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Oregon State tries to make one more College World Series before Pac-12 ends

Oregon State keeps Pac-12 baseball alive for one more weekend. The Beavers hope to make it two more weekends.

The USC Trojans are the all-time leader in College World Series championships, with 12. They are the kings of the nation, not just the Pac-12, in college baseball. The Oregon State Beavers aren’t too shabby, however. They have won three College World Series titles. Could they make it four? They have a chance of making one more College World Series before the Pac-12 folds up shop. The Beavers won their NCAA baseball regional over the weekend and have advanced to the NCAA super regional against Kentucky.

Our partners at UK Wildcats Wire have more on the story:

“On Sunday, Kentucky baseball shut out the Indiana State Sycamores to win the Lexington Regional, guaranteeing them a spot in the super regional. Even better, they’d be hosting a super regional for the first time ever.

“Now, the Wildcats also know their opponent. They’ll meet the Oregon State Beavers for a shot at making their first ever appearance at the College World Series.”

The other Pac-12 team still alive in the NCAA Baseball Tournament is Oregon. The Ducks face Texas A&M in an NCAA super regional this coming weekend.

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Oregon football game times announced for 2024 non-conference slate

The kickoff times for Oregon’s non-conference slate in 2024 has been announced.

This coming football season is going to have so many changes and one of the stranger ones as far as Oregon is concerned is playing the Oregon State Beavers in September and not in November.

Conference or non-conference, the Oregon-Oregon State game will always be one of the bigger games on the schedule and this year’s game, on Sept. 14, has a game time and a network.

The Civil War for 2024 will be on Fox with a great time of 12:30 pm for the kickoff. While it’s different, a daytime kick in the middle of September should provide for some great sunny weather and temperatures.

It’ll also be great for the Beavers to have a major network televise the game for their exposure as well. The rest of OSU’s home games, as with Washington State, will be on the CW Network.

Oregon also announced several other game times and networks as well.

The first game of the season against Idaho (Aug. 31) will be on the Big Ten Network at 4:30. In the very next week on Sept. 7, the Ducks host Boise State set for 7:30 on the streaming service Peacock.

Oregon’s first Big Ten game inside Autzen will be on a Friday, Oct. 4 against Michigan State on Fox at 6 pm. For their second Friday game, the Ducks will go to Purdue Oct. 18, also on Fox at 6 pm.

When the Ducks host Illinois on Oct. 26, the game time hasn’t been officially determined yet, but it will be either 12:30 pm, 1 pm or 4:30 pm.

All times are Pacific.

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Sooners enter postseason play as the No. 8 team in latest D1Baseball poll

Oklahoma checks in at 8th in latest D1Baseball poll.

Oklahoma just completed its most successful Big 12 regular season in program history. For the first time, the Sooners are Big 12 regular season champions. It’s incredibly fitting that the Sooners would win it on their way out. Next season, Big 12 Coach of the Year Skip Johnson and the Sooners will fight for supremacy in the vaunted SEC, the nation’s best baseball conference.

With the regular season behind them, the Sooners now focus on cementing themselves as the undisputed best team in the Big 12 by winning the 2024 Big 12 Tournament.

When the Sooners take the field, they’ll do so as a top-10 team. After a 2-1 weekend at Cincinnati to wrap up the regular season, the Sooners saw a four-spot rise in the latest D1 Baseball poll. They jumped up four spots from 12 to 8 on Monday.

Oklahoma is, without a doubt, playing some incredible baseball. All aspects of the team have been clicking at the right time, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Sooners have risen to eighth.

The opportunity exists for the Sooners to own a top eight seed in the NCAA tournament, which would give them the chance to host a regional and super regional if they should win.

Tennessee remains one, while Kentucky, Clemson, and Texas A&M are the top four.

Arkansas slid from third to fifth,  Oregon State was sixth, and the ACC regular season champs, UNC, slot in ahead of OU at seventh.

The East Carolina Pirates, at ninth, and the Florida State Seminoles round out the remainder of the top 10.

Oklahoma isn’t the only Big 12 team in this week’s poll either. The Oklahoma State Cowboys check in at 19 while the Texas Longhorns move up from 25 to 24 in this week’s rankings.

As things stand, the Sooners will take on the winner of Kansas and Kansas State on Wednesday at 12:30 pm CT and the game can be seen on ESPN+.

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The CW will broadcast Oregon State, Washington State football in 2024, now home to Pac-2 After Dark

The CW’s got ACC games in the afternoon and Oregon State, Washington State after dark.

The CW is officially the home of Power 5 football. Technically. Sorta.

The network that gave the world Arrow, Gossip Girl and a wide array of shoes that went completely off the rails toward the end continued its expansion into the world of sports. On Tuesday, CW officials announced it has secured broadcast rights to the remaining teams in the Pac-12. Both of them.

Washington State and Oregon State will have all their home games broadcast on the over-the-air basic cable network. The only exceptions; Oregon State’s Civil War rivalry game with Oregon and Texas Tech’s trip to Pullman for a showdown with the Cougars in Week 2, per Stewart Mandel.

This move expands the CW’s reach into college football. The network began airing weekly ACC games in 2023. The addition of a West Coast presence will help pad out the schedule, particularly on days LIV Golf isn’t providing free content.

While the Beavers and Cougars don’t have the most exciting home schedules — Oregon State’s biggest matchup after Oregon comes against Purdue and Wazzu’s marquee game after the Apple Cup may be Wyoming — the persistent popularity of their late night kickoffs makes this an asset. No one may be circling Washington State-Utah State on their calendars, but there’s still a large subset of fans who’ll tune in for a 10 p.m. ET start time.

Oklahoma Sooners add All-American transfer Raegan Beers

“Deep down, I’m a Sooner.”

After leading Oregon State to the elite 8, All-American Raegan Beers announced her commitment to the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Oklahoma Sooners Women’s Basketball program continues to solidify itself at the national level during Jennie Baranczyk’s tenure at the helm. They’ve made three consecutive NCAA tournaments and advanced to the round of 32 each season.

This year, they were a few possessions away from advancing to the Sweet 16 before falling to Indiana in Bloomington. But Baranczyk and her staff haven’t settled on that success. They’ve continually looked to improve the roster and hit a home run on Monday adding All-American transfer Raegan Beers.

Beers, a forward from Colorado, played two seasons for Oregon State. She was the Pac-12 freshman of the year in 2022-2023 after averaging 13.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. She started six games that season before starting all 31 games for the Beavers in 2023-2024. Last year, Beers averaged  17.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, recording 16 double-doubles for an Oregon State team that went 27-8 and finished fourth in the Pac-12.

She was a two-time All-Pac-12 selection and earned third-team All-American honors from the Associated Press as a sophomore.

In Oregon State’s elite eight run, Beers averaged 15.75 points per game. In their loss to eventual national champion South Carolina, she scored 16 points had eight rebounds and three blocks, shooting 5-for-9 from the field and 6-for-9 from the free throw line.

Beers adds another inside presence to a Sooners lineup that will bring back a number of key pieces from their NCAA tournament team.

With the addition of Beers, the back-to-back defending Big 12 champions are loaded for their first run in the SEC, a conference that features women’s basketball powers South Carolina, LSU, and Tennessee.

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Duke’s series loss to FSU drops Blue Devils to 10th in latest D1 Baseball poll

Duke remains in top 10 of the D1Baseball poll despite series loss to FSU.

Duke had a chance to bolster its postseason resume this weekend in a pivotal home series against a ranked FSU team.

Instead, Duke fell short in the Friday and Saturday games before exploding for a run-rule win on Sunday afternoon.

With its loss to the Seminoles and midweek loss to the Campbell Camels that completed a home-and-home series, Duke finished last week 1-3 and slid down to 10th in the newest D1Baseball poll.

Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Tennessee remained the poll’s top three teams for another week. Clemson moved up a spot to fourth, while ECU, who is scheduled to take on Duke in May, is now the fifth-ranked team in the country. Oregon State moved three places to sixth, while Florida State jumped from tenth to seventh. Kentucky and UC Irvine round out the remaining teams ahead of the Blue Devils.

The rest of the ACC continues to be featured up and down the poll, with Virginia, North Carolina, and Wake Forest coming in at 11, 12, and 13. NC State rounds things out on the 20th.

Duke heads for the exam break this week and will have no midweek games before returning to action on Sunday against the Longwood Lancers. The first pitch for game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Ducks use the long ball to capture one game in Corvallis

Mason Neville hit two home runs and Kevin Seitter shut down the Beavers offense to salvage one game in Corvallis 7-1.

After the offense was shut down in Games 1 and 2, the Ducks got their bats going in the series finale to defeat the Beavers in Corvallis 7-1.

Mason Neville crushed two homers and Bryce Boettcher added another solo shot.

Those long balls were more than enough for starting pitcher Kevin Seitter, who had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning. But Oregon State broke it up in the biggest way possible, a deep homer to center from Brady Kasper.

Despite that bomb, Seitter was dominating, going seven innings of one-run, one-hit ball, striking out nine while walking four.

Oregon jumped on Beaver starter Eric Segura with two runs in the top of the first inning on a run-scoring single from Jacob Walsh and then a fielding error. It was then 3-0 after two innings off of Neville’s first homer that went over the scoreboard in right-center field.

That was all Seitter needed as he cruised through the Beaver lineup.

It was then 6-0 Ducks after four with three more runs. Chase Meggers hit a sacrifice fly before Neville hit a ball that sailed over the right field bleachers.

Oregon is now 29-14 overall and 12-9 in Pac-12 action. The Ducks will now host the Beavers at PK Park for a non-conference game on Tuesday before Utah comes to town for a three-game Pac-12 weekend series beginning Friday.

Duke rises to No. 6 in D1Baseball poll after first road series win against Virginia Tech in years

Duke keeps rising in latest D1Baseball poll, moving up to No. 6 after they took a ranked road series against Virginia Tech.

Duke’s weekend in Blacksburg was full of excitement as Duke won a road series against Virginia Tech for the first time in six years. Both Duke wins came with late-inning dramatics, as the Blue Devils fought back and won the game late.

For their efforts against a top-25 team, the Blue Devils saw themselves rise one spot to No. 6 in the latest D1Baseball poll.

Duke’s win puts them two games behind UNC for the Coastal Division lead as the Blue Devils enter the home stretch of the regular season.

At the top of the newest D1Baseball poll, the Texas A&M Aggies remain the nation’s number one team. Arkansas is second while the Tennessee Volunteers are third. Kentucky and ACC foe Clemson are ranked ahead of Duke at fourth and fifth, respectively.

East Carolina, Wake Forest, and Oklahoma State follow in order before Duke’s next ACC opponent, Florida State, slots in at 10th.

The rest of the ACC continues to be well represented in the poll, with Virginia and North Carolina ranked 14th and 15th, respectively, while NC State ranked 21st.

Duke will remain on the road for a midweek game against a tough Campbell Camels team before returning home for a top-10 weekend series against the Florida State Seminoles.

After securing second ACC series over UVA, Duke moves up to No. 9 in latest D1Baseball poll

Duke pushes back into top 10 in latest D1Baseball Poll.

Duke baseball is back in the top 10.

After a little bit of a bump in the road, Chris Pollard’s team desperately needed a big week on the diamond to shift the momentum. They got just that with a 3-1 week that saw them take down ACC foe UVA for the Blue Devils’ second ACC series win of the season.

The week started with the Blue Devils hammering in-state opponent Campbell 11-1 on Tuesday. The Blue Devils got back after it on Thursday when they hosted a top-25 Virginia team. Ace pitcher Jonathan Santucci dazzled, working five innings of two-hit baseball to improve his record to 5-0, and Duke won 9-4.

On Friday, UVA bounced back with a 7-3 win to even the series at one game apiece. Another Duke comeback spearheaded Saturday’s rubber match. After the Blue Devils were down 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, they exploded for five runs in the seventh and pulled out a 7-4 win to take the series.

Joined by UNC and Clemson, Duke now gives the ACC three teams ranked in the top 10. Arkansas remains number one for another week, Clemson is number two, and Texas A&M rose from fourth to third.

The fourth spot belongs to Tennessee with the fifth going to Oregon State. Virginia Tech (11), Florida State (14), Virginia (15), NC State (19), and Wake Forest (21) make up the rest of the ACC teams on this week’s poll.

Duke was named the No. 9 team in the country by Baseball America and the No. 7 team by Perfect Game.

The Blue Devils will be back in action on Tuesday to take on Liberty in Lynchburg, Va., for a midweek game before returning home to host Miami for ACC play at Jack Coombs Field next weekend.

Despite rough week, Oklahoma remains in D1Baseball’s Top 25

Oklahoma remains in D1Baseball’s Top 25 despite bad week on the diamond.

Last week was challenging for an Oklahoma team that had begun to find its way. The Sooners posted a 1-3 record, and the lone win was a combined no-hitter Friday night against West Virginia courtesy of juniors [autotag]Braden Davis[/autotag] and [autotag]Reid Hensley[/autotag].

Outside of that, it was a drag for Skip Johnson’s ball team. D1Baseball didn’t hold it against Oklahoma too much, though. Despite their three losses, the Sooners remained in the Top 25 at exactly No. 25 in the latest poll.

Arkansas remains the cream of the crop, coming in at No. 1. Oregon State is number two, while Clemson moved from four to three. Former Big 12 foe Texas A&M is No. 4, while Tennessee vaults from eighth to fifth.

The Big 12 only has one other representative in this week’s poll, as Kansas State has joined the mix at No. 23. TCU, previously No. 18, dropped out after a 2-2 week.

Oklahoma will have the chance to pick itself up off the mat this week as it returns to action Tuesday at home against in-state foe Oral Roberts. The first pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be seen via SoonerVision on ESPN+. After that, the Sooners host a Thursday-Saturday series with Lamar.

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