– Five-star running back Taj Griffin has verbally committed to the University of Oregon. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound back is listed as the No. 2 running back by Rivals and 247Sports has him as the 29th-best player in the 2015 class. The Powder Springs, Ga., native committed to Oregon over USC, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State and others.

– The Oregon tennis team won its first ever Pac-12 tournament match in its 4-2 win over Washington. In February the Ducks beat the Huskies for the first time since 2004 before their Pac-12 Tournament game. The Ducks are now in the semi-finals after a 4-2 win over the Stanford Cardinal on Thursday.

– Oregon senior right-handed pitcher Jeff Gold and freshman shortstop Mark Karaviotis were named to watch lists on Friday. After a 9-0 start with a 2.45 ERA, Gold was honored as one of the 47 pitchers on the National Pitcher of the Year list. Karaviotis is one of two Pac-12 shortstops on the Brooks Wallace Award list. Karaviotis, who has started 31 straight games, has a .970 fielding percentage (four errors in 134 chances). The Maui, Hawaii native is also hitting .263 with 15 RBIs.

– The acrobatics and tumbling team opened the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association National Championship, winning six event titles. The team events will begin Friday as the Ducks will be looking for their fourth-straight national championship. The top-seeded Oregon squad has three student-athletes named to the All-America team: Nicole Erlichman, Chandler White, and Tara Lubert.

– The Oregon Women’s track and field team qualified for the finals of the 4×100 and 4×400 whole taking fifth in the distance medley relay championship at the Penn Relays. On Friday, the action will resume with the women’s 4×100 Championship of America. The men will run their first race of the DMR Championship of America on Friday at 11.25 a.m. PT.

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