Sports Update
Margerum, who is on a recruiting trip in the Bay Area for the Rainbows, said that he has agreed to a three-year contract with the Division III program.
He will replace Doug Cosbie, the former Dallas Cowboys tight end, who is leaving to become the offensive coordinator at the University of California.
Also leaving the Menlo football program is former San Francisco fullback Tom Rathman, who will coach the 49ers' running backs.
"I talked to Craig Walsh, Bill Walsh's son, who is Menlo's acting A.D., and he told me that they were looking for a coach," said Margerum, who plans to return home Tuesday to meet with Rainbows head coach Fred vonAppen.
"We shook hands on it with the school president," Margerum said.
It is the second time in its last four matches that UCSB has pulled off a comeback victory on the road in five. Last week, it was at two-time defending NCAA champion UCLA.
"I really don't know how we won it," said Gauchos coach Kenny Preston, whose team improved to 4-1 in MPSF, 4-3 overall. "We couldn't stop (Aaron) Wilton. We couldn't stop (Rick) Tune. And Jason Ring hit tremendously.
"It came down to us playing pretty good right at the end of the fourth game and Kevin Collins catching fire on his jumper and getting us some points in Game 5. He had an outstanding match."
It was the first time in six matches that Hawaii had not prevailed after winning Game 1. The Rainbows are 34-5 over 21/4 years in that area . Three of the losses were to UCLA, the other two to UCSB.
Whenever the University of Hawaii head baseball coach is forced to venture in there, the rest of the team gets burned.
Case in point, Friday night's nonconference game with Oregon State. Entering the eighth inning, the Beavers held a slim 5-4 advantage over the Rainbows.
But 30 minutes, three UH pitchers, 14 batters and nine runs later, Oregon State secured a 14-4 victory to drop Hawaii to 2-9 for the season. Oregon State is 1-0.
Unfortunately for the Rainbows, this game was lost the second that starter Andrew McNally was forced into the dugout with a nagging groin injury. For 22/3 innings, the senior pitcher from Australia was untouchable.
He gave up no runs on only one hit, while striking out three and not walking a single batter.
"It was the best I'd seen him all year," Murakami said. "It's so frustrating for him and for us."