WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Washington State guards Lia Galdeira and Tia Presley were both named to the 15-member All-Pac-12 Team as voted on by the Pac-12 coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
Galdeira and Presley are the first Cougar teammates to earn all-conference honors in the same season in program history. They are also Washington State's first all-conference selections since Tricia Lamb in 1998-99. Lamb, a graduate of St. John-Endicott High, won that honor as a freshman, but later transferred to Cal State Fullerton and ended her playing career there.
Galdeira, a sophomore guard, finished the regular season ninth in the Pac-12 in scoring at 17.7 ppg after posting nine 20-point efforts. Galdeira was second in the league with 73 steals and led WSU with 54 made 3-pointers, currently tied for fifth-most in school single-season history
Presley, a junior guard, heads into the Pac-12 tournament leading the Cougars and sixth in the conference in scoring at 18.9 ppg after posting 12 20-point efforts including four 30-point performances. Presley paces WSU in shooting percentage (.444), is second in steals (54) and third in assists (54).
The Cougars will face Oregon on Thursday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament at KeyArena in Seattle. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m.
Warriors still ranked No. 15
The Lewis-Clark State women's basketball team held steady at No. 15 in the NAIA national poll, released Tuesday by the national office.
The Warriors have a record of 25-4 and received 138 total points in the nationwide balloting of coaches. LCSC's win total is higher than that of eight of the teams ranked ahead of it in the poll.
The Warriors will take on No. 21 Montana State-Northern in the semifinals of the Frontier Conference tournament at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Activity Center.
TENNIS
L-C teams stay ranked
The Lewis-Clark State women's tennis team held strong at No. 10 while the Warrior men rose two spots to No. 18 in the latest NAIA polls, released Tuesday by the national office.
The women's team is 3-6 overall. LCSC has faced six NCAA Division I opponents this season and will face another one in Washington State in its next match on Tuesday at Pullman.
LCSC's men are 2-5 with four of their losses coming against D-I schools. Their next match will be on March 31 against Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego.
UI women land at No. 51
SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Idaho women's tennis team has won nine consecutive matches, and as a result, has climbed up to No. 51 in the latest ITA National Top 75 rankings, released Tuesday.
Idaho's only loss of the season came in the season-opener at No. 53 Washington State. The Vandals entered the top 75 at No. 73 on Feb. 18 then fell out of the rankings, despite not losing, on Feb. 25, before jumping all the way to No. 51 on Tuesday.
The Vandals are 9-1 on the season.
TRACK
Jorgensen makes NCAA Indoor field
PULLMAN - Washington State's Jesse Jorgensen will represent the Cougars at the NCAA Indoor track meet March 14 and 15 at Albuquerque, N.M.
Jorgensen, a junior from Puyallup, Wash., ran a lifetime-best time of 1 minute, 48.84 seconds to win the men's 800-meter title at the MPSF Indoor Championships last Saturday in Seattle. That time ended up qualifying him for the NCAA meet.
