Sarah Rhodes’ goal in the 15th minute gave Gonzaga a 1-0 win over Idaho in non-conference women’s soccer action Sunday at Gonzaga Soccer Field. Keepers Jessie Thalman (three saves) and Amy Danielson (one) posted their second combined shutout of the season for the Bulldogs (5-3-0).

Gonzaga University men’s soccer coach Einar Thorarinsson liked the makeup of his veteran team heading into the 2009 season, and the Bulldogs (1-1-2) have done nothing in their first four matches to alter his opinion. Faced with a difficult early-season schedule, the Zags have relied heavily on defense to dig out at pair of 1-1 ties against Ohio State and Oregon State, while dropping a 1-0 decision to Penn State.

Ben Funkhouser scored on a penalty kick in the 84th minute to help the Gonzaga Bulldogs (1-1-2) earn a 1-1 tie with the visiting Oregon State Beavers (2-0-1) in non-conference men’s soccer play on Tuesday. The teams played just one overtime because of darkness.

FULLERTON, Calif. – There was disappointment over the end of a season and sorrow over failing to be one of the last two teams standing in the Fullerton Regional. Yet Gonzaga’s baseball squad also knows that Sunday’s 9-7 loss to Utah doesn’t have to produce a crestfallen view of the 2009 season. These Bulldogs, picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference, exceeded a lot of expectations by reaching an NCAA baseball regional for the first time since 1981. Not long after the final out was recorded, the accomplishments of a highly successful season were already being merged with Sunday’s disappointing conclusion to the 36-18 campaign.

FULLERTON, Calif. – There was disappointment over the end of a season and sorrow over failing to be one of the last two teams standing in the Fullerton Regional. Yet Gonzaga’s baseball squad also knows that Sunday’s 9-7 loss to Utah doesn’t have to produce a crestfallen view of the 2009 season.

FULLERTON, Calif. – Gonzaga picked an outstanding time to match its biggest offensive inning of the season – the first inning of its first NCAA baseball regional appearance in 28 years. The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the opening inning to set the tone for a prolific offensive splurge Friday while dispatching Georgia Southern 19-10 in the opening round of the double-elimination regional at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field.

FULLERTON, Calif. — Gonzaga used 18 hits, including three home runs, to win its first NCAA tournament game since 1981 with a 19-10 victory over Georgia Southern on Friday.

One has his name on a stadium and the other a bronze bust just inside the gate. We are up to our helmet earholes in gray eminence during the college baseball season, and a good thing, too. With both Washington State and Gonzaga back in the NCAA tourney for the first time in decades, who can bridge the anecdotal gap between then and now better than Bobo Brayton and Steve Hertz?