Christina Salvatore — women’s basketball
The Idaho women’s basketball team defeated Seattle U on Saturday to clinch the WAC regular season championship. Even while struggling to shoot the ball, the Vandals gutted a 60-57 win over the Redhawks in Memorial Gym.
Shooting nothing but 3-pointers, Salvatore finished the game with 13 points going 4-of-10 from beyond the arc. She also had seven rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal in the win.
The Vandals will be back in action at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Cowan Spectrum, where they take on Chicago State.
Arphaxad Carroll — men’s track and field
Just a freshman, Carroll competed in his first WAC Championship meet Wednesday through Friday in the Kibbie Dome. Idaho held a five-point lead over Grand Canyon heading into the last event to be scored, the triple jump. Carroll jumped a career-best 49 foot, 2.5 inch leap to secure the WAC Championship for Idaho by one point over Grand Canyon. He received the WAC Freshman of the Year award voted by the coaches for his performance.
Rachel Millet and Mairin Jameson — swim and dive
Despite finishing second overall at the WAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the Vandals swept the player of the year honors. Millet earned the Swimmer of the Year award, after winning two individual events and placing in the top two of each event she competed in, while Jameson won Diver of the Year after winning two out of the three diving events. Millet won the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.08 seconds, breaking her own school record of 50.13. She placed first in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:59.60, also breaking another of her school records. Jameson won the 1-meter dive with a score of 312.25 and the 3-meter dive with a score of 332.15 — a new school record.
Victoria Lozano — women’s tennis
The Idaho women’s tennis team won its ninth straight match on Saturday, with a 7-0 win over Idaho State, improving to 9-1 on the season. Lozano teamed up with Almudena Sanz to defeat ISU’s Marian Tangarife and Laura Theus 8-4. She would then go on to win in her singles match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 over Tangarife.
Lozano also went undefeated on Friday against Boise State. She won her singles match 6-3, 6-2 and Lozano and Sanz won in doubles 8-6.
The team will attempt to win its 10th match in a row when it travels to Hawaii for three matches, facing Sacred Heart on Thursday, Hawaii Pacific on Friday and Hawaii on Saturday.