Tag: Pac-12

Sun Devils seek third straight win, bowl eligibility against UCLA

by Bob Young

By HARLEY YEAROUT
Cronkite News

TEMPE – Two weeks can change everything for a college football team.

Just ask the Arizona State Sun Devils, who came off a second consecutive 7-point loss October 18 against Stanford. The hope of ASU even attaining six victories to become eligible for a postseason bowl game was in question. After the loss to the Cardinal, ASU quarterback Manny Wilkins entered the post-game press conference visibly emotional, tears in his eyes after completing a checkdown pass inbounds that allowed time to expire to end the game.

Fast-forward to today. After a successful trip to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where ASU beat Southern California, and an upset win over then-15th ranked Utah at Sun Devil Stadium, ASU now is just one-win shy of bowl eligibility.

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Recruiting the right players can be difficult in collegiate beach volleyball

by Adnan Alam
  • Slug: Sports-ASU Beach, 800 words.
  • Photo included

By Tyler Handlan
Cronkite News

TEMPE — ASU fledgling women’s beach volleyball program is in its third year, but recruiting players that fit the beach game at the Pac-12 level is proving difficult.

“It’s challenging to get tall girls to commit to just playing beach because they have a bigger chance of getting a scholarship for indoor, ” said ASU sand volleyball coach Brad Keenan. “There’s a lot of 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 girls that are like, ‘I’m beach only now.’

“And I’m like ‘Well, I already have 15 5-foot-7 girls, so I need to find someone who’s 6-foot-1, 6-foot-2 that can block.’ ”

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From Sunnyslope to Stanford: Humphrey hopes to lead Cardinal to postseason upset

by Paola Boivin
  • Slug: Sports- Stanford Humphrey, 490 words
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By JENN BALUCH
Cronkite News

PHOENIX – A classic overachiever, Michael Humphrey worked hard to secure a scholarship at Stanford.

A similar drive will be needed by the Cardinal junior and his teammates next week when they open Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament play in Las Vegas.

“I think Stanford was the right fit for me,” the Sunnyslope High School product said. “It gave me the opportunity to get myself in a new environment and be close enough to home.”

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