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BASEBALL: Five straight days of baseball in Texas for BYU, with a 2-4 record, begins Tuesday evening at Baylor University (4-3).

After meeting the Bears, the Cougars have a contest at Texas A&M (5-2), followed by a three-game series at Texas-Arlington (2-4).

Shawn Hardesty (0-1, 16.88) gets the start on the mound for BYU against Baylor. Freshman lefty Mark Anderson starts for the Cougars at Texas A & M on Wednesday. Then BYU returns to its regular rotation at UT Arlington with righthanders Justin Shutt (0-1, 8.00), Matt Neil (1-0, 1.74) and Chunner Nyberg (0-1, 10.57).

"We are looking forward to playing quality programs," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "These games will be a good measuring stick for our players."

Texas-Arlington senior Jason Mitchell was named one of the national pitchers of the week for his 18-strikeout performance against Missouri State last Friday, a no-hitter for 8.2 innings.

MEN'S GOLF: The Cougars are in 11th place at the USC Collegiate after two rounds at Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Cougars were 11 strokes over par through 36 holes of the event, going +2 in the first round and +9 in the second.

"This is a challenging golf course, much different than any other that we play," said BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank. "We're hitting good shots but not capitalizing on our opportunities. There's a lot of good teams in this field, and we're here to work hard and see how we match up."

Sophomore Jordan Rodgers led the way for BYU, going 1-under-par on the day. Rodgers posted the fourth-best first-round score of the tournament with a 68 over the first 18 holes, including two birdies and an eagle. He finished the day with a 73 on the par-71 course, putting him in a tie for 15th place overall.

Senior Robbie Fillmore finished the day at 1-over-par to tie for 27th place in the field of 80 golfers. His first round saw a score of 72 with three birdies. He went one better in the second round with an even-par 71 featuring four birdies, including two on the final three holes.

Just two shots separated BYU's final three golfers as senior Brady Johnson (+5), junior Esteban Calisto (+6) and freshman Zac Blair (+7) each posted rounds of 73 over the first 18 holes before separating in round two.

The tournament will wrap up with round-three action on Tuesday.