(Photo: Michael Baron/WCSN) Marisa Stankiewicz has been involved with sports all of her life, from t-ball with her older brother Drew to softball at the collegiate level for the Sun Devils. “I remember when we were playing on the same team she was better than all the other guys,” Drew Stankiewicz said.
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ASU Baseball: Recent success leaves door open to keep record alive
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) It is a fact that Arizona State is a college baseball powerhouse. The program has had 54 consecutive 30-win seasons dating back to 1963. This season, however, getting to the 30-win mark will be tough. Coming into the 2017 season, Arizona State landed one of the consensus best recruiting classes in the
ASU Baseball: Basepath blunders hurt Devils as Cal State Bakersfield avoids sweep
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) Fight and comebacks have been a story of the Arizona State Sun Devils season all year long. Having been under .500 since their series against Oregon State, ASU won its first two games against Cal State Bakersfield, putting them in a position to potentially even up their record
ASU Baseball: Game 3 Instant Recap Vs. Cal State Bakersfield
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) A game away from .500, the Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners for the final game of a three-game series, as they looked for the sweep. In what was a very back-and-forth game at the start, Mahlik Jones started the scoring in the second for
ASU Baseball: Lingos strong outing, Canning’s timely hitting lifts Sun Devils to series-clinching victory
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) Following a night in which there were 11 total runs after three innings, Saturday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium carried a very different tale. One thing was very clear, it was a pitching a duel on Saturday night. The Sun Devils (18-19, 5-10 Pac-12) rallied back from a 2-0 deficit to
ASU Baseball: Sitting down with head coach Tracy Smith
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) I sat down with the man at the helm of the Sun Devil Baseball team about what it’s like to run one of the most storied college baseball programs. Smith, who’s from Kentland, Indiana, began his head coaching career at Miami of Ohio, going 317-220-1 from 1997-2005 including back-to-back
ASU Baseball: Erives’ excellence, boom of bats sends Sun Devils in right direction in win over UNLV
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team left Berkeley’s Evans Diamond on Sunday with their head coach in the belief that his team was quitting early on and lacking the competitiveness needed to win. Having lost eight of their last 11 games, the Devils returned to Phoenix Municipal Stadium
ASU Baseball: Instant Recap vs. UNLV
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Despite Barry Bonds not being in attendance like the time before, the Arizona State Sun Devils looked to get a midweek win over the UNLV Rebels on Tuesday night and succeeded in doing so, breaking a stretch of five straight losses behind a final score of 5-3. Having lost
ASU Baseball: Canning’s big weekend not enough as Golden Bears sweep Devils
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With golden opportunities being few and far between for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2017, a series against a California Golden Bears team similar in record seemed perfect for the squad. However as the Devils left Berkeley, poor pitching, struggles with hitting and a lack of competitiveness drove
ASU Baseball: Pitching Duel in the Desert Finishes in Favor of Devils
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) With Tracy Smith preaching the values of "good baseball" all season long, his squad delivered those values late in a back-and-forth duel in Tempe, securing their second Pac-12 win of the season by a score of 5-4. The starting pitching for both UCLA and Arizona State was strong through the first