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LOS ANGELES C10 FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1991 Valley Sports Total Recall Puts Harvard in Right Frame of Mind By MIKE GLAZE TIMES STAFF WRITER Barclay Mackinnon, coach of the Harvard High boys' soccer team, recalled a heartbreaking loss to inspire his team in a San Fernando Valley League match at La Salle on Thursday. "You know what Salle Coach Cherif is telling them now?" Mackinnon asked his team at halftime. "He's saying, 'Don't worry. It's our game because they Mackinnon was referring to a tournament loss to La Salle five weeks ago in which the Saracens squandered a twolead. Thus motivated, Harvard turned its 2-1 intermission lead into a 5-3 victory in a rematch of last year's Southern Section Small Schools Division finalists.

The victory was only Harvard's second against La Salle on the Lancers' home field in the past 20 years, Mackinnon said. And while La Salle stayed with its traditionally physical style of play Thursday, Harvard employed a more effective run-and-shoot offense. Harvard (10-5-2 overall, 2-0 in league play) assaulted La Salle goalkeeper Andre Vener with 18 shots- -including 11 in a fast- Saracens' -paced final second four half- shots -and found three of home. the Forward David Moran, recently named an -American by the National Soccer Coaches' Assn. of America, scored a hat trick to lead the way.

Moran, who opened the scoring 29 minutes into the first half, scored his other goals, both into an open net, within the match's final eight minutes. With the score tied, 2-2, Vener played close to midfield to help the Lancers keep the ball in Harvard territory. At one point, as Vener attempted to pass to a teammate, Harvard midfielder Dwight Angelini intercepted the pass and booted the ball to Moran, who sprinted untouched down the middle of the field for a score. The Saracens, the defending Small Schools champions, stretched their lead to 4-2 four minutes later on a similar play. With Vener across the midfield line, Moran received an Angelini pass and darted down the right sideline, outrunning Vener and defender Brad Toothman for an easy score.

"We learned that from last year and in the championship," Moran said of Vener's tactics. La Salle (9-3-2, 1-1) trimmed the margin to 4-3 on Chris Toothman's head shot off a -in by his twin Brad. The Lancers then went to: a hurry-up offense but Vener again was caught out of position with 15 seconds to play and Jerome Schwartz scored on a slant shot from 30 yards to ice the match for unranked Harvard. 18 JOEL P. LUGAVERE Los Angeles Times Harvard High goalie Christopher Miller makes a leaping save after a La Salle shot Thursday during Harvard's 5-3 win.

ROUNDUP Crawford, Wilson Steer Moorpark College to Win Sam Crawford had 25 points and 14 assists and Damian Wilson scored 26 points to lead host Moorpark College to a 91-79 victory over Bakersfield in a Western State Conference interdivision basketball game Thursday night. Moorpark (19-3) trailed by 10 points at halftime, but outscored Bakersfield, 53-31, in the second half. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Moorpark 70, Bakersfield 63-Kerric Marshall had 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists for host Moorpark (20-3) in a Western State Conference interdivision game. Hart 55, Burbank 22-Junior guard Anjanette Dionne had 15 points, seven assists and five steals to lead the Indians (15-3, 2-0) in a Foothill League game. Burbank (3-8, 0-2) was only cight of 58 from the field.

Thousand Oaks 71, Royal 39-Michelle Palmisano poured in 24 points and 11 players scored for Thousand Oaks (15-1, 4-0 in league play) in the Marmonte League victory at Royal (0-4 in league play). Westlake 58, Newbury Park 47-Lauren Barnard's 26 Help Ventura Breeze Past West L.A., 92-64 By BRENDAN HEALEY West L.A. Coach Charlie Sands said. "I TIMES STAFF WRITER don't know, but I think the word is intimidation. They just got one With two of his teammates off their after another." game, Dijon Barnard quickened the pulse Ventura jumped to a 16-2 lead and took a of Ventura College's basketball team 36-22 advantage into halftime.

Thursday night against visiting West Los West L.A.'s Booker Waugh, the leading Angeles. scorer in the WSC with a 24.2 Barnard scored a carcer- and game-high average, 26 points to lead Ventura to a 92-64 victory up picked three fouls in the first 10 minutes and shot only five times in the first half. He in a Western State Conference interdivision finished with 16 points. game. shots "When he got three carly fouls, that Barnard made 12 of 17 and hit the -back bas- kind of sealed that," Ventura Coach Phil offensive boards for seven put kets.

Mathews said. Barnard helped compensate for two Calvin Curry, who recently was moved below -average performances. Flu-ridden into the Ventura starting lincup, scored 16 Lester Neal finished with 14 points and points, grabbed 13 rebounds and turned in slump-ridden Uba Satterfield scored six, a defensive play symbolic of the utter than nine points below his average. beating Ventura administered. Ventura (18-4) dominated without dom- Midway through the first half, West tinating performances from its dominant L.A.'s James Bova went up for a jump shot.

players. Curry blocked the ball so completely he West L.A. (10-9), the second-highest simply jerked the ball out of Bova's hands. scoring team in the WSC, trailed by as That is, of course, known as cating it many as 37 points, was trounced on the with Curry. defensive boards and made 23 of 74 Chris Vance came off the bench to score field- -goal attempts.

11, one of nine Ventura players who "We didn't look like our normal team," scored. Northridge Likely to Alter Its Game NCAA convention: Legislation is passed prohibiting Division I schools from competing at Division I or Ill" levels in football. By MIKE HISERMAN TIMES STAFF WRITER The Western Football Conference, among the strongest and most balanced Division I1 football alliances in the nation, was left facing a major overhaul after delegates had cast their votes Thursday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, Tenn. Legislation was passed prohibiting Division I schools from playing football at the Division II or Division III levels beginning in 1993. The measure affects four of the WFC': six teams, including Cal State Northridge.

Northridge Athletic Director Bob Hiegert, who voted against what was called Proposition 53, said the measure left CSUN with a few options but no concrete plans. "I don't know what we're going to do," he said. "We'll have to take a close look at what our choices are." Other WFC members feeling the same pinch are Santa Clara, Cal State Sacramento and Southern Utah State. Delegates softened the blow for some schools by passing a resolution creating a third classification of Division I football.Division I- Levels already in place are Division I- which allows the maximum number of scholarships (currently 95; 85 beginning in 1995) and places minimum requirements on stadium capacity and attendance on its members, and Division I-AA, which, as of 1994, will have a scholarship maximum of 63 (currently, it is 70). Guidelines for the newly established Division I-AAA level will be voted on at next year's convention, but both Hiegert and WFC Commissioner Vic Buccola said Thursday they expect that the classification will be designated as Such a design would placate Eastern Division I programs such as St.

John's and Georgetown, which currently compete at the nonscholarship Division III level in football. But it would do nothing for programs in the West such as Northridge, which has plans to build a multiple-purpose outdoor stadium. In a nonscholarship such as the proposed Division 1-AAA, the Matadors would be forced to travel to the East to find credible nonconference opponents or be left with games against small local colleges such as Redlands and Azusa Pacific. Hiegert said that a nonscholarship alternative "would not be in best interest." Buccola concurred on behalf of the WFC. "Division I-AAA just doesn't look like a real option," he said.

Buccola said that as many as nine Division I schools currently playing Division 11 football might introduce legislation at next year's convention in favor of the status quo. He also he said he expected such an attempt to fail. As he continued to ponder the day's events in his hotel room Thursday, Buccola said the most attractive alternative for the WFC might be to make a jump to the Division I- level while retaining scholarship limits within the conference similar to the 40 allowed in Division II. "I think that would be an excellent idea," Buccola said, adding that the option would be discussed at the WFC meetings Jan. 31- Feb.

1 at Southern Utah State. "Everyone is working on an equitable solution," Hiegert said. "I just hope it happens fast." GIRLS' BASKETBALL Goldstine had -high totals of 16 points and 14 rebounds for visiting Westlake (9-5, 3-1) in a Marmonte League game. Simi Valley 72-Agoura 29-Lori Church scored 21 points and grabbed cight rebounds to lead host Simi Valley (8-6, 2-2) in Marmonte League game. Simi Valley limited Agoura to six points or less the first three quarters.

GIRLS' SOCCER Chaminade 8, St. Paul 0-Laura Gross and Erin Norman each scored two goals for Chaminade (9-4-1, 1-1-1) In a Mission League match at St. (4-4, 0-2). Goalkeeper Heather Salzer recorded her ninth shutout. Chatsworth 7, Granada Hills 1-Kim Costantino and Mary Oades each scored two goals for visiting Chatsworth in the Valley Conference match, Teammates Erin Barry, Merridy Preis and Heather Gorman added goals for the Chancellors (9-0, 5-0), the two-time defending City Section champions.

Chatsworth has won 23 consecutive matches since losing to Agoura carly last season. CS NORTHRIDGE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW Coach Sets Sights High 1 Outlook: John Price expects his improved and make a strong bid By MIKE HISERMAN TIMES STAFF WRITER The Cal State Northridge men's volleyball team that will take the court today in the UC Santa Barbara tournament is remarkably similar to the one that pushed USC, the eventual national champion, to the last possible point before losing in the semifinals of the Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Assn. tournament last year. There are two notable exceptions. One is at setter, where redshirt sophomore Matt Unger has beaten out incumbent Gary Reznick.

The other, Coach John Price said, is that the Matadors should be better. A lot better. Whether that turns out to be good enough to earn Northridge its first trip to the Final Four depends on the progress of the nation's other top teams -USC, UCLA and Cal State Long men's team to be much for its first Final Four berth. Beach among them. "Based on what everyone had last' year, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say we.

were about a 7 or 8 at the end of the" season," Price said. "On the same scale this year, I'd say we're a 9. "Unfortunately, I don't think that's a fair scale to compare. I think just about, everyone is going to be better." So for Northridge, the question comes, how much? "We've made a huge jump in our of play," said Price, whose team isranked fourth behind No. 1 USC, No.

24 UCLA and No. 3 Cal State Long Beach, in Volleyball Monthly's preseason poll." "I think we have more room to improve, than SC or some of the other which of course is what has to happen." Northridge's strength is its murder-, er's row of hitters -sophomores Ken; Lynch and Coley Kyman and seniors: Raphael Tulino and Neil Coffman. "I don't think there are four guys Please see CSUN, C11 DAVID DOURER Los Angeles Times Senior hitter Raphael Tulino (10) figures to give the Cal State Northridge offense a big hand this season..