NW briefs: Huskies knock off No. 4 Stanford, 6-4

Kristen Rivera hit her 73rd career home run — fifth most in Pac-10 history — to help the Washington softball team (26-15, 6-6 Pac-10) upset fourth-ranked Stanford 6-4 yesterday at Husky Softball Stadium.

Rivera's blast brought UW even with Stanford (34-10, 8-4) at 3-3 in the third inning, and the Huskies plated three more runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. Jacki Hansen and Charters led off with singles, and Dominique Lastrapes walked to load the bases. Rivera drew a walk to bring in the go-ahead run, and Fiske hit a two-run single up the middle to put Washington up 6-3.

Ashley Boek (14-8) got the win, holding Stanford to one run on two hits in four innings of relief.

UW baseball rallies

Matt Hague went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer and Curt Rindal went 3 for 6 with five runs batted as Washington rallied to beat Washington State 17-5 at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman.

UW (25-17, 5-8 Pac-10) trailed 4-0 after three innings and 5-4 after four but pulled away late to keep WSU (18-25, 0-13) winless in Pac-10 play.

The Huskies overcame an unusually rough outing from ace Tim Lincecum. He entered having allowed only four earned runs in his last 31-1/3 innings. But last night he gave up five earned runs in four innings, walking a career-high 10 batters. David Dowling (6-0) got the win with five innings of no-hit relief.

Other softball

• Jackie Quint (10-5) won her seventh straight decision as Western Washington (17-15, 11-4) rallied to a 5-3 win over Saint Martin's College (10-32, 4-16) in the opener of what was to be a Great Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader. The nightcap was rained out, and the two teams will play a tripleheader today in Bellingham.

Other baseball

• A six-run third inning lifted host Santa Clara to an 11-2 win over Gonzaga (25-16, 12-6 West Coast Conference).

Golf

Washington men's coach Matt Thurmond was named Pac-10 coach of the year after leading the Huskies to the conference championship. Also, Pac-10 champion Erik Olson and James Lepp were first-team all-conference honorees, Alex Prugh was a second-team selection, and Zach Bixler was an honorable-mention pick.

Rowing

• The Gonzaga men's team captured its fourth straight WCC championship on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Bulldogs men's varsity eight beat Santa Clara by nearly five seconds, winning in 6 minutes, 13.5 seconds. Gonzaga's junior varsity eight edged Loyola Marymount by almost two seconds, in 6:26.7.

Also, the Gonzaga women's rowing team won its ninth straight WCC title, sweeping all three races to remain the only school to capture a WCC women's rowing title since its inception in 1997.

The varsity eight beat San Diego with a time of 6:58.3; the junior varsity eight beat Loyola Marymount with a 7:07.5 clocking, and the varsity four won in 7:51.6 over San Diego.

• Several local rowers have been invited to attend USRowing's junior national team selection camp this summer: Kelly Amsler, Jennifer Cromwell and Kari Stenbakken of Sammamish Rowing Association; Annie Gayman, Alee Perkins and Eva Sheridan of Green Lake Crew; Sarah Gribler, Erin Knox and Adrienne Mecham of Everett Rowing Association; and Lindsay Meyer of Holly Names Academy.

Track and field

Western Washington had two multiple-event winners at the Viking Twilight meet in Bellingham: Kim Bascom, in the women's long jump (17-9 ¾) and triple jump (36-7); and Josh Freeman, in the men's 110 hurdles (15.10) and 400 hurdles (57.40).

Other multiple winners included Seattle Pacific's Danielle Ayers-Stamper, in the women's shot put (38-10 ¼) and javelin (133-9); and Pacific Lutheran's Dan Haakenson, in the men's discus (147-8) and hammer (181-8).

Note

• Phynique Allen of San Diego has signed a letter of intent to play women's basketball at Eastern Washington.

Compiled from reports by college sports-information departments and other sources.