The 14th-ranked Washington softball team swept host Portland State in a doubleheader yesterday, winning 14-4 in the opener and 9-0 in five innings in the second game.

In the opener, the Huskies (14-7) took the lead in the top of the first with a two-run home run by Kristen Rivera. However, the Vikings tied the score in the second inning with a two-run home run by Kayla Lewis.

PSU (4-10) took the lead in the third. Lauren McCarthy drove in two runs with a double to left-center.

The Huskies took the lead for good in the fourth. Caitlin Noble doubled with the bases loaded, and Torie Coury drove home another run on a ground out to give UW a 5-4 edge.

Sarah Hyatt and Aimee Minor hit home runs back to back in the fifth inning for the Huskies. Minor homered again in the seventh, this one going 250 feet to center field and clearing the secondary fence.

Noble (5-3) recorded the Game 1 win, holding Portland State to four hits, while striking out 13. Vanessa Holm (1-5) took the loss for PSU, allowing three hits and five runs over three innings.

In Game 2, Washington scored seven runs in the second inning, highlighted by Rivera's second career grand slam. Ashley Boek (9-4) picked up the win for UW, holding PSU to two hits.

Track and field

Clement's time of 44.57 seconds broke the mark of 44.63, set by Michael Johnson on March 4, 1995.

UW senior Kate Soma and junior Ashley Wildhaber finished second and fifth, respectively, in the pole vault to earn All-America honors. Husky Lindsey Egerdahl also earned the honor, finishing eighth in the mile.

A record 10 Huskies earned All-America honors at this year's championships. The UW women were tied for 16th with 13 points through 16 events. The men are tied for 25th with seven points.

• Seattle Pacific's Danielle Ayers-Stamper won the high jump at the Division II indoor championships in Boston, the only jumper to clear 5 feet, 8 inches. The Falcons' Karen Dickson was second in the 5,000 meters.

Western Washington juniors Hunter Verner and Tyler Thornbrue placed 12th and 13th, respectively, in the men's pole vault.

Ayers-Stamper is the first SPU national champion in 11 years.

Baseball

At Washington State 8,

Wayne Daman Jr. (3-0) got the win, allowing four hits and no runs in six innings for the Cougars (12-8). WSU senior Kaeo Rubin went 3 for 4 at the plate.

The Cougars sent 11 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring six runs before an out was recorded. Two runs came on bases-loaded walks.

Whitworth scored all of its runs in the bottom of the first inning in Game 1 of the Northwest Conference doubleheader. In Game 2, the Pirates scored the only run in the seventh when Aubri Azzarito scored on a Kristin Hanson hit.

The Washington were in 11th place after firing a 303 in Round 2 of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship in Las Vegas. The Huskies are 596 overall.

Sophomore Erik Olson was the top Husky on the leaderboard, in 22nd place at 143.

Laura Valaas of Whitman College placed ninth in the women's 15-kilometer cross-country freestyle at the NCAA championships near Stowe, Vt. Valaas, a junior, finished in 48 minutes, 7.8 seconds, earning All-America honors.

Tennis

The UW women fell 6-1 to USC in Seattle. Nicole Leimbach beat Dea Sumantri 1-6, 7-5, 1-0 (6-5) in the matchup of No. 1 singles.

• The Seattle University women took 18th place and the men finished 19th at the Division II championships in Orlando.

• UW freshman Bruno Barbic was invited to compete in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle events at the NCAA men's championships, March 24-26 in Minneapolis.

• Ray Nagel, former WSU athletic director, was selected for induction into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame. Nagel was the Cougars' AD from 1971-76. He hired basketball coach George Raveling and football coach Jackie Sherrill during that time.

Compiled from reports by college sports-information departments, The Associated Press and other sources.