Nc-Ashville Stops Gu

Another strong pitching performance failed to result in victory for the Gonzaga University baseball team Wednesday as North Carolina-Ashville trimmed the Bulldogs 3-2 in the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic at Fresno, Calif.

UNCA scored two unearned runs in the second inning, then broke a 2-2 tie with a single run in the top of the seventh. Gonzaga (7-6) has lost three of its last five games, all by one run.

Depending on later results Wednesday, GU will be seeded third or fourth out of their bracket for today’s cross-divisional games.

Robbie Crain’s run-scoring single in the sixth inning proved to be the winning run as North Idaho College (3-5) defeated Community Colleges of Spokane (2-4) 6-4 at Spokane Falls CC.

Taylor West had three hits, including a triple and a run-scoring double, for the Cardinals. Pete Doumit drove in two of the four runs scored by the Sasquatch.

Golf

Ryan Benzel shared second place with a total of 176 for the abbreviated Pilot Spring Invitational men’s tournament in Portland, helping the University of Idaho to a fifth-place finish.

Oregon State, led by medalist Kyle Hudson (173) won the team title with a 717. Idaho scored 736.

Washington State University’s Jennifer Dodd shot 76 for the second straight day to finish with a 54-hole total of 230 for 15th place in the Spartan Invitational women’s tournament in Monterey, Calif.

WSU was seventh among the 14 teams with a total of 939, one ahead of UW.