NW Briefs | Cougars row past Huskies

PULLMAN — For the second straight year, Washington State has won the Apple Cup of women's rowing.

The Cougars' varsity eight put together its best race of the season and beat Washington on the wind-swept Snake River. Washington State was clocked in 6 minutes, 47.47 seconds over the 2,000-meter course, and the Huskies crossed in 6:52.08.

"The varsity eight had been searching for a rhythm, and they finally found it," said Cougars coach Jane LaRiviere.

Last year marked the first time WSU had defeated the UW varsity in head-to-head competition.

Washington won all four men's events, but men's crew is only a club sport at WSU.

Washington vs.Washington St. dual regatta

At Pullman (Wawawai Landing)

2,000 meters

Crosswinds, moderately choppy

Women's Varsity 8+ — WSU — 6:47.47, UW — 6:52.08

Women's Second Varsity 8+ — WSU — 6:58.65, UW — 7:02.68

Women's Third Varsity 8+ — UW B — 7:33.94, UW A — 7:38.46, WSU — 7:49.93

Women's Varsity 4+ — UW B — 8:05.83, WSU A — 8:06.89, UW A — 8:11.28, WSU B — 8:30.19

Women's Novice 8+ — UW — 7:07.27, WSU — 7:36.78

Women's Second Novice 8+ — UW — 8:10.73, WSU — 8:22.92

Women's Novice 4+ (no times due to wind) — 1. UW, 2. WSU, 3. UW B, 4. WSU B

Men's Varsity 8+ — UW A 6:19.5, WSU 6:45.7, UW B — 6:52.5

Men's Varsity 4+ — UW A — 7:02.3, UW B — 7:16.2, WSU — 8:26.6

Men's Varsity 2+ — UW — 8:00.8, WSU — 8:51.9

Men's Freshmen 8+ — UW A — 6:23.9, UW B — 6:37.8, WSU A — 6:41.7, WSU B — 7:52

Huskies top Bruins

LOS ANGELES — Twelfth-ranked Washington (24-10, 2-3 Pac-10) pounded 12 hits and took advantage of a five-run sixth inning to defeat UCLA 8-6 in a Pac-10 softball game.

Huskies pitcher Danielle Lawrie (15-6) helped her own cause with a two-out home run in the second inning. It was her fifth of the season. She also picked up the win, allowing six runs on six hits with five strikeouts in 6-1/3 innings.

Caitlin Noble came into the game with the bases loaded to pick up the final two outs of the game and earn her first save of the season.

Other softball

Nicole Walker had six hits and Jackie Quint and Sarah McEnroe each pitched two-hit complete games for Western Washington, which swept a nonconference doubleheader from Seattle University, 7-2 and 5-2, in Bellingham.

The wins snapped a three-game losing streak for Western (15-15). Seattle fell to 19-15.

• Whitworth (21-3, 16-0) swept a Northwest Conference doubleheader from Puget Sound (16-12, 5-11), 7-1 and 5-4 in Tacoma.

• Central Washington totaled 12 hits in the second game of a doubleheader with visiting Saint Martin's to salvage a split in Ellensburg. The Wildcats (14-14, 3-3 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) won Game 2, 7-0, after falling 3-2 in the opener.

• Linfield took 6-0 and 5-2 wins from Pacific Lutheran (11-10, 5-9 NWC) in Tacoma, completing a weekend sweep.

Other rowing

Making the most of near-perfect water conditions, Western Washington swept Puget Sound in a dual on Lake Samish. In the varsity eight race, the Vikings were clocked in 6:44.30 on the 2,000-meter course, nearly three boat-lengths in front of the Loggers.

Tennis

A day after losing a heartbreaker to California, the Washington men's team rebounded to beat Stanford 6-1 at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. The win was the Huskies' (13-6, 1-3) first in the Pac-10 this season.

The Huskies' Alex Slovic took out Matt Bruch at No. 1 singles, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 1-0 (11-9), for the 90th singles victory of his career.

• Top-ranked Stanford swept the visiting Washington women's team 7-0. The Huskies (3-16, 0-6 Pac-10) managed to win just two sets in the match.

Track and field

Seattle Pacific's Jessica Pixler won the 800 (2:10.64) and 1,500 (4:23.17) at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham.

Western Washington's Michael Dean won the 100 (11:16) and 200 (22.30). His efforts helped the Vikings win the men's championship (155 points) for the 10th consecutive year. The Western women (123) won for the second straight year.

• Washington State's Robert Williams finished second in the 110 hurdles (14.18) at the Texas Relays in Austin.

• Linfield won the men's team title (214 points) and Pacific Lutheran took the women's title (162) at the J.D. Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma.

Golf

Washington's Alex Prugh is tied for fifth and the 32nd-ranked Washington men's team is tied for sixth after one round at the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. Washington shot 23-over 311, 11 behind leader Purdue.

• The Washington State women shot a second-round 287 to finish seventh at the Peg Barnard Collegiate in Palo Alto, Calif. Tracy Broders led the Cougars with a 3-over 145, good for 11th.

Notes

• The IBL Everett Explosion signed former Seattle U. center David White.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.

Information in this article, originally published April 8, 2007, was corrected April 9, 2007. The Everett Explosion plays in the International Basketball League, not the American Basketball Association as reported in a previous version of this story.