UW men lead Pac-12 golf tourney in stormy conditions

The 10th ranked Washington men’s golf team enjoyed a successful opening day of the Pac-12 Championships on Friday, leading the pack virtually all day at Desert Forest Golf Club in Carefree, Ariz.

Play was suspended due to lightning before Petr Hruby, Taehoon Song or Teddy Lin could finish their second round, but UW finished the day eight shots clear of second place Oregon at 13-over par.

“Overall it was a good day for us and our guys played some excellent stuff,” head coach Alan Murray said.

While nearly every team struggled with the conditions, the Huskies got off to an incredible start, hitting the turn with a commanding lead 10 shots ahead of the next closest team.

By the time the Huskies had finished the round, the lead had ballooned to 17 strokes. Five Dawgs sat inside the top-20 individually, led by Lin with a 5-under 66.

Washington State had completed most of the second round before nightfall. WSU finished round one at 26-over for 12th place and will finish round two Saturday morning.

• After the first round of the Western Athletic Conference men’s tournament in Payson, Ariz., Seattle U is in fifth place at 11-over par. UT Arlington leads the pack at 2-over.

Brandes wins Champions again

For the fourth consecutive year, Tom Brandes of Bellevue won the Washington Champion of Champions senior men’s division on Friday at The Home Course in DuPont.

It is the eighth overall title for Brandes in the championship. He shot a 5-under par 139.

On the women’s senior side, Leslie Folsom of Tukwila won for the second year in a row. It was the fourth overall title for Folsom, who shot an 8-over 152.

Mitch Baldrige of Tacoma took the men’s title with a 12-under 132 and Kennedy Knox of Normandy Park won the women’s, shooting a 5-under 139.

BASEBALL

• No. 16 and Pac-12 leading Arizona (26-14, 14-5 Pac-12) scored the winning run in the top of the eighth to defeat UW 3-2. Aiva Arquette had 3 hits and 2 RBI for the Huskies (14-20-1, 6-13).

• WSU took a one-run lead into the ninth but dropped a 5-4 decision to Fresno State at Bailey-Brayton Field. The Cougars (18-22) took a 4-3 lead on an Alan Shibley RBI double in the eighth but Fresno State (26-15) scored twice in the ninth. WSU received three hits from Jacob Morrow, who doubled twice.

• Seattle U fell in its series opener with Grand Canyon, 7-0, at Bannerwood Park.

SOFTBALL

• No. 8 Washington lost to No. 7 Stanford, 3-1, to open the weekend’s final regular-season home slate. Giselle Alvarez had a home run for the lone score by the Huskies (30-9, 12-7 Pac-12). UW had 4 hits to just 3 for the Cardinal (38-10, 14-5), who are second in the conference standings.

• Seattle University (19-28) dropped both doubleheader games to visiting Tarleton State (21-27). The Redhawks fell with identical 3-1 scores.

MINORS

• After Thursday’s game was canceled due to weather, the Tacoma Rainiers hosted a doubleheader against the El Paso Chihuahuas. They split the games, El Paso winning 7-4 in the opener and Tacoma taking the second 3-2.

• The Everett AquaSox (6-13) lost 4-1 to the host Tri-City Dust Devils (7-12).