FORT WORTH, Texas -- San Diego State edged BYU 1-0 in a pitchers' duel on Wednesday, ousting the Cougars from the MWC Championships.

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BYU will play a familiar foe -- rival Utah -- in today's opening round of the 2008 Phillips 66 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament.

The signature moment of the recently completed men's college basketball season was a 3-point shot.

SALT LAKE CITY -- BYU's baseball players wondered if it was just their day. Maybe not the whole one, but definitely one incredibly long and bizarre three-out period that produced a stunning comeback Saturday on the rival's home field.

For BYU forward Zach DeFrancis, finding ways to beat his defenders and create open looks at the goal is something that comes naturally.

If Friday night is any indication, BYU may want to postpone the completion of its new South Field until further notice.

I don't know what size shoes Trent Plaisted wears -- at 6-foot-11, must be 14s or 15s, right? -- but I do know this: Walking in those shoes right about now would be a lot of fun.

Trent Plaisted is leaving for a different type of mission, but he's stuck to the code that BYU coaches appreciate of all their athletes coming and going -- no surprises.

As a freshman Trent Plaisted wanted to make it to the NBA, he joked, if for no other reason than the leg room on cushy chartered flights.

Tough life, that Chris Watkins. The BYU soccer coach assisted on an Italian trip with the women's team, then as the head coach of the men's squad went to Fiji.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A three-run home run from Angeline Quiocho gave the BYU softball team all the offense they needed at the NCAA Chapel Hill regional in a 3-0 shutout victory over No. 13 North Carolina.