Marquess still has hot hand

Retiring Stanford coach ends regular season with victory

Stanford coach Mark Marquess’ final regular season game ended the same way as his first: with a win. In its final year under Marquess, the No. 9 Cardinal won its seventh straight, 15-1, over Washington State in Pullman, Washington, on Saturday.

Stanford (40-14, 21-9 Pac-12), which enters the NCAA Regionals with 21 wins in its last 23 games, will attempt to grab a topeight national seed. Site hosts for the postseason will be unveiled on Sunday. Marquess, who is retiring at season’s end, wrapped up his 21st 40win season in his 41-year tenure.

Stanford sophomore Brandon Wulff hit a threerun home run in the first inning, and Chris Castellanos allowed one earned run in seven innings.

Tennis

Tom Fawcett continued his impressive run at the NCAA singles championship with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea in Athens, Georgia. Fawsett advances to Sunday’s semifinals against Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.

Kwiatkowski defeated fifth-seeded Christopher Eubanks of Georgia Tech 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Maegan Manasse of Cal combined with Alabama’s Maya Jansen to knock off defending champions Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan of Florida 7-6(3), 6-2 in the NCAA Doubles Championship to advance to Sunday’s semifinals.Manasse and Jansen will play Ohio State’s 18th-ranked duo of Francesca Di Lorenzo and Miho Kowase.

Golf

Stanford shot a 1-under 287 in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships in Illinois. The Cardinal is tied for 16th with Alabama and North Carolina. UNLV leads the field at 14-under, and Texas’ Scottie Scheffer is the leader among individuals at 8-under.