SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sabin Ceballos hit midfield with a home run early in the 10th inning and sparked Oregon’s 8-6 comeback win over top seed Stanford, completing pool play in the Pac-12 tournament. Both teams reach the semifinals on Friday. After Ceballos’ 14th home run, three walks in a row and a wild pitch gave Oregon a safe run. Four different relievers limited Stanford to five hits after the Cardinal took a 6-2 lead after two innings. Rikuu Nishida drove two runs for the Ducks, his sacrificial flight in the ninth made it 6:5. After Nishida’s sacrifice flight to the second out, Colby Shade hit a triple into right field and scored from a throwing error by second baseman Drew Bowser.
STILLWATER, Oklahoma (AP) — Morgyn Wynne hit a triple home run, Lexi Kilfoyl was busted with the last 20 batters she faced and sixth-seeded Oklahoma State earned an 8-1 win over Oregon Super regional in the first game of the Stillwater. After the Ducks took a 1-0 lead in the second inning through a single from Alyssa Daniell, Kilfoyl took charge and finished the game with a three-hitter with 13 outs being groundouts. Their offense broke through with three runs in the fourth inning and four in the fifth. Game 2 in the best-of-3 series is Friday.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cam Clayton went 3-4 with two doubles, Coby Morales and Jeter Ybarra each had two runs and 3-seeded Washington defeated USC 8-3 to secure its first Pac-12 tournament win . Washington (34-17) advances to the semifinals on Friday. Johnny Olmstead hit a single in two runs in the sixth inning to put USC 3-2 up, but Clayton responded with an RBI single in the bottom half. The Huskies also responded to USC’s only run in the eighth with a four-run inning. Will Simpson and Morales had back-to-back runs scoring hits, and AJ Guerrero and Johnny Tincher followed with sacrifice flies for a five-run lead.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Nu’u Contrades went 5 for 6 with a triple and three RBIs, Luke Keaschall added three hits and four RBIs and Arizona State defeated Oregon State 14-10 and eliminated the second-seeded Beavers from the Pac – 12 tournament. Catcher Bronson Balholm also had three of Arizona State’s 20 hits. Arizona State (32-23), who lost to rival Arizona early in the tournament, hit two runs in three straight innings to take a 6-1 lead before Oregon State hit four runs — two from pass balls — in the fifth inning. Nick Mclain responded with his second RBI triple in two innings and Contrades added an RBI single for another inning with two runs. Keaschall hit a home run in the seventh for Arizona State’s fifth two-run inning, and Balholm and Keaschall each hit a two-run single in the eighth.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Isaac Wilson is bringing his sibling rivalry to the college football field. The younger brother of New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson has signed on to play the same position at Utah, a state that competes in his big brother’s BYU program. The four-star quarterback from Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah, announced Wednesday his intention to play for the Utes. Lisa Wilson, his mother, posted several pictures of Isaac in Utah gear to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday night. Mike Wilson, the father of Isaac and Zach, has direct ties to Utah — he played on the defensive line for the Utes in 1993-94.
UNDATED (AP) — There’s been a lot of demand for a front-row seat to watch the turnaround at the University of Colorado under Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders. The Buffaloes sold 11,273 single-game tickets Wednesday. It is the highest single-game daily total in team history. The school’s season ticket contingents were already sold out. Demand has skyrocketed since Sanders took over the seedy program in early December. Even the spring game was sold out. Sanders and his veteran coaching staff have much work ahead of them to turn around a program that ended 1-11 last season.
UNDATED (AP) – Scouting and recruiting players on the NCAA transfer portal has become an important part of building a college football program. And the process is going fast. To sift through a mountain of names, NFL-style HR departments use data and statistics from online analytics companies to more efficiently identify players who can help their teams. Information and services from companies like SportSource Analytics, Tracking Football and The UCReport have become essential in the new age of free choice in college football.
UNDATED (AP) – The spring transfer window lasts just 15 days and isn’t nearly as active as the 45-day post-college football season window — except in Colorado. Coach Deion Sanders’ team has added 20 transfers since the portal window opened on April 15th. The Buffaloes have up to 48 total transfers, according to 247 Sports, and have room for more. Other schools focus on quality over quantity. USC, Alabama, Auburn and Northwestern are among the six winners of the spring transfer season.
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