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The Ducks’ two wins over the Washington schools wasn’t Oregon’s only sweep this weekend, as Jillian Alleyne and Chrishae Rowe swept the Pac-12 weekly awards as well, the conference announced on Monday. Alleyne was named Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the first time this season while Rowe took home her fifth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award. Since the league added the Freshman of the Week award prior to last season, this is the first time the Ducks have swept both honors. Alleyne’s Player of the Week award is the Ducks’ first since Amanda Johnson claimed the award on Nov. 21, 2011.
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The Oregon State baseball team will open the season ranked in the top three by both Baseball America and Perfect Game USA as each media organization released top 25 rankings on Monday. The Beavers are No. 2 by Baseball America and No. 3 by Perfect Game USA. In the Baseball America rankings, Oregon State is behind only Virginia and ahead of No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Cal State Fullerton and No. 5 North Carolina State. The Beavers’ No. 2 ranking is the club’s highest ever to open a season. Perfect Game also has Virginia at No. 1 while placing Fullerton at No. 2. The third-ranked Beavers are ahead of No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Indiana. Oregon State is one of three Pac-12 Conference teams ranked by Baseball America, joining UCLA and Oregon. Perfect Game has the same three ranked and also includes Arizona State.
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Oregon is ranked 11th in the preseason poll released by Baseball America. Oregon returns six starting position players off the 2013 team, which finished 48-16 and advanced to the NCAA Regionals, as well as all three weekend starters on the mound. Overall, UO returns 12 position players, 10 of 15 pitchers, and two redshirts who could start while boasting one of the top recruiting classes in the country.
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The No. 16 Oregon State gymnastics team registered a season-high to win its home opener Saturday over Iowa State 196.425-194.850. The win is the 318th of head coach Tanya Chaplin’s career establishing a new OSU gymnastics record.