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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 Sports shorts Ducks set for super regionals EUGENE — After sweeping through the Eugene Regional last weekend, the Oregon softball team will play host to North Carolina State in a Super Regional starting Friday night at Howe Field. Oregon and NC State will meet at 6 p.m. on Friday and again at noon on Saturday. A ¿ nal game, if needed, will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday. All three games will be aired live on ESPNU. The Ducks (49-6) advanced to Super Regionals after defeating North Dakota State twice and BYU once in the Eugene Regional. Pitcher Cheridan Hawkins was named regional MVP after earning two wins to go with a 1.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 14.0 innings pitching. SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS State Track & Field Cardenas sets meet record Hawks’ Carroll avoids major injury ATLANTA (AP) — An MRI on DeMarre Carroll’s left knee showed no struc- tural damage, and he hopes to play for Atlanta in Friday night’s Game 2 against Cleveland in the Eastern Conference FACES ¿ nals, Carroll’s agent said Thursday. Mark Bartelstein told The Associated Press that Carroll has Carroll only a knee sprain and “maybe a little” bone bruise. The Hawks con¿ rmed the MRI showed only a knee sprain and said Carroll would be listed as questionable. Asked about Carroll’s status, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said “we’re very hopeful.” “I think sometimes you tend to think it could be the worst and right now every- thing we’re getting back is positive,” said Budenholzer. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Fabian Cardenas, of Umatilla, set a 3A meet record in the 3,000-meter run Thursday at the OSAA track and fi eld state championships at Hayward Field. Umatilla junior breaks 20-year-old distance mark “It’s very common. It goes on on the other side, I guarantee you. It’s the rule. I think pitchers are using it but I guess you’ve got to be discreet about it.“ — Craig Counsell Milwaukee Brewers manager after relief pitcher Will Smith was ejected from Wednes- day’s game against Atlanta for having rosin and sunscreen on his forearm. Smith said he was using the substances to help him grip the ball while warming up in the bullpen and forgot to wipe them off before entering the game. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1975 — Artis Gilmore scores 28 points and grabs 31 rebounds to lead the Kentucky Colonels to a 110-105 victory over the Indiana Pacers for the ABA championship. 1988 — The Celtics beat the Hawks 118-116 in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Confer- ence semi¿ nals. Atlanta’s Dominique :ilkins ¿ nishes with 47 points while Boston’s Larry Bird has 34, including 20 in the fourth quarter. The teams shoot a combined 58.8 percent, the second-highest mark in playoff history. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com by myself,” he said of the blazing time. The opening move dropped the majority of the ¿ eld. Luca Ostertag-Hill EUGENE — A repeat state 3,000 meter of Catlin Gabel hung on his heels until the championship seemed an inevitability for ¿ nal mile before Cardenas turned on the Fabian Cardenas, doing it in a fast time afterburners for one last record-breaking push. Ostertag-Hill took second, 29 was a different story. One peek around the starting line of seconds behind Cardenas. The last 100 meters Thursday’s state champi- were a race between onship race at Hayward “That fi nal 100 Cardenas and the clock. Field told the Umatilla “That ¿ nal 100 meters distance ace that if he meters I was I was looking at the clock were to reach his goal of whole time and I was breaking the 20-year old looking at the the like ‘Oh snap, I can get it’. Class 3A state meet record gave it everything I it would be done on his clock the whole I had just those last 100 meters,” own. The opening quarter time and I was he said. The win is the third mile did nothing to change like ‘Oh snap, state championship for that opinion. Cardenas. He won last “I was hoping another I can get it’. year’s 3,000 meters in guy would take it out, surprising fashion and but no one did,” said I just gave it followed it up with a Cardenas, who nearly eclipsed James Longoria everything I had one-sided cross country championship in the fall. of Nyssa’s state meet “It’s a big honor to our record in last year’s win. those last 100 school,” Cardenas said. “I was kind of looking “We don’t get a lot of back to see what they were meters.” state champions from our doing. They were taking it — Fabian Cardenas, school. It’s just nice to easy and waiting for me to change the tradition.” Umatilla 3,000-meter take it over.” Cardenas will try to add Cardenas obliged. runner after setting a new The junior powered 3A state meet record with to his burgeoning trophy case in tonight’s 1,500 around the track for the his time of 8:41.23. meters. fastest seven-and-a-half Justyce Smith knows laps in meet history stopping the clock in 8 minutes, 41.23 a thing or two about state title hardware. seconds, ¿ ve seconds faster than Longo- The Riverside senior captured her ¿ fth ria’s time. The mark was also ¿ ve seconds championship medallion Thursday. Smith, who owns a diversi¿ ed resume swifter than any previous 3,000 meter race that includes wins in three different events, Cardenas had run. “It was cool, especially because I did it See TRACK/2B By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Fabian Cardenas, of Umatilla, exults after setting a 3A meet record in the 3,000-meter run Thursday at the OSAA track and fi eld state championships at Hayward Field. College Golf State Tennis Warriors miss cut at NAIA Championships Cittadini falls LQ¿UVWURXQG Heppner’s Lien, Hermiston’s Simmons wrap up season DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Cole Lorenzo and Chris Lien both shot under par Thursday, but it was not enough to extend the season for the Lewis-Clark State men’s golf team. LCSC missed the cut at the NAIA National Championships after it posted a 17-over 305 during its third, and ultimately ¿ nal, round at LPGA Interna- tional Hills Course. The Warriors ¿ nished the tournament with a score of 911, leaving them 47 strokes over par and in 19th place in the 29-team ¿ eld. Only the top 17 teams advanced to Friday’s ¿ nal round. The last team to make the cut, Cardinal Stritch University, ¿ nished the third round with an 899. Defending champion Coastal Georgia sits atop the lead- erboard after ending Thursday at 10-under 854. “It’s disappointing,” LCSC coach Paul Thompson said. “It was a good experience for them, but I thought we would be in the top 10, maybe even the top ¿ ve, but it wasn’t to be.” The top 40 individuals also quali¿ ed for the championship round, but LCSC’s highest placing individual was Lorenzo, who tied for 58th. After recording a 77 in each of the ¿ rst two rounds, the junior from Richland, Washington, tallied a 1-under 71 on Thursday to ¿ nish at 9-over 225. Lien ¿ red a 2-under 70 during the third round, the best score furnished by a Warrior at any point during the tournament. But a 79 the day before and a 77 in the opening round left the junior from Heppner, tied for 64th place at 10-over 226. Through two rounds, no Warrior played better than Kurt Simmons. The junior from Herm- iston started the tournament with a 74 and followed that up with a 71, leaving him tied for 18th after lightning forced the suspension of Wednesday’s second round. But an 84 on Thursday dropped him into a tie for 84th place, three shots behind Lien. “He was pretty pleased until today,” Thompson said. This was the Warriors’ ¿ fth trip to nationals since 2005. It was their ¿ rst appearance since 2013, when they also ¿ nished 19th. Lien was a ¿ rst-team All-Fron- tier Conference selection for the LCSC this season. See GOLF/2B East Oregonian PORTLAND — Pendleton’s Matilde Cittadini was unable to get past Wilsonville’s Keely Petticord in the ¿ rst round of state tennis action on Thursday at West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club. The sophomore advanced with a straight-set victory of 6-2, 6-2, sending Cittadini into the conso- lation bracket. Cittadini, a junior exchange student from Italy, will face Cres- cent Valley sophomore Caroline Doyle when action resumes today. Doyle ran up against third- seeded Ashland senior Ashley Knecht in the ¿ rst round and fell 6-1, 6-2. The 4A-1A tournament will begin today for boys and girls at the Oregon State University Tennis Complex in Corvallis.
