Washington’s baseball team scored two runs in the first inning and held on to win behind an outstanding effort on the hill from four pitchers in a 2-1 victory over Oregon on Friday at Husky Ballpark.
Washington’s baseball team scored two runs in the first inning and held on to win behind an outstanding effort on the hill from four pitchers in a 2-1 victory over Oregon on Friday at Husky Ballpark.
Huskies (16-14, 7-3 Pac-12) leadoff hitter Mason Cerrillo accounted for the first run, walking and eventually scoring on a wild pitch by Oregon (18-14, 5-8) ace Matt Mercer. Third baseman Willie MacIver drove home the other run on a two-out single to left field that scored Nick Kahle.
UW starter Lucas Knowles (2-3) went the first 51/3 innings, giving up one run, scattering six hits and striking out four. Stevie Emanuels, Alex Hardy and ace Joe DeMers finished the game.
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Seattle University (21-10) pounded out 13 hits in a 13-0, seven-inning victory over Alcorn State at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue. Dalton Hurd had three hits, giving him a career program record of 215. Austin Lively went 4 for 4 with two runs scored and one RBI.
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• Washington State (9-18, 4-9 Pac-12) dropped its series opener to California 13-6 at Bailey-Brayton Field. Justin Harrer slugged his team-leading seventh home run for WSU. The Golden Bears (20-11, 6-7) had 15 hits.
Softball
Top-ranked Washington’s home game against Cal was in a rain delay in the fourth inning with no score when this edition went to press.
Men’s tennis
Clinched by Piers Foley at No. 6 singles, Washington picked up a 4-2 road win at Utah. The Huskies (12-10, 2-4 Pac-12) dropped the doubles point to the Utes (19-5, 2-3) but got other singles wins from Jack Davis, Enzo Sommer, Mitch Stewart.
Women’s tennis
For the first time since 2005, Washington earned a 5-2 win over California (10-7, 5-3 Pac-12) at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. The Huskies (14-9, 4-4) clinched the win when Stacey Fung prevailed. Both Fung and Vanessa Wong picked up singles wins over ranked opponents and Wong teamed up with Miki Kobayashi to win their doubles set against a ranked duo.
Gymnastics
Seattle Pacific’s Darian Burns (39.100) tied for national runner-up honors in the all-around and earned a berth in the individual event finals along with teammate Autumn Huskie during the first day of the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships in Denton, Texas.
Men’s basketball
Rainier Beach senior Trevante Anderson announced he has signed to continue his basketball career at San Francisco.
Obituary
Fred Emerson, one of the greatest athletes to compete at Western Washington, passed away Sunday at the age of 82.
The Kent-Meridian graduate was a standout football and baseball player at Western in the late 1950s and later head football coach for the Vikings (1966-69), the only alumnus in school history to hold that job. Emerson in 1976 was inducted into WWU’s Athletics Hall of Fame.