WSU pursues NCAA post-season slot

 

PULLMAN – The WSU Cougars baseball team is finishing out the season in pursuit of its first NCAA post-season berth in 17 years, as the Cougs take on the UW Huskies at Bailey-Brayton Field Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

 

Pac-10 Baseball Standings, May 20, 2009

Team Conf. Pct. GB Overall Pct. Arizona State 19-5 .792 – 41-11 .788 Washington State 16-8 .667 3 28-23 .549 UCLA 14-10 .583 5 26-27 .491 Oregon State 13-11 .542 6 32-16 .667 Washington 13-11 .542 6 25-27 .481 Stanford 12-12 .500 7 29-23 .558 USC 11-13 .458 8 26-27 .491 Arizona 10-14 .416 9 27-24 .529 California 8-16 .333 11 23-27 .460 Oregon 4-20 .167 15 14-38 .269

 

 

 

WSU currently holds second place in the Pac-10 with a 28-22 overall record, 16-8 Pac-10. The UW, is in fifth place with a 25-27 overall record, 13-11 in the Pac-10.

 

Tuesday evening, WSU dropped a tight nonconference game with Gonzaga, 8-7, in Spokane.

 

The three UW games are slated for:

 

 

Earlier this week, WSU senior outfielder Jared Prince was named Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week for May 11-17.

 

Prince batted .478 (11-for-23) with a home run and 10 RBI to lead Washington State to a 4-2 record last week. The Poulsbo native was 3-for-4 with three RBI in the Cougars’ 10-2 win over Oregon, May 11. He added a home run and three RBI in a 10-5 victory over Portland, May 12.

 

He was 6-for-10 with four RBI in a three-game series at Oregon State in which WSU won two games. He was a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles and three, two-out RBI in a 7-6 victory, May 15 and had two hits and a RBI in a 7-6 win, May 17. For the week, he posted a .696 slugging percentage and .556 on-base percentage.

 

This is the first weekly honor for Prince and the second for WSU this season. Freshman Derek Jones won the award for the week of March 23-29.