02.08.2010 - Hustlin’ Owls at No. 3 for the 4th Week in a Row
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls stayed put at the No. 3 spot in the 2009-10 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top-25 Poll #8 announced today by the NAIA office. This marks the fourth straight week the Hustlin’ Owls have been ranked 3rd in the poll. For the first time this year, Oregon Tech earned one first-place vote and collected 404 total points. The Hustlin’ Owls, who are 23-4 overall, 12-3 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, handed coach Danny Miles win No. 899 on Feb. 6 against Northwest (Wash.)
Oregon Tech and Walsh (Ohio) share the Division II active streak for longest run in the Top-25 at 60 straight weeks.
After holding down the second spot in each of the last six polls, No. 1 Walsh (Oho) moves up to the top billing in the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 poll, announced Monday by the NAIA office. Walsh is ranked the top team for the first time since Dec. 7, 1997. Oklahoma Wesleyan, ranked No. 2 this week, was the top team for the last 12 straight polls before losing on Jan. 30 and Feb. 2. Walsh earned eight first-place votes and 429 points, while Oklahoma Wesleyan was a close second at seven first-place nods and 426 points.
Winners in 13 of its last 14 games and six in-a-row, Walsh has dominated competition winning by an average of over 33 points. The Cavs are tied for the most wins in the nation with a 23-2 record and leads the American Mideast Conference South Division by 1 ½ games with an 11-1 log. Walsh takes on Shawnee State (Ohio) on Saturday in its only game this week. The Cavs upended Shawnee State 118-62 back on Jan. 15 in the team’s first meeting.
Oklahoma Wesleyan fell one spot after a two-game losing streak. The Eagles rebounded from a 75-73 loss to Ozarks (Mo.) on Feb. 2 with an 85-69 victory at home against then-No. 11 Bellevue (Neb.) on Feb. 6. Oklahoma Wesleyan relies on the long ball, leading the NAIA in 3-pointers per game (13.0). In 21 games, the Eagles have connected on at least 10 treys. Standing at 22-2 overall, the Eagles face a busy week with four games starting with Ecclesia (Ark.) on Feb. 8. 
Cascade Conference member Eastern Oregon jumped up 7 spots from No. 20 to No 13 this week. Despite losing at No 3 Oregon Tech, Evergreen State moved up in the poll from No. 25 to No.21. Warner Pacific makes up the fourth Cascade Conference team in the poll dropping from No. 7 down to No. 23.
Oregon Tech has won 34 in a row at home and will go for a school record 35th and number 900 for Coach Danny Miles in a game at home against Southern Oregon University this Saturday at 7:30 pm.
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NAIA DII WEEK 8 COACHES POLL
02.07.2010 - Oregon Tech Handles Northwest, Miles One Win From 900
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Behind a 20 point effort from Justin Parnell and 19 points from Joseph Foster, No. 3 ranked Oregon Tech ran past Northwest University by a 67-52 final tonight in Cascade Conference action at Danny Miles Court.
Oregon Tech upped their season mark to 23-4 on the season and 12-3 in conference play. Northwest is now 14-11 on the season and 8-6 in CCC action.
A Joseph Foster 3-point field goal to start the game helped the Owls start where they left off last night- Rolling. It took just four more minutes for the Owls to lead by double figures, and an ensuing 18-6 run by the No. 3 ranked team pushed the Owl advantage to 33-11 with 7:16 to play in the first period. Oregon Tech would settle for a 42-22 halftime lead over visiting Northwest University.
In only six minutes into the second stanza a pesky NU squad got right back in the contest, when a 12-2 Eagle run ran the score to 44-34. NU would outscore the Owls 30-25 in the second period.
Oregon Tech quickly returned the favor and when the Owls scored the next seven points it was back to a comfortable 51-34 score with 11 minutes to play.
Not giving up, Northwest got to within 12 points with just over seven minutes to play, but the Owls were too much and pulled away for the 67-52 win.
Parnell added six rebounds, two assist and two steals to his game-high 20 points, while Foster also grabbed six boards to go with two assists and two steals. Myles Daley and Andy Siverly combined for 16 points and seven rebounds.
Tyson Christie led the Eagles with 11 points, while Stedman Richardson and Blake Solomon added eight points apiece. Greg Peters came away with a game-high nine rebounds.
Head Coach Dan Miles will be going for career win 900 against his alma mater, Southern Oregon University, next Saturday, February 13th , while the Hustlin’ Owls will be going for 35-straight home victories as well.
02.06.2010 - Oregon Tech Drops Pair to Corban
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon Tech baseball team dropped a pair of non-conference games today to Corban College by scores o 12-10 and 6-3. The first game took 10 innings, while game 2 was scheduled for nine.
The Owls drop to 2-6 on the season, while Corban College improves to 2-1 after opening their season with the three-game series against Oregon Tech.
Four runs in the opening frame and two more in both the third and fourth innings gave Oregon Tech an 8-6 lead to open game 1.
Corban quickly answered with a four run fifth inning that put the Warriors ahead 10-8.
The Owls sent game 1 into extra innings with a two run ninth, but Corban would plate two of their own in the top of the 10th and hold Tech scoreless in the bottom half to win by a 12-10 final.
The Owls never recovered in game 2, as Corban led from start to finish. The Warriors went ahead 4-0 after three before Oregon Tech answered with two runs in the bottom half of the sixth to close the gap to 4-2.
Corban plated single runs in innings eight and nine to move to a 6-2 lead.
Oregon Tech looked to rally in the ninth, but was only able to add one run, as Tech would take the game 2 loss by a 6-3 final.
Cory Staniforth finished the day with a 6-for-9 effort at the plate, while adding two doubles and two RBI. Ryson Mauricio drove in a run on three hits on the day. Colin Stock was 3-for-5 with three RBI, including a homerun in the opening game, while Mitch Garcia doubled and drove in two runs of his own. Kevin Conway and Phil Sack added doubles, with Cory Spires tripling in game one, while Kealii Ribao was 1-for-1 and knocked in one run in the second game.
The Owls (2-6) will travel to the Bay Area to face San Francisco State for a doubleheader on both February 13th and 14th beginning both days at 11 am.