TWO FIRST TIMERS PLAYED IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, VIRGINIA AND TEXAS TECH. AFTER PULLING OUT A MIRACLE WIN IN THE SEMI FINAL AGAINST AUBURN, THE CAVALIERS LEAD THE RED RAIDERS FOR MOST OF THE GAME, THEY LED BY 10 IN THE FIRST HALF AND BY 10 AGAIN IN THE SECOND HALF. TECH WAS ABLE TO BATTLE BACK AND SEND IT TO OVERTIME, BUT VIRGINIA WINS IT 85-77.
THE BAYLOR LADY BEARS WON THE WOMEN’S NATIONAL TITLE OVER NOTRE DAME ON SUNDAY.
CARDINALS PUT BACK TO BACK WINS TOGETHER WITH A 4-3 WIN OVER THE DODGERS, THE FIRST OF A FOUR GAME SERIES IN ST. LOUIS. THE WIN MOVES THE RED BIRDS TO 5-5 ON THE SEASON. CARDS AND DODGERS PLAY GAME TWO OF THE FOUR GAME SET TONIGHT.
ROYALS OPENED A FOUR GAME HOME SERIES AGAINST THE MARINERS. WHIT MERRIFIELD EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 29 GAMES WITH A FIRST INNING SINGLE. HIS STREAK IS NOW JUST ONE SHY OF GEORGE BRETT’S TEAM RECORD SET IN 1980. THE ROYALS COULDN’T HOLD AN EARLY LEAD AND LOSE 13-5, THAT MAKES SEVEN STRAIGHT LOSSES FOR THE ROYALS.
COLLEGE BASEBALL, THE MIZZOU MEN ARE 22-11-1, AT SIU EDWARDSVILLE TUESDAY. THE TIGERS HAVE A HOME SERIES AGAINST #12 LSU THIS WEEKEND. THE MSU BEARS ARE 11-20, WITH KANSAS ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY. THEY HAVE A 3 GAME SERIES AT ILLINOIS ST. THIS WEEKEND.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL, THE MSU LADY BEARS ARE 22-14, HM TO S. ILLINOIS TUESDAY, THEN HOME TO TULSA WEDNESDAY, THEY WILL BE AT ILLINOIS ST. OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MIZZOU LADY TIGERS ARE 21-16 WITH A DOUBLE HEADER AGAINST ILLINOIS TUESDAY. THEY HAVE A THREE GAME SERIES AT OLE MISS THIS WEEKEND.
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS GET UNDERWAY FOR THE ST. LOUIS BLUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN WINNIPEG. BLUES WILL NEED TO WIN ONE ON THE ROAD TO WIN THE SERIES. THE FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES IN ST. LOUIS WILL BE SUNDAY.