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OSU INF Trent Caraway (44) hypes up the crowd after an electric 1st inning. Oregon State beat Florida State 14-10 at Goss Stadium in Corvallis on June 8, 2025.

Dam straight to Omaha

McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
June 13, 2025

After a thrilling super regional series against the Florida State Seminoles, the Oregon State Beavers baseball team are headed to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series in hopes of bringing home...

The super Beavs to host super regionals

The super Beavs to host super regionals

McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
June 5, 2025

Clear your schedules Beaver Nation, the Oregon State Beaver baseball team have made it to the Super Regional and it’s hosted at home. Game times are set for June 6 at 3 pm, June 7 at 6 pm, and June...

Oregon State University baseball player Gavin Turley celebrates after hitting a home run against Stanford University at Goss Stadium on April 14, 2024.

Long live the home run king

Gavin Turley leaves legacy at OSU
McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
June 3, 2025

Editor’s note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer. Three seasons, 581 at-bats, 159 games, 178 hits, 177 RBIs, and 48 home runs — the most in Oregon...

Sports Editor Maggie Akins (left), Assistant Sports Editor Casey Lavin (middle), and Sports Writer McKenna Van Gundy (right) pose for a photo at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon on Friday, May 23.

What sports means to us

Seasoned Baro sports staff tell their “why"

Maggie Sports has never been about kicking or throwing a ball. It has always been about the community within it. My dad is from Florida, which is where the Florida sports come from for me, and my older...

The Oregon State Beavers gather to celebrate victory over TCU Horned Frogs 7-2 at Goss Stadium on May 31, 2025. Oregon State beat the University of Southern California 9-0 at Goss Stadium to advance to super regionals on June 2, 2025.

The Beavers are super regional bound

The Beavs take down the Trojans
McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Writer
June 2, 2025

For the eighth time in program history, the super regionals will be returning to Corvallis. After two sound defeats of the University of Southern California Trojans, the Oregon State University Beavers...

Oregon hitter rounds the bases after a first inning home run at Goss Stadium on April 29, 2025. The Beavers were able to respond to Oregon’s scoring early, but would end up falling short to the Ducks in the later innings

There’s no place like home field

Beavers face challenges on road
Mckenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
May 5, 2025

Editor’s note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer. Over the past four years of sports at Oregon State University, we have seen dominating wins, comebacks,...

Junior outfielder Easton Talt (6) holds the bat in anticipation for the upcoming pitch from Grand Canyon University on March 16, 2025. The Beaver Baseball team proceeded to take the win 3 to 1 against Grand Canyon. Talt recently walked it off against Gonzaga with a 4-3 victory at Goss Stadium on April 21, 2025.

A walk-off win lifts Beavs to 11th straight

Walk them off, Easton Talt
McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Writer
April 22, 2025

After 12 innings and a four-hour baseball game, Talt delivered a bases-loaded dribbler to short for his second walk-off win of the season. The win extended the Oregon State Beavers’ win streak to...

OSU INF AJ Singer (7) makes contact for a base hit in the bottom of the 6th inning. The Beavers beat GCU 6-4 at Goss Stadium in Corvallis on March 14, 2025.

Shortstop to second

Singer excels after journey to OSU
McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Writer
April 7, 2025

Awaiting a return flight to Council Bluffs, Iowa, Oregon State baseball’s newest second baseman and junior, AJ Singer, received a call from OSU head coach, Mitch Canham, asking him to change his flight...

OSU OF Gavin Turley stares down the pitch against the Stanford Cardinals at Goss Stadium in Corvallis OR on April 12 2024.

Goss Stadium awaits

The Beavs are coming back to town
Mckenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
March 6, 2025

After 277 days, the No. 8 nationally ranked Oregon State Beaver Baseball team has finally returned home to Goss Stadium.  On Friday, March 7, at 5:35 p.m., the Beavers will begin a three-game series...

Courtesy of Oregon State Athletics/Jerry Espinoza

Surprise, Surprise, Beavers sweep

McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
February 19, 2025

Oregon State baseball fans across the country can wake up happy knowing that the Beaver pitchers were hot and the bats were even hotter. Beaver baseball recorded their first four wins of the season...

Gavin Turley (1) rushes to second base at Goss Stadium, Coleman Field in Corvallis Oregon on April 5.

Building the future

A new era for Beaver Baseball
Mckenna Van Gundy, Sports Columnist
February 10, 2025

What’s that sound Beaver Nation?  It’s the sound of the OSU tail slap from 3,587 spectators at Goss Stadium, patiently waiting for the first Beaver Baseball home game on March 7 at 5:35 p.m. Before...

Parsa Fallah bodies his defender as he pushes towards the basket against the UC Davis Aggies in Gill Coliseum on Nov 30 2024.

Beavers bounce back, improving to 5-2

McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Reporter
December 1, 2024

Beavers men’s basketball's international stars lift the team to a 90-57 victory over the University of California Davis at Gill Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 30.  “I think the team is coming together...

From walk-on to a full-ride

From walk-on to a full-ride

Trent Walker’s loyalty lies with the Beavers
McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Writer
October 14, 2024

“I think in (Trent Walker’s) head, he was going to be an Oregon State Beaver no matter what,”  Walker’s former coach, Bob Boyer, at Beaverton High School said.  The Oregon State wide receiver,...

Oregon State softball played Stanford, Friday, April 12, to start the three game series at Kelly field.

Beaver bats fall to Cardinal offense

McKenna Van Gundy, Sports Contributor
April 13, 2024

In game two of the series against seventh-ranked Stanford, Beaver softball fell victim to the mercy rule losing 13-3 at Kelly Field. Beaver’s starting pitcher, Logan Hulon, earned herself PAC-12 pitcher...

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