Roundup: Oregon State, Washington baseball teams continue quest to Omaha

Jun 8, 2018

Oregon State Athletics / Washington Athletics

The baseball Super Regionals are here, and Oregon State and Washington are still alive. For an Oregon State storyline, we turn to Ron Richmond, who reports that head coach Pat Casey has not yet named a starting pitcher for Friday’s opener against Minnesota (2 p.m. PT, ESPN2). Luke Heimlich? Bryce Fehmel? We’ll see shortly.

The Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone gives us this story on Washington baseball’s K.J. Brady and how the game has helped him get through the death of his mother, who was killed in a car accident in April. The Dawgs open Super Regional play against Cal State Fullerton Friday morning at 11 a.m. PT (ESPN2) in SoCal.

Cal baseball’s Andrew Vaughn was named the District 9 Player of the Year by the NCBWA. Stanford reliever Jack Little also earned District POTY honors.

Two days of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships down, two to go, and the Oregon women are still in contention to repeat as NCAA champs, writes Ken Goe.

Meanwhile, the Stanford women are in the lead after two days, in large thanks to Mackenzie Little winning the NCAA javelin title and Jenna Gray – yes, the same Jenna Gray who is the starting setter for the women’s volleyball team and also part of Stanford’s No. 1 beach volleyball pair, finishing second in the event.

The men’s NCAA Championships finals are going down Friday, and you should know that USC has finalists in the 400 (Michael Norman), Robert Ford (800), Rai Benjamin (400 hurdles) and 4x400 relay.

This is tight – Arizona State women’s basketball will play Baylor on the Navajo Reservation in Fort Defiance, Arizona, on Nov. 11, 2018. The game, nicknamed “Showdown on the Rez,” will be televised on ESPN2.

In more women’s basketball scheduling news, Utah will play in the Duel in the Desert in Las Vegas (Dec. 19-21). The eight-team field also includes Florida, Hawai’i, Kansas, Northwestern, Washington State, Wichita State and UNLV.

Theo Lawson reports that the Washington State spring game will return to Pullman in 2019 after taking place in Spokane the last eight years. The Cougs will use the spring game as a way to promote suicide prevention and mental health awareness

P.J. Brown – the writer for the Arizona Daily Star, not the former NBA power forward – gives us this feature story on Arizona swimmer Sarah Shimoura, who has recovered from being hit by an ambulance while riding her bike home from class and will compete in the TYR Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara, California, on Friday.

Who is going to replace Phillip Lindsay in the Buffs’ backfield? It could be Virginia Tech grad transfer Travon McMillian, and Brian Howell discusses the experienced running back in the preceding link.