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Five players scored in double-figures, but the No. 8/9 Oregon State women’s basketball team was edged by Colorado 68-65 Friday evening in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. “Hat’s off to Colorado,” said Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck. “They played a great, inspired game tonight. They brought energy from the beginning, and it took us awhile to match it. I liked the way we played in different stretched of the game. I thought we really competed hard, but they made the plays they needed to.” Junior Ruth Hamblin finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, falling just short of her 10th double-double of the season. She shot 6-for-9 in the game. The Beavers will now await the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, which will be held Monday March 16 at 4 p.m. PT.
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The Oregon State bullpen spun 8 2/3 innings of one-run baseball to pace the Beavers to a 2-1 victory over Fresno State Sunday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in Corvallis. The win gave the Beavers a four-game sweep of the Bulldogs and sent OSU to its ninth straight victory. Oregon State turns its attention to a Tuesday midweek game against Portland at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated for 5:35 p.m. PT. Fans can purchase tickets at beavertickets.com or by calling 800-GOBEAVS. The Goss Stadium ticket window opens at 3:30 p.m.
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After beating St. John’s on Sunday, 8-6, to complete a sweep of the Red Storm, the UO baseball team is flying high. The Ducks are 13-2, the program’s best start since it was rebooted in 2009, and they’re ranked in the top 10 of five out of six major polls. Not much as gone sideways so far in 2015 for the Oregon baseball team, which opens a two-game midweek series against visiting San Francisco on Tuesday evening.
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The No. 2 Oregon softball team’s used 13 hits to knock in 12 runs while the Ducks’ lefty ace, Cheridan Hawkins, fanned 10 batters in six innings of work to defeat Long Beach State 12-3 on Saturday in the final game of the Judi Garman Classic in Fullteron, CA. Hailey Decker got the party started and gave Oregon (20-3) the 1-0 lead with one out in the top of the second when she launched a 3-2 fastball over the left field wall. Oregon now heads home for its final home-opener ever at Howe Field. The Ducks are slated to open its Pac-12 season with a Civil War match up against Oregon State, March 13-15.
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The Oregon State softball team (19-6) finished action at the Outrigger Resort Spring Fling Tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii with an afternoon game against the East Carolina Pirates (7-14). The Beavers put together 15 hits, second highest total for a game this year, and took the game 8-5 for the second win against ECU on the week. The Beavers had the bats going early, with five hits in the first seven batters of the game. Mikela Manewa doubled to start the inning and advanced to third on an infield single from McKenna Arriola. Manewa scored the first run when Dani Gilmore hit a sacrifice fly to center. The Beavers finished the inning with four runs on six hits and a key error from the Pirates. The Beavers will return to the field when they start Pac-12 play with a trip south to Eugene, Oregon for a series against the No. 2 Oregon Ducks. The series will begin Friday March, 13 and run through the weekend.