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The Oregon track and field team was well-represented at the Stanford Invitational, Friday, as six Ducks posted times that will likely advance them to the NCAA West Preliminary Round later this season. Molly Grabill ran to a big personal best in the first section of the women’s 10,000, finishing 20th in a time of 33:33.20, more than 90 seconds better than her previous best. The time was the 10th-fastest among collegians and ranks 10th on the Oregon all-time list. Sophomore Maggie Schmaedick also set a personal best, finishing second in the second heat with a time of 33:46.14. The time is Schmaedick’s fastest by more than a minute. The men’s quartet of Eric Jenkins, Edward Cheserek, Travis Neuman and Matthew Melancon executed their race strategy and finished within 10 seconds of each other. Cheserek and Jenkins finished side-by-side at 29:04.06 and 29:04.08, respectively while Neuman crossed the finish line at 29:09.39 just in front of Melancon who set a personal best in 29:10.38. Oregon will be in action next weekend with its first home meet of the season, Saturday, welcoming Kentucky and Washington for the Pepsi Invitational.
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Sophomore Helen Ann Haun set a school record in the pole vault on Saturday as the Oregon State women’s track & field team completed competition at the Stanford Invitational. Haun cleared 12 foot, one-half inch to break the former school record of 11-7.75 she shared with teammate Annie Sidor by more than four inches. She then was eliminated at 12-6.25. She was the third Beaver to better an existing top-10 outdoor mark at the meet, which featured more than 3,200 athletes in open, collegiate and high school competition from 109 four-year colleges and many community colleges. On Friday, Kara Hallock lowered her fifth-best time in the 100 hurdles to 14.34 and Kerissa D’Arpino lowered her fourth-ranked time in the 400 to 56.44. The Beavers resume competition at the John Knight Twilight Meet at Western Oregon on Friday. Competition starts at 2:30 p.m.
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Elliott Cary homered and Oregon State held an early lead but was unable to hold on in a 10-5 loss to UCLA Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium in LA. Down 2-0, the Beavers took a 5-2 lead in the fourth. Cary punctuated the inning with a two-run home run, the first of his career, and Kyle Nobach gave OSU (22-9 overall, 5-4 Pac-12 Conference) its first lead with a two-run single. Billy King had driven in the team’s first run on a bases-loaded groundout to first. The lead, however, did not last as the Bruins (23-6, 10-2) scored solo runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to tie the game at five. Oregon State remains on the road next weekend when visiting Oregon at PK Park. The Civil War will open Friday night at 7:30 p.m. PT in a game televised on ESPNU.
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For the second straight day, Michigan State used the long ball to score a victory Sunday at weather-ravaged PK Park, as the Spartans won 7-4 to complete a three-game sweep of the host Oregon baseball team. The Ducks (18-15) play Tuesday at Portland at 3 p.m.
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Koral Costa and Janelle Lindvall each hit grand slams as the No. 1 ranked Oregon softball team defeated No. 10 UCLA, 10-0, on Sunday to claim the three-game series. The Ducks improved to 32-5 (10-2 Pac-12) on the season while the Bruins slipped to 31-8 (6-3) with the loss. Oregon took two games in the three-game series, its fifth straight series win over UCLA. The Ducks head to Hillsboro for a doubleheader with Portland State at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Gordon Faber Recreation Complex Field No. 4. There is a turf field at the complex where the games will be played if there is rain in the forecast. The Ducks host Arizona State next weekend at Howe Field.
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The Oregon State softball team (23-14, 4-8) finished the annual DAM Cancer series Saturday against the No. 18 Arizona Wildcats (31-9, 7-5) in Corvallis. Dani Gilmore and Natalie Hampton both had home runs on the day, but the Beavers dropped the double header 7-2 in the first game and 22-3 in the second game. The Beavers will return to the field Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m. when they start a new home series against the Utah Utes.