Ex-Mead Golfer Materne Second At Big West Finals

San Jose State senior Nicole Materne of Mead finished second in the Big West women’s golf championships in Las Cruces, N.M., on Sunday.

Materne had rounds of 71, 76 and 75 to place second behind teammate Janice Moody. San Jose won the team title by 40 strokes.

Materne advances to the NCAA Tournament next month.

Eryn Remington of Washington State is tied for 13th after the first round of the Pac-10 women’s golf championships Monday in Corvallis, Ore.

Remington fired a first-round 75. Heather Graff of Richland and the University of Arizona leads the tournament with a 68.

Arizona State leads the team competition with a 286. WSU is ninth at 322.

Washington State’s Craig Looper shot a finalround 74 to tie for 60th in the Stanford tournament.

Looper finished at 225. Stanford’s Casey Martin won at 206 to lead the Cardinal to a winning threeround total of 853. WSU was 20th out of 27 with a 905.

Six area golfers, led by Mark Gardner, are within 10 shots of the lead going into today’s final round of the 54-hole Sentry Markets/Al C. Giusti Memorial Invitational golf tournament in Vancouver, Wash.

Gardner, the pro at The Creek at Qualchan, has a 36-hole total of 140 after Monday’s 4-under 68, a stroke back of leader Pat Fitzsimons of 82nd Ave. Range. Gardner and partner Jerry Camp lead the Blue Bell Pro-Am by seven shots with a 121.

Other area golfers, their second-round scores and 36-hole totals: Gary Lindeblad, Indian Canyon, 73-145; Dan Koesters, University of Idaho, 72-146; Chris Mitchell, Sun Dance, 74-147; Steve Prugh, Manito, 77-149; and Mark Rohde, Veradale, 75-149.

Baseball

Gonzaga University left fielder Brendan Hare, who hit .538 for four games, has been named the Pacific-10 Conference North baseball Player of the Week.

Hare went 7-for-13 with two game-winning RBIs, three runs scored, four RBIs, two doubles, a .692 slugging percentage and a .467 on-base percentage. His two-run single on Wednesday sparked a four-run fourth inning in a 4-2 win over Washington State. His sacrifice fly scored the first run in a three-run second inning Sunday as Gonzaga downed Portland 5-2.

Track and field

Francesca Green, a 5-foot-9 senior at Kamiakin High in Kennewick, has signed a national letter of intent to join Washington State women’s this fall.

“Fran is clearly the most versatile athlete in the state right now,” said WSU women’s coach Rob Cassleman. “She is going to fill a big need in our jumps area and will get duty in the sprint events too.”

Green, third cousin of NFL speedster Darrell Green, won the state 200-meter title in 24.94 seconds last spring. She also was runner-up in the 100 (12.04), high jump (5-foot-9) and long jump (19-1 1/2).

Green placed third in the long jump with a careerbest mark of 19 feet, 3 inches in the 1994 USA Junior National Meet in Jacksonville, Fla. She also had a personal high jump best of 5-10 last summer.