The setting was familiar for North Idaho College softball coach Don Don Williams, but the stakes were different.

Maddy Mott threw a five-hitter, and North Idaho topped Clackamas 5-1 Saturday in a second-round game at the NWAC Softball Championship at Merkel Complex.

Carroll College softball finished 2018 with a school-record 28 wins and now the Saints are fighting to build upon last year’s success.

Carroll College softball finished 2018 with a school-record 28 wins and now the Saints are fighting to build upon last year’s success.

The NCAA has sanctioned Missouri’s football, baseball and softball programs after an investigation revealed academic misconduct involving a tutor. Among the penalties were three years of probation and one year of postseason bans for all three programs.

On back-to-back days, Washington freshman Gabbie Plain stared down the toughest of challenges with seemingly no fear.

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Christian Padilla slugged two home runs and drove in five runs and Isaac Wersland added a grand slam to lead host CC Spokane to a 14-4 victory over Pierce on Sunday to win its NWAC Super Regional and advance to the conference’s championship tournament.

The Community Colleges of Spokane baseball team placed second in the Northwest Athletic Conference Eastern Region and will host the NWAC East Super Regional at Spokane Falls CC.

Washington State redshirt senior Alissa Brooks-Johnson leads the heptathlon after one day of the Pac-12 Combined Events Championship in Stanford, California.

Adley Rutschman finished 3 for 5 with four runs batted in Friday and the third-ranked Oregon State Beavers (34-7, 13-6 Pac-12) cruised to a 17-3 win over the Washington State Cougars (14-24, 6-13) to open a three-game baseball series at Bailey-Brayton Field, in front of a season-high 1,484 fans.

Blake Clanton had a school-record four doubles, including a two-out, two-run double to left-center in the fifth inning Friday that provided Washington State with the winning runs during a 12-10 nonconference baseball win over Santa Clara at Bailey-Brayton Field.

Kelsey Downey hit a grand slam in the fourth inning Tuesday and Whitworth defeated visiting Willamette 13-5 in five innings in the opener of a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader sweep.

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The Whitworth Pirates (7-7, 2-1 Northwest Conference) lost a game that was suspended from Saturday 4-3 but bounced back to beat the Willamette Bearcats (8-9, 4-5) in the regularly scheduled game, 10-3.

Shay Knighten hit a three-run double in the second inning and Oklahoma defended its NCAA softball title with a 5-4 win over Florida.

Washington’s Ali Aguilar knew pitcher Taran Alvero needed help.

Sydney Romero homered and No. 10 Oklahoma (58-9) beat No. 6 Washington (49-13) 3-1 in the second round of the NCAA Division I Women’s World Series in Oklahoma City on Friday.