College Baseball:
Number 5 Oregon is the Big 10 champion after sweeping Iowa over the weekend. Next up the Ducks face Michigan State in the conference tournament on Thursday.
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Number 7 Oregon State swept Long Beach State. That ends the regular season for the Beavers and have to look for a possible chance to host a national regional.
Oregon State shortstop Aiva Arquette and Oregon centerfielder Mason Neville are two of 25 players who were been named as a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. USA Baseball announces the winner June 4th.
Softball:
The Oregon softball team beat Stanford twice on Sunday, 15-5 and 10-7 to advance to the Super Regional round of the NCAA tournament. The Ducks never trailed in game one, reaching the run rule in the sixth inning. In game two, Oregon trailed 4-0 after one inning and never led until Dezianna Patmon hit a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning. Oregon will play Liberty in the Super Regionals after the Flames upset top-seeded Texas A&M.
MLB:
The Mariners swept the Padres this weekend in San Diego to get a win in the inaugural Vedder Cup series. It’s Major League Baseball’s connection to rivalry weekend with a reference to Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s ties to Seattle and San Diego. Seattle maintains its first place lead and heads out on the road. They play the Chicago White Sox starting at 4:40
The Giants got a weekend sweep of the A’s at Oracle Park to keep pace in the NL West race. The Royals visit San Francisco tonight. First pitch at 6:45.
Soccer:
The Portland Thorns beat Houston.
The Timbers and Sounders played to a 1-1 tie in a Cascadia Cup matchup on Saturday. Albert Rusnák opened the scoring for Seattle in the 30th minute before Portland's Santiago Moreno tied things up in the 36th minute. Portland is fourth in the Western Conference with 23 points, while Seattle has 20 points and sits in sixth place.
Local:
The Duck Athletic Fund will bring in UO Head Football Coach Dan Lanning to Bend this week. Coach Lanning is at Worthy Brewing for a happy hour on Thursday.
