There's good news and bad news from Cougar baseball (13-20, 5-12 Pac-12). Originally the Cougs were scheduled to host Cal (17-17, 8-9 Pac-12) Thursday afternoon, but the game was snowed out. There was enough clear weather on Friday to get in two of the three-game conference series. Wazzu sent out their Friday Night guy to start the first game of the double header. Cole McMillan (3-3) worked into the sixth inning and allowed just one earned run on one hit and struck out five to earn the win. The Wazzu offense collected eleven hits in a 4-1 Pac-12 victory. Then there was the second game. Oh my.
Cal took full advantage of some very spotty Cougar pitching in the nightcap. The Bears plated 16-runs on just ten hits. Four of those Cal runs scored on bases-loaded walks. There's no need to mention any of the WSU relievers, who surrendered 12-runs in just five innings of work, because all of them were ineffective. The weather at the beginning of the contest was a brisk 38-degrees. Wazzu's pitching was much colder than that.
The final game of the three-game set is scheduled to begin at 11:05am and will be broadcast on WSU Live Stream via Pac-12 Network. Looking at the weather forecast, it's not likely this game will be played because snow.

Turning to WSU Track and Field, sophomore Alaina Stone Boggs won the women's 5,000m race as the Washington State men's and women's track and field team recorded multiple WSU all-time marks, and nine top-15 finishes over three days at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Stone Boggs displayed her speed and endurance in the women's section five open 5,000m event. She won her heat with a personal-record time of 16:31.28, a whole 19-seconds faster than her previous best mark. Her time is also the 10th-fastest women's 5,000m time recorded in WSU history. Stone Boggs was not done with her outstanding performances at the Bryan Clay Invitational, as she set a new personal record in the women's 1,500m with a time of 4:31.19. She placed 22nd overall in the women's 1,500m open group A event.
Junior Brian Barsaiya crossed the finish line in 14:17.35 to establish a new personal record in the 5,000m event. He placed seventh overall in the men's section five open 5,000m race.
Freshman Leif Swanson finished the men's 5,000m open group B race with a personal-record time of 14:37.43. He finished 12th overall out of the 100 athletes in the race.
Sophomore Neema Kimtai had quite the performance recording two all-time WSU top-10 marks. In the women's open 800m the Kenyan native finished with a personal-best time of 2:05.54 placing 19th out of 160 competitors. Her 800m time set at the Bryan Clay Invitational is the sixth-fastest time recorded in the event in WSU history. Kimtai was not done setting personal records, as she recorded a personal-best time of 4:20.98 in the 1,500m to finish 35th out of 135 runners. Her time is the seventh-fastest mark set in the women's 1,500m in WSU history.
A pair of Washington State men's discus throwers tossed their way to a top-10 finish. Senior John Kolb placed sixth overall in the discus after recording a season-best throw of 52.38m. Sophomore Joey Jensen finished ninth overall in the event with a mark of 48.83m.
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Excellent news from Wazzu tennis. Women's tennis celebrated its 2022 Senior Day Friday, yet it was a sophomore who stole the show. Fifa Kumhom posted the biggest win of her WSU career to lift the Cougars over No. 32 Washington in the Boeing Apple Cup series match at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse. With the win, the Cougars snap a seven-match skid against Washington dating back to the 2014 season, while improving to 7-14 on the season, 2-8 in Pac-12 play. The Huskies fall to 13-10, 4-6.