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BYU baseball looks toward the American flag during the singing of the National Anthem during a home game. BYU's season came to a close against USD. (Elliott Miller)

Congratulations to the winner of the WCC Mascot Madness challenge — Cosmo the Cougar, from BYU. (J Mason Nordfelt)

LAS VEGAS — The WCC Mascot Madness semifinal round brought us our first overwhelming (but predictable, considering our readership) upset. Cosmo the Cougar easily defeated Willie the Pepperdine Wave with 93 percent of the vote. In the other matchup, Diego Torero continued his tournament domination, earning 80 percent of votes cast to beat Pacific's Powercat.

LAS VEGAS — The quarterfinals are finished, and there still has yet to be an upset in our WCC Mascot Madness challenge. Top seeds Willie the Wave and Diego Torero cruised through with 88 percent and 73 percent of the votes respectively. The other two matchups, however, were close. Cosmo beat Don Francisco 64 percent to 36 percent, thanks to a late push in the final minutes, while BYU actually had to extend the voting to break a tie between Powercat and Bucky the Bronco. Pacific's tiger eventually won by a single vote. Now you know how important it is to support your mascot!

LAS VEGAS — The tearful exits of bottom seeds Gael Force One and Wally Pilot marked the end of the opening round, and now we're on to day two of the WCC Mascot Madness. Play-in winners Iggy the Lion and Spike the Bulldog now go up against the top-seeded mascots in the conference: Willie the Wave and Diego Torero. The other contests feature Cosmo the Cougar against Don Francisco and Powercat vs. Bucky the Bronco.

LAS VEGAS — The results are in for day one of #WCCMascotMadess, and so far it's all chalk. Gonzaga's Spike the Bulldog easily moved on to the next round with an overwhelming 76 percent, while Iggy the LMU Lion scraped by Gael Force One by receiving 56 percent of the vote. Spike now faces #2 Diego Torero of USD, and Iggy will go up against top-seeded Willie the Wave, from Pepperdine. Round two starts Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (PST) and will run until 5:00 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday.