By Nate Sanchez
Sports Editor
Women’s Basketball: With their 96-90 victory against New Mexico State on Saturday, March 1, the ’Runners clinched a two-seed in their first year in the Western Athletic Conference. The ’Runners will end the regular season at home on Saturday, March 8 against rival Utah Valley University at 1 p.m. The ’Runners will also play the Wolverines, who have clinched the seven-seed, in the first round of the playoffs.
Wrestling: Redshirt sophomore Bryce Hammond took home his second consecutive 174-pound title at the Pac-12 Championships. By doing so, Hammond is the first ’Runner to accomplish this since heavyweight Mitch Montiero won in 2009 and 2010. Hammond’s championship has earned him an automatic bid into this year’s NCAA Division I Championship on March 20-22.
Water Polo: Senior Paige Tsuruda unleashed her talents Saturday, March 1 by scoring nine goals during the Cal Lutheran Posada Invitational. Tsuruda scored five against hosts Cal Lutheran and four against the University of La Verne. The ’Runners went on to record a perfect 4-0 record for the tournament.
Swimming: Junior Mitchell Huxhold and sophomore Michaela Paige won the 550-meter freestyle races at the WAC Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday, Feb. 27. Huxhold set a new WAC record 4:17.23 in his preliminaries, and beat second place in the finals by almost four seconds. Paige beat her opponent by almost three seconds and trimmed six seconds off her own school record.
Baseball: The ’Runners lost both games of a doubleheader on Sunday, March 2 to the UC Riverside Highlanders. Runs were scarce in the first game, as two of the ’Runners’ three runs came from sophomore infielder Chance Gusbeth’s two triples. In the second game, the ’Runners fought back from a 3-0 Highlander lead in the first inning, but still lost by a score of 7-6.
Track and Field: The ’Runners concluded the WAC Indoor Championships on Friday, Feb. 28. Freshman middle distance runner Ariana Mariscal placed third in the 800-meter finals with a time of 2:15.37. CSUB finished in ninth place with 10 points.
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