Redshirt freshman Ricky Lloyd completed just 2 of 8 passes for 25 yards, but still Southern Miss still had a chance to upset No. 19 Louisville before falling 21-17 on a rain-soaked Saturday night in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Lloyd -- the Golden Eagles' third-string quarterback from Concord High -- made his first college start because of injuries to starter Chris Campbell and backup Anthony Alford.

"Let's face it -- the rain and water conditions hampered everybody's throwing game," Southern Miss coach Ellis Johnson said.

The Cardinals (5-0) trailed 17-6 midway through the second quarter but scored 15 unanswered points for the win.

Southern Miss (0-4) had a chance to win on the final drive, but a halfback pass by Desmond Johnson fell incomplete on fourth down.

  • Kristina Graven had 18 kills and 13 digs, leading the Saint Mary's women's volleyball team (8-7, 3-1) to a 25-15, 25-11, 19-25, 26-24 upset of No. 11 BYU (15-1, 3-1) at McKeon Pavilion. On Thursday the Gaels beat No. 18 Pepperdine.

  • Megan Anders had 12 kills and six blocks, and host Santa Clara (12-5, 2-1 WCC) scored a 25-18, 25-22, 21-25 and 25-17 women's volleyball win over No. 18 Pepperdine (10-6, 1-3).

  • Aleksa Saponjic had four goals as the No. 4 Cal men's water polo team routed Air Force 22-3 at the SoCal Invitational in Santa Barbara. The Bears then fell to UC Irvine 13-11 despite Collin Smith's three goals. No. 3 Stanford split its two games,
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    beating Princeton 13-6 and falling 12-9 to UC Santa Barbara. Bret Bonnani led the Cardinal with six goals on the day.

  • Stanford won both the men's and women's team titles at its cross country invitational at Stanford Golf Course. The Cardinal's Joseph Rosa was third in the men's race, completing the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes, 10 seconds. John Gilbertson of Master's College won in 24:07. Saint Mary's Rajpaul Pannu (Hercules High/Diablo Valley College) finished 12th in 24:35. Stanford's Kathy Kroeger won the 6,000-meter women's race in 20:13.

    Synchro swimming

    Stanford's Mariya Koroleva and duet partner Mary Killman were named USA Synchronized Swimming's athletes of the year, while Santa Clara native Kim Wurzel-LoPorto was coach of the year.

    Koroleva and Killman were 11th in their Olympic debut in London. Koroleva, of Concord, had competed for the Walnut Creek Aquanuts, whereas Killman competed for the Santa Clara Aquamaids.

    Wurzel-LoPorto led Incarnate Word of San Antonio to the high point title at the 2012 national championships. Walnut Creek's Kim Probst won the developmental coaching award.

    Golf

    Stan Kinsey shot a 5-under 66 to take the lead in stroke-play qualifying for the USGA Senior Amateur in West Caldwell, N.J. The top 64 after Sunday's round advance to match play. Pleasant Hill's Gary Vanier was tied for ninth at 70.

    Staff writer Elliott Almond and wire services contributed to this report.