Canham caps OSU win over Cardinal.

Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports

STANFORD, Calif. - Mitch Canham and Jordan Lennerton drove in three runs each in eighth-ranked Oregon State's 13-7 victory over Stanford in Pac-10 baseball action on Friday night.

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Canham, a senior catcher and one of 50 players on the Dick Howser Trophy watch list as the nation's top collegiate player, drilled a bases-loaded double in the ninth inning to seal the Beavers' sixth straight victory over the Cardinal. OSU was 5-0 against Stanford last season.

Lennerton also had a three-run double during a five-run fifth for the Beavers (33-8, 5-5 Pac-10) that snapped a 4-4 tie. Darwin Barney and Jason Ogata added two RBIs each for OSU.

Blake Keitzman, the second of four Beaver pitchers, relieved starter Mike Stutes in the fifth and went two innings to pick up his first win of the season. Eddie Kunz closed out the win with a perfect 1 1/3 innings for his eighth save.

Eaton, Cridland lead UO at Cal Collegiate Challenge

BERKELEY, Calif. - Freshman Ashton Eaton won the long jump and sophomore Lucy Cridland qualified for the NCAA Regionals with a career-best in the discus to highlight Oregon's first-day efforts at the California Collegiate Challenge track and field meet on Friday.

Eaton, from Bend, jumped a wind-aided 24 feet, 2 1/2 inches to win the event by three-quarters of an inch. It was also three inches off his season best.

Cridland, from Portland, uncorked a PR of 158-7 on her fifth throw to finish fourth and surpass the regional qualifying standard by more than three feet. Her previous best was 153-5.

Oregon's other top men's finisher was senior Brian Richotte in the hammer throw with a second-place effort of 216-9.

Joining Cridland with a fourth-place finish was sophomore Megan Maloney in the hammer throw at 166-9.

Meanwhile, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia on Friday, the Oregon men's distance medley relay of a junior and three freshmen placed seventh.

Junior Michael McGrath (1,200-meter leg) and freshmen Chad Barlow (400), Andrew Wheating (800) and A.J. Acosta (1,600) finished in 9:40.39. Texas won the event in 9:29.60, ahead of Villanova (9:32.00) and Tennessee (9:32.95).

Eight walks, Creps' double doom Ducks in 8-0 loss

LOS ANGELES - Jaisa Creps hit a three-run double and No. 12 UCLA took advantage of eight walks to drop 16th-ranked Oregon 8-0 in Pac-10 softball on Friday.

The Bruins (31-13, 7-6 Pac-10) led 1-0 when they scored four times in the fourth inning, three on Creps' key hit, and added three more in the fifth. The game ended because of the eight-run rule with two outs and the bases loaded.

UCLA freshman Megan Langenfeld (9-1) scattered five Oregon singles and struck out four with one walk. Melissa Rice (21-10) started and took the loss for the Ducks (39-12, 4-9).

Senior Suzie Barnes stole her 36th base in the fifth inning, tying Marnie McCall's single-season record set in 1992.

Young's HR helps OSU take series from Huskies

SEATTLE - DeAnn Young's two-run homer in the second inning backed Ta'Tyana McElroy's four-hit pitching in Oregon State's 2-0 victory over Washington in Pac-10 softball on Friday.

The 13th-ranked Beavers (35-16, 7-6) took the season series for the third straight year with the win over the No. 11 Huskies (30-13, 7-6). Young's home run, her fifth, came after Stephanie Ewing had walked.

McElroy (13-7) struck out four and walked none. Danielle Lawrie (19-8) fanned 15 for Washington.

Oregon doubles pairs exit Pac-10 Championships

OJAI, Calif. - Oregon's top doubles pair of Dominika Dieskova and Ana Cecilia Olivos fell 8-4 to California's Nina Henkel and Stephanie Kusano in the first round of the Pac-10 Championships on Friday.

Dieskova and Olivos, with a 49-23 record to rank as the best in UO history, will wait to see if they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Two other Duck doubles teams fell on Friday in invitational bracket play. Carmen Serementa and Tina Snodgrass lost 8-4 to Cal's Daron Moore and Christina Visico, and Monica Hoz de Vila and Anna Powaska lost 8-2 to Arizona's Katie Orletsky and Natalia Toporowska.

Big innings give Beacons softball split with Corban

SALEM - Northwest Christian scored 14 runs in the last three innings for a 15-4 softball rout of Corban College and a split of their doubleheader on Friday.

Heather Cordell and Bethany McAlister, who homered, each drove in three runs for the Beacons (16-25) in the first game. Rachel Steigleman, a sophomore out of Churchill High School, had a home run for the Warriors (7-32).

Corban won the second game 8-0 on Kelly Seaton's five-hitter.

Chargers extend streak with rout of Hotshots

BEND - Rod Stephenson scored 30 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Eugene Chargers to a 153-129 victory over the Central Oregon Hotshots in an IBL basketball game on Friday night.

It was the fourth straight victory for Eugene (4-1).

Lamar Harris added 28 points and 20 rebounds for the Chargers, who pulled away from a 72-69 halftime lead. Solomon Yearby added 27 points, including six three-pointers, former Duck Adam Zahn scored 26 points, and Charles Easterling had 24 points and 12 rebounds.

Former Oregon player Jay Anderson had seven rebounds in his first game with the Chargers and will see action today when the same two teams meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Morse Event Center.

Mohawk juniors, coach earn Class 1A hoop honors

Mohawk juniors Danny Reiter and Brody Wilkins both earned first-team all-state honors in Class 1A boys basketball, and their coach, Bart Rothenberger, earned coach of the year honors.

McKenzie junior Drew Wiley, who has committed to play at Oregon, was also a first-team selection.