Arizona
No. 14 Arizona baseball won its fifth Pac-12 road series of the season after taking down USC in the rubber game of a three-game set on Sunday afternoon by a score of 6-1. The Wildcats (36-16, 18-9 Pac-12) are now 6-1 in their last seven games, which have all been away contests. It marks the first time since 2005 that the Arizona has won all of its conference road series. The team will now enter its final regular season series alone in second place in the conference standings. The Wildcats are within one game of first-place Oregon. The Ducks wrap up their Pac-12 slate against in-state rival Oregon State while Arizona plays host to its own neighbor, Arizona State. @@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/ariz-m-basebl-sched.html@@ @@http://www.pac-12.org/SPORTS/Baseball/Standings.aspx@@
Arizona State
No. 4 Arizona State women’s golf will travel to Franklin, Tenn., for the program’s 21st-consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, May 22-25 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.@@http://legendsclub.com/@@ The streak of appearances is approaching the NCAA record of 30, a distinction also held by the Sun Devils. The team is led by senior Giulia Molinaro, currently ranked fourth in the nation by the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Molinaro, a contender for an individual NCAA title, holds a 72.28 scoring — the third-best total in the nation. She earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in April. @@http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/051912aaa.html@@
California
In the round of 16 of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, 14th-seeded California men’s tennis (14-12) fell, 4-0, to third-seeded and No. 2-ranked Virginia (27-1). Cal head coach Peter Wright has now led the team to the round of 16 six times in his career. The Golden Bears were facing Virginia (the 2011 NCAA runner-up) for the first time in program history. @@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/051812aaa.html@@
Colorado
Colorado junior Derek Fribbs failed to rally for a berth into golf’s NCAA Championship Finals, instead firing a final-round 81 in tying for 64th in the NCAA Men’s Golf Bowling Green Regional. Fribbs recorded a 75-79-81-235 over the three days (or 19 over par) on the 7,248-yard, par-72 course.
Oregon State
Monday, Oregon State infielder Danny Hayes was named baseball’s Pac-12 Player of the Week. Hayes hit .571 (8 for 14) in the Beavers’ four games, including wins over Portland and Washington State. Those eight hits included three home runs and totaled 10 RBI. Hayes earned four walks while also extending his hit streak to a season-high eight games with a double in the ninth inning against the Cougars. @@http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052112aaa.html@@
Stanford
No. 11 Stanford men’s golf qualified for the NCAA Championships after finishing fourth at the Stanford Regional on Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course. The Cardinal shot 280 in the final round to finish the tournament at 8 under par. California won the regional, extending its two-day lead by shooting 269 on Saturday. The Golden Bears finished with a three-day total of 815 (25-under par). The other teams from the regional that earned NCAA bids were San Diego State, Alabama-Birmingham and Central Florida. The NCAA Championships will take place at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles beginning May 29. @@http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/051912aaa.html@@
UCLA
Former Bruin and current NBA player Russell Westbrook helped the Oklahoma City Thunder win their first ever playoff game against the Lakers at the Staples Center, 103-100. Behind outstanding individual efforts from Westbrook and teammate Kevin Durant, the team stormed back from a 13-point deficit to take the lead on a three-pointer with 13 seconds left to play. Westbrook played 43 minutes and led all scorers, except Kobe Bryant, with a playoff-best 37 points, shooting 15 of 26 from the field. He had 23 points in the second half alone, including nine consecutive points in the fourth quarter. @@http://www.nba.com/games/20120519/OKCLAL/gameinfo.html@@ @@http://www.nba.com/playerfile/russell_westbrook/index.html@@
USC
USC’s track elite — including the No. 13-ranked men and No. 23-ranked women — will be heading to Austin, Texas to compete at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds at Texas from May 24 to 26. The top 48 declared athletes in descending order in the region will be competing, with the top 12 finishers earning a bid to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Ia., from June 6 to 9. Many Trojan fans will have their eyes on sophomore sprinter Aaron Brown, who won the Pac-12 title in the 100 meters with a wind-legal PR of 10.18 at Hayward Field on May 13. @@http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/052112aab.html@@
Utah
Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, which hits newsstands on June 5, cites Utah’s Star Lotulelei as a preseason first-team All-America defensive tackle and running back John White as a third-team All-America selection. Both were named to Phil Steele’s preseason All-Pac-12 first team. CollegeFootballNews.com projects Lotulelei as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. @@http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765576783/Utes-Lotulelei-White-named-preseason-All-Americans.html@@
Washington
After an up-and-down regular season — including a 32-1 start followed by a 6-17 record in the Pac-12 Conference — Washington softball, seeded No. 16, will take on No. 1-seeded California in the NCAA Super Regionals. The winner of the series, which takes place Saturday and Sunday in Berkeley, Calif., will advance to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City next weekend. The Huskies (39-17) came out on top of the Seattle Regional, going undefeated with three victories over Harvard (twice) and Texas Tech. @@http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-softbl/sched/was@@ @@http://www.pac-12.org/SPORTS/Softball/Standings.aspx@@ @@http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052112aaa.html@@
Washington State
Former Cougars shooting guard Klay Thompson is one of 13 NBA players selected for the 2012 USA Men’s Select Team that will train against the 2012 USA Basketball Men’s National Team from July 6 to 12 in Las Vegas. Other Pac-12 players joining Thompson on the 2012 USA Basketball Select include Ryan Anderson (Orlando Magic/California), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors/USC) and Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls/USC). @@http://www.nba.com/magic/news/news_anderson_usab_052112.html@@