Oregon Daily Emerald

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	Gamecocks squelch Oregon's Super Regional dreams Needing just one win, the Ducks fell twice in the Columbia Regionals, ending their 2007 campaign by Luke Andrews The Oregon softball team needed one win in two games to keep its season alive. But a determined South Carolina team proved too much to overcome Sunday at Beckham Field in Columbia, S.C. The Gamecocks, the host of the Columbia Regional, responded from an earlier defeat, forced a second game, and then made a comeback in the final game to advance and end Oregon's season short of the program's first-ever trip to Super Regionals.
	Cougars score 16 times, stop Ducks just short of a national title The loss marked the deepest any Oregon team had advanced in the MCLA Division A tournament by Dan Jones \| Freelance reporter The No. 3 Oregon club men's lacrosse team was unable to earn its first MCLA Division A National title Saturday, losing 16-9 in the Championship game to No. 1 BYU in Frisco, Texas. Junior attacker Josh Schane netted a team-high three goals in the Ducks' first appearance in a championship match.
	Benedetti shines, but Oregon falls well short of a Nationals berth The junior finished three-under, but the team finished in 19th at the NCAA West Regionals by Will Seymour \| Freelance reporter The Oregon men's golf team improved its scores in the last two rounds of the NCAA West Regional at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., but it wasn't nearly enough to take the Ducks to the next level. The 20th-seeded Ducks finished the tournament in 19th place, 37 strokes behind team champions South Carolina and 18 shots from a top ten finish and a spot in the NCAA Championships.
	Ironmonger becomes Oregon's most recent Australian import The center joins teammate Ellie Manou as another former Australian Institute of Sport member to jump to Eugene by Jeffrey Dransfeldt The steady stream of Australians into Oregon continued last week when Ellyce Ironmonger signed a National Letter of Intent to join the women's basketball team. Ironmonger's addition gives the Ducks three Australians who will be wearing Oregon green and yellow for the first time next fall.
	Lilley not among the finalists for USA's under 19 World Championship Teams In brief by Jeffrey Dransfeldt USA Basketball announced Sunday the 16 finalists for the U19 World Championship Team. Oregon guard Taylor Lilley, who traveled to Colorado Springs, Colo. for the trials, was left off the list of finalists. Lilley, who averaged 8.3 points her freshman year, tied Carolyn Ganes for the most three-pointers made with 39.