WSU Men's Club Soccer v. Spokane Spiders

The Men's Club Soccer Team competed for regional dominance last weekend as they hosted the Whitman Men's Soccer Team and the Spokane Spiders, a semi-pro team. Although the Cougs lost to Whitman, their performance against the spiders was nothing short of fantastic. Check out the slide-show below to see some of the action through the camera lens.

Special thanks to Austin Shelton for letting me use his camera.

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Cougar Football 2008

Saturday marked the end of spring football. After four-weeks and 15 days of practice, the Cougars strutted their stuff for more than 1,000 fans hoping to get a peak of things to come. If you attended the Spring Game, let us know what you thought about the team. Even if your weren't there, feel free to take the time to complete our Cougar football survey.

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Final Spring Scrimage

PULLMAN, Wash. - The WSU Cougar Football Team wrapped up their final spring scrimage at Martin Stadium on Saturday. The stars of the game were redshirt junior Michael Willis and redshirt senior Gary Rogers.

Willis ran six receptions for 129 yards and a touchdown. He was also one of 13 receivers to catch passes from Cougar quarterbacks, as well as was one of seven receivers to catch multiple passes. Rogers caught 12 of 19 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw scoring strikes to senior tight end Devin Frischknecht (one yard) and Willis (13 yards). For the second-consecutive scrimmage, WSU quarterbacks went without throwing an interception.

Redshirt freshman Logwone Mitz lead the ground attack by rushing six times for 41 yards, while redshirt junior Jace Perry had the longest play of the day, a 46-yard rush.

On the defensive side of the ball, sophomore safety Chima Nwachukwu, redshirt sophomore linebacker Andrew Kreutz and redshirt senior defensive tackle Adam Hineline each completed one sack.


WSU FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE STATISTICS
April 12, 2008

Rushing - Perry 3/42, Mitz 6/41, Campbell 5/30, Ivory 4/29, Morgan 2/10, Richmond 3/9, Lopina 4/3 (TD), Lobbestael 2/-5. Passing - Rogers 12/19/0/126/2/34, Lopina 10/15/0/154/0/37, Morgan 6/8/0/58/1/20, Lobbestael 1/3/0/12/0/12. Receiving - Willis 6/129 (TD), McEllrath 5/65 (TD), Williams 3/35, Meines 2/35, Ward 3/21, Frischknecht 2/17 (TD), Johnson 1/12, Campbell 2/11, Thompson 1/9, Richmond 1/7, Blackledge 1/6, Mitz 1/6, Walker 1/-1. Scoring - Willis - 13-yard pass from Rogers, Frischknecht - 1-yard pass from Rogers, McEllrath - 5-yard pass from Morgan, Lopina - 6-yard run.

Baseball lose series with No. 2 Arizona State

Hey Cougar fans.

Mom's weekend was great....the fasion show, spring time weather, football scrimmage, and of course Sir Elton John. However, things were not so absolutely great for the WSU Cougar baseball team.

After taking a drubbing on Friday evening behind a 9-run 4th inning. The cougars lost the opener 15-3 to the Sun Devils. The team also had four errors leading to a total of 10 unearned runs. Josh Satow (4-1) went six innings for the win.

However, the cougars went on behind strong hitting and strong crowd to thump the Sun Devils 10-4. Jason Miller pitched seven strong innings as he increased his record to five and one. Paul Gran (pictured) also kept swinging his hot bat as he had three hits, including a home run. He also scored three runs and drove in two RBI's. The win came in front of 3,313 people, the largest crowd at Baily-Brayton Field since 1999. It was also the third largest crowd since 1987.

In the rubber match on Sunday, the Cougars rallied back to hold a 13-8 lead going into the ninth. The ball was in the hands of Junior closer Ross Humes. The game is set to be shut down and the cougars win a major series. Apparently someone did not tell that to the Sun Devils. As they rallied from being down 5 runs to win 16-13. The rally was lead with three homeruns off of Humes (2-3). Ike Davis (4-0) got the win and helped his own cause with a pair of hits in the 9th. Paul Gran helped give the cougars the lead with another homerun, his seventh of the season.

Attendance was great for the series with not only the massive crowd on Saturday but the weekend series had a total of 5,313 people attend. This was the most for a series since 1990.

Cougars Split Weekend Series

The Cougars baseball team split its four-game series with UC Davis this Weekend. The Aggies took the rubber game yesterday, outslugging the Cougars 13-11. Coach Donnie Marbut said the Cougars came out hot, but after taking a big lead, they lost their focus.
“It's disappointing when you spot your starting pitcher seven runs and can't hold the lead,” he said. “We seemed to stop playing after the first inning. You look at the scoreboard, see 11 runs and 17 hits, and think it's a lot, but it's not.”
Jim Murphy led the Cougars at the plate. The senior went 4-for-5 with a career high six RBI, including a grand slam in the first inning.
The Cougars next play on Tuesday, when they travel to take on Gonzaga. Game time is set for 6 p.m.

Poem of Aussie

Give Baynes ball,
Baynes dunk ball,
Dunk Baynes dunk!!!

Cougar Coaches Up-Close

Check out this video of two Cougar assistant coaches making a return to the Palouse.

Sweet Sixteen Video.....

A view through the eyes of Jeremy Cross and Taylor Rochestie as they travel to Denver and Charlotte for their historic run to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

Bennett Turns Down Indiana

Amid contradictory reports, Cougar head coach Tony Bennett said today that he is not interested in the Indiana coaching job.
For the second consecutive off-season, cougar fans were left to ponder the whether or not their headman would be coming back. Last year, it was openings at Texas A&M and Kentucky, this year it’s Cal and Indiana. In both instances, the outcome has been the same. It seems as though Bennett enjoys the underdog, small-town mentality found in Pullman and few other places.
For more information check out the Spokesman Review, which broke the story earlier today.

Jungmark Jumps to Championship!

Washington State University freshman high jumper Ebba Jungmark cleared 6 feet 2 1/4 inches Friday to win the NCAA Div. 1 Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Jungmark, a native of Sweden, enrolled at WSU earlier this semester after training last fall on the Swedish National team. She finished 11^th last year at the World Championships and holds a career best leap of 6 feet 3 1/2 inches.

Jungmark’s jump was the 2^nd highest in WSU history.

WSU Mens bball

Cougar Baseball up to Bat

The baseball team looks to maintain its winning ways this weekend against Kent State. The teams will play two on Friday, get in a game on Saturday and finish up the series on Sunday. Pending weather, game time is noon each day with the double header starting directly after the first game on Friday.
The Golden Flashes sport a 2-5 record and have lost four of their last five games. The Cougars are winners of seven in a row after opening their season with a loss. Freshman Shea Vuninich (pictured) leads WSU with a .556 batting average while Senior Paul Gran leads the team with 12 RBI. Senior Jim Murphy already has two homeruns this season, giving him 20 for his career.

Spring Break or Basketball?

Best Play of the Season

Kyle Weaver's up and under



Gotta have more Cowgill



Aron "the bod" Baynes

Signs and Basketball

Click to hear whether or not signs made by WSU fans have an effect on WSU Mens Basketball players performance. Features interview with WSU Mens Basketball player Chris Henry.

WSU Men's Basketball Seeks Revenge on UA

Come watch the WSU Men's Basketball team as they take on the U of A in a rematch. The last time that these two teams met in Arizona the Wildcats shot lights out beating the Cougars by more than 20 points. Senior gauard Derrik Low had a very rough game scoring only five points in the last few minutes of the game. Where as, U of A freshman guard Jerrod Bayless had a game high 23 points to lead all scorers. Will the Wildcats be able to contain Low and the Cougars again? I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Grab Some Peanuts and Head to the Park

Friday the WSU Men's baseball team will have its first season home game at 3:30 on Bailey-Brayton Field. This weekend they will play three home games, with the second on Saturday and the third on Sunday. Expect to see many sorority members in the audience due to a program called Adopt-a-Coug.

This program was created by the athletic department to get more involvement and increase a following for cougar baseball. All sororities are invited to adopt as many players as they want, with most adopting three or four players. The players are invited to a dinner to get to know their biggest fans. The sororities get points for attending games, making posters, and bringing goody bags for the players. The house with the most points at the end of the season gets a dinner with the entire team and a check towards their chapter's philanthropy.

Cougar baseball is having an event on moms weekend where if you bring your mom to the game she receives a free t shirt. You can also nominate your mom to throw the first pitch by filling out a short application.

Historical Perspective

Darius Rucker would be smiling. For the first time since 1995 the Cougar Men’s Basketball Team beat Oregon at McArthur court. The last time the Cougars beat Oregon in Eugene, Hootie and the Blowfish were the world's top recording act, Clinton was in the Whitehouse, and the price of gas was just over a buck a gallon. How times have changed. Saturday’s victory was not only 13 years in the making, it also propelled the Cougars to a 20-5 record. The Cougars now have 20 victories in back-to-back seasons, the first time since the 1940-41 and 1941-42 seasons. Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” was the top song that year.

Congratulations to the Women’s Basketball Team. They notched their first league victory in over a year by topping Oregon State 56-52 on Friday. Juniors Ebonee Coates and Heather Molzen both posted double-doubles as the team won its first conference game in 30 tries. Head-coach June Daugherty praised her team’s effort and says the Cougars main goal is to continue to improve. They’ll have a chance to do that this weekend against the Arizona schools. Neither game will be televised.

Women’s game on TV

A Cougar women’s basketball game will be televised this week to a regional audience. Fox Sports Northwest will televise Friday’s inaugural “Pink Out” basketball game against Oregon State. From February 8 to 17, more than 250 colleges and universities around the country join the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in raising breast cancer awareness. While the Cougar women are still looking for their first conference win of the season, there's plenty of incentive to check out the game. They Cougars last conference win came against these Beavers and in addition, the first 500 fans in attendance will receive a free “Pink-Out” t-shirt. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Welcome Back Cougs

With the ice ruts melting to reveal the long lost dry pavement, the winning Cougar basketball team came out of hiding. The Cougars beat USC 74-50. The cougar victory wasn't the only thing to cheer about at today's game, Kyle Weaver became the 29th Washington State basketball player to reach the 1,000 point mark. This means that Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver are the first WSU teammates to reach the milestone together since 1980. Most Cougar fans are familiar with the saying, “We Believe." Today that faith was renewed between a team and its fans.

What a Weekend

It was a tough weekend for Coug fans to stomach. Save for the impromptu four-day holiday, life on campus was a bust. Let's start with the men:

Cal 69 WSU 64
It was a game that left Cougar faithful shaking their heads, rubbing their eyes, and wishing that somehow, their team had not fallen to lowly California. But in the end, the Bears, led by sophomore Ryan Anderson, stole one on the Palouse.



Standford 67 WSU 65 (OT)
Another home game, another tough loss to swallow. Only, this one was different. The Cougars played well and battled, making timely stops and catching fortuitous breaks. However, Taylor Rochestie's missed lay-in at the buzzer -- albeit running full speed and ducking under seven-foot-tall Brooke Lopez -- sealed the team's fate. UCLA is on tap Thursday, with the USC Trojans coming to town on Saturday.


Women's Basketball

WSU 40 UW 84
The WSU Women's Basketball Team was doubled up, and then some by their cross-state rival University of Washington Huskies. It was WSU head coach June Daugherty's first trip back to the UW after being fired from there less than a year ago. Junior guard Katie Appleton led the Cougars with 14 points.



Women's Tennis

The Cougar's tennis team was swept Sunday by tournament host University of Denver. The Cougars came into the day ranked no. 43 in the country, but proved to be no match for the Pioneers. The cougars return home Feb. 15 to face Utah.

Super Bowl....overhyped or just right?

Hey everybody. I hope that all of you sports fans are having a great Super Bowl Sunday. I know that people are getting up and are having a great time at Super Bowl parties right now. What a change for me from last year as I was having people over at my apartment getting drunk and eating dip and having a good time. This year I have it on in the background as I am working on schoolwork and scholarship applications.

However, this is not my point of this post. My question to you sports fans is: "Is the Super Bowl over hyped or is the amount of coverage just right?" The reason why I ask is the fact that other sports have their championship games and they don't get a whole week of extra coverage. The other one that comes to mind is another football event: The BCS championship. I mean the fact that these events are all you see on ESPN for weeks ahead of time.

I just am curious. If you are more interested in seeing what I am talking about check out the links to ESPN.com or SuperBowl.com

Anyway...it is just a thought. Let me know what you think. By the way, my pick is the Patriots by 3. (Not becuase I like them...but I think they will win.) Have a great day!

Trevor

What's up This Week

February 6 is just a week away, and for college football fans, that means just one thing: National signing day. For those who do not know what a national letter of intent is, click here.

After a dismal start to the recruiting season, Cougar football coach Paul Wulff is making up ground quick. He just received a verbal commitment from his 20th recruit and this class seems to have some promise. While former coach Bill Doba tended to go after skilled players such as running back and wide receivers, Wulff's strategy appears to be in going after bigger players on both sides of the ball.

Some top verbal commitments include Bernard Wolfgramm, a junior college defensive end, cornerback Kevin Frank (pictured), who had offers from Nebraska, and Jared Karstetter, a 6'4" wide receiver from Spokane.

The coaching staff still has a few players they would like to go after, and nothing is a sure deal, but the early indication is the the cougs have a solid recruiting class...



...Check out this week's Seattle Times investigative piece. It's a story chronicling the off-the-field problems of the last great Husky football team. The story not only vindicates what Cougar fans have been known for years, but it shows the price a school and a community pay when they put athletics ahead of everything else. Part four comes out tomorrow...


...The Cougar men play host to the Bay Area schools this week. Don't miss Saturday's game, when #14 Stanford invades Beasley Coliseum. Tip-off is noon. Thursday's game against California will not be televised.

A stark contrast

Hey cougar basketball fans.

As I am sure that you know, there is a small difference between the 2007-08 Men's and Women's cougar basketball team. While the men are fighting in the tough Pac-10 for a conference title and are listed in the Top ten in both polls (as of the time of this post). The women are in the cellar of the Pac-10 with only 3 wins and none in conference.

Not saying that it is going to get any easier for both of these teams. But the fact that at the start of the women's game on Thursday, there were 3 students sitting in the student section! 3!!! Now granted that is a combination of the team's struggles and the men being on TV but.....3? Come on cougar fans! We can do better than that!

Didn't we support Robbie, Kyle and Derrick when the program was struggling as it was rebuilding? Then why can't we support these women as the program is doing the same thing. Let them hear us....

Cheer up Cougar Faithful

WSU 64-Arizona 76
Not the final outcome most Cougar faithful expected. However it is important to remember that it is not how poorly you play in January, but rather how well you play in March that matters. With that said, the Cougars looked helpless tonight, unable to score consistently and unable to stop the Wildcats. They'll need a better performance against Arizona State on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 4 pm.

Oh yeah, the Women's team blew a double-digit second half lead...again. Junior Katie Appleton scored 23 points to lead the Cougars.

Meanwhile, watch these YouTube videos to help shake off the losses.

Former Cougs Football Star in Stable Condition

An ex-WSU football player's condition is steadily improving after a car accident Tuesday morning, reported the Seattle Times.
Rien Long, a defensive tackle and Outland Trophy winner on WSU's 2002 football team, was upgraded to stable condition this morning at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Police say the 26-year-old Long was driving too fast down an on ramp when his vehicle lost control and hit a rock embankment. The car's only passenger, 28-year-old Wesley Stephens, was treated for non-critical injuries.

The end of an era....

This is the first of many team blogs that we will be posting on this site. This first one though is dedicated to the ending of an era. This era being the losing streak that the Men's Cougar basketball team had against the University of Oregon Ducks. This streak had lasted the better part of 7 years, in that we had lost 13 in a row going into Sunday nights game.

I wish that I had been there to see it, as I am sure that Jeremy can give you a first person point of view. I can however tell you that I have another interesting point of view for this thrilling game. I do sports shows. I am currently the Co-Director for a Cable 8 Production Show, "Inside the Lines" and am working on a spin off show called "Trackside" (It's all about motorsports.) I also have a weekly radio show on KUGR, called FNST (Friday Night Sports Talk). In addition to all of this, I get to do KUGR sports coverage of the games (sometimes play by play, sometimes color) or like I was on Sunday, doing studio coverage for pre-game, halftime, and post game.

I have to admit that I was bouncing back and forth watching via Internet the NFC Championship game and the cougars. I listened to the two guys doing coverage, WSU trailing big early, then coming back, Baynes inside early, then D-Low, then Kyle. 34-30 UO at half. Then the second half came, the crowd getting into it, the national TV crew eating it up, and the studio team getting excited. Near the end of the game, I couldn't stand it, I was pacing back and forth like a expecting father. Finally, the free throws go through down the stretch and WSU wins, 69-60. It was great. Now there are downsides to doing this approach (aka not seeing it). However, when you get a chance to be that involved at home....It makes for a great day!

Congratulations Cougs! Back to #6 and tied for first.

Trevor

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