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Shorthanded Spurs Routed By Blazers

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A win is a win to the Trail Blazers. Portland faced the San Antonio Spurs, playing without resting stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, and led by as many as 48 points on the way to a 137-97 victory Tuesday night. "It still counts, right?" said LaMarcus Aldridge, among six Blazers who had16 points or more. Jamal Crawford scored 20 points, shooting 5-for-7 on 3-pointers, and had eight assists. Gerald Wallaceand Nicolas Batum each had 19 points before Portland sat its starters for most of the fourth quarter. Kawhi Leonard had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Spurs, who saw the end to an 11-game overall winning streak and an eight-game streak on the road. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich sai...

Pilots Take Care of Concordia 11-4

PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland freshman Caleb Whalen had three hits and four RBI’s, senior Ben Grubb added three hits and the Pilots totaled 16 hits as a team en route to an 11-4 win over the Concordia Cavaliers at Hilken Community Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. The Pilots were the home team at CU’s home field after the game was moved from UP’s Joe Etzel Field due to wet conditions. Portland improves to 3-0 on the young season, while the Cavaliers drop to 3-4. The Pilots, who are coming off a two-game sweep of Stephen F. Austin last weekend, are batting .342 as a team this season and are averaging 13.3 hits and 10....

Pilots' Pull Away From Cavs in 11-4 Win

PORTLAND, Ore.—After a strong start from Concordia, the Portland Pilots ran away with an 11-4 victory on Tuesday. Despite falling behind in the first, Concordia (3-4) held tough with Portland (3-0) early, answering the Pilots run in the first with runs in the second and third innings.   Concordia, batting as the away team since the game was originally scheduled at Portland's stadium, scored its first run in the top of the second after Jared Young (Redmond, Ore./Redmond H.S.) hit a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Carl Beckert (Portland, Ore./Beaverton H.S.). Beckert got in position for the run after tagging from second on another fly out from Mike Cero (Portland, Ore./Westview H.S.). B...

Ducks Tabbed No.19 in NFCA Season Rankings #2

  EUGENE – Looking ahead to their second week of action, the University of Oregon softball team (3-2) was tabbed No. 19 and No. 21 in the NFCA-USA Today and ESPN.com-USA Softball polls announced Tuesday.  The Ducks were among seven conference teams sighted in the top 20 overall - four of which earned top-five slots. Glancing at this week's polls, 12 Duck foes this season were ranked top 25 (USA Softball/ NFCA) – No. 1/3 California, No. 2/2 Alabama, No. 4/4 Arizona State, No. 5/7 UCLA, No. 7/5 Washington, No. 10/9 Baylor, No. 11/11 Missouri, No. 15/14 Stanford, No. 16/15 Arizona, No. -/21 Oklahoma State, No. 22/22 Nebraska and No. 24/- North Carolina.  Three oth...

Sherfy Garners Pitcher of the Week Honors

  WALNUT CREEK, Calif.- Sophomore right-handed pitcher Jimmie Sherfy has been voted Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 13-19, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Monday. Sherfy shares conference honors with Arizona State senior first baseman Abe Ruiz, who was voted Pac-12 Player of the Week. The Camarillo, Calif. native struck out 13 in relief on Saturday, tossing five and 2/3 shutout innings against Hawai'i. The sophomore fanned six consecutive batters from the 10th inning through the first out of the 12th, but saved his best heroics for last when Oregon took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 12th: Hawai'i loaded the bases on a single and two walks, but Sherfy recovered as Kaeo Aliviado wen...

Corban's Carter Named NAIA Division II Player of the Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Sophomore Jordan Carter became only the second Warrior in Corban University men's basketball history to be named National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II Player of the Week Tuesday, as announced by the national office. "Jordan had an outstanding weekend and helped our team to two great wins," said head coach Justin Sherwood. "Jordan shot the ball extremely well from 3-point range and made good choices on when to attack the basket. I hope his great play continues throughout the conference tournament." The 6-foot-2 guard joins former Warrior All-American Eric Fiegi as the only two players in Corban men's basketball history to be honored with this national award and...

Wester, Mosley earn All-NWC honorable mention nods

• Pacific’s two leading scorers recognized for their efforts during injury-riddled 2011-12 Pacific men’s hoop season FOREST GROVE – Pacific’s two leading scorers are being recognized for their efforts to lead the Boxers through an injury-riddled season as guard Colin Wester (Jr., Sherwood, Ore.) and forward Charles Mosley (Jr., Hillsboro, Ore.) have earned honorable mention selections to the 2012 All-Northwest Conference Men’s Basketball Team. Wester and Mosley were recognized by the conference’s coaches for their part to lead the Boxers in a year where three of the team’s starters went down for significant stretches of the season.  Pacific finished tied for seventh place in the NWC at 3-13 and at 9-16 overall. Wester fin...

Bertrand again named PCSC Mountain Division Pitcher of the Week

The junior has won the award nine times in her career PORTLAND, Ore. – For the second week in a row, Portland State's Anna Bertrand has been named the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Mountain Division Pitcher of the Week. The junior righty from McMinnville, Ore., went 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas last weekend. Bertrand appeared in all five games, pitching 30 2/3 of the Vikings' 32 innings at the tourney. She struck out 30 and held opponents to a .204 batting average. Over the final three games, in which she worked 17 2/3 innings, Bertrand went 2-0 with a 0.40 ERA and 18 Ks. On Sat...

Ducks Clinch Series With 12-6 Victory

HONOLULU – For the first time in three attempts, Oregon will depart Hawaii with a series win as the Ducks defeated the Rainbows, 12-6, on Monday afternoon at Les Murakami Stadium. The Ducks (3-1) will leave Honolulu with a 3-1 series win after batting .335 against Hawai’i (1-3) and totaling 30 runs in four games. Junior J.J. Altobelli led the Ducks with a 5-for-6 performance, which included three doubles – the most any Oregon player has produced in a single game since the program was reinstated in 2009. Freshman Shaun Chase made his first appearance on the mound, but that was only after hitting 2-for-5 in the designated hitter spot, and driving in two runs with a hom...

Lakers Ride Fast Start To Victory

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 28 points, Andrew Bynum had 14 points and 19 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers roared to a 30-point lead early in the second quarter before holding on for a 103-92 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 12 rebounds in his first game since Bryant criticized the Lakers' front office for allowing Gasol to dangle amid trade rumors. Neither star appeared distracted by the Lakers' latest off-court saga as Los Angeles reeled off a 37-4 run after Raymond Felton's game-opening 3-pointer for Portland. LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Batum scored 18 points apiece but the Blazers couldn't quite recover from the lowest-scoring first quarter in club history, getting no closer than 10 poi...

Pilots Add Seven Newcomers to the Roster

PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots men’s soccer team is adding seven newcomers to its roster for the 2012 season, announced Portland head coach and Director of Soccer Bill Irwin. Jordan Baeza (Aloha, Ore./Century HS), Matt Escobar (Saratoga, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep), Dustin Munger (Lafayette, Ore./McMinnville HS), Hugo Rhoads (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS), Colby Trah (Saratoga, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep), Jaime Velasco (Beaverton, Ore./Westview HS) and Connor Wear (Portland, Ore./Wilson HS) will join the Pilots as freshmen next fall. “This is one of the strongest classes we’ve had in a number of years,” said assistant coach Rob Baarts. “We feel this class posses both high-level technical and athletic ability, and I believe all...

Kauppila Nabs WCC Player of the Week Honor

PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland senior shortstop Kris Kauppila was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week after helping the Pilots open the season with two convincing wins over Stephen F. Austin. Kauppila went 5-for-9 (.556) at the plate during the weekend with four RBI’s, a double, a homer and six runs scored. He also swiped one base and was flawless in the field. During UP’s season-opening 11-0 win over the Lumberjacks in Beaumont, Texas,  on Friday, Kauppila had three hits, three RBI’s, three runs, a double and a stolen base. He led off Sunday’s 10-5 win with a solo home run. He’d add another hit and a walk, while scoring thr...

Singler Leads Ducks To Road Win

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - E.J. Singler scored 10 consecutive points in the final six minutes, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:45 remaining, and Oregon held on to beat Stanford 68-64 on Sunday night.  Singler finished with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists while Olu Ashaolu added 14 points off the bench for the Ducks (19-8, 10-5 Pac-12), who have won two straight at Maples Pavilion following a 24-game losing streak that dated to 1986.  More importantly, the win moves Oregon into a fourth-place tie with Arizona with three regular-season games remaining. That's critical because the top four teams in the standings receive first-round byes in the Pac-12 tournament.  Josh Owens had 20 points and...