NW Briefs | UW softball team subdues Stanford

Ashlyn Watson was 3 for 3 and Aleah Macon had 12 strikeouts to lead No. 25 Washington over No. 7 Stanford 4-1 in a Pac-10 softball game Saturday at Husky Softball Stadium.

One day after striking out nine in a complete-game win over California, Macon (13-5) allowed just four hits while striking out 12 in going the distance against the Cardinal (33-7, 0-5 Pac-10).

Washington (24-11-1, 3-2 Pac-10) took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run single by Watson and a run-scoring ground out by Alicia Blake.

WASHINGTON 4, STANFORD 1

Stanford	000 001 0 -- 1 4 0
Washington	301 000 X -- 4 8 1

Penna, Chinn (5) and Neill; Macon and Fleischman. WP -- Macon (13-5). LP -- Penna (22-6). Sv -- None. HRs -- Stanford: Neill (16). A -- 681.

Arizona beats UW in baseball

David Coulon threw a seven-hit shutout as the No. 18 Arizona baseball team beat Washington 5-0 at Husky Ballpark.

The Wildcats (15-10, 3-5 Pac-10) drew even in the three-game series. Coulon (5-2) allowed one walk while striking out five.

Aaron Russell had three hits for the Huskies (19-9, 2-3). Cam Nobles (2-1) allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits in 6-2/3 innings.

ARIZONA 5, WASHINGTON 0

Arizona	100 000 310 -- 5 6 0
Washington	000 000 000 -- 0 7 1

Coulon and Butler, Childs (8). Nobles, Cribby (7), Brown (8) and Wilcox. WP -- Coulon (5-2). LP -- Nobles (2-1). HR -- UA, Ziegler (10). A -- 599.

UW, WSU crews advance in San Diego

The Washington men's varsity eight was one of five Huskies crews that won heats during the first day of the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay.

All three Huskies men's boats registered the fastest preliminary times in their respective events. The Huskies also clocked the best preliminary time in the women's junior-varsity eight, while the women's novice eight won its heat.

Those five heat winners, along with Washington's third-place women's varsity eight, will compete in their respective grand-final races today.

The UW men's varsity eight, which was undefeated in 2007, had a time of 5 minutes, 41.60 seconds, the fastest of the day on the 2,000-meter course.

Washington State also advanced all three competing crews into the finals. Its women's varsity eight finished second to USC in its heat.

Women's tennis

Freshman Venise Chan prevailed in a third-set tiebreak in No. 1 singles to send Washington to a 4-3 upset of 12th-ranked Arizona State at Nordstrom Tennis Center.

Chan beat Nadia Abdala 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) as the Huskies (12-8, 2-5 Pac-10) earned their first win over a top-25 opponent in three years.

• Ekaterina Burduli earned career win No. 87 as host Washington State (12-9, 1-6 Pac-10) beat Arizona 5-2.

Other rowing

Washington won five of its six races at the Husky Open on the Montlake Cut. Washington's third varsity crew won the featured men's race. The UW men also won the varsity-four race. Three UW crews won races on the women's side, including the varsity four, novice eight and novice four. Washington State finished first in the women's varsity eight.

Green Lake Crew won five of the seven races for juniors.

• Western Washington dominated the women's division at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational Regatta on Vancouver (Wash.) Lake.

Track and field

Washington's men and women combined to post eight NCAA regional qualifying marks and win five events at a meet in Eugene, Ore.

Senior Amanda Miller was third in the women's 1,500 in 4:21.26. Senior Michelle Turner ran 2:08.31 in the women's 800 for a third-place finish. Sophomore Katie Follett placed second in the women's 5,000 in 16:22.78.

Junior Dave Nyland won the javelin with a personal-best throw of 226-0. Freshman Elisa Bryant went straight to No. 2 on UW's hammer list with a throw of 173-7. In the men's hammer, sophomore Zack Midles finished third at 198-5.

Senior James Fredrickson won the men's 400 hurdles in 52.16. Senior Norris Frederick won the men's long jump (24-10) and high jump (6-7 ½).

• Washington State athletes reaching NCAA regional qualifying marks at the Texas Relays in Austin: Jeshua Anderson won the men's 400 hurdles in 49.68; Lorraine King, women's 400 hurdles, 58.39; Jon Jeffreys, men's javelin, 229-10; and Marissa Tschida, women's javelin, 159-3.

Four more Cougars reached qualifying marks at the Stanford meet: Moreno Zapata won the men's triple jump in 49-5 ¾; Collier Lawrence won the women's 3,000 steeplechase in 10:25.27; Lisa Egami, women's 1,500, 4:27.45; and Trent Arrivey, men's high jump, 7-0 ½.

• Western Washington freshman Megan Zukowski won the women's 100, placed second in the 200 and ran legs on the victorious 400 and 1,600 relays as the Vikings won both the men's and women's titles at the J.D. Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma.

For Seattle U., Travis Glover won the men's 200 (22.50) and Katie Hansen won the women's 1,500 (4:47.91).

Women's golf

Anya Alvarez shot a career-best 5-under 67 to help Washington climb four spots in the standings into a tie for 11th after the second round of the Arizona State Invitational.

Swimming

Olympian Tara Kirk from Bremerton won the women's 100 breaststroke in 1:07.33 at the Stanford Grand Prix. Megan Jendrick from Puyallup was second in 1:08.18.

Ariana Kukors from Auburn won the 200 backstroke in 2:15.70 and was second in the 200 IM in 2:13.71.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.