==COUGAR BASEBALL AT CALIFORNIA’s LONG BEACH STATE (first
pitch 6 o’clock in the evening on Wed 14 March 2018), final score Long Beach
State 5 –Washington State 1.
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March 14, 2018 / Women's Golf
WOMEN'S GOLF FIGHTS GUSTING WINDS TO FINISH SIXTH IN HAWAII
The Cougars improved three spots in the final day of play.
From WSU Sports Info
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii - Fighting gusting winds over two days
on the ocean course at Kaneohe Klipper, the Washington State women's golf team
moved up three spots Tuesday afternoon to finish the Dr. Donnis Thompson
Invitational in a tie for sixth place overall. The Cougars finished behind four
ranked teams and Colorado State in Hawaii with No. 6 Texas taking the
tournament title with a three-round total of 19-over. The Longhorns held off
the likes of No. 17 Oklahoma State, No. 24 Houston, and No. 31 Texas A&M
while the Cougs finished just behind the group at 69-over par for the
tournament.
Individually, senior Alivia Brown just missed another top-10
finish as the fourth-year ace ended her tournament in 11th place. Brown was
able to shake off a mistake on the par-4, 13th, early in the day to close out
the tournament with 13-straight pars and post a two-over, 74 for the day.
Overall, Brown completed the tournament at 11-over par to pace the Cougars
while Texas' Kaitlyn Papp, ranked No. 25 in the nation by GolfStat, took the
tournament title as the lone golfer to break par in Hawaii at three-under
Not far behind Brown, fellow senior Bree Wanderscheid came
up with a trio of birdies in her final round at Kaneohe to post a 75 Tuesday
afternoon. For the tournament, Wanderscheid totaled a 17-over, 233, to close
play in a tie for 28th overall. Madison Odiorne finished her tournament in a
tie for 39th overall while Marie Lund-Hansen and Emily Baumgart matched each
other on the leaderboard for three rounds and ended in a tied for 48th.
The Cougars will take a week off before heading to Arizona
to take part in the PING/ASU Invitational from March 23-25. The three-day
event, hosted by No. 6 Arizona State, is scheduled to take place at the ASU
Karsten Golf Course in Tempe.
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March 14, 2018 / Coug Women's Basketball
FOUR FROM WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EARN ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS
Senior Pinelopi Pavlopoulou led the way with a first team award.
From WSU Sports Info
SAN FRANCISCO – Senior Pinelopi Pavlopoulou was named First
Team Pac-12 All-Academic as the headliner of four Cougs earning all-academic
honors as announced by Commissioner Larry Scott Wednesday morning.
In addition to Pavlopoulou earning top honors, juniors Maria
Kostourkova, Alexys Swedlund and redshirt junior Louise Brown each earned
honorable mention for their work both on the court and in the classroom. For
Pavlopoulou, the award was the third of her career including her
second-straight first team award while Kostourkova and Swedlund each earned
their second honorable mention award.
To be eligible for selection to the academic teams, a
student-athlete must be in their redshirt-freshman season or above and have a
minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average, while participating in at least 50
percent of team competitions.
Pavlopoulou sports a 3.80 GPA while majoring in Management
Information Systems, a degree she will earn later this year. Starting 14 games
while playing in all 30 games on the year, the Athens native averaged 6.5
points per game to go with 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. She finished
as one of the best three-point shooters in the conference hitting 43.6% of her
attempts from deep, third best in Pac-12 play.
A double major in digital technology and culture as well as
foreign languages with a focus in Spanish, Kostourkova posted a 3.66 GPA in her
third year at Washington State. The 6-4 center finished her junior campaign
averaging 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while playing 19.3 minutes per
contest. In all, Kostourkova started 23 games while playing in all 30 games.
Swedlund, the Cougars' sharpshooter from the outside, earned
her second all-academic award after posting a 3.27 GPA while majoring in
Management Information Systems. On the court, Swedlund finished the year second
on the team in scoring as she averaged 9.9 points per game, coming in in the
top-30 in scoring in Pac-12 play. From deep, Swedlund hit 50 three-pointers
over the season, or 1.9 per game, seventh best in the conference.
Brown, a major in sport management, marked a 3.02 GPA in her
fourth year with the Cougars. Brown averaged 6.4 points a game, along with 6.0
rebounds over the 28 contests she played in. Brown posted 15 steals and 49
assists for the season, averaging 23.7 minutes per game
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WSUand Biotech Firm Fighting Over Cosmic Crisp Apple
By Anna King NW News Network lo
A new apple variety called
'Cosmic Crisp' is at the center of a legal battle.
Something has gone sour between Washington State University and a
Seattle-based biotech company. It's over a new, highly-prized apple variety
that has not yet hit the market.
After 20 years of study, WSU researchers developed a new apple called the
Cosmic Crisp. It’s a blend of a Honeycrisp and a red variety called Enterprise.
It has farmers excited because it lasts a long time in storage and is juicy and
tasty.
WSU worked with a Seattle-based company, Phytelligence, to grow some of
those trees. Then, according to Washington State University’s spokesman Phil
Weiler, the company allegedly sold the young starts without permission.
“Frankly, we don’t know where that plant material is,” he said. “One of
the things that we are asking for in our countersuits is to be able to make
sure either that plant material is turned over back to the University or it’s
destroyed.”
But Phytelligence had sued the university first, claiming that WSU blocked
it from licensing the new variety.
"Our efforts have been met with repeated delays and misinformation,
ultimately preventing us from propagating Cosmic Crisp to date. During this
time, Washington state growers have become increasingly frustrated with
unnecessarily restricted access to Cosmic Crisp," according to a statement
on Phytelligence's website.
WSU says the biotech company broke its contract and infringed on the
university’s patent.
The university claims these unlicensed trees threaten the careful quality
control of its newly-branded variety and steals from farmers who invested in
its development.
The parties have filed three lawsuits in state and federal court. In the
state case, a trial is set for February 2019.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated.
In full disclosure, Anna King is a Washington State University employee.
