— Three of the nine members of the women’s tennis team were dismissed from the program due to a “violation of team rules,” the Oregon athletic department confirmed Saturday. As a result, the team was forced to forfeit two singles matches in a 7-0 loss to Stanford Saturday. None of the three players competed when Oregon fell 7-0 to Cal Friday.
— Defensive lineman Torrodney Prevot told reporters at spring football practice Friday that learning to play a 4-3 defense under new defensive coordinator Brady Hoke is like “becoming a freshman again.” Nevertheless he’s encouraged. Prevot said to expect more sacks, tackles for loss and physicality from the Ducks defense, which ranked 116th in total defense in 2015.
— A lack of offense doomed Oregon softball Sunday in a 4-1 loss to UCLA. The Bruins took the series with the win following a five-inning 16-6 win on Friday. Megan Kleist pitched a complete game in Oregon’s 6-5 win Saturday.
— Oregon baseball’s record fell to 11-11 after a 6-3 loss to Notre Dame Thursday and 3-2, extra-innings loss to Michigan State Friday. The damage could have been worse, but the final two games of the series against the Spartans were canceled due to inclement weather.
— Men’s tennis honored its departing seniors with a 4-0 sweep of Utah Sunday. The team grabbed its first conference victory of the season Friday, a 4-0 sweep of Arizona.
— Two-time All-American Jeremy Elkaim won the 5000 at the Stanford Invitational Friday, and several others scored personal bests.
— Beach volleyball secured its first win of the season against Portland Sunday, after losing its season-opening matches to Stanford and Boise State.
— Oregon acrobatics and tumbling took place in the sport’s first-ever televised meet Thursday, but fell 282.025-280.180 to No. 1 Baylor.
— Men’s golf is one month and one regular season tournament away from championship season, and Coach Casey Martin said the team “just [hasn’t] quite found [its] flow yet.”
— Despite falling short of a Final Four bid, the men’s basketball team seems poised to build on its success, writes the Emerald‘s Hayden Kim.
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