Santa Clara baseball (25-28, WCC 13-14) qualified for the WCC Baseball Tournament with a sweep of its series against Pepperdine (21-32, WCC 15-12) this weekend at Stephen Schott Stadium.  The Broncos crushed the Waves, run-ruling them 10-0 in seven innings in the WCC series opener on Thursday, May 14. They continued their momentum on Friday with another 9-2 win.  Heading into the final game of the series, the Broncos knew what was at stake. A win on Saturday would secure the sixth and final spot in the WCC Tournament.  The Broncos began conference play 3-12. Entering Saturday’s game, they had won seven consecutive games. The game also marked Senior Night, with 12 seniors honored in a pregame ceremony.  Saturday did not feature the offensive explosion Santa Clara had in the previous two nights. However, solo runs by Luke Devine ’28 and Ben Cleary ’27 helped the Broncos secure the 3-2 victory.  With the win, Santa Clara finished the season 13-14 in conference play, tying Portland in the standings. Because the Broncos won the head-to-head season series 2-1, they earned the final spot in the WCC Tournament.  Santa Clara will make its third appearance in the last four years at the WCC Baseball Tournament. The Broncos won the tournament in 2023 and were eliminated in the opening round in 2024.  Their eight-game winning streak ties the program’s longest since May 2023, when Santa Clara won eight straight games during its run through the WCC Tournament and into an NCAA Regional.  Six of the WCC’s ten teams qualify for the tournament.  The winner of the WCC Baseball Tournament receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.  Next up: The No. 6 Broncos will face No. 3 University of San Francisco in the first round of the WCC Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Wednesday, May 20, on ESPN+. The last time the teams met, the Dons swept the Broncos in three consecutive one-run games on the road. A win against San Francisco would send Santa Clara to a matchup with No. 1 Gonzaga. 📝: @aneeka.sideline @ninaglickphoto 📷: @ninaglickphoto

Santa Clara University and Sutter Health announced plans Friday to launch the Mark & Mary Stevens School of Medicine, a new medical school funded in part by a $175 million gift from Mary Mathews Stevens ’84 and her husband, venture capitalist Mark Stevens. The school will be the first new medical school in the San Francisco Bay Area in more than a century, according to a recent press release from the University and Sutter Health. The announcement marks a major expansion for Santa Clara University, tying the Jesuit institution to one of Northern California’s largest not-for-profit health care systems. Sutter Health, founded in the Bay Area and based in Sacramento, provides healthcare and medical services to over 3.5 million California residents. The organization boasts over 60,000 employees and 14,000 physicians across the state, providing care through a robust set of facilities and resources including hospitals, medical groups, surgery centers, clinics and more, per the press release. The organization is particularly focused on expanding its outreach through investment in graduate medical opportunities, according to the 2024 Annual Progress Report. Expanding into education is vital to “increasing Sutter’s capacity to serve patients with the highest standards of care,” per the report. The medical school will be housed in an 82,000-square-foot facility under construction at 2431 Mission College Blvd., about five miles from Santa Clara University’s main campus and adjacent to Sutter’s East Santa Clara Campus. Down the road, Sutter plans to open a 272-bed, eight-story medical center on its West Santa Clara Campus by 2031, according to the press release. The school has not announced when its first class will enroll. According to the press release, the inaugural class will begin after the completion of a multiyear accreditation process that is currently underway. Details on tuition, class size and admissions were not included. READ THE FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE (link in bio + story) 📝 : Dylan Ryu & @kyliebenn 📷 : @ninaglickphoto