Vandals’ Kiser places 16th at West regional

Idaho senior Hannah Kiser placed 16th overall to lead the Vandals at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships on Friday at the Haggin Oaks Golf Course in Sacramento, Calif.

Kiser timed 20 minutes, 4 seconds over the course to lead the Idaho women, who finished 19th in the field of 32 teams. 

Finishing in the top-25 puts Kiser in position to be considered for an individual selection to the NCAA Championships, which will be held next Saturday at Terre Haute, Ind. Kiser must wait until Sunday’s championships selection to find out if her season continues. She’s hoping to make her second appearance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Kiser last appeared at the meet as a sophomore where she finished 85th overall.

Arizona won the women’s regional team title. Washington, led by the fourth-place finish of Katie Flood, placed fifth; Washington State was 14th and Gonzaga 17th.

Stanford won the men’s team championship with Washington State eighth, Washington ninth, Gonzaga a school-best 11th and Eastern Washington 20th.

Men’s soccer

San Francisco defeated Gonzaga 1-0 at the Gonzaga Soccer Field, leaving a large dent in the Bulldogs’ hopes of receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

Gonzaga (9-6-3; 4-4-3 WCC) finishes the regular season at home on Sunday, needing a win over Saint Mary’s to remain in third place in the WCC.

Women’s basketball

Alyssa Charlston recorded her 20th career double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds as Idaho defeated Mount St. Mary’s 81-63 in a consolation game of the WNIT in Chicago.

The Vandals (1-1) will play Loyola of Chicago today.

• Four players scored in double figures as North Idaho defeated Casper College 72-58 at Casper, Wyo. Renae Mokrzycki had 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Cardinals.

• Whitworth defeated Pomona-Pitzer 72-56 in an opening game of the Whit Classic as KC McConnell scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

Whitworth (1-0) will play fifth-ranked St. Thomas at 6 tonight.

College volleyball

Northern Colorado defeated Eastern Washington in five games in a Big Sky match at Reese Court.

Allie Schumacher had 14 kills and 12 digs for the Eagles. Kelsey Julian had a team-high 16 kills.

• Third-ranked Washington defeated No. 4 Southern California in four games in a key Pac-12 match in Seattle.

The first-place Huskies (23-1, 15-1 Pac-12), led by Krista Vansant’s 21 kills, took a two-game lead in the conference standings.

Alexis Olgard (Mead High) had five kills and four service points for the Trojans (22-4, 12-3).

• Freshmen Kyra Holt and Emmy Allen combined for 31 kills, but the Washington State (16-12 overall record, 3-12 in Pac-12) fell short in five games against UCLA (14-12, 5-11) at WSU’s Bohler Gym.