Sepp Straka assesses Collin Morikawa’s level in Pebble Beach closing … — and more

Collin Morikawa has returned to the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour, claiming the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title after narrowly beating Min Woo Lee and Sepp Straka.

Coming into the final round of the event, it had been a long time since Morikawa had won on American soil. In fact, you would have to go all the way back to before Scottie Scheffler even had his first win on tour.

The 29-year-old did not start well on Sunday. But he played his last 13 holes at five under par to come home one shot clear.

It looked at times like he might be feeling the heat. But in the end, he hit some fantastic shots when it mattered most, especially with Scheffler right there chasing him down for much of the day.

Sepp Straka reflects on final round with Collin Morikawa at Pebble Beach

Morikawa was grouped with overnight leader Akshay Bhatia and Sepp Straka for the final round.

Straka, who finished in a tie for second place, spoke about what it was like to watch Morikawa close out the win.

He said: “His iron play down the stretch, really all day was great, especially the iron shot on 16 was unbelievable. He kind of left himself pretty far back and he hit a six iron in there tight and made a birdie.

“The one on 18 was a hard enough shot, but he likes to cut it so it makes it even harder with that wind blowing 25, 30 off your left. Yeah, that is a pretty special shot to put it away there.

“He’s one of the best iron players of our generation probably. His generation. I’m a little older than him. We’ve been out here about the same time. Yeah, it’s very impressive to watch him hit iron shots.”

Collin Morikawa will know that there is a lot more work to do despite winning at Pebble Beach

Morikawa started the 2026 season with something to prove. His last PGA Tour victory was at the end of 2023, when he won the ZOZO Championship.

He came close to breaking that streak at The Sentry and the Arnold Palmer Invitational last year but finished second in both events.

Those near-misses seemed to hit him hard. After The Masters, his only other top-10 finish that year came at the Rocket Classic.

This week at Pebble Beach, Morikawa looked closer to his best form. On Saturday, he hit all 18 greens in regulation and managed the pressure well on Sunday in tough conditions.

Now, it is about building on this result and making sure it does not take nearly as long for his next win.

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Feb. 16—Wisconsin-Superior men's hockey earned a road sweep of Wisconsin-Stevens Point last weekend to conclude the regular season and with it a chance to play at home one more time in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament.

The Yellowjackets won 4-2 on Friday, Feb. 13 and 3-2 on Saturday, Feb. 14 to get into a tie for third-place in the six-team WIAC standings. Though UWS loses the tiebreaker with Wisconsin-River Falls, the two wins ensure the Yellowjackets will host the Pointers this weekend in the 4th-vs.-5th playoff game.

UWS gained the upper hand on Friday with a pair of goals late in the first period from Roope Tuomioksa and Ikki Kogawa, the latter coming on the power play.

The Pointers made it a one-goal game again just 16 seconds later, but never led, as Collin Pederson scored near the game's midpoint and Tyler Rider had a late empty-netter.

Jan Skorpik made 19 saves in the UWS net.

On Saturday, UWS scored the game's first three goals, then held on as the Pointers made it a one-goal game again.

Tuomioksa scored early, Chris Ishmael made it 2-0 in the second period and AJ Reed scored the 3-0 goal early in period three.

Skorpik finished with 29 saves.

UWS finishes the regular season 13-10-2 overall, 6-8-1 in the WIAC and will host the Pointers in a single-game playoff on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Wessman Arena in Superior.

Wisconsin-Superior women's basketball could not get the better of a Bethany Lutheran team that is still unbeaten in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, as the Vikings took a 55-48 victory on their home floor on Saturday, Feb. 14 in North Mankato.

The UWS offense struggled with 20 turnovers and made only 2-for-14 3-point attempts but managed to stay within 25-22 at halftime and were still tied until the Vikings finished the third quarter on a 7-0 run for a 41-34 edge, then pushed their lead into double digits.

Hope Carlson scored 12 to lead UWS (10-13, 7-3 UMAC), while Maddie Reott added 10.

UWS will play at Crown on Wednesday night in its last road game of the regular season.

Wisconsin-Superior never fully recovered from a 25-point first half at Bethany Lutheran and stayed behind, falling 82-65 in North Mankato on Saturday.

A 19-4 run by the home team over a six-minute stretch of the first half made it 23-8 Bethany with 8:58 left until halftime. UWS trailed by 10 at halftime and closed to within four, 48-44, with 12:18 to play, but Bethany followed with a 15-2 run over the next four minutes to put it away.

Nick Nordaune's 11 points in 17 minutes led UWS offensively.

The Yellowjackets (6-17, 2-8 UMAC) travel to Crown on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Wisconsin-Superior softball opened its 2026 season with two games indoors in Dundas, Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 14: a 9-2 loss to Carleton and a 7-4 win over Macalester.

UWS scored its two runs against Carleton on one hit in the top of the third on an RBI fielder's choice by Karen Balabon and an error. Six Yellowjackets had one hit apiece.

Against Macalester, Balabon, Peyton Bennett and Larissa Snyder had three hits apiece, while Samantha Swartz and Sophia Otto had two.

Abby Mitchell (Carlton/Wrenshall) allowed four runs on 11 hits for the victory.

UWS (1-1) has another indoor weekend Feb. 28-March 1 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin-Superior took advantage of some warm weather to get on the baseball field at Gustavus Adolphus on Sunday, Feb. 16, though the host Gusties took both games, 2-0 and 3-2.

In game one, the home team made two first-inning runs hold up and held UWS to four singles. Zach Romans took the loss, allowing two runs on four hits in four innings.

Brian O'Dwyer had an RBI single for UWS in the fifth inning of game two and was part of a double steal that gave the Yellowjackets a 2-1 lead in the seventh, but Gustavus' Isaiah Hasz hit a two-out, two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth to win the game.

UWS (0-2) is next scheduled to be on the field Feb. 28 vs. Carleton at Marion, Iowa.

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A run-rule series finale capped off a dominant weekend for Ole Miss baseball as it opened its season sweeping Nevada in Oxford.

The Rebels (3-0) smashed the Wolfpack (0-3) thoroughly in this three game series with a combined score of 29-6 including a 13-2 win on Sunday. In every phase of the game, Ole Miss took care of Nevada with new faces and returning players all contributing to get the season off to the kind of start fans expect.

STARTING PITCHERS

• Hunter Elliott – 5 IP, 1 ER, 7 K; Elliott is a quintessential Friday night starter, and he breezed through five innings of work. His total pitch count stayed under 100 as staff will ramp up as weather warms up and the season moves on.
• Cade Townsend – 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K; Townsend was not expected to go deep into the game, but he threw 48 of his 54 pitches for strikes to mow down the Wolfpack in the closest game of the series.
• Wil Libbert – 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 K; Libbert impressed in his first start in red and blue after transferring in from Missouri. He brings SEC level experience to the mound and it showed on Sunday.

DAILY MVP

• Friday: Tristan Bissetta – 2/3, 4 RBI
• Saturday: Tristan Bissetta – 2/4, 1 HR, 3 RBI
• Sunday: Collin Reuter – 3/4, 3 RBI

You don’t want to take too much from the first three games of the season, but you also can’t go undefeated unless you sweep the first three. The Rebels got the job done, and the batting order seems more balanced than last year’s in the extremely early first impression category.

Next up for Ole Miss is an always pesky and dangerous Arkansas St. on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Swayze Field.