Zags defeat Vandals

Sat., Oct. 1, 2005

The Spokesman-Review

Gonzaga tied a program record with its fifth straight win, as the Bulldogs defeated the Idaho Vandals 3-1 in a non-conference women’s soccer match at Martin Field on Friday.

Lori Conrad, Cristin Leverson and Nanda McCormick all scored for Gonzaga (7-2-1), and Beth Drollinger provided two of the assists as Idaho (2-8) dropped its sixth straight match.

•Cyeeta Mott scored on a pass from Beth Russell in the 25th minute as Eastern Washington defeated Montana 1-0 in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams.

Junior Tiera Como (East Valley) had four saves to earn her second straight shutout for the Eagles (2-6-2). Montana (2-6-1) outshot Eastern 19-9.

•Alix Rustrum scored two goals and Haley Thompson-Miller added a goal and two assists to give Washington State (6-3-1) a 4-0 non-conference win over San Francisco (2-9) at Pullman.

Volleyball

Addie Webster’s 12 kills and 10 digs led Eastern Washington to a 3-0 sweep of Northern Arizona (2-11, 1-2) in Big Sky Conference play at Reese Court in Cheney.

Ashley Jensen added 11 kills for the Eagles (10-4, 2-1).

•Kim Glass had 16 kills and 10 digs, and Kristina Baum added 14 kills and 11 digs as No. 13 Arizona (11-1, 3-0) swept Washington State in Pac-10 play at Bohler Gym in Pullman.

Te’Ara Epps led the Cougars (7-8, 0-2) with 13 kills and five blocks.

•Christal Morrison and Sanja Tomasevic each had 14 kills as second-ranked Washington (11-0, 2-0) swept Arizona State (6-7, 1-2) in Pac-10 play at Seattle.

•Natalie Danielson (CC Spokane) had 16 kills and five blocks to lead No. 24 Whitworth (8-2, 4-0 Northwest Conference) to a four-game victory over Puget Sound (6-2, 3-1) at Tacoma.

Men’s soccer

Junior Ybarra scored on a give-and-go from Nick Blanco, giving Loyola Marymount (3-2-2, 1-0) a 2-1 victory over host Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams at Martin Field.

Nick Heinrichs evened the match for the Zags (2-4-2, 0-1) in the 28th minute on a cross-field shot into the left corner.

Hockey

Ryan Skier stopped 67 shots as the Spokane Braves skated to a 3-all tie with host Nelson (British Columbia) in KIJHL play.

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Zags defeat Vandals

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