Oregon & Oregon State Sports, March 3

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Oregon and Oregon State’s men won both of their Pac-12 basketball games in LA over the weekend.  The Ducks beat UCLA on Thursday in two overtimes, 87-83.  On Saturday, Oregon handed USC a 78-63 loss.  The Ducks (20-8, Pac-12 8-8) host Arizona State Tuesday night in Eugene and end the regular season at home Saturday to Arizona.  Oregon State beat USC on Thursday, 76-66, and UCLA on Sunday, 74-69.  The Beavers (16-12, Pac-12 8-8) host Arizona Wednesday and Arizona State on Saturday.

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Oregon’s women snapped a five-game losing streak this past weekend and swept the Arizona schools at home in Pac-12 basketball.  The Ducks beat Arizona State on Friday, 98-90, and then downed Arizona 90-78 Sunday to end the regular season.  Oregon (15-15, Pac-12 6-12) plays Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament at Key Arena in Seattle, WA, Thursday night, 6 p.m.  The Ducks (8-3) have a two-game home series with Seattle Tuesday and Wednesday.  Oregon State swept the “Desert Schools” as well.  The Beavers beat Arizona, 78-48, Thursday night in Corvallis and then Sunday, OSU downed Arizona State 66-43.  Oregon State (21-9, Pac-12 13-5) will next play in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals on Friday, March 7, at Key Arena, in Seattle, WA.

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Fifth ranked Cal State Fullerton handed Oregon’s its first baseball losses of the 2014 collegiate season this past weekend with a three-game sweep in Eugene.  Cal State Fullerton won on Friday, 9-2, Saturday, 3-2, and Sunday, 5-4.  Oregon State won three out-of-four from visiting Wright State in Corvallis.  The Beavers won Friday, 7-0, on Saturday, OSU prevailed 6-4, but Wright State took the second game of the doubleheader 6-2.  On Sunday, the Beavers won 13-2.  Oregon State (9-3) hosts Portland on Tuesday.

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Oregon won four-out-of-five softball games at the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic in Orlando, Florida this past weekend.  The fourth-ranked Ducks beat Auburn in the opener Friday, 3-0, but lost to No. 1 ranked Florida 2-1 (8).  On Saturday, Oregon topped Bradley 2-0, and Maryland 10-2 (5).  On Sunday, the Ducks beat Illinois State 2-0.  Oregon (18-2) plays in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii beginning on Wednesday, March 12.  Oregon State’s games at the Long Beach State Invite were all postponed.  OSU did get a win, 5-2, at Cal-State Fullerton on Thursday.  The Beavers (6-11) are scheduled to play in the UCLA Tourney this weekend.

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The Oregon State wrestling team won its third consecutive Pac-12 Championship, with three wrestlers claiming individual titles on Sunday evening.  Team Standings:  Oregon State: 155.5; Stanford: 134.0; Boise State: 128.5; Arizona State: 111.0; CSU Bakersfield: 109.5; Cal Poly: 74.5; The Beavers cruised to their third conference title, finishing over 20 points ahead of the runner-up, Stanford.  While all 10 Beaver wrestlers tallied top-three finishes, Joey Delgado (141), Scott Sakaguchi (149), and RJ Pena (157) each collect individual Pac-12 titles. Joe Latham (174), Meeks (197), and Dhesi (HWT) second-place finishes, and Pat Rollins (125), Joey Palmer (133), Toney Chay (165), and Austin Morehead (184) end the day with third-place finishes.