, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) at Cal Lutheran, 1 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: California League playoffs, San Bernardino at Rancho Cucamonga, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Furama Classic at Loyola Marymount: Ohio State-Houston, Loyola Marymount-Brigham Young, Loyola Marymount-Houston, 10 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: UCLA at UC Irvine, noon; Pepperdine at UC Santa Barbara, 1 p.m.

* COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY: Whittier Invitational, 8:30 a.m.; Asics UC Irvine Invitational at Central Park, Huntington Beach, women 9 a.m., men 9:45.

* MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: UC San Diego at Claremont, 2 p.m.; Point Loma Nazarene at The Master’s, 3 p.m.; Biola at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Fairplex, thoroughbreds, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 6:30 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: SCRA sprint cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; NASCAR super-late models, street stocks, speed trucks, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; pro stocks, street stocks, Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway, sidecars, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 7:30 p.m.

* CYCLING: National Collegiate Championships, Olympic Velodrome, Carson, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 12

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 5 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: California League playoffs, San Bernardino at Rancho Cucamonga,

7 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Exhibition, Colorado at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: UC Santa Barbara at Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: California at Loyola Marymount, noon; UC Irvine tournament: Cal State Fullerton-Rider, San Jose State-UC Irvine, noon and 2 p.m.; Air Force at Cal State Northridge, 2 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Fairplex, thoroughbreds, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, first post, 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post, 5:30 p.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://161.35.110.226, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.