The Washington State women's golf team has three golfers sitting inside the top-25 on the player leaderboard after two rounds of play at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate Monday, March 7. The Cougars end the day in eighth place on the team leaderboard after carding 13-over; 589 through 36 holes of play at the Meadow Club Golf Course.
Freshman Jinyu Wu paces the Cougars after two rounds of play at the Meadow Club Collegiate. The freshman carded 76-69 on Monday to put her at 1-over; 145. Wu heads into Tuesday's third round tied for 17th on the player leaderboard.
Wu shot 2-under on the par-5 ninth hole in the second round. She was one of two WSU golfers to collect an eagle during the first two rounds of play at the Meadow Club Collegiate. Freshman Sarah Skovgaard Bils, who was making her WSU debut at this tournament, went 2-under on the par-4 fourth hole in the first round.
Washington State ended play on Monday at the Meadow Club Collegiate in eighth place on the team leaderboard. WSU began the day shooting 11-over; 299 in the first round. The Cougars would shave nine strokes off their team score in the second round, as Washington State carded 2-over; 290.
Senior Darcy Habgood and freshman Madelyn Gamble ended the day tied for 22nd. Habgood carded 3-over; 75 in the first round, then shot 1-under; 71 in the second round. Gamble carded even-par; 72 in her first go-around at the course, then ended her day by shooting 2-under; 74 in the second round. Both Habgood and Gamble will open Tuesday's third round at 2-over; 146.
The Washington State men's golf team moved into a tie for ninth place on the team leaderboard at the end of the second round at the 2022 Bandon Dunes Championship Monday, March 7. Freshman Peter Jung ended his second day at Sheep Ranch Golf Course inside the top-10, as his two-round score of 145 (+3) puts him in a tie for 10th place.
The Cougars shaved three strokes off their team score in the second round of the Bandon Dunes Championship, as WSU carded 16-over; 300 in the round. Washington State heads into Tuesday's finale in a tie for ninth place with a two-round score of 603 (+35).
Jung and junior Pono Yanagi each shot a team-best 3-over; 71 in the second round. Jung, who is playing as an individual at the Bandon Dunes Championship, sits in a tie for 10th place on the player leaderboard with a two-round score of 145 (+3). Yanagi heads into the tournament's third round tied for 25th, carding 6-over; 148 through 36 holes of play. Sophomore Jaden Cantafio will open the third round in a tie for 30th with a two-round score of 149 (+7).
Washington State opens the third round of the Bandon Dunes Championship Tuesday, March 8, at 8:30 a.m.
The Pac-12 announced their Pac-12 Hall of Honor inductees this week. Among those being honored is Cougar football great Drew Bledsoe. Here's the brief bio provided by the conference:
Drew Bledsoe, Washington State (1990-92)
Drew Bledsoe was a record-setting quarterback at Washington State, 1990-92. He left school as the Cougars' single-game and single-season record holder in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, and total offense. He also tied the single-game mark for touchdown passes with five against Oregon State as a sophomore in 1991. Bledsoe's career numbers of 7,373 passing yards and 46 touchdown tosses ranked him second in WSU history behind Jack Thompson when his career concluded. As a junior, he was named the Pacific-10 Conference's MVP on offense, earned All-America honors, was a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, and finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Bledsoe capped his Cougar career leading WSU to a Copper Bowl win over Utah in 1992 and being named MVP in the game. He passed on his senior year in Pullman to enter the NFL Draft where he was selected No. 1 overall by the New England Patriots. He played 14 seasons in the NFL with the Patriots, Buffalo Bill and Dallas Cowboys, was named All-Pro twice and selected to the Pro Bowl four times. He threw for over 44,000 yards in the NFL. Bledsoe was on two Super Bowl teams, including the Patriots when they won Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. Bledsoe became a member of the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001, the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 2011 and the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Bledsoe's career has flourished following his time in the NFL as he realized his dream of opening a winery. Through that dream, Doubleback Winery sprung up in his home town of Walla Walla, Wash. Bledsoe's goal when opening the winery was to craft America's best Cabernet Sauvignon in an elegant, true to varietal way. That determination has come to fruition with Doubleback receiving numerous honors, including a spot on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list. https://wsucougars.com/news/2022/3/7/wsu-athletics-drew-bledsoe-to-be-inducted-into-pac-12-hall-of-honor.aspx
It seems fitting to put together a list of coaches who branch off of the Mike Leach coaching tree. Perspective on his football genius can easily be determined by a cursory glance: Dave Aranda/Baylor head coach – Graduate assistant coach under Leach from 2000-02 at Texas Tech Neal Brown/West Virginia head coach – Played under Leach in 1998 when Leach was offensive coordinator at Kentucky Sonny Cumbie/Louisiana Tech head coach – Played under Leach at Texas Tech from 2000-03 and later served as a graduate assistant coach under Leach Sonny Dykes/TCU head coach – Coached wide receivers and later was the co-offensive coordinator at Texas Tech under Leach from 2000-06 Josh Heupel/Tennessee head coach – Played under Leach at Oklahoma in 1999 when Leach was the offensive coordinator for the Sooners Dana Holgorsen/Houston head coach – Coached alongside Leach as assistants at Valdosta State from 1993-95, then served as a wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator under Leach from ...
The news of former WSU Coach Mike Leach passing at the young age of 61 is very, very sad. I had the pleasure of writing about the Cougs when Leach was at the helm. To say that he was a unique person doesn't begin to describe the multi-faceted dimension of the man.
In terms of coaching football, Leach led his teams in a way that had most other coaches scratching their heads. His offensive creativity gave a multitude of defensive coordinators ulcers. To say that his techniques for molding student-athletes into football players were unusual would be accurate. Making guys run sprints in a sand pit named "Leach Beach" is a prime example. Crazy as that sounds, his players had fewer ankle injuries over the course of the season than any team in football. Only Mike Leach could get players to hit the beach. And if you look at the coaching tree that branches out from Leach, you'd find a myriad of men who owe him for their start in the profession.
When you examine the way Leach represented the schools ...
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, so Wazzu's loss yesterday to UNLV by a score of 74-70 was just that, a loss. However, there were plenty of reasons to applaud both the performance and the progress the Cougs are making over the past few games. Let's get the bad observation out of the way. WSU turned the ball over a ridiculous 22 times. No one is going to beat many teams with such wreckless play, especially against a team that posted a 9-0 record going into the contest. Some of those errors might be attributed to Coach Kyle Smith going with a different lineup almost every game because of player injuries. Facts are facts and when there isn't a steady lineup, players struggle to play team ball. On the bright side, Wazzu shot a respectable 54.2% from the field, coupled with a very nice 56.5% from behind the arc. On defense, WSU held UNLV to just 30.4% from behind the arc and 50.9% overall. The Cougs outrebounded the Rebels by a margin of 33-20. Despite being down by ...
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