Oregon State University NCAA News

Oregon St.'s Matt Boyd and his 2 seam fastball is scheduled to attempt to hold Indiana's batters in check today.

Back in March of 2011, at the B.C. senior girls Triple A championships, a 10th grader named Kolbie Orum wound up scoring 135 points over four games, winning the tournament's scoring title with a number that was the fourth-highest ever in the event's then 62-year history.

In just his sixth start of the season, freshman Trent Thornton handcuffs powerful LSU to keep North Carolina alive.

Jordan Poyer took part in Oregon State's graduation on Saturday and flew to Philadelphia on Sunday, but he struggled to fall asleep that night in his airport hotel room.

Oregon St. backup quarterback Richie Harrington has announced he is leaving the Beavers, transferring to Southern Utah of the Football Championship Subdivision Big Sky Conference.

Oregon St.'s Max Gordon got both of Oregon St.'s big innings going, and was 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs and a run scored in the 4th inning to lead the Beavers to an 11-4 win over Louisville.

Ben Wetzler ran off 7 straight wins down the stretch in the regular season, and won both the Regional and Super Regional ending games for Oregon St. The Beavers need another effort on that level today against Louisville.

Oregon St.'s Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 plus a walk, reaching base all 5 trips to the plate, but it wasn't enough, as Mississippi St. pulled out a 5-4 win to open the CWS.

It's the first trip back to Omaha for both teams since 2007, when the Beavers won their second National Championship in as many years.

BeaverBeliever12 correctly picked the entire left side of the CWS bracket correctly to take the lead in the BTD Bracket Challenge Eight teams have survived the second weekend of the 2013 NCAA Baseball Tournament.

If the Dictionary of Phrases needs a demonstration of what "cautiously optimistic" sounds like, they might want to chat with Mark Banker about his Oregon State defense.

Hunter Renfroe leads Mississippi St. in both home runs and batting average. Oregon St. will need to keep Renfroe under control Saturday.

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park.

A report indicated the Steelers were throwing the ball deep more often in minicamp.

To come back and win a pair of elimination games after the heartbreak of losing the opener of a best-of-three super regional when within a strike of victory.

In 2011, Oregon State ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, surrendering 30.8 points per game.

Rookie receiver Tavon Austin returned a punt toward the right sideline Tuesday and broke into the clear, leaving punter Johnny Hekker as the last line of defense.

In 2011, UCLA ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in scoring offense with a measly 23.1 points per game.

The celebration and the trip to Omaha is going to have to wait just a little while longer for Kansas State.

I've never seen so much unneeded angst by a group of fans than this bunch at Oregon State, all nervous, all tense, all up in arms about the suddenly precarious footing of their baseball team.