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Oregon State Wrestling Stays Steady At 13th In NWCA Top 25

(Corvallis, Oregon) - Days after the Oregon State wrestling team defeated Simon Fraser, the Beavers found themselves steady at 13th in the NWCA/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll. It marks the first week this season in which the Beavers find themselves at the same spot for consecutive weeks.

Munger Leads George Fox Past Willamette Women`s Basketball

#15 (WBCA) George Fox University 60, @ Willamette University 38

(SALEM, Oregon) - Hannah Munger scored 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead George Fox University to a 60-38 victory over the Willamette women's basketball team on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The game was the first Northwest Conference contest of the season for each team. George Fox improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the NWC. Willamette is now 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the NWC.

Holenstein Free Throws Lift Warner Pacific Over Lewis & Clark

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Miranda Holenstein hit two free throws with one second remaining on the clock to complete a 73-72 comeback win for Warner Pacific over Lewis & Clark tonight at C.C. Perry Gym.

Big First Half Leads Raiders To Victory

(Ashland, Oregon) - The Southern Oregon women shot 55 percent from the field in the first half and cruised to an 81-64 victory over William Jessup tonight at McNeal Pavilion.

Southern Oregon improved to 5-4 on the season and opens Cascade Conference play Friday at Concordia. William Jessup dropped to 0-8 on the season.

Corban Ranked for First Time Since 2005-06 Season

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) - Despite suffering its first loss of the season this past weekend, Corban's men's basketball team earned its first national ranking since October 26, 2005 when the latest National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II coaches' poll was released Monday by the national office.

Cascade Collegiate Conference Red Lion Players of the Week November 29th

(Clackamas, Oregon) - The following CCC student-athletes have been recognized as Red Lion Players of the Week: November 29th

No. 1 Concordia falls to Hastings 2-1 in Second Round of the NAIA Women`s Soccer National Championships

(DECATUR, Ala.) - After squaring the match midway through the second half, a goal with just under five minutes remaining doomed the top-seeded Cavaliers as unseeded Hastings (Neb.) defeated Concordia University 2-1 in the Second Round of the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championships.

The loss was the lone blemish on Concordia's season as the Cavs ended the year with a 19-1-2 record. Hastings (16-4-2) will advance to the quarterfinals and will face either No. 9 William Carey (Miss.) or unseeded Houghton (N.Y.) on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

Corban`s Bermudez Named NCCAA All-Region 1st Team

(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) - Junior Gus Bermudez (Culver City, Calif.) was the lone member of the Corban's men's soccer team to be named National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) All-West Region 1st team, as announced Monday by the west region chair for men's soccer.

Hasay Named Honda Award Finalist

The sophomore is one of four finalists.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Jordan Hasay has been named a finalist for the 2010 Honda Sports Award for cross country.

The sophomore from Arroyo Grande, Calif., who finished third at last week’s NCAA Championships, is one of four national finalists in the sport of cross country. The others are NCAA champion Shelia Reid of Villanova, Emily Infeld of Georgetown and Risper Kimaiy of Texas-El Paso.

No. 24 Ducks Rebuffed in NCAA Volleyball Tourney Announcement

(Eugene, Oregon) - After making four straight NCAA trips for the first time in school history, the No. 24 University of Oregon volleyball team (19-11, 7-11) fell just short of a fifth invitation in the 64-team tournament field announcement Sunday.

The tourney field was composed of single automatic qualifiers from each of the 31 nation’s conferences and 33 at-large teams.