Area women: Eastern Washington cruises over Cal State Northridge

Delaney Hodgins scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting with nine rebounds and visiting Eastern Washington (4-3) beat Cal State Northridge 71-57 on Saturday.

Ashli Payne and Violet Kapri Morrow had 12 points apiece for the Eagles, while Tisha Phillips added 10 points.

Serafina Maulupe paced the Matadors with 17 points and Channon Fluker added 15.

UNLV 73, Idaho 61: Dakota Gonzalez scored 20 points with three 3-pointers and eight rebounds and the Runnin’ Rebels (5-1) topped the Vandals (2-5) in the Maui Wahine Classic in Maui, Hawaii.

Brooke Johnson had 17 points with six boards and Paris Strawther added 13 for UNLV.

Geraldine McCorkell led Idaho with 14 points and Brooke Reilly added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Willamette 72, Whitworth 48: Madi Andresen scored 17 points, Mary Eckenrode had 13 and Whitney Anderson added 12 to help the Bearcats (6-1, 1-1) top the visiting Pirates (1-3, 0-1) for the first time since 2009 in Whitworth’s Northwest Conference opener in Salem.

Callie Harwood led the Pirates with 14 points.

Umpqua 75, North Idaho 52: Dajanay Powell scored 24 points, Jordan Stotler added 22 and the Riverhawks knocked off the Cardinals in the second round of the 2016 Bellvue Women’s Bulldog Classic in Bellvue.

Whitney Meier led North Idaho with 22 points, including six 3-pointers.

NIC will face the Bellevue for third place on Sunday at noon.

Volleyball

Courtney Schwann had 14 kills, Bailey Tanner added 35 assists and No. 7 Washington (28-4) swept Kentucky (25-21, 25-11, 25-20) in the second round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in Seattle.

The Huskies will face Arizona in the Regionals next weekend.