BYU campus briefs
BASEBALL: Washington opens the Cougars' home season this Thursday at 3 p.m., at Larry H. Miller Field to start a three-game series.
The Huskies bring a 6-5 record against BYU's 4-7 record.
"It is nice to finally play at home in comfortable surroundings," said BYU coach Vance Law. "We like our own ballpark and fan support.
"I'm encouraged about our team, but might tweak our lineup in a few spots. We began the season with a little apprehension, got better the second week and competed well in four of our five games last week."
Law is 6-4 in home openers and says his son Andrew could be ready to return by the weekend from a hamstring injury.
MEN'S GOLF: The Cougars got off to a great start Monday at the Fresno State Golf Classic, sitting in fourth place with almost two rounds in the books in Fresno, Calif. The Cougars were +11 on the day before second-round action was suspended due to darkness.
"We played really well in the first round and then had a few hiccups towards the end, but we're in good shape overall," said BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank. "Conditions were tough, but we hung in there pretty well. We just need to come out tomorrow, be a little more consistent and put together a solid round."
Just one shot out of third place, the Cougars went +6 through the first 18 holes and were +5 in the second round when play was stopped.
BYU's golfers will return Tuesday morning to complete their final holes before finishing the tournament with third-round action.
The Cougars' two seniors led the way for BYU as Brady Johnson and Robbie Fillmore finished the day tied for third and sixth places, respectively, in the field. Johnson was two strokes under par overall in the tournament when play was stopped after going -1 in the first round and -1 through 16 holes of the second round. Johnson was +3 in the first round of the par-71 course but stormed back in round two with six birdies in 14 holes to go 4-under.
Freshman Alton Anderson posted the top Cougar score of round one at -3 with five birdies before going +7 through 14 holes of the second round to go +4 on the day. Junior Esteban Calisto was just one shot over par through 16 second-round holes after going +4 in round one, giving him an overall score of +5.
With five scores counting for BYU in the Classic format, sophomore Jordan Rodgers also contributed to the Cougar total with a score of 8- over through 35 holes on the day. Freshman Zac Blair was right behind at +9 through 14 round-two holes.
