Willamette`s Ueno Rebounds to Shoot 75 in Day Two of NCAA Division III Championships

(HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, FL) - Freshman Whitney Ueno shot second lowest round of the day, firing a 75 to move into a tie for 22nd place after the second round of the NCAA Division III Women`s Golf Championship s at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Florida.

Ueno was in 46th place coming into the second round after shooting a 92 in the first round.

But the freshman from Hilo, HI rebounded with a +2, 75, shooting even par on the back nine to make the biggest move of the day up the leader board.

After the second round, Methodist College`s Charlotte Williams is in first place with a two-round score of 153, +7.

But Ueno is within ten shots of 15 other players as she moves into the third and fourth rounds scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Willamette Names New Men`s Soccer Coach

(SALEM) - Nelson Larson, the assistant coach of the Bearcats for the past two season, has been named the new head coach of the Willamette University men`s soccer team.

Larson replaces Jeff Enquist, who resigned earlier this month.

Along with coaching at Willamette, Larson is a staff coach for the Oregon Olympic Development Program.

He is also a staff coach for the Portland City United Soccer Club and runs the SoccerTots program at the Tualatin Indoor Soccer facility.

As a player, Larson was a three-time All-conference defender for Hastings College, an NAIA school in Nebrasksa. After finishing his collegiate career in 1999, Larson played for Harlow Hill FC and Newtown Villa FC in England.

Men's Baseball: Wolves Maintain No. 1 Ranking

Western Oregon also climbs to No. 6 in national baseball writer’s poll.

(MONMOUTH) - The Western Oregon baseball team held the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week in the official NCAA Division II west region poll announced today, and they moved up one spot to sixth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writer`s Association national list.

The Wolves have finished the regular season, and are now awaiting Monday`s announcement of the six-team field for the west region tournament, along with the selection of the host site. This poll and the final selection are based on a ratings system that includes six different categories. The Wolves, in part because of a solid record against highly ranked teams in the region, have held the top spot since the first ranking came out a month ago.

WOU is currently 38-14 overall and is 7-2 against other teams ranked in the top ten in the west. They are 36-14 against all clubs in the west region, and they won their sixth straight league title with a 20-4 record in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

OSU Sports- Notes From The Inside

(CORVALLIS) - FAST FACTS: No. 7 ranked Oregon State has been ranked in the nation`s Top-10 for 11 consecutive weeks...The Beavers had their 28-game winning streak snapped with a 3-2 8-inning loss to No. 9 ranked Arizona State on April 1...OSU`s school record 28th consecutive victory came in a 2-1 win over No. 3 Arizona in the Mar. 31 Pac-10 opener.

BEAVERS AND SUN DEVIL SERIES NUMBERS: No. 9 ranked Arizona State leads the all-time series with Oregon State, 57-24, but the Beavers are 19-23 against the Sun Devils under head coach Kirk Walker. Oregon State has won three straight games played in Tempe and six out of the last eight games at Farrington Stadium in the series.

Stewart's Strong Start Cause for Concern

(CHARLOTTE – AP) - Here's the good news for the 42 drivers trying to dethrone Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart: He finally had a bad race, failing to lead a single lap in Richmond and never showing enough muscle to challenge for the victory.

Now the bad news: He still finished sixth.

Stewart's off to an uncharacteristically strong start this season, one that his rivals can't help but notice.

"He's a big concern because that team typically doesn't hit its stride until midsummer," four-time series champion Jeff Gordon recently admitted. "But this year, he seems to be overachieving right now. That's really scary because if Tony still has a hot streak in him, he's going to be very, very tough to beat."

Adelman Out After Eight Years With Kings

(SACRAMENTO – AP) - Rick Adelman made eight straight playoff appearances in eight consecutive winning seasons coaching the Sacramento Kings. His teams won two division titles while crafting an exciting new image for one of the NBA's least lovable franchises.And it wasn't nearly enough to save his job when the Kings' owners and executives looked at their empty trophy case.

The Kings dismissed the most successful coach in franchise history Tuesday in a firing mostly motivated by the club's desire for something better than the above-average results delivered by Adelman, 14th on the NBA's career list with 752 coaching victories.

No. 5 OSU Gets Set For Weekend Baseball Battle

(CORVALLIS) - After Oregon State finished off its series against Washington last weekend, OSU head coach Pat Casey thought about the schedule immediately in front of the Beavers and noted, "We`ve got to go on the road for six games now, and in this conference, that`s like hiking through a blizzard for three miles with very little clothing."

While OSU has had to play through some hailstorms during May trips to Washington State - next week`s destination - there`s very little chance the Beavers will feel like they`re in a blizzard this weekend.

Bearcat Football to Face New Foes in 2006

(SALEM) - Willamette football coach Mark Speckman and the Willamette University football team will face some new foes this season in a schedule packed with Division III football teams.

After opening the season at home in McCulloch Stadium against in-state rival Western Oregon University, (Sept. 2nd @ 7:00 PM), the Bearcats will host Gustavus Adolphus the following Saturday (Sept. 9th @ 1:30 PM). The Golden Gusties, out of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) were 3-7 last season and will open their season here against the Bearcats.

Wolves Sign Four More Hoop Standouts

WOU inks Hodge, Arrington, Cook and Hoffman to team.

(MONMOUTH) - Western Oregon University head basketball coach Craig Stanger has announced the national letter of intent signings of four more players that will join the Wolves program for the 2006-07 season.

The foursome joins Lake Oswego High School standout Mike McLaughlin, who signed with the Wolves last month.

Added to the WOU fold this week were Adonal Arrington, Johnny (JC) Cook, Keith Hoffman and Brad Hodge.