From rlwebb@mail.wsu.edu Wed May 3 09:41:53 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA09883; Wed, 3 May 95 09:41:52 -0700 Received: from cheetah.it.wsu.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA19157; Wed, 3 May 95 09:41:51 -0700 Received: from [134.121.46.37] ([134.121.46.37]) by cheetah.it.wsu.edu (8.6.10/WSUit-1.1) with SMTP id JAA09045; Wed, 3 May 1995 09:41:49 -0700 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 09:42:14 -0700 To: cougar-sports@listproc.wsu.edu, pac-10@u.washington.edu From: rlwebb@mail.wsu.edu (Richard Webb) Subject: Nor-Pac getting smaller It was reported in today's Spokesman-Review that Gonzaga University and University of Portland will be leaving the Nor-Pac for the WCC for the 1996 baseball season. The two schools are already members of the WCC in most other sports (including all of the "championship sports" except football). This leaves the Nor-Pac with four teams, but there is concern that the remaining non-Pac-10 team (Portland State), which has agreed to join the Big Sky, might be forced to drop baseball since it is not played in the Big Sky. The defections were prompted by a number of factors including wanting all sports in the same league. However, the "elitist" attitude of the Six-Pac was also strongly accused. Apparently, only the 9 Pac-10 institutions that play baseball get a vote in the league decision making. Since there are six Pac-10 teams in the Six-Pac and only 3 in the Nor-Pac, the Six-Pac dictates what is done by the Nor-Pac, including such inequities as last years decision to make the Six-Pac champion the Pac-10 champion without a playoff, and having all three games of this year's playoff at the home field of the Six-Pac champion. Currently, with less than two weeks remaining in the season, only three games separate the top from the bottom in a parity-filled Nor-Pac. WSU and UW are tied for the top spot, but will untie it when they meet for a three game series in Seattle this weekend. The opening game of Saturday's double-header will be shown live on ESPN starting at noon PT. The standings as of now (PSU and OSU play today) are: WSU 13-10 23-25 UW 13-10 20-26 PSU 12-11 18-30 Gonzaga 11-13 25-23 -- Only team with a winning record UP 10-13 20-22 OSU 10-12 20-20 Finally, after three rounds of the four-round Pac-10 Golf Championships being hosted by WSU at the par-72 Meadow Springs Golf Club in Richland, WA (my home for the past 7 months, ending last week), here is the leader board: TEAM STANDINGS Arizona State 360-350-374 1084 California 366-358-380 1104 Arizona 363-359-384 1106 Southern Cal 365-355-392 1112 Oregon 368-360-387 1115 Washington State 361-377-379 1117 Stanford 372-366-381 1119 UCLA 368-369-387 1124 Oregon State 366-370-389 1125 Washington 376-366-400 1142 INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Scott Johnson ASU 69-68-73 210 Charli Wi Cal 71-67-74 212 Charles Kingbaker OSU 72-69-73 214 Todd Demsey ASU 72-72-72 216 -- That's par-par-par William Yanagisawa Stan 72-70-75 217 The lowest single-round team score so far is ASU's 350 in the second round. The highest is UW's 400 in round 3. The lowest individual score so far has been Charlie Wi's 67 on day two (there have only been five rounds below 70, with two belonging to leader Scott Johnson and the one not shown above the 68 shot by ASU's Chris Hanell in the second round). The paper does not list all entrants, so I don't know the highest single round. Richard Webb rlwebb@mail.wsu.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ Department of Physics Office: (509) 335-7012 Washington State University FAX: (509) 335-7816 Pullman, WA 99164-2814 Home: (509) 332-5844 ___________________________________________________________________________ .