Aotani 2nd in Golf Tourney

University of San Diego’s Creighton Aotani finished second to UC Irvine’s William Wanagisawa Wednesday at the Point Loma Nazarene Invitational Golf Tournament. Aotani shot a one-under-par 142 at Rancho San Diego, three shots behind Wanagisawa.

UC Irvine won the team title, beating Grand Canyon (Ariz.) by 21 strokes and USD by 24. UC San Diego finished fourth, PLNC ninth.

BASEBALL

Point Loma Nazarene lost to The Master’s College, 8-4, in a nonconference game at PLNC. Mark Ratekin led the Crusaders with two singles.

Andy Martin went three for five with a triple, two home runs and three RBIs for The Master’s (19-14). PLNC is 15-24.

COLLEGE SIGNINGS

Kristin Jones became the third Grossmont College women’s volleyball player to sign a national letter of intent with an NCAA Division I university, and a fourth Griffin might be signing within a few days.

Jones, an outside hitter from British Columbia, Canada, signed with Boston’s Northeastern University. Heather Reynolds, a defensive specialist and a graduate of Grossmont High, is considering a scholarship offer from Northeastern.

Earlier this spring, Carla Klingshirn, a setter who played at Granite Hills High, signed with Cal State Los Angeles, and Eliana Penido, an outside hitter from Brazil, signed with Cal.

Klingshirn, Penido and Reynolds played on Grossmont’s 1989 state championship team. The Griffins (23-6) finished second in the state last fall.

Luke Pettorini, a two-year starter for MiraCosta’s basketball team who left in the middle of the season for personal reasons, signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to attend Cal State Los Angeles on a full athletic scholarship. Pettorini, who averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds per game, is a 6-foot-4 guard/forward who graduated from Carlsbad High in 1989 but last played for the Lancers in 1988.

“I’m real excited, I’m looking forward to going up there to play,” he said. “After speaking with Coach (Henry) Dyer, I felt there was good chemistry. They graduate almost all their players and that’s one of my main reasons for going to school, I want to get my degree. The way he talked to me, it sounded like I fit in with the program.”