COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Gold medal, relay record for Vandals in track and field

COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Gold medal, relay record for Vandals

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Idaho’s Shawn Twumasi Ampofo stood on the top step of the podium after the men’s triple jump and the Vandals’ 12-year-old women’s 1,600 relay record was broken on the final day of the Big Sky's indoor track and field championships Saturday.

Twumasi Ampofo flew to a career-best 51-foot mark to earn the gold, while the quartet of Franziska Stoehr, Blossom Omogor, Maiya Brunoro, and Rhyan Madden combined to close out the weekend with a 3:40.46 relay performance that improved on the previous program-best time of 3:41.57 by more than a second.

As a team, the Vandal men closed out the meet in the fifth position with 45 points — one point ahead of Eastern Washington and Sacramento State. The Idaho women took sixth, scoring 45 points of their own.

“It was a great finish for our teams at the Big Sky Championships,” Vandal coach Tracy Hellman said. “I was very proud of the way we competed and how we battled throughout the whole meet.”

LC’s Zywina, Kibiwot break school records, earn All-American honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Orofino alum Sydnie Zywina and freshman Damaris Kibiwot delivered record-setting performances for Lewis-Clark State on the third and final day of the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships on Saturday at Alachua County Sports and Events Center.

Zywina started the day with a third-place finish in the triple jump with a new program record mark of 39 feet, 11 1/4 inches. Kibiwot followed up by taking seventh in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10 minutes, 1.13 seconds, besting her own previous school record of 10:09.93 by over eight seconds.

The Warriors open the outdoor season March 11 at the Sam Adams Classic hosted by Whitworth.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Washington State 90, Pepperdine 83

MALIBU, Calif. — The Cougars fielded five double-digit scorers in a West Coast Conference road win over Pepperdine to wrap up their regular season.

Dane Erikstrup scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for WSU (18-13, 8-10), while Ethan Price added 15 points of his own with the help of three 3-point field goals.

Nate Calmese recorded 10 points, six rebounds, and five assists. ND Okafor scored a career-high 13 points and made two blocks. Rihard Vavers added a season-high 12 points by going 4-of-4 from 3-point range.

The Cougar bench stepped up, providing 35 bench points to the Waves’ six reserve points. Wazzu also dished out 26 total assists — its most in a single game in the past six seasons.

Washington State secured the No. 6 seed for the Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championships beginning Saturday in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON ST. (18-13, 8-10)

Erikstrup 5-12 4-4 15, Price 6-11 0-0 15, L.Watts 4-9 0-1 8, Calmese 5-16 0-0 10, I.Watts 2-7 2-3 7, Thrastarson 2-4 0-1 4, Gerrits 2-4 0-0 6, Okafor 5-6 3-3 13, Vavers 4-5 0-0 12. Totals 35-74 9-12 90.

PEPPERDINE (10-21)

Coulibaly 4-4 6-9 14, Todorovic 4-14 5-6 13, Bethea 8-15 1-2 22, Odum 3-11 7-9 14, Butka 5-12 3-7 14, Faure 2-4 0-0 4, Olvera 1-2 0-0 2, Au-Duke 0-1 0-0 0, Leiba 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 22-33 83.

Halftime — Washington St. 48-34. 3-Point Goals — Washington St. 11-24 (Vavers 4-4, Price 3-6, Gerrits 2-2, I.Watts 1-3, Erikstrup 1-6, L.Watts 0-1, Calmese 0-2), Pepperdine 7-17 (Bethea 5-9, Butka 1-1, Odum 1-3, Todorovic 0-4). Fouled Out — Odum. Rebounds — Washington St. 37 (Erikstrup 12), Pepperdine 40 (Butka, Faure 9). Assists — Washington St. 26 (L.Watts 9), Pepperdine 15 (Odum 11). Total Fouls — Washington St. 22, Pepperdine 18.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Idaho 73, Weber State 58

OGDEN, Utah — In its final road game of the regular season, Idaho secured a sweep of its series with Weber State and nailed down the third seed in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in the process.

Hope Hassman led the Vandals (18-10, 10-7) with 21 points and seven assists. Rosie Schweizer and Sarah Brans chipped in another 10 points apiece, while Jennifer Aadland had 13 rebounds to go with her eight points.

With the victory, Arthur Moreira broke the school record for the winningest season in a Vandal coach’s debut year at the helm.

IDAHO (18-10, 10-7)

Hassmann 8-15 2-2 21, Schweizer 4-7 2-3 10, Nelson 4-14 0-0 8, Aadland 3-6 0-0 8, Bukvic 2-5 0-0 5, Brans 4-7 0-0 10, Pinheiro 3-5 0-0 7, da Silva 2-2 0-1 4, Uriarte 0-2 0-2 0, Carvalho 0-0 0-0 0, Curtis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-64 4-8 73.

WEBER STATE (12-15, 9-8)

Bubakar 4-12 3-6 12, Smith 5-12 1-2 11, Emma-Nnopu 5-7 0-2 10, Parra 3-8 0-0 7, Eskelson 0-3 0-2 0, Billy 4-8 0-0 11, Nap 3-5 1-2 7, Peaua 0-1 0-0 0, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-56 5-14 58.

Idaho 20 22 20 11—73

Weber St. 12 15 12 19—58

3-point goals — UI 9-23 (Hassmann 3-6, Aadland 2-4, Brans 2-4, Bukvic 1-3, Pinheiro 1-1, Nelson 0-2, Schweizer 0-1, Uriarte 0-1, Curtis 0-1), WS 5-16 (Billy 3-6, Bubakar 1-6, Parra 1-2, Smith 0-1, Eskelson 0-1). Rebounds — UI 39 (Aadland 13), WS 34 (Smith 8). Assists — UI 21 (Hassmann 7), WS 16 (Parra 5). Total fouls — UI 17, WS 12. Attendance — 405.

BASEBALL

Lewis-Clark State 2-10, British Columbia 1-20

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Warriors edged out Game 1 of a doubleheader with host British Columbia, but fell by mercy rule after seven innings in Game 2 at Tourmaline West Stadium.

Starter Jadon Williamson picked up his second win of the season after allowing only one hit through five innings pitched in the first game. Jakob Marquez and Jack Sheward batted in the Warriors’ two runs in crunch time over the last two innings, while Kolby Solomon closed things out on the mound for the save.

In a far more action-packed Game 2, LC State (6-6) enjoyed home runs from Charlie Updegrave and Abe Affholter, but gave up five homers and 22 total hits to the Thunderbirds (7-8).

LCSC leads the teams’ four-game series 2-1. The final game will be played today at 11 a.m.

GAME 1

Lewis-Clark State 000 000 011—2 3 1

British Columbia 000 000 010—1 4 0

Jadon Williamson, Jantzen Lucas (6), Kolby Solomon (9) and Jakob Marquez; W. Anderson, L. Huynh (8), D. Myttenar (9) and K. Yip. W — Williamson; L — Huynh; S — Solomon.

Lewis-Clark State hits — Marquez 2, Jack Sheward (2B).

British Columbia hits — T. Lenihan 2 (HR), K. Bourne, A. Rose.

GAME 2

Lewis-Clark State 400 030 3—10 12 5

British Columbia 509 000 6—20 22 0

Joey Estrada, Levi Anderson (2), Landon Webb (3), Tucker Grote (7) and Bulla Ephan; R. Heppner, O. McConnell (6) and R. Young. W — Heppner; L — Estrada.

Lewis-Clark State hits — Charlie Updegrave 2 (2B, HR), Abe Affholter 2 (2B, HR), Jack Sheward 2 (2B), Izzy Madariaga (2B), Bulla (2B), Dominic Signorelli 2, Brandon Cabrera, Jakob Marquez.

British Columbia hits — Lenihan 4 (2 2B), J. McGill 3 (2 2B, HR), K. Zarowny 3 (2 HR), D. Krahn 2 (2B, HR), S. Waters 2 (2B, HR), A. Marsh 2, K. Anderson 2, D. Draayers 2, R. Young 2.

Washington State 6, Iowa 4

CLEBURNE, Texas — Logan Johnstone stroked two doubles in the Cougars’ third straight win over the Hawkeyes, with his second giving Washington State the winning run.

Down 4-1 in the sixth inning, WSU (3-8) staged a comeback thanks to Johnstone’s doubles, Max Hartman’s solo seventh-inning home run and right-handed pitcher Rylan Haider securing the final five outs without allowing a run.

The Cougars wrap up the four-game series with Iowa (3-6) at 10 a.m. today.

Iowa 100 111 000—4 7 0

WSU 001 001 13x—6 8 0

Aaron Savary, Ben DeTaeye (6), Daniel Wright (8) and Daniel Rogers; Nick Lewis, Trevor Stowe (6), Gabe Schneider (6), Rylan Haider (8) and Noah Thein.

Iowa hits — Wilmes 2 (2B), Beaman (HR), Wulf 2, Schulte, Wood.

WSU hits — Johnstone 2 (2 2B), Longo (2B), Skjonsby 2, Thiele 2, Hartman.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Lewis-Clark State 6, College of Idaho 1

LC State posted its second consecutive team dual win over visiting College of Idaho at the LCSC Activity Center.

Pullman High alum Gwyn Heim had the most dominant singles win of the day for the Warriors (5-5), prevailing 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 6 match. She teamed up with Carisa Liebenberg to deliver the team’s most dominant doubles performance as well at 6-2 in the No. 3 set.

Singles — Rayana Shah, LC, def. Hristina Ljuba 6-2, 6-1; Berkley Klarich, CI, def. Naiara Montero 6-4, 6-2; Heidi Moyo, LC, def. Adele Long 6-1, 6-2; Paige Noble-Lucas, LC, def. Nicole Tran 6-2, 6-1; Carisa Liebenberg, LC, def. Riley Cordova 6-1, 6-2; Gwyn Heim, LC, def. Elizabeth Sagehorn 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles — Moyo/Beatriz Lambru, LC, def. Ljuba/Tran 6-3; Klarich/Long, CI, def. April Buckingham/Montero 7-6 (7); Liebenberg/Heim, LC, def. Alissa Rautenberg/Cordova 6-2.