The two-time defending men’s volleyball champion UCLA will have a national championship rematch of last year’s final with Long Beach State today after both teams won their semifinal matches on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

The No. 3-seeded Bruins swept No. 2 seed Hawaii 25-14, 25-23, 25-23 to return to the final.

Sean Kelly had 13 kills and Zach Rama added 10 for the Bruins (22-6), who have never lost to Hawaii in the NCAA Tournament

That was after top-seeded Long Beach State topped No. 5 Pepperdine in four sets, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23.

Long Beach State freshman Moni Nikolov broke the NCAA single-season aces record in the match. The 6-foot-10 setter needed three to tie the record of 100, and finished with five for 102. He recorded a double-double with a season-high 52 assists and 10 digs. He also contributed six kills and a block assist as he piloted the Beach to a .482 hitting percentage. Nato Dickinson and Alex Kandev had 19 kills apiece.

Long Beach State (29-3) will make its 11th NCAA national championship appearance looking for its fourth national title in the last seven seasons.

NHL PLAYOFFS

Reilly Smith scored with 0.4 seconds left on a shot that deflected in off Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl’s stick to give the Vegas Golden Knights a stunning 4-3 victory in Game 3 on Saturday night in Edmonton, Alberta.

Vegas cut Edmonton’s lead to 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinal series after Oilers star Connor McDavid tied it with 3:02 to go with a centering pass that went in off defender Brayden McNabb’s skate.

After Corey Perry gave Edmonton an early 2-0 lead, Nicolas Roy and Smith tied it with goals in a 54-second span late in the first period.

William Karlsson put the Golden Knights in front with 2:55 left in the second, beating goalie Stuart Skinner off a give-and-go play with Noah Hanifin. Adin Hill made 17 saves for Vegas.

Hurricanes 4, Capitals 0: Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal while Frederik Andersen had 21 saves as Carolina beat Washington for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series late Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.

Svechnikov beat Logan Thompson at 12:34 of the second for the game’s first goal in what turned out to be the start of Carolina’s game-seizing surge.

Jack Roslovic added a power-play goal late in the second period, while Eric Robinson charged up the left side to beat Thompson early in the third to make it 3-0.

HOCKEY

The Unites States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its second shutout victory at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday in Herning, Denmark.

Frank Nazar had two goals and an assist, Cutter Gauthier scored twice and Conor Garland and Logan Cooley added a goal and an assist each for the Americans in the Group B game in Herning.

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 13 shots.

The U.S. will face Switzerland today.

COLLEGE WATER POLO

Serena Browne and Juliette Dhalluin took over when Stanford needed them most as the Cardinal rallied from an early deficit to pull away late and beat USC 11-7 to win the NCAA Women’s Water Polo championship on Sunday in Indianapolis.

After USC led early 3-1 and was poised to take a lead into halftime, Dhalluin, a redshirt sophomore from France, scored in the final second of the first half for a 6-6 tie at the break, and she scored again 6:47 of the third quarter for a 7-6 lead Stanford would not relinquish.

Browne, a redshirt freshman from Montreal, then tallied twice in a about a three-minute span for a 9-6 lead.

This was the fourth meeting between the two elite programs this season, and the third victory for Stanford. The Cardinal’s only loss in 26 matches this season was 12-11 to the Trojans in March.

Dhalluin had three goals and an assist, Jenna Flynn had two goals and two assists, Kamryn Barone had two goals and an assist for Stanford. Christine Carpenter, a sophomore from Yucaipa, had nine saves for the Cardinal.

Emily Ausmus, a freshman from Riverside King, had a goal and two assists, Meghan McAninch had two goals, and Anna Reed had 11 saves for USC (29-5).

GOLF

Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par on the 16th hole and shot a 2-under 68, outdueling Shane Lowry on Sunday in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season.

After Lowry missed the green with his tee shot at the 212-yard, par-3 16th, Straka hit to approximately 30 feet. Lowry chipped out of the heavy rough but failed to convert a 6-foot par putt, falling a shot behind.

Lowry missed a potential tying 22-footer for birdie at the lengthy par-4 17th and after driving into trouble at the stout 514-yard, par-4 closing hole, he finished with a three-putt bogey.

A tense back-nine duel between the two had an anticlimactic ending as Straka made a no-pressure, two-putt par and joined Rory McIlroy (three victories) as a multiple winner on tour this season.

Lowry’s even-par 70 left him in a tie for second with Justin Thomas (67), who made a late run at the leaders. Patrick Cantlay (65), Jacob Bridgeman (65) and Tommy Fleetwood 65) finished tied for fourth at 12 under.

Murrieta Valley High grad Rickie Fowler shot a second consecutive 69 to finish at 8-under in a tie for 15th.

Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand played bogey-free over the final 27 holes, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory over Celine Boutier in the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City, N.J. Nelly Korda was within one shot of Thitikul until driving into the hazard on the par-4 ninth hole and taking bogey. It was a downward spiral from there.

TENNIS

Defending champion Alexander Zverev advanced at the Italian Open on Sunday by beating qualifier Vilius Gaubas 6-4, 6-0 in the third-round match in Rome and will next play Arthur Fils, a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 winner over Stefanos Tsitsipas. Carlos Alcaraz overcame Laslo Djere 7-6 (2), 6-2 and will next face Karen Khachanov.

Among the women, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka beat American Sofia Kenin in three sets, Coco Gauff won in straight sets over Magda Linette, and Emma Raducanu beat Veronika Kudermetova in three sets.