Ducks recover to punch ticket to KC
Tyler Dorsey hit a contested go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 38.4 seconds to play; E.C. Matthews airballed a long 3 in the waning seconds trying to force overtime, and third-seeded Oregon rallied in the second half to beat upstart Number 11 Rhode Island 75-72 Sunday. Rhode Island nearly scrapped and hustled its way into the next round but it was the Ducks that fought their way to Kansas City for a Sweet 16 matchup this Thursday afternoon against Michigan.
Oregon State advances to sweet 16
In the Women’s tournament Oregon State advanced with a second round win in Corvallis. Sydney Wiese scored 13 points in her final career game at Gill Coliseum and second-seeded Oregon State moved on with a 64-52 second-round victory over Number 7 seed Creighton Sunday night. That was after squeaking past Long Beach State 56-55 Friday. The Beavers will face third-seeded Florida State in Stockton, California later this week.
Oregon will face number two seed Duke this afternoon in Durham, North Carolina in a second round game. The Ducks edged the Temple Owls Saturday 70-71.
College baseball
Oregon State’s Jake Thompson allowed just two hits and struck out ten in 7 1/3 innings of work for a four-run shutout win over Arizona State Saturday. The win, along with a 10-1 victory Friday night, completed a three game sweep of the Sun Devils. Oregon State will host Arizona Friday at Goss Stadium in Corvallis. Thompson leads the Beavers with five wins so far on the season.
In Berkeley, the Oregon Ducks took two of three games over the Cal Bears to win their opening series in conference play. The Ducks came out on top 7-1 Friday and 13-2 Saturday before dropping a 4-1 decision yesterday at Evans Diamond. Oregon will host the Washington Huskies Friday for the first game of a three game series.
