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SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PAC-12 Stanford Cardinal (3-0. 1-0) Oregon Ducks (3-0. 0-0) Saturday, 5 p.m., on ABC Eugene, Autzen Stadium Stanford v. Oregon game of the week By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Staff photo by Kathy Aney Avery Treadwell, of Hermiston, gets ready to hit the ball during Thursday’s game against Walla Walla. Wa-Hi’s quick E offense, serving too much for Hermiston By ANNIE FOWLER | East Oregonian very time the Hermiston Bulldogs take the court for a Mid-Columbia Conference match, they see something different. Thursday, it was the quick offense and lethal serving of the Walla Walla Blue Devils, who posted a 25-14, 25-8, 25-14 road victory. “For us, seeing different offenses helps us get better,” Herm- iston coach Amy Dyck said. “In our previous league, we saw the same three teams, and the same thing over and over. This shows us what we need to work on.” The Blue Devils (3-2 MCC) got a strong match from senior See VOLLEY/2B Here are some things to watch in Week 4 of the Pac-12 Confer- ence football season: GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 7 Stanford is at No. 20 Oregon in a nationally televised game that will most likely have implications in the race for the division title and the conference championship. It is one of just two games this Sat- urday involving a pair of ranked teams, joining No. 22 Texas A&M at No. 1 Alabama. The game also features two of the league’s mar- quee names, Cardinal running back Bryce Love and Ducks quar- terback Justin Herbert. Stanford is just a slim favorite. So yeah, this is the one to watch. Line: Stanford by 2. Series record: Stanford leads, 48-32-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? This is a divisional game that could have implications for not only the Pac-12 North, but also the league championship. Five times since 2011 the winner of the game between Stanford and Oregon has gone on to win the division. It will be the first real challenge of the season for Oregon, which has wins over Bowling Green, Portland State and San Jose State. Stan- ford RB Bryce Love and Oregon QB Justin Herbert figure to be the headliners. KEY MATCHUP Stanford’s running game against Oregon’s run defense. Love ran for a pair of touchdowns within the first five minutes of the last meeting between the two teams, and finished with 147 yards. Ore- gon has allowed an average of 77 yards rushing per game, 13th in the See PAC-12/3B Pirates open league with shutout By BRETT KANE East Oregonian It was a good day to be a Pirate — Riverside beat their rival Uma- tilla at home on Thursday evening, scoring their first league win. The Pirates came out with guns blazing, opening the game with a pass from center-mid Uly- ses Lopez to Angel Montez, who headed it in for a goal. “Ulyses is one of our most tal- ented players,” said Riverside coach Francisco Velazquez. “This was a great game for him.” Lopez played a major role in his team’s win. Throughout the BOYS SOCCER Riverside Umatilla 4 0 remainder of the first half, he helped put two more points on the scoreboard — one on his own, and another from a penalty kick that he sent straight to midfielder Gerardo Lopez, who kicked it in for the Pirates’ third goal. The first half ended with River- side up, 3-0. The second half saw Lopez attempting several more shots- on-goal, beginning with a pass from Gerardo to Lopez, who over- shot the net and sent it flying out of bounds. But the Pirates quickly made up for the miss. Forward Alexis Cambero fired a long-dis- tance kick that made it into the net, just out of Umatilla goalie Saul Salas’ reach. It would be the last goal of the game, leaving Riverside in the lead at 4-0. Umatilla coach Pedro Ortiz left See SOCCER/2B Staff photo by Brett Kane Riverside midfielder Jose Napoles stumbles while defending the ball from Umatilla’s Luis Castro. Sports shorts FanDuel to pay out disputed $82K bet ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Upon further review, a New Jersey man will get his full $82,000 payout on a disputed $110 sports bet. And several other gam- blers who made similar bets at wildly inflated odds will also be paid in full, FanDuel said Thursday. The online sports betting company said it will pay Anthony Prince of New- ark the full 750-1 payout he was prom- ised when the company’s automated sys- tem mistakenly generated long odds on the final moments of the Denver Bron- cos-Oakland Raiders game on Sunday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS Busy day lands Angels’ Arcia in record books OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Ange- les Angels catcher Francisco Arcia began the day behind the plate, did a brief stint on the mound and ended up in the major league record books. Arcia pitched two innings of relief and hit his sixth home run in the Angels’ 21-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. In doing so, Arcia became the first player to catch, pitch and homer in the same game, according to the Angels. “They just told me that,” Arcia said. “I’m pretty happy, I guess.” 1940 — For the first time in the history of photo finishes a tri- ple dead heat for first place is recorded, at Willow’s Park, Victo- ria, British Columbia. 1994 — The North Carolina women’s soccer team wins its 89th straight game, setting the unoffi- cial record for the longest winning streak in college sports. The 5-1 victory over rival N.C. State broke the mark of 88 in a row set by the UCLA men’s basketball team during the early 1970s. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com