Prairie grad scores career-high 26 in loss at No. 11 Duke
University of Southern California sophomore guard Ashley Corral scored a career-high 26 points and made a school-record seven 3-pointers in a 78-72 road loss Sunday at No. 11 Duke.
The Prairie High School graduate was 7 of 12 shooting from 3-point range, while missing all five of her shots from inside the arc. She made 5 of 6 free throws and also shared the team lead with seven rebounds and nine assists while playing all 40 minutes.
The Women of Troy (4-4) just missed a third victory of the season against a ranked team.
“You can’t be intimidated by anybody you play,” Corral told the Associated Press. “We have a very tough schedule going into the Pac-10, but that’s going to prepare us for our season and for our league and that’s what we need. We need tough games.”
Corral has been the team’s leading scorer in half of its games this season, and has had the team high in rebounds in each of its last four.
The Women of Troy’s leading scorer, she is averaging 16.1 points and 5.9 rebounds while playing 38.8 minutes a game, with team highs of 43 assists and 17 steals.
Foreman hits 21 in win at Hawai’i
Brigham Young junior guard Jazmine Foreman scored a career-high 21 points in an 81-44 victory Saturday over host Hawai’i as the Cougars claimed the Hukilau Invitational championship in Laie.
The Hudson’s Bay High School graduate was 7 of 9 from the field, making 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and was 3 of 4 at the line. Her previous high-point game this season was 11 in a 65-62 loss to Kansas State. Foreman also had five steals and four assists against the Rainbow Wahine as BYU improved to 5-2 going into a home game Wednesday against in-state rival Weber State.
Foreman had seven points and five assists in the Cougars’ 72-60 win over the University of San Francisco in the tournament semifinals Friday.
Going into Wednesday’s game, Foreman was averaging 8.3 points a game and was second on the team with 21 assists. She was the team’s leading 3-point shooter, making 10 of 18 (55.6 percent), and was the Cougars’ top free-throw shooter among those with more than eight attempts, making 8 of 12 (.667).
BYU is running a three-guard offense. Haley Hall, a junior back from missing most of last season with her second knee injury in college, joins last year’s starting backcourt of Foreman and Mindy Nielson.
Concordia falls in NAIA semifinals
One goal was enough for defending national champion Lee University in the NAIA women’s soccer semifinals Friday against Concordia of Portland.
Jamie Achten’s goal in the 12th minute gave the Tennessee school a 1-0 victory in Decatur, Ala. The Lady Flames, who defeated the Cavaliers in last year’s title game, claimed back-to-back national championships Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Point Loma Nazarene.
The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Cavaliers (21-3-0), who reached the national semifinals for the fifth time in program history.
Concordia’s roster includes Camas High School graduate Sami Andrews, a junior midfielder; Ridgefield High School graduate Kailey Anderson, a freshman midfielder; and Vancouver’s Shelby Bloodworth, a graduate of Portland’s Central Catholic High School and a freshman forward. Andrews was the only one of the trio to play Saturday, recording two shots on goal.
Master’s College denied in NAIA final
The Master’s College was denied an NAIA championship in men’s soccer Saturday, falling 1-0 to Lindsey Wilson in Fresno, Calif. Ridgefield High School graduate Tyler Salvey was a senior defender for TMC, which finished 19-3-3.
It was an eighth national championship for the Kentucky school, while TMC of Santa Clarita, Calif., lost in its first title game appearance.
Salvey scored his third goal of the season in Thursday’s 3-1 quarterfinal victory over Notre Dame of Ohio. Salvey received a throw-in and put the ball into the right side of the net for the game’s first goal, 11:17 after halftime.
The Master’s College advanced in the semifinals with a shootout victory following a scoreless game against Rio Grande of Ohio. Salvey converted his penalty kick during the shootout.
Academic honors for UW’s Richards
University of Washington sophomore men’s soccer forward Brent Richards was named to the District VIII First Team in ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team honors.
It marks the first academic all-district honor for Richards, who carries a cumulative grade-point average of 3.63 while majoring in arts and sciences.
He also was named to the Pacific-10 Conference men’s soccer all-academic team.
Richards led the UW offense in each of his first two seasons. After scoring eight goals as a freshman, he had five of the team’s 19 goals this season and three assists for a team-high 13 points as the Huskies finished 5-7-6, 2-3-5 in Pacific-10 Conference play.
Washington defender Taylor Hoss, a graduate of Mountain View High School, completed his career with the Huskies. Hoss started 16 games his senior season.
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