The Utes conjured up some late-inning magic to beat the Georgia Southern Eagles and win their first NCAATournament game since 1960.

Senior Chelsea Shapard qualified in the 400-meter hurdles event, after finishing fourth in the finals with a time of 58.37 seconds. Joining her on her trip to the south will be hammer thrower Sarah Grimm, who earned an at-large bid to the championships because of her season-best mark that ranked her 15th in the nation.

The Ute baseball team fell to the Cal State Fullerton Titans 18-2 in the opening round of the NCAA Baseball Championships.

The women's basketball team traveled around Italy, playing four games against various Italian clubs. The Utes went unblemished on their trip, winning all four of their games by an average of more than 20 points.

For the No. 6-seeded Utah baseball players, a tournament win seemed out of the question8212;to everyone but themselves, that is.

Rice-Eccles Stadium is in the process of installing a new FieldTurf surface. The old turf, which was installed in 2002, was torn out after the Supercross event April 25.

Boylen recently signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him in crimson red through 2014. The new deal will pay Boylen $850,000 a year and could be worth as much as $1 million with bonuses.

The team said a formal goodbye to five seniors after their final game May 9 against New Mexico. The team is now beginning to prepare for the changes that will inevitably follow losing the influence and talent the seniors provided.

With the release of its 2009 schedule, the Utah women's soccer team is looking forward to the challenge that the 2009 schedule will provide.

After a season that included a Mountain West Conference championship, an unblemished record and a victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, what path lies ahead for the Utes' encore season?