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Oregon women dominate Mt. SAC Relays, baseball sweeps USC

— The women of the Oregon track team excelled at the Mt. SAC Relays in Norwalk, California this weekend. The 4×100-meter relay, made up of Jasmine Todd, Deajah Stevens, Hannah Cunliffe and Ariana Washington, won with a time of 42.68, the third fastest in NCAA history. That mark broke the previous school record, which they set last weekend with a time of 42.88 at the Pepsi Team Invitational.

— Oregon baseball played off the success of its series win against Cal with a sweep over USC this weekend. Oregon closer Stephen Nogosek is happy that things are “coming together.”

— Devon Allen dominated at the Oregon Relays over the weekend. He won all four of his events, which included a personal-record of 20.68 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

— The No. 41 Oregon men’s tennis team ended its regular season with a 4-2 win against the No. 35 Washington Huskies. The Ducks won their 15th straight doubles point and improved to 17-6, 3-4 Pac-12. Up next, the Ducks will compete in the Pac-12 Championship beginning Wednesday.

— Oregon women’s tennis ended its regular season with a 5-2 loss against Loyola Marymount Sunday. This loss extends the Ducks’ losing streak to nine. The Ducks continue to struggle with injuries and a depleted roster; they were forced to forfeit at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.

— Oregon beach volleyball lost 3-2 against Washington to end the regular season. The loss drops the Ducks’ record to 2-8. Up next, the Ducks head to the inaugural Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles.

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Oregon loses to Loyola Marymount for ninth-straight loss

The Oregon women’s tennis team ended its regular season in Los Angeles, California against the Loyola Marymount Lions on Sunday. The Ducks lost 5-2, extending their losing streak to nine.

To begin doubles play, LMU’s Anna Romeka and Tatijana Sheikhan defeated Marlou Kluiving and Shweta Sangwan, 6-2 at No. 2. LMU clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory over Oregon’s Nia Rose and Alyssa Tobita at No. 1.

Oregon was forced to forfeit the match at No. 3 for doubles, as well as at No. 6 for singles due to injuries.

The Lions gained their fourth point of the day when Sheikhan defeated Oregon’s Paloma Gomez, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 in singles play.

Oregon got its first points on the board when Tobita defeated Andrea Crespo, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 2.

On court No. 1, LMU’s Jessica Perez defeated Rose, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 to extend the Lions lead to 4-1 and clinch the match.

Kluiving then defeated Romeka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 and Elvira Juravliova defeated Sangwan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 3 to end the day.

The Ducks (11-11, 3-7 Pac-12) now look ahead to the Pac-12 Championship which beings on Wednesday in Ojai, California.

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