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Cheridan Hawkins tossed her 10th shutout of the season and the No. 1 ranked Ducks clinched a share of their third straight Pac-12 title with a 3-0 win at No. 17 Arizona on Thursday night. Oregon entered the day a game up on UCLA in the Pac-12 standings but the Bruins fell, 8-7, at Arizona State allowing the Ducks to lock up at least a share of the conference championship with their victory in Tucson. Now two games up with two games remaining in the regular season, Oregon can claim an outright Pac-12 title with another win or another UCLA loss. The Ducks improved to 45-5 (20-2 Pac-12) with their 15th straight win, matching the program’s longest winning streak under head coach Mike White. Oregon meets Arizona for the second game of the series at 4 p.m. on Friday on Pac-12 Networks.
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Oregon hosts its Twilight Meet today, 3 p.m., at Hayward Field in Eugene; Duck baseball at Washington State in Pullman, WA, for three Pac-12 games beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m.; Pac-12 Track Multi’s, Saturday, LA, 1 p.m.
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Oregon State baseball hosts Utah for three Pac-12 games beginning tonight, 5:35 p.m.; Beaver softball at San Diego State tonight, 6 p.m.; Track & Field at UO Twilight Meet in Eugene, 6 p.m.; Saturday, OSU track at Pac-12 Multi’s, LA.
Far West Classic Name Returns To Portland
The spirit of a legendary 40-year holiday basketball tradition will return in 2015-16 when Oregon State University and the University of Portland team up to host the Far West Classic Invitational at the Moda Center on Friday, December 18 and Saturday, December 19. The two-day doubleheader will be played at the home of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers and feature the West Coast Conference’s Portland Pilots against Weber State from the Big Sky Conference – and alma mater of Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard – on Friday night, followed by Cal State Fullerton from the Big West Conference battling the Beavers from the Pac-12. Saturday will feature Cal State Fullerton facing Portland and the Beavers taking on Tulsa from the American Athletic Conference. The American, Pac-12 and WCC were all in the Top 10 in conference RPI last year. Preliminary tip-offs are set for 6 and 8 p.m.