Oregon Ducks

Oregon athletes have had a good showing in the first two days of the NCAA track and field championships at Hayward Field.

This week, Eugene hosts the biggest college track and field meet of the year.

The meet wrapped up Sunday at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Ionescu, a three-time WNBA All-Star, made the return trip to Eugene along with Liberty teammate and fellow former Duck Nyara Sabally, for a preseason game against the Toyota Antelopes from Japan.

Fourth-seeded Arizona advanced to the Sweet 16, surviving a ragged finish to beat former Pac-12 rival Oregon 87-83 in the NCAA Tournament.

No. 2 seed Duke fought to a 59-53 victory over 10th-seeded Oregon in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The victory means the top-ranked Ducks have now beaten the Big Ten Conference's traditional powers: Ohio State and Michigan.

Dillon Gabriel threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and top-ranked Oregon routed No. 20 Illinois 38-9 to remain undefeated this season. Gabriel finished 18-of-26 for 291 yards and Oregon racked up 527 yards of total offense. Tez Johnson caught six of Gabriel’s passes for 102 yards and a score. The Ducks haven’t started a season with eight straight wins since 2013. It was Oregon’s third win over a ranked team this season.

For the second straight week the Ducks struggled, but ultimately prevailed.

Playing in front of a home crowd, Oregon advanced to within a game of the College World Series yesterday.

The Ducks travel to Louisville for the regional round of Sweet Sixteen to face Nebraska Thursday.

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