– Five Oregon women’s lacrosse players earned All-MPSF honors, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation announced Tuesday. Senior Shannon Propst and sophomore Alison Scharkey were first-team selections, and seniors Caroline Federighi and Nikki Puszcz and sophomore Carly O’Connell were named to the second team. Propst is the all-time program leader in points and assists (216, 111) and is 26th nationally with four points per game. Oregon and USC will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the MPSF Championship Tournament.

– Oregon distance runner Edward Cheserek was named the Pac-12 Men’s Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after helping two Oregon relay teams win at the Penn Relays last weekend. The freshman standout competed in the 4xMile relay and the men’s distance medley relay. For his performance, Cheserek was honored as the Penn Relays college athlete of the meet as well as the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week Monday.

– On his 17th birthday, 4-star men’s basketball recruit Kendall Small announced via twitter his commitment to play for the Oregon Ducks beginning in 2015. The point guard from Lakewood, California averaged 21.1 points, 3.1 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 3.4 steals his junior season for Mayfair High School.

– The No. 1 ranked Oregon softball team swept Utah Valley State in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon to improve to 46-5 on the season. After winning game one 8-0, the Ducks were helped by Koral Costa’s sixth inning home run to pull out a 5-4 victory. The Ducks continue their march toward Oklahoma City this weekend, with a three-game series at home against No. 3 Arizona State.

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