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Roundup: UCLA men's volleyball to meet Long Beach State for national title

May 4, 2018
Don Liebig/ASUCLA

UCLA

UCLA men’s volleyball is on to the NCAA finals after defeating BYU in four sets (25-22, 24-26, 29-27, 25-19) in the semis. The Bruins will face top-seeded Long Beach State Saturday at 4 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. MT for all the marbles on ESPN2.

Washington State

The Associated Press reported on the findings of an internal audit of the Washington State athletic department, which includes potential inflation of attendance for home football games and improper distribution of free tickets to football games.

USC

USC men’s golfer Justin Suh was named Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Year (USCTrojans.com), while teammate Kaito Onishi was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.

California

He didn’t win the conference’s top honor, but Cal men’s golfer Collin Morikawa was named a finalist for the Hogan Award, awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate golfer. Morikawa is joined by Texas’ Doug Ghim and Ole Miss’ Braden Thornberry as candidates.

Oregon

Former Oregon women’s basketball center Mallory McGwire has transferred to Boise State, it was announced Thursday. McGwire will have two seasons of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2018-19 season.

Utah

Speaking of transfers, Utah women’s basketball announced the addition of three transfers on Wednesday – Sarah Porter (UC Santa Barbara), Ola Makurat (Liberty) and Julia Brosseau (Maine). Porter can play straight away as a grad transfer, while Makurat and Brosseau have to sit out 2018-19.

Stanford

Stanford women’s basketball freshman Jenna Brown accepted an invitation to the USA Women’s U18 National Team Trials held May 26-28 in Colorado Springs. (GoStanford.com link)

Washington

After they both threw perfect games, Washington softball pitcher Gabbie Plain and baseball’s Joe DeMers threw out the first pitch at Safeco Field Wednesday night. Nice photo gallery here courtesy of Washington athletics.

Colorado

Kyle Newman of The Denver Post brings us this nice look at Shay Fields joining the Washington Redskins via a free agent contract.

Arizona

Arizona baseball defeated UCLA 2-0 Thursday night in Tucson. Roxy Bernstein and Andy Lopez are here to break it down for us. Shouts out to Cody Deason for his complete-game shutout that featured 11 strikeouts.

Arizona State

Arizona State softball hosts Stanford for its final home series of the regular season beginning Friday. The Sun Devils are No. 8 in the country with a 39-9 overall record and 12-6 mark in the Pac-12 (good for third).

Oregon State

Bob Lundeberg of the Corvallis Gazette-Times writes about the strength of the Oregon State baseball batting order in this article. The Beavs, leading the Pac-12 in batting average at .310, are at Washington State this weekend.