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ASU Baseball: Applying Sabermetric Stats to Sun Devil Offense

by Jacob Garcia - March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) For as rapidly as sabermetric stats have infiltrated Major League Baseball, the college baseball landscape has gone largely untouched. A number of factors go into why this is the case, ranging from the absence of expensive data tracking technology to a general satisfaction with the status quo. Still, that’s not

Arizona State Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils overcome 16 point deficit to advance

by Tyler Strachan - March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) Arizona State advanced to the Sweet 16 Monday night after defeating Arkansas Little- Rock 57 to 54 in a game that the Sun Devils lead for just 1:13. “Make them pay!” A phrase that was blurted by an anonymous fan rang throughout the bellows of a hushed Wells Fargo Arena.

ASU Women’s Basketball: Katie Hempen leads the way

by Drew Martin - March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) Katie Hempen, Arizona State’s leading scorer for much of the season, has been in a slump lately, averaging just 7.4 points per game over the past five games. Not only did Hempen break out of her slump, but she was the catalyst to a dominant 74-55 NCAA Tournament

ASU Women’s Basketball: ASU Looks to Avoid Creating a Cinderella

by Terra Pinckley - March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) In the true final home game of the season, Arizona State will play the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The eleven seed UALR Trojans are coming off of a 69-60 upset over 6 seed Texas A&M in the first round on Saturday,

Utah takes Pac-12 Gymnastics title for second straight year

by WCSN Gymnastics - March 22, 2015March 25, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) The Utah Utes took the 2015 Pac-12 Gymnastics title as they received a 198.150 in front of their home crowd on Saturday. See the final standings below: 1 - University of Utah: 198.150 2 - UCLA: 197.350 3 - Stanford University: 197.175 4 - Oregon State University: 196.900 5 - University of Arizona: 196.225 6

ASU Softball: Bats ignite, pitching rebounds in series finale

by Tyler Strachan - March 22, 2015March 23, 2015

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) After a relief appearance on Saturday that saw her give up the winning runs to the Golden Bears, Breanna Macha rebounded in the best way possible - guiding the Arizona State Sun Devils to an 11-6 win over 12th ranked California. The freshman handled herself well in Sunday’s rubber

ASU Soccer: Sun Devils split first two spring games

by Anthony Marroquin - March 22, 2015March 22, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The Sun Devil soccer team kicked off its spring schedule with a win over New Mexico and a loss later on in the day to BYU. Despite getting off to a slow start against New Mexico, the Sun Devils were able to rally, and get the win with ease. Rachel

ASU Softball: The Sun Devils fall to California in a seventh inning collapse

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by Bobby Kraus - March 21, 2015

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) Head Coach Craig Nicholson has had a message for his team all season: come out every day and try to get better individually and as a team. He saw the positive and negative part of that message on Saturday afternoon as Arizona State (21-10, 2-2) fell to the

ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils Score Their Way Into Second Round

by Terra Pinckley - March 21, 2015March 21, 2015

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) With a final score of 74-55 over the Ohio Bobcats, Arizona State has stormed in to the NCAA Tournament guns blazing and taking no prisoners. On their way to scoring the most points they’ve had in four games, Arizona State saw offensive production from everyone that stepped on the

ASU Gymnastics: Gym Devils falter on beam, come in last in first session of championships

by Madeline Witt - March 21, 2015March 22, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) Arizona State University competed in the Pac-12 Championship this afternoon at the University of Utah’s Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The team came in last place in the first session consisting of Arizona, California, Washington and ASU. The Gym Devils entered the championships coming off a