Sasquatch women capture NWAC golf championship

Medalist Megan Cysewski and Katie Hilliard finished 1-2 to propel the Community Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch to a comfortable victory at the women’s Northwest Athletic Conference Golf Championship at The Home Course in Dupont, Washington, on Monday.

Cysewski shot back-to-back 74s for a career-best 4-over-par 148 total for two rounds. Hilliard closed with a 76 to finish seven strokes behind her teammate.

CC Spokane entered the final round with a two-stroke lead, but a tourney-best team score of 229 helped the Sasquatch cruise to the title with a 465 total.

“Megan was phenomenal both days and Katie was right behind her,” said CC Spokane coach Christie Dalsanders. “They both peaked at the right time for us.”

It was the eighth NWAC championship for the Sasquatch in Dalsanders’ 15 seasons at the helm.

Regular-season champion North Idaho placed second, nine shots behind CC Spokane. Columbia Basin (485) was third.

Mikal Jerman and Aly Mabey tied for third place with 157s for NIC.

Ross Gilbert blistered The Home Course for a 6-under-par 66 on the final day to help the North Idaho Cardinals men hold off Bellevue 574-576 to win the NWAC Championship in Dupont, Washington.

The CC Spokane Sasquatch (584) placed fourth, one shot behind Southwest Oregon.

Gilbert and Daniel Campbell of Skagit Valley carded 138s, two strokes behind medalist Isaac Hall of Bellevue.

Sean Langham of NIC and CC Spokane’s Derrick Phelps both shot 144 to tie for sixth place.

Track and field

The CC Spokane men grabbed a commanding lead after the first day of the NWAC Championships at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon.

The Sasquatch used 1-2-3 finishes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the hammer throw to forge a 93-52 lead over Lane CC, which did most of its damage with a 1-2-3-4 effort in the pole vault.

CC Spokane’s Teagan Osborne won the steeplechase with a time of 9 minutes, 49.32 seconds. He was followed by teammates Dominic Giordano (9:51.08) and Corbin Carlton (9:51.98). In the hammer throw, CC Spokane’s Andrew Allen topped the field with a heave of 161 feet. He was followed by teammates Tyler Skogen (156-3) and Alex Dyfort (155).

In the women’s championships at Mt. Hood, the CC Spokane Sasquatch (80) sit in second place, 16 points behind front-running Lane.

CC Spokane’s Kaylee Marquardt (42:33.66) and Jeanna Segaline (42:36.45) placed 1-2 in the 10,000-meter run. Maggie Nelson and Toa Levi picked up 10 team points apiece with Nelson’s win in the javelin (140-9) and Levi’s victory in the shot put (41-11 1/4). The Sasquatch also had a 2-3 finish in the pole vault from Stephanie Wright (12-3 1/4) and Alexis Perry (11-9 1/4).

Baseball

Jeremiah Burks smacked a two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to power the Fresno State Bulldogs (32-23) to a 9-2 nonconference victory over the Gonzaga Bulldogs (31-18) in Fresno, California.

Burks’ blast capped a four-run outburst with all runs unearned after Gonzaga starter Mac Lardner fanned Korby Batesole on a wild pitch for what would have been the third out. Batesole reached first safely setting up an RBI single that stretched FSU’s lead to 4-2 before Burk settled matters.