Hyatt, Boek lead UW to Super Regional berth

Sarah Hyatt blooped a single into center field to score Jessica Wilkinson in the sixth inning and the Washington Huskies went on to post a 2-0 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA women’s softball regional championship game at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., on Sunday.

The victory sends the No. 16 Huskies (34-20) into the Super Regional where they will open against No. 1 Michigan on Friday at a site yet to be determined.

Washington senior Ashley Boek (20-12) allowed just one hit in a complete-game effort. Dominique Lastrapes had four hits and drove in the Huskies’ other run, also in the sixth inning.

The lone hit for Iowa (50-14) was a slow-roller down the third-base line by Jenna Sprat in the third inning.

“It was a well-played ballgame,” said Washington coach Heater Tarr. “Ashley threw a great game… almost threw a no-hitter and did a great job defensively. Sarah’s hit up the middle to score Jessica was solid and whatever we had to do to score runs today, we did it.”

Tennis

Stanford won its second straight NCAA women’s tennis title, beating Texas 4-0 in Athens, Ga., to complete its second consecutive perfect season.

The Cardinal (27-0) have won 56 straight matches, 20 short of the school record set from 1988-91.

Stanford dominated Texas (25-6) from the outset, and got singles wins from Erin Burdette, Theresa Logar and Amber Liu. The Cardinal also won the doubles.

Stanford completed its third undefeated season under coach Lele Forood, who has a career record of 138-3. Overall, Stanford has won 14 NCAA team titles, and half of those teams finished with a perfect record.

Lacrosse

Northwestern won the NCAA women’s lacrosse championship in Annapolis, Md., finishing the season undefeated with a 13-10 victory over Virginia behind Kristen Kjellman’s five goals.

It was the Wildcats’ first NCAA title in any sport since 1941 in men’s fencing. Northwestern is the first school outside the Eastern time zone to capture the Division I women’s lacrosse championship.

Sarah Albrecht scored three goals and Aly Josephs added two for Northwestern (21-0), in its fourth season as a varsity program. For defending champion Virginia (17-5), Cary Chasney matched a championship game record with six goals.

•The ACC became the first conference to claim three spots in the semifinals of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament as Duke and Maryland posted quarterfinal wins to join Virginia and Johns Hopkins in the title chase in Philadelphia this weekend.

Matt Danowski scored five goals to lead Duke to an 11-8 victory over Cornell in the second game in Princeton, N.J.

The second-seeded Blue Devils (16-2) will face third-seeded Maryland (11-5), which defeated Georgetown 9-8 on a goal by Andrew Schwartzman with 56 seconds left in overtime in the first game.

Top-seeded Johns Hopkins (14-0) defeated Massachusetts 19-9, and fourth-seeded Virginia (11-3) beat Navy 10-8 on Saturday to gain Final Four spots.

•The College of New Jersey (16-2) won a record 11th NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse title with a 9-7 victory over Salisbury (17-1) behind Lauren Gossner’s five goals in Ewing, N.J.