Mixed Results For WSU Rowers

College rowing/soccer

The Washington State women’s rowing team had morning success and afternoon disappointment Saturday at the Stanford Invitational at Redwood Shores, Calif.

The Cougars swept three morning races, including a 7.6-second victory over the host Cardinal in the varsity 8. Sixteenth-ranked WSU finished in 6 minutes, 50.27 seconds. WSU’s second varsity 8 finished with a time of 6:59.80 and bested Stanford by 22.7 seconds.

The WSU novice 8 completed the sweep with a time of 7:10, finishing ahead of both the Cardinal (7:35) and USC (7:43).

In the afternoon session, WSU’s varsity 4 (7:22.43) opened by defeating USC.

However, the two varsity 8 boats were defeated by USC. The second varsity 8 finished in 6:45, 4 seconds behind USC. In the varsity 8 race, WSU was 4.4 seconds behind ninth-ranked USC, which finished with a time of 6:44.03.

The Stanford Invitational continues today, with WSU racing Kansas in the morning session before going up against San Diego State in the afternoon session.

Soccer

Idaho split two games at the Montana women’s soccer tournament, losing to the University of Montana 1-0 and defeating the Minnesota Blackhawks 1-0.

In the Vandals’ win, Sara Best, Idaho’s leading scorer, connected off an assist from Crystal Herzog in the 19th minute.

Amy Wronski scored Montana’s goal at the 8-minute mark.

The Spokane Chill defeated Western Washington 4-0 and lost to Montana 3-1.