Oregon State is off to a 7-1 start. (Shotgun Spratling)

Pac-12/Big Ten Mega-Notebook

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Oregon State finished the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge with its first blemish, but proved it is back after being on the outside looking in come tournament selection time last year.

“We still had a bitter, bitter taste in our mouth from last season and where we ended up,” junior slugger KJ Harrison said. “We didn’t want to end up where we ended up. We just all worked hard, got together and really got after it, so we were really prepared to start playing.”

The Beavers are off to a 7-1 start with wins over Indiana, Duke,[…]