Friday 24 April 2009

sports gonzaga against in portland last week

Gonzaga (25-13) has lost three of its last four games after dropping two games on the road against Portland last weekend, and a non-conference game with Arizona at Patterson Baseball Complex on April 20. The Bulldogs surrendered three seventh-inning runs to the Wildcats before falling 8-7. Ryan Wiegand hit a grand slam and Ernesto Ortiz doubled three times in the losing effort. Conference play continues for Gonzaga today with a three-game series with Santa Clara in California. The Buldogs return home for a non-conference battle with Washington State on April 28. Catcher Tyson Van Winkle was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season. The junior finished the week batting.722 (13 of 18) with nine RBIs, on six doubles and one home run. The Vancouver, Wash. native elevated his batting average 43 points to a team-best .387. Van Winkle was also named player of the week Feb. 22.
Women's tennis :
Three Bulldogs earned All-WCC accolades for their performances this spring, setting a program record for players honored. Freshman Kristina Zauere earned second-team honors, while senior Aglaya Kokurina and sophomore Rika Mehndiratta were honorable mentions. Zauere and Kokurina also became the school's first doubles team to receive WCC honors.
Men's tennis :
Gonzaga (10-16) closed out regular season with a 4-1 conference victory over Santa Clara at the Conference Championships in San Diego. Stefan Feddersen, Scott Sullivan and Zach Peach earned singles victories for the Bulldogs. Roman Dojcak and Sullivan won a doubles match, as did Connor Feeney and Feddersen. Jake Davis led the Bulldogs with 13 singles wins on the season.The win over the Broncos came after to back-to-back 4-1 losses to Portland and Loyola Marymount at the Conference Championships.
Academic performance :
The NCAA recognized four Bulldogs sports teams for top academic performance, the school announced April 22. Men's soccer, men's tennis, men's track and women's golf garnered NCAA Public Recognition awards for its success on the most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR). The awards are given each year to teams that score in the top 10 in each sport with their APRs.
Men's rowing Gonzaga defeated Washington State on April 18 to claim its 19th Fawley Cup Victory in the last 20 years. The Bulldogs swept the Cougars in all seven races on the 2,000-meter course at Medical Lake. The team earned a pair of victories at the George Washington Invitational on April 11. The Junior Varsity 8+ and Freshman 8+ squads each oner race on the Potomac River. The team travels to Sacramento, Calif., for the WIRA Championships May 2-3.

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