Two-time NCAA Division II All-America golfer Alistair Docherty won medalist honors at the Division II Championship Preview tournament Monday and Tuesday at Green Valley Ranch in Denver.
The defending California Collegiate Athletic Association stroke play champion — a Union High School graduate and the reigning Oregon Amateur champion — carded rounds of 69-69-69 for a three-round total of 207.
He carded a tournament-high 17 birdies, including five on Tuesday, against just two bogeys. He finished with a two-stroke win at 9-under par.
The Wildcats, ranked No. 8 in NCAA-II, also claimed the team title in a prestigious field, winning by 13 strokes by carding a 3-under par 285 to finish the tournament at 20-under. Seven of the top 11 teams in the Bushnell Golfweek Preseason Division II Coaches Poll were in the 22-team field. All but five of the teams received votes in the poll.
The same course will host the NCAA-II championships on May 17-21, 2016.
Women’s soccer
CCC honors Carter
Carroll College junior goalkeeper Jamie Carter was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.
The Camas High School graduate earned her third consecutive shutout and fourth on the season to lead the Saints to a pair of 2-0 home victories in Helena, Mont., Friday over Northwest Christian University and Sunday over Corban University.
Carter has played every minute in net for Carroll (4-3-0) this season, allowing five goals in seven games with 36 saves.
The Saints play at 3 p.m. Friday at Warner Pacific College in Portland.
women’s cross country
GNAC honors Vikings
Western Washington University’s women’s cross country team was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Team of the Week after claiming the team title in the open division of the University of Washington’s Sundodger Invitational on Saturday.
WWU senior Taylor Guenther led the Vikings by placing fifth. The Prairie High School graduate ran the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) course in 21 minutes, 34.29 seconds.
The Vikings went into the race ranked No. 6 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Division II West Region rankings. WWU finished 11 points ahead of No. 14 Cal Baptist for the title.
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