Men’s tennis finds its hype guy, club rowing to hold second annual Erg-A-Thon

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– Sophomore Simon Stevens has embraced his role as men’s tennis’s hype guy. Head coach Nils Schyllander says Stevens “plays his best tennis when he plays with energy.”

– Oregon rowing is holding its own against elite Division-I schools despite being a self-funded club team. It will hold its second annual Erg-A-Thon fundraiser on Sunday, and part of the proceeds will be donated to a child abuse and neglect prevention agency.

– Former Oregon distance runner Galen Rupp breezed through the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday in Los Angeles with a win in 2 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds. Rupp won the 10,000-meter silver medal in the 2012 Olympics, but he had never run a full marathon.

– The comeback effort by Oregon men’s basketball fell short against Stanford on Saturday, two days after it lost 83-63 to Cal. Oregon is now 0.5 games ahead of Arizona for first place in the Pac-12.

– Oregon women’s basketball won its fifth straight game Sunday against Colorado to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive.

– Oregon softball improved to 5-1 with two victories in the Fujikawa Classic on Sunday.

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