Stokey Powers Gu Sweep

Adam Stokey homered in both games, giving him four for the season, and David Hixson worked a perfect ninth in both games of Gonzaga’s 5-4, 6-4 West Coast Conference baseball sweep of Saint Mary’s (12-24, 3-11) at Moraga, Calif., on Saturday.

GU (17-15, 8-5) led 5-0 in the first game and withstood a rally stoked by Jason Waugh’s three-run home run in the eighth. Hixson retired the side with a strikeout and two groundouts in the ninth.

In the second game, the Zags led 5-4 after Stokey’s two-run homer in the eighth. Hixson fanned two and coaxed a groundout in the ninth.

Jason Young struck out 15 in eight innings to lead seventh-ranked Stanford (24-9, 5-3) to an 11-3 win over Washington State in Pacific-10 play at Bailey-Brayton Field.

Young (4-0), a junior right-hander, fell one strikeout shy of his career high. He scattered seven hits, walked four and allowed three runs.

Stanford’s Joe Borchard hit a three-run home run in the first. Stanford had five hits during a four-run eighth, breaking open a 6-3 game.

Shawn Stevenson and Ray Hattenburg had two hits apiece for the Cougars (14-21, 2-6).

Erik Torres became the third player in school history to homer three times in a game, and Arizona (19-21, 4-7 Pac-10) tied a school record with six homers in a game during a 14-8 win at Washington.

Ron Hassey, in 1974, was the last Wildcats player with three home runs. Freshman Tyler Davidson went 3 for 4 and homered for Washington (13-16, 3-5).

Richard Brown hit his first home run, a two-run shot in the sixth for a 5-4 lead, and Whitworth (10-14, 5-5) defeated visiting Pacific 6-4 to split a Northwest Conference twinbill.

Adam Edwards homered twice and had six RBIs as the Boxers (4-17, 2-8) took the opener 14-13, overcoming Scott Biglin’s three home runs.

Biglin was 5 for 6 on the day, with five runs and five RBIs. Edwards’ two-run homer in the sixth of the nightcap gave Pacific a 4-3 lead.

Jason Nevils singled home Chad Keefer in the eighth, lifting Community Colleges of Spokane to a 5-4 victory at Walla Walla CC in the first game of a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges doubleheader.

WWCC scored in the ninth for a 5-4 win in the second game. For CCS, Josh Turrell had two RBIs in the opener and Chet Womach went 4 for 5, with two RBIs, in the second game.

Track and field

Whitworth’s men and women were team champions during their Northwest Conference Quadrangular meet at Boppell Track.

Annie Scott won the women’s 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs to help Whitworth to 80 points. Other Pirates women’s winners were Jessica Austin, high jump; Danielle Swift, javelin; and Mindy Bandy, shot put.

Whitworth’s men scored 83 points, with dominance in the sprints. Bryce McDonnell, Joel Robnett and Marshall Ochi took the top three spots in the 100 and 200, and Leo Suzuki won the 400. Other Pirates men’s winners were Nathan Porter, 3,000 steeplechase; Aaron Baldwin, triple jump; Whit Spencer, javelin; and the 1,600 relay.

WSU had seven double winners and swept team titles during a dual meet against visiting Utah State.

Winning twice were Anson Henry, men’s 100 and 200; Demetrius Murray, men’s long jump and triple jump; Ian Waltz, men’s shot put and discus; Francesca Sewell, women’s 100 and high jump; Randi Smith, women’s 400 and 400 hurdles; Agneta Rosenblad, women’s 100 hurdles and long jump; and Andrea Thornton, women’s shot put and hammer.

Thornton’s 187-foot, 9-inch hammer was a Mooberry Track and school record. Rosenblad’s 13.68 seconds in the 100 hurdles was also a school record.

Eastern Washington’s men won five events at Montana’s Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula.

Johnnie Williams, 100; Eric Boyd, 110 hurdles; Ryan Cole, javelin; Kurt Kraemer, triple jump; and the 400 relay team won for the Eagles men. EWU was 1-1-1 in team competition, defeating the host Grizzlies.

The EWU women finished 0-3. Kelly Holloway, in the discus, and Julie Nielson, in the hammer, placed second for the Eagles.

Golf

University of Arizona’s Reid Hatley, a freshman from Spokane’s Ferris High, slipped to a 73 in the second round of the U.S. Collegiate Championships in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Hatley’s total of 141 leaves him in eighth place, seven shots off the lead, entering today’s final round.

Arizona stands seventh in the team standings at 578, 15 shots behind pace-setting Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets (563) are one shot up on Florida, the first-round leader.

Softball

Kylee Curry’s three-run double to left-center capped a four-run seventh, lifting CCS to a 5-4 win in the opening game of a sweep over Big Bend at Spokane Falls CC.

Curry had a two-run single and Jill Miller added an RBI double during a five-run first, starting the Sasquatch (12-0 NWAACC) toward a 9-1 win in the second game.

Rebecca Triplett pitched a three-hitter in the second game and had an RBI single in the opener.

Hayley Boston (8-4) allowed four hits and one run over 10 innings, picking up both wins during Willamette’s 3-1, 4-1 Northwest Conference sweep at Whitworth.

Genesis Heath of the Bearcats (17-6, 8-3) had an RBI single in the opener, sparking a three-run seventh that included two errors by shortstop Penny Pearson. Willamette also had a three-run seventh in the second game, capped by Darcy Hertel’s two-run double.

Trisha Tang had the only RBI of the day for the Pirates (2-12, 2-5).

Tennis

Gonzaga’s fifth-seeded women swept No. 8 San Francisco 9-0 during the second day of the West Coast Conference championships at Santa Clara, Calif.

The Zags didn’t drop a set. No. 5 singles Antje Frychel lost just two games in defeating Nikki Kobayashi.

Gonzaga’s seventh-seeded men lost to No. 6 Saint Mary’s 7-0.

The Gaels didn’t drop a set. GU’s No. 2 doubles, Jeff Shin and Shaun Whitney, forced a 7-3 tiebreaker in their 9-8 loss to Tomas Filipcik and Thomas Burgermeister.

Men’s soccer

Brian Ching had a goal and an assist, allowing Gonzaga to tie the Seattle Sounders at 2 in an exhibition match in Pasco.