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Bittersweet ending to emotional season Karen Chow/File Last season, the Bears couldn’t control their own destiny. The pandemic forced the season to shut down without notice, and all of a sudden it was over. The team wouldn’t have a chance to win the national title they so desperately craved. It was painful because the Bears couldn’t make peace with what they accomplished — it was simply stripped away. They couldn’t go out on their own terms. And even though this year’s season did no...

Sun Devil softball faces Oregon State and Mazon, scheduling, bracketology Share this story Brady Vernon Unless something changes, No. 10 Arizona State softball heads to Oregon State for its final regular season series starting on Friday. Facing Mariah Mazon The Beavers aren’t having the greatest season at a 16-23, 3-15 Pac-12. However, two-way player Mariah Mazon certainly can carry them to a win. Mazon has had her success against Arizona State previously. In 2018, she earned a win over the...

After a series sweep in Washington, Cal has its eyes set on a regional bid Josh Kahen/File Last Updated 5 hours Ago Anyone watching would think that pitching is fundamentally a violent action: Muscles and ligaments ripple and contort to whip the arm toward the target at astounding speed. Beneath the visual suddenness of the motion, however, is a series of structured, graceful movements that combine to generate explosive power. Weight transfer from leg to leg sends energy upward through the body...

May 5—ESPAÑOLA — While their home address is technically Edward Medina Gymnasium, the Española Valley girls basketball team basically lives in the corners. Tucked in that small space between the baseline and the curving arc of the 3-point line is where the Sundevils (11-1) have made their living this season. On Tuesday night in the opening round of the Class 4A girls tournament, visiting St. ...

Thursday May 6th, 2021 9:00am (Inside Lacrosse Photo: Phil Armato)  In a season full of surprises, a pair of favorites punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament last weekend, with UNC winning the ACC and Northwestern taking the Big Ten crown. Outside of the Power Five, High Point secured its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier by winning the Big South.  But don’t use a pen if you’re trying Bracketology at home. There’s still plenty up in the air. St. Joes sho...

Photo by Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the season ended today, the Arizona softball team would more or less be a coin flip to earn one of those coveted top-8 national seeds in the NCAA Tournament. The latest NFCA Coaches Poll, released Tuesday, has the Wildcats as the No. 7 team in the country, up two spots from the week before. The other metrics aren’t so favorable. Arizona moved up two spots in the D1 Softball poll—from No. 12 to No. 10—and check in at 11 in RPI. They ...

Journalism graduate Farah Eltohamy saw a problem with representation in the news media. "The only way you can really fix that is by having more Muslim journalists in this field who can tell the stories of the Muslim community as it is." Brandon Myer nearly dropped out of school in sixth grade and settled for a D-average his sophomore year of high school. You’d never guess it if you met him today. He’s now a high-performing ASU student completing his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology this s...

College softball predictions for the rest of the 2021 season Share LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma is the top-ranked team for the tenth straight week, eighth unanimously, in the 2021  USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners swept a Big 12 doubleheader from Baylor in Waco, Texas to improve to 39-1 on the season. UCLA was selected unanimously No. 2 for the second straight week after a four-game Pac-12 sweep of Utah on the road, which included a pair of shutouts. Alabama hurdled ...

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Share LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma is the top-ranked team for the tenth straight week, eighth unanimously, in the 2021  USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners swept a Big 12 doubleheader from Baylor in Waco, Texas to improve to 39-1 on the season. UCLA was selected unanimously No. 2 for the second straight week after a four-game Pac-12 sweep of Utah on the road, which included a pair of shutouts. Alabama hurdled Florida for the No. 3 ranking, while fifth-ranked and i...