The 24th-ranked Stanford baseball team held off a Washington rally to beat the Huskies 6-3 yesterday in Stanford, Calif., sweeping the three-game Pac-10 series.

The Cardinal (24-14 overall, 7-5 Pac-10) took the early lead as John Hester led off the second inning with his third home run of the season, then Michael Taylor scored on a double from left-fielder Chris Lewis. In the third, Taylor scored again, this time on a double from Chris Minaker, who in turn came home on a Ben Summerhays single.

The Huskies (24-17, 4-8) cut the deficit to two in the fourth after freshman Matt Hague hit a solo home run, his sixth of the year.

In the seventh, UW cut the deficit to one as freshman Kiel Lillibridge hit an RBI single and his brother, junior Brent Lillibridge, brought home a run with a sacrifice fly. However, the Huskies got no closer.

UW junior Matt Kasser (3-4) took the loss, allowing two runs and three hits in 1-1/3 innings.

Other baseball

No. 9 Oregon State 8, Washington State 1

Oregon State 7, Washington State WSU 6

The Cougars (18-23, 0-12 Pac-10) suffered a three-game sweep at the hands of the Beavers (30-7, 9-3 Pac-10). OSU starter Anton Maxwell (7-0) threw a one-hit, complete-game shutout in Game 1. The only hit he allowed was a solo home run by Brady Everett.

WSU's Jimmy Freeman (6-4) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on nine hits in seven innings.

In Game 2, the Beavers led 4-0 after three innings, two runs coming on a third-inning homer by Mitch Canham. WSU rallied for a 6-4 lead with a four-run eighth inning but surrendered three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Softball

UW 22, at Nevada 1

UW 14, Nevada 0

The Huskies (24-15) had a combined 38 hits against Nevada (21-23) in the doubleheader. Both games ended on the five-inning mercy-rule.

In Game 1, Washington had 24 hits and six home runs — both school records. Huskies senior Kathy Fiske hit her fifth career grand slam, also a UW record.

Note

• The Gonzaga women's tennis team fell 4-1 to Portland at the West Coast Conference Championships in San Diego, finishing eighth in the conference.

Compiled from reports by college sports-information departments.