Two of the hottest women’s volleyball teams in the nation are separated by three miles on either side of Linda Vista Road.

The University of San Diego posted straight-set wins last week over San Francisco and Loyola Marymount to extend the Toreros’ winning streak to 11 straight matches. Now 18-4 overall and 11-0 in West Coast Conference play, USD has climbed 26 places in three weeks to rank 36th nationally.

And Mesa College ran its winning streak to 20 straight to move to 23-1 overall while remaining undefeated in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference action. The Olympians are ranked second to Feather River in the California Community College rankings.

A third local women’s college volleyball team on a run is Point Loma Nazarene (19-2, 7-0). The Sea Lions, who are ranked fifth in the nation among NCAA Division II teams, have won six straight matches. Saren Rogers had 24 kills, Sophia Baugh had 48 assists and Hailey Wilson had 21 digs in a 3-1 win at Vanguard.

Nemo Beach led the Toreros with 25 kills in last week’s two shutout wins. Isabel Clark had 17 kills and two aces. Ava Durgan had a career-high 13 kills against LMU. Olivia Bennett had 30 digs and Beach added seven in the two wins. Kylie Munday had 62 assists.

Men’s soccer

USD’s eight-ranked men’s soccer team stretched its winning streak to four straight, beating Pacific 1-0 at Alcala Park on Iain Wagner’s sixth goal of the season. The Toreros are 11-2-3.

• San Diego State (7-6-2) will face San Jose Sunday in Riverside in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament opener after losing its regular-season finale 2-1 to league champion Cal Baptist.

• UC San Diego (2-8-7) opens Big West Tournament play on Wednesday at top-seeded Cal Poly.

• Cal State San Marcos (6-7-3) defeated UC Merced 1-0 to clinch a California Collegiate Athletic Association playoff berth. Brooklyn Baker’s 74th-minute goal was the difference.

• Point Loma Nazarene (11-3-1) scored a 2-1 win at Westmont. The Sea Lions are ranked 14th among the nation’s Division II teams.

• Defending state champion Cuyamaca College (15-1-2, 9-1-1) defeated MiraCosta College 2-0 on a pair of Diego Esquivel goals to maintain a one-game conference lead on MiraCosta (8-2-1, 9-3-6) and Palomar (8-2-1, 10-5-3).

Women’s soccer

San Diego State (9-4-6) rides a three-game winning streak into Wednesday night’s Mountain West Tournament semifinal against top-ranked Boise State in Idaho. The Aztecs defeated Colorado State 1-0 in their tourney opener. Mia Hambro Svendsen scored the game’s only goal on a pass from Charlie Gerson in the 84th minute, while freshman goalkeeper Kailey Carlen turned in the shutout.

• Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Charlotte Wilfert made six saves in her ninth shutout of the season to lead UC San Diego (5-6-8) to a 1-0 win over UC Santa Barbara. Alexis Nguyen scored the game’s lone goal in the 81st minute.

• Cal State San Marcos (7-5-4) beat Merced 1-0 after losing 2-1 at No. 4 Cal Poly Pomona.

• USD (4-5-7) suffered a 4-1 loss at San Francisco

• Julia Pinnell recorded her sixth shutout as PLNU (7-3-4) scored a 1-0 win at Westmont after losing 2-1 to Azusa Pacific at home.

• Jaedyn Thibedeau (Mira Mesa High School) scored nine goals in two wins for PCAC-leading Miramar College (9-2-3, 11-4-4). Following the Jets are Southwestern (9-2-2, 11-2-4), Palomar (8-1-4, 10-2-5) and MiraCosta (8-1-3, 9-4-4).

Men’s tennis

San Diego State lost to Loyola Marymount in the championship match of the Jack Kramer Classic after defeating UC Santa Barbara and UCLA. The Aztec doubles teams of Denis Maijorov-William Kleege (Torrey Pines High School) and Aleksi Lofman-Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice (California Pacific Charter School) each went 3-0 over the three days

JC football

Southwestern College (6-3) suffered a third straight loss Saturday by a 48-7 count at Saddleback.

• Mesa College (4-5) won 35-31 at Mt. San Jacinto. Quarterback Reggie Johnson (Madison High School) completed 19 of 33 passes for 333 yards and four touchdowns. Wide receiver Aleonte Logan (Morse High School) had seven catches for 126 yards and two scores, while wide receiver Troy Bassler had seven catches for 118 yards and a touchdown.

• Palomar College (2-7) won 31-27 at Chaffey. Quarterback Jakob Harris (Oceanside High School) completed 19 of 35 passes for 397 yards and three touchdowns. Furious Hoskins had six catches for 102 yards. Hunter Stowe (Oceanside High School) went 98 yards on one catch.

• Grossmont College (5-4) lost 30-13 to San Bernardino Valley College.