Area Roundup: Bulldogs best Huskies

East Valley grad Ben Funkhouser broke a 1-1 tie with a goal in the 84th minute, giving the Gonzaga men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over 15th-ranked University of Washington at Martin Field.

Taylor Mueller put UW ahead with a goal just 2 minutes into the contest. But George Josten knotted it at one with a goal less than 12 minutes later.

The win marked the first time GU (2-1) has beaten the Huskies (1-1-1) in its past 20 tries. UW leads the series 18-1-1.

“Former Central Valley High School standout Jay Vela scored three goals and dished out two assists as CC Spokane whipped host Skagit Valley 10-2 in both team’s NWAACC opener at Mount Vernon, Wash.

The Sasquatch (2-0-1, 1-0) dominated the second half, outscoring the Cardinals 6-0.

Women’s soccer

Senior Brooke Bemis scored on a header off a corner kick in the 108th minute, giving Washington State a 2-1, double-overtime, non-conference win at Gonzaga (1-2-0).

Alison Scurich also scored for the Cougars (2-0), who outshot the Bulldogs 15-6.

“Chrissy Almquist scored four goals to lead Community Colleges of Spokane (1-2, 1-0) to a 10-0 rout of host Skagit Valley (0-1, 0-1) to open NWAACC play at Mount Vernon, Wash.

Volleyball

Senior Tara West had a match-high 20 kills, leading Washington State to a 30-12, 22-30, 30-17, 30-20 win over Hofstra (5-2) in the opener of the Nevada AT&T Invitational at the Virginia Street Gym in Reno, Nev.

Sophomore Jackie Albright added 16 kills for the Cougars (8-1).

“After losing its first two games, Gonzaga woke up and beat Bowling Green State 25-30, 28-30, 30-19, 30-18, 15-9 in the opener of the Comcast Lobo Invite in Albuquerque, N.M.

Gonzaga stayed hot with a 3-0 sweep of Northern Colorado (2-7) in the Bulldogs’ second match of the tournament.

Junior Elaina Renius led Gonzaga with a match-high 11 kills and five blocks.

With the victories, GU improved to 7-3, the team’s best start in 16 years.

“Jamie Houston had 10 kills as No. 16 Hawaii (4-3) topped visiting Eastern Washington 31-29, 30-15, 30-20 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic in Honolulu.

EWU (1-7) fell 30-27, 30-16, 30-24 to No. 19 Santa Clara in its second match.

“After winning its first match, the Whitworth Pirates fell 23-30, 30-25 30-16, 30-19 to Lewis-Clark State in the final match of the day at the Whitworth Invitational.

Sarah Rusch had a match-high 14 kills and Cassie Moore had 19 digs in the Pirates’ loss to the Warriors (4-2).

Earlier, Whitworth (4-2) beat Montana-Western 30-28, 31-29, 25-30, 30-26.

Track and field

Washington State product Bernard Lagat – the first man to sweep the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the World Championships – won the 3,000 at the Weltklasse meet at Zurich, Switzerland, clocking 7:38.77.

In the pole vault, world champion Brad Walker (University of Washington/University High) place fourth at 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches. Russia’s Igor Pavolv jumped 18-10 1/4 to win.