Bronco Briefs
baseball
Santa Clara 6, Stanford 3
The Broncos scored three runs in the eighth inning to break a 3-3 tie and come away with a 6-3 victory against Stanford at Sunken Diamond on Tuesday.
After Stanford tied the game scoring two runs in the seventh, the Broncos countered in the next inning behind the bat of catcher Tommy Medica, who drove in the winning run with a one out single.
The Cardinals brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with runners at the corners, but Stanford's Sean Ratliff hit a line drive that looked to be heading through the right side of the infield into pinch runner Wande Olabisi, forcing Olabisi out and ending the Stanford rally.
Designated hitter Carl Bacon, went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs for the Broncos, and both left fielder Evan LeBlanc and right fielder Brady Fuerst picked up a pair of hits.
Reliever Justin Kuehn picked up the winning, pitching 2 2/3 innings of relief after starter Sean O'Neill pitched six innings in the no-decision.
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WCC Championships
The men's and women's golf teams traveled to Lompoc, Calif. for the WCC Tournament this past week with the men earning a fifth place finish and the women a fourth.
The men finished the three-round tournament with a team score of 906 (+42), tying San Francisco for fifth place.
Senior Jong Yoon finished in eighth place at the tournament at +8 and was named to the All-Conference Team . Senior Eric Lillibridge was the other Bronco to crack the top 20, shooting +14 to tie for 17th.
The women ended up in fourth place after shooting a 963 (+100). Freshman Nonaka shot the lowest for the Broncos, finishing tied for 10th at +22.
Pepperdine won both the men's and women's events, beating the men's field by 5 strokes at +29 and the women's field by 21 strokes at +45.
Ã--From Staff Reports