Sports briefs: Marin Catholic girls take down Cardinal Newman

Gracyn Lovette scored 19 points as the Marin Catholic girls basketball team took down Cardinal Newman on Saturday.

Anna Schraeder added 12 points and Cecily Hadd scored eight for the Wildcats (2-0). MC used a 15-5 third quarter to take control of a close game.

MC opens MCAL play on Tuesday against San Marin then hosts the LadyCat Classic from Thursday until Saturday.

• Lovette scored a team-high 18 points to lead Marin Catholic to a 57-48 victory against West County in the season opener. Sophomore Madie Dayton poured in 12 points for MC while Schuyler Kallmeyer and Hadd each scored nine.
• Keeley Wright scored 17 points as San Marin fell against Pinole Valley, 54-45, on Saturday. Selina Ruano scored 10 and Maddy Chocker added six for the Mustangs (0-2). ” I schedule tough,” San Marin coach Tony Butler said. “We’re expecting some lumps early but we’re excited about where we are going to get to.”
• Ambelia Rodas scored a game-high 28 points to pace the San Rafael High girls basketball team to a 62-45 victory in its season opener against Healdsburg on Saturday. Mary Healy posted a huge double-double with 12 points and 21 rebounds. Marucelia Rodas had eight points and Ellie Diaz pulled down 10 rebounds.

Women’s basketball

Brittney Cedano had a strong, all-around game but cold shooting doomed Dominican University in a 66-49 road loss to Humboldt State in Arcata on Saturday night.

Cedano scored eight points, pulled down 12 rebounds and had four steals — part of a defensive effort that saw the Penguins force 21 turnovers.

Riley Friauf again led the team in scoring with 18 points while grabbing eight rebounds. The Penguins were cold from outside the arc, however, making just one three-pointer while the Lumberjacks made 11 shots from downtown.

Men’s basketball

Dominican hung around for a half but was unable to keep pace after the break in a 61-43 home loss to Stanislaus State on Saturday.

Anthony Dennis paced the Penguins (1-3) with eight points. Dominican trailed 23-22 at the half and was outscored 38-21 the rest of the way. The Penguins were limited to 37.5% shooting for the game and made three of their 17 attempts from beyond the arc.