Originally published Friday, August 24, 2012 at 9:35 PM
UW golfer Chris Williams named to U.S. team | NW Briefs
Washington senior golfer Chris Williams was named to the U.S. team for the World Amateur Team Championship Oct. 4-7 in Antalya, Turkey.
Washington senior golfer Chris Williams was named to the U.S. squad for the World Amateur Team Championship Oct. 4-7 in Antalya, Turkey.
Williams, from Moscow, Idaho, joins Steven Fox of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., on the three-man team. Fox recently won the U.S. Amateur. Thomas is the world's No. 2-ranked amateur, behind Williams.
On Wednesday, Williams won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world's top amateur golfer, earning automatic invitations to the 2013 U.S. and British Opens.
Williams previously represented the U.S. in the 2011 Walker Cup and 2011 and 2012 Palmer Cups.
Men's soccer
• Ian Large scored off James Moberg's corner kick in the 96th minute, giving Washington a 2-1 overtime victory over visiting Gonzaga in the Huskies' season opener. Clark Phillips scored for the Zags in the 42nd minute, and Dylan Tucker-Gangnes tied it with an assist from Moberg in the 75th.
• Miguel Gonzalez got the only goal in the 39th minute in Seattle U's 1-0 win over visiting Cal Poly.
Women's soccer
• Chelsea Archer, Allie Beahan and Lindsay Elston scored as Washington beat Colgate 3-0 in Hamilton, N.Y. Kari Davidson and Megan Kufeld shared the shutout.
• San Diego State scored twice in the first 61 seconds and beat Seattle University 2-0 in San Diego.
• Micaela Castain had a pair of goals and Rachael Doyle and Brandi Vega each had a goal and an assist to help Washington State to a 6-0 rout of Boise State in Pullman.
• Emma Dolcetti, Ali Ohashi and Kellyn Nelson scored first-half goals as Gonzaga won at Idaho, 3-2.
• North Dakota State beat Eastern Washington 3-2 in Cheney despite goals by Kayla Sutter and Alisha Stott of the Eagles.
Volleyball
• Seattle U opened its season with 3-1 victories over Presbyterian (25-15, 25-21, 21-25, 25-22) and Eastern Washington (25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23) at the UniWyo Invitational in Laramie, Wyo. Sarah Jaeckel had 30 combined kills and Kaytlyn Dill had 24 for the Redhawks.
• Jaicee Harris and Rachel Todorovich combined for 24 kills in Washington State's season-opening 25-23, 25-12, 25-19 win over Montana in Moscow, Idaho.
• After sweeping Montana Western 3-0 in a morning match, Northwest University lost in three sets to Montana Tech, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18, in Spokane.
From sports-information reports.










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