Eastern’s season ends with loss to Weber St.

Eastern Washington’s women’s soccer season came to an end as the Eagles fell 2-0 to Weber State in the semifinals of the Big Sky Championships in Ogden, Utah.

Shelli Gough opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Rochelle Hoover immediately doubled the lead in 13th.

The Eagles (4-11-3) were outshot by Weber State (13-4-1) 23-10, including 12-2 in the first half. Eastern goalkeeper Tiera Como made 13 saves, finishing the season with 121.

•Rebecca Conroy scored in the ninth minute and Alison Hudson added a second 40 minutes later as Lewis & Clark blanked Whitworth 2-0 in Northwest Conference action in Portland.

Goalkeeper Nora Germano made five saves for the Pioneers (7-9-3, 5-8-2), who earned their seventh shutout of the season. Jenn Miller had five for the Pirates (7-8-3, 6-7-2).

College volleyball

Washington State put forth a valiant effort, winning the first two games before losing the next three and falling to No. 18 California 23-30, 27-30, 30-12, 30-19, 15-10 in Pac-10 action in Pullman.

Jen Barcus led the Cougars (8-17, 1-11) with 15 kills. Kelly Rosin and Brittany Johnson added 10 kills apiece, as WSU outblocked Cal (15-6, 8-4) 21-13.5.

Angie Pressey led the Golden Bears with 20 kills, and Alicia Powers added 18.

•Sanja Tomasevic had a season-high 26 kills and hit .548 as No. 2 Washington swept No. 4 Stanford 30-21, 30-26, 30-16 in Pac-10 action in Seattle, the first time in the Huskies have swept the Cardinal in their season series.

Washington (21-0, 12-0) is one win short of tying the program record for consecutive wins to start a season, a record set last year.

The Huskies hit .349 to Stanford’s .229 and dominated the Cardinal (20-4, 9-3), racking up 60 kills to Stanford’s 41.

•Cintia Alessi had 13 kills and Konae Purcell had 10 and hit .400 as North Idaho swept Salt Lake 30-27, 30-22, 30-24 in Scenic West Athletic Conference action in Coeur d’Alene.

The Cardinals (28-4, 8-1) also got eight kills and a .421 attack percentage from Daidre Mendenhall en route to a .306 team hitting percentage. They held Salt Lake to a .139 attack percentage.

College basketball

Channing Frye and Salim Stoudamire are in the NBA. A big blow for Arizona, to be sure, but don’t assume the Wildcats are in rebuilding mode this season.

They return 10 lettermen and were picked to repeat as Pac-10 champions by the media Thursday. Washington State was picked to finish ninth.

“We have the best depth we’ve ever had,” coach Lute Olson said in an Associated Press story, describing the selection as “a testament to the program through the years.”

The Wildcats totaled 325 points and 23 first-place votes by media covering the conference. Stanford was second with 294 points and nine first-place votes, while UCLA was third with 263 points and two first-place votes.

Arizona has won or shared the conference title 11 times in Olson’s 22 seasons in Tucson. The Wildcats finished a game in front of second-place Washington last season. UW, which won the Pac-10 tourney, are picked fourth this season.

Stanford is coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance in coach Trent Johnson’s first season, when the Cardinal went 18-13.

California was picked to finish fifth and will be bolstered by the return of Leon Powe from reconstructive knee surgery that cost him all of last season.

Oregon was picked sixth, followed by Oregon State, Southern California, Washington State and Arizona State.

Arena football

Former Eastern Washington Eagle Anthony Griffin has signed with the arenafootball2 expansion Spokane Shock, team officials said.

Griffin, a wide receiver and defensive back, played for the Wichita Stealth in 2004, catching 53 passes and seven touchdowns.

Last year with the San Diego Riptide, Griffin rushed for 62 yards and had 24 receptions for 258 yards.

Griffin was an All-Big Sky Conference linebacker in 2001 who ranks 17th on EWU’s career tackles list.