TEMPE, Ariz. — Sophomore pitcher Kaitlin Inglesby hit a two-run, first-inning home run to left-center field to spark 12th-ranked Washington to a 4-0 victory over No. 21 Nebraska in the teams' 2012 softball season opener Thursday afternoon.

"Overall it was a well-played game," said Huskies coach Heather Tarr. "Defensively we played as expected, and offensively we had several opportunities to score runs against a very good pitcher."

Inglesby had two of Washington's five hits off Nebraska ace Ashley Hagemann, driving in a third run in the third inning. Taylor Smith plated the Huskies' fourth run with a third-inning RBI single.

On the mound, Inglesby allowed just two hits, walked two and struck out five in the complete-game shutout.

Stockton sparks

SPU men to victory

Riley Stockton scored all of his career-high 11 points during the first half and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, helping Seattle Pacific take control early in a 73-60 men's basketball victory over Northwest Nazarene at Brougham Pavilion.

Nine different players grabbed a rebound for SPU (18-5, 10-4 Great Northwest Athletic Conference), which compiled a commanding 41-16 advantage on the boards.

Andy Poling paced SPU with 15 points, while David Downs and Jobi Wall each chipped in 11. The Falcons made 57 percent of their shots from the field (26 of 46), while limiting Northwest Nazarene (11-10, 5-8) to 41 percent (20 of 49).

Women's basketball

Nyesha Sims had 21 points and 15 rebounds for Seattle Pacific (15-7, 9-5 GNAC), but Northwest Nazarene closed the first half with a 16-2 scoring run and stayed in front throughout the second half to beat the Falcons 81-77 in Nampa, Idaho.

• Western Washington had a three-game winning streak snapped, falling 72-50 to host Alaska Anchorage. Kayla Bernsen led the Vikings (15-6, 8-4 GNAC) with nine points.

• Sophie Russell scored 17 points for Central Washington (6-14, 3-10 GNAC) in a 61-52 loss to visiting Montana State Billings.

• Brianne Ryan scored a career-high-tying 33 points in leading Eastern Washington (16-9, 10-2 Big Sky) to a 78-45 rout of Weber State in Cheney.

Other men's basketball

John Allen scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the second half, helping Western Washington (21-3, 12-1 GNAC) grind out a 59-50 victory over Alaska Anchorage in Bellingham.

• Jody Johnson and Lacy Haddock scored 16 points apiece, leading six double-figure scorers for Central Washington (11-10, 5-8 GNAC) in a 99-89 win over host Montana State Billings.

Other softball

Ashley DeVaere's two-run home run in the seventh inning provided all of Seattle University's runs in a 6-2, season-opening loss to Hawaii at the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic in Honolulu.

Baseball

Junior first baseman Chris Hashimoto was 2 for 4 in his Central Washington debut, but the Wildcats managed just five hits total in a 9-4 loss to host Cal State Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.