Salem-News.com Sports Feed http://salem-news.com/sports.php 2006 A 51 percent shooting performance from the field and a 55 percent effort from three-point range was not enough for Pacific to get past Corban Friday night as the Warriors surged in the second half and went on to a 110-106 overtime victory over the Boxers in men's basketball action at the Pacific Athletic Center. The Boxers (1-1) shot 56 percent in the first half and enjoyed a 14-point advantage early in the second period before the Warriors (4-0) surged to take an eight-point lead with 1:50 to go. http://salem-news.com/sports/november202009/corban_bball.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:00 PST The No. 15 USC volleyball team (18-9, 7-9) ended a two-match losing streak at McArthur Court with a 3-0 win Friday night over the University of Oregon (16-9, 6-9). In a battle between the two teams tied for sixth place in the Pac-10, the Trojans won their third straight contest the past two weeks over a Northwest rival, this time by a 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 score. USC's decision Friday in the historic facility also avenged Oregon's 3-0 sweep last season and a 3-1 Duck victory in '07. http://salem-news.com/sports/november202009/ducks_vball.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11:00 PST University of Oregon senior running back LeGarrette Blount has been reinstated to the Ducks’ football program and will be available to play Saturday when they host Arizona State in a game scheduled to kickoff at 7:20 p.m. (PST), according to an announcement from the school’s head coach Chip Kelly Monday. Blount, who has missed Oregon’s last eight games after being suspended by Kelly following the season-opening loss at Boise State, http://salem-news.com/sports/november92009/blount.php Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:16:00 PST Ron Hornaday and the No. 33 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team began the weekend with a plan and stuck to that plan, coming out of Texas Motor Speedway with a third-place finish and197 points ahead of Matt Crafton with two races remaining in the 2009 season. Hornaday led three times for a total of 36 laps. Hornaday battled with Kyle Busch and Crafton for the race win but the No. 33 truck became too loose at the end of the race. Unable to catch Busch to battle for the win, the No. 33 team did what they had to do in the championship battle. http://salem-news.com/sports/november82009/hornaday.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:14:00 PST A penalty kick goal in the 76th minute by ASU’s Alexandra Elston vaulted Arizona State to a 2-1 win over the University of Oregon soccer team Sunday afternoon at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. The Ducks closed their regular season with a 9-10-1 overall record while finishing league play with a 1-8 mark. ASU improved to 9-7-3 on the year, 2-6-1 in conference action. http://salem-news.com/sports/november82009/ducks_soccer.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:00 PST Oregon junior quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has been named the national offensive player of the week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Masoli ran for a season-high 164 yards and passed for 222 more, totaling 386 yards of offense in UO’s 47-20 victory over then-No. 4 USC. He also rushed for one score and threw another. http://salem-news.com/sports/november22009/ou_usc2.php Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:39:00 PST Oregon has won four straight games against top 10 teams at Autzen Stadium and is 9-2 vs. the top 25 at home since 2005. •JR QB Jeremiah Masoli rushed for at least one touchdown for the 12th time in his last 14 games and now has 18 TDs in 19 career games as a Duck. Masoli's 3-yard TD run gave him 1,000 career yards at Oregon. http://salem-news.com/sports/november22009/uo_game.php Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:35:00 PST The truth read a 47-20 final score, a defense that gave up 613 yards and a very humiliating defeat at Autzen Stadium. The truth showed that the Trojans got beat embarrassingly bad, worse than any USC team in Coach Pete Carroll's nine seasons. But above all, the truth is that the game is lost, yet the season is not. The truth of this night and the truth of the future don't have to be the same. http://salem-news.com/sports/november22009/usc_ou.php Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:30:00 PST No. 19 Washington State connected on the only goal of the match in the 40th minute as the Oregon State women’s soccer team fell to the Cougars, 1-0, in Pac-10 Conference action on Friday night. With the loss, Oregon State falls to 10-6-1 on the season, 2-4-0 in league play, as Washington State improves to 12-4-1, 4-1-1 in Pac-10 action. “We played well for a majority of the match, but we let our guard down for about 20 minutes in the first half,” head coach Linus Rhode said. “You cannot do that against good teams like Washington State and they made us pay. It’s a disappointing loss, but we have to bounce back and be ready to play on Sunday.” http://salem-news.com/sports/october302009/osu_soccer.php Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:44:00 PDT The Willamette University women's rowing team competed on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Willamette had one boat compete today and their other boat will race tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 18. Willamette's Women's Collegiate 4+ finished in 14th place with a time of 20:57.067. The team, which received an automatic bid, was made up of coxswain Erica Soma (Jr., Scotts Valley, CA), stroke seat Marguex Hunter (Fr., Ridgefield, WA), 3 seat Sarah Ferrier(So., Seattle, WA), 2 seat Heidi Hunt (So., Bellingham, WA), bow seat Libby Tobey (So., Salt Lake City, UT). http://salem-news.com/sports/october182009/will_row2.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:37:00 PDT The Willamette rowing team competed at the Head of Silcox on Saturday, Oct. 17 at American Lake. Willamette had six boats compete in the event, which was hosted by the University of Puget Sound. Willamette's women's novice 8+ and the women's second novice 8+ finished in first place for the Bearcats. http://salem-news.com/sports/october182009/will_rowing.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:28:00 PDT The No. 15 Oregon (13-3, 3-3) won its second straight meeting in McArthur Court vs. No. 14 California (9-7, 2-4) Friday night in 3-0 fashion. The Ducks' sweep of the Bears by a 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 score was the first by Oregon in the rivalry since 1990 and third ever in the 63-match series dating back to their first-ever meeting in 1977. http://salem-news.com/sports/october172009/ducks.php Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:04:00 PDT The Oregon State women’s swim team is in second place after concluding its first day of competition of the season Friday, at the University of the Pacific Invitational in Stockton, Calif. “This was a pretty outstanding first showing four our team,” Oregon State head coach Larry Liebowitz said. “We had a very good day but we still have some work to do if we want to walk away with the win tomorrow.” http://salem-news.com/sports/october162009/osu_swim.php Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:13:00 PDT In a battle for sole possession of second place in the Northwest Conference women’s volleyball race, Lyndsay Hovee had 15 kills and 16 digs to lead the George Fox University Bruins to a 3-1 victory (14-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-23) over the Lewis And Clark College Pioneers Wednesday night here at the Pamplin Sports Center. It was the ninth consecutive win for the Bruins, their longest streak since winning 20 in a row from Sept. 6-Oct. 24, 1998, and raised their record to 14-3 overall and 7-2 in the conference. http://salem-news.com/sports/october152009/gfox_vball.php Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:00:00 PDT Twin sisters Lauren and Ashley Kanda teamed up for three goals and two assists in the first half as the visiting Pacific University Boxers jumped out to a huge lead and coasted to a 3-0 win over the George Fox University Bruins in a Northwest Conference women’s soccer match Wednesday afternoon here at Morse Field. Lauren Kanda got the Boxers going with an unassisted goal at 23:25. After taking a throw-in near the right sideline, she dribbled through two George Fox defenders into the penalty box and sent a shot in from 15 yards away that was blocked by Bruin keeper Autumn Van Meter but not controlled, and the ball slipped through her hands and into the net. http://salem-news.com/sports/october152009/gfox_pac.php Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:57:00 PDT