Wednesday, May 13, 2009

May Is A Busy Month!

Although we are only two weeks into the month of May, it has been very busy for the conference and our schools.....

The month started out with the WAC Softball Tournament in Fresno, CA. The Fresno State Bulldogs (36-18), WAC regular season co-champions won three consecutive games to earn the Tournament title and automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs play in the Los Angeles Regional and will face UNLV on Friday at 1p.m. Nevada, who shares the regular season co-champions honors lost one game en route to the championship game where they fell to Fresno State (3-2 in extra innings). Nevada (39-17) earned an at-large bid the NCAA Tournament and will travel to the Palo Alto Regional to face Cal Poly at 3p.m. on Friday.

This week Utah State is hosting the Outdoor Track and Field Tournament May 13-16 at Ralph Maughan Track Stadium. Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State and Utah State will all compete for the tournament title and individual qualifying times and standards for the NCAA Regional (May 29-30).

The following week (May 21-24)the University of Hawai`i will host the NAPA Auto Parts WAC Baseball Tournament. The top six teams in the league will play for the tournament title and automatic berth to the NCAA Regional. As you are aware last years tournament champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs won the College World Series....
Tickets may be purchased by calling the University of Hawaii Athletic Ticket Office at (808) 944-2697 or online at http://etickethawaii.com/?DB_OEM_ID=10100.




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