CROSS-COUNTRY

UO women 3rd at NCAAs — Senior Jessica Hull’s third-place individual effort led Oregon to a third-place team finish Saturday in the women’s portion of the NCAA Division I national championships in Madison, Wisconsin. Colorado was the team champion with 65 points. The Buffaloes were paced by overall winner Dani Jones, who finished the 6-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 42.8 seconds. Second in the team scoring was New Mexico with 103 points, followed by the Ducks with 160. Oregon State, competing in the nationals for the first time, placed 27th out of 31 teams. In the men’s race, Oregon placed 15th with 407 points. Northern Arizona was first with 83 points, followed by BYU with 116 and Portland with 160. Wisconsin’s Morgan McDonald was the men’s individual champion, finishing the 10K course in 29:08.3.

RUGBY

COCC downed by Oregon Tech — Central Oregon Community College absorbed its first league loss of the season Saturday, falling 22-17 to Oregon Tech in a Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference match in Klamath Falls. The score was tied 17-17 at halftime. The result in their season finale left the Bobcats with a league record of 3-1 and tied for first place with Western Oregon.

Baseball

Mariners deal Paxton to Yankees for prospects — Left-hander James Paxton was acquired by the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners for a trio of prospects Monday, bolstering the thin starting rotation that contributed to New York’s loss to Boston in the AL Division Series. New York sent left-hander Justus Sheffield to the Mariners along with right-hander Erik Swanson and outfielder Dom Thompson-Williams. Sheffield is rated among the top minor league prospects, made his big league debut in September and pitched in three games for the Yankees. He had a 2.48 ERA in 25 minor league appearances at Double-A and Triple-A this year, striking out 123 in 116 innings and allowing just four home runs. Sheffield will not turn 23 until May and could become a future anchor to Seattle’s rotation.

— From wire reports