SPORTS BRIEFS

Roy to undergo surgery

Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy is going to have surgery on both knees, the team announced yesterday.

Roy, a three-time All-Star and the 2007 Rookie of the Year, will undergo arthroscopic

surgery in Vancouver, Wash. next week. A timeline for his return is not yet available.

“I’m trying to do the best thing I can to get back on the floor,” Roy said in a statement released by the team. “We’ve been able to get a number of different opinions and it’s something we’ve decided.”

Roy has been out of the Blazers’ lineup for the past 13 games, and he has missed 16 games overall this season. He is averaging 16.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in the 23 games he has played this season.

Viks tennis finds a home

The Portland State tennis teams will play their home matches on the other side of the Columbia River this season.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will use the Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Wash. as their home court for the entire 2011 season, according to a statement released by the school.

The club, located 12 miles north of campus, was the sight of several PSU tennis contests last season. This year, the women’s team is scheduled to host five matches at Club Green Meadows, beginning with a Jan. 30 matchup with UC Davis. The men’s team will host three events, starting with a meeting with Gonzaga on Feb. 6.

Badminton Club hosts tournament

The Portland State Badminton Club is set to host the PSU Open Tournament on campus this weekend.

The tournament, held at the Academic and Student Rec Center, begins tonight and will continue Saturday morning. Prizes and

medals are to be awarded, and the format of the tournament will be A/B drop flight.

As a result of the tournament, multi-use courts 1 and 2 will be closed to other activities.

Timbers draft

The Portland Timbers continued to build their Major League Soccer franchise yesterday by adding a big-name player to their big-league roster during the 2011 MLS

Super Draft.

With the second overall pick of the first round, the Timbers drafted 2010 Hermann Trophy winner Darlington Nagbe, striker/midfielder from the NCAA national

champion University of Akron.

“We’ve now picked up in our eyes probably the best young player in the country in Darlington Nagbe,” head coach John Specer said in a press release. “I don’t think it was only us here in this room today who would have loved to have put their scarf around him or put his name on the back of their jersey. He’s a kid that can change the face of the game.”

Nagbe, who scored 19 goals and served up 19 assists in 73 games with Akron, was the first of five Akron team members to be drafted yesterday.

Portland then conducted multi-team trades, which resulted in the Timbers receiving allocation money and an international roster spot before picking University of Tulsa defender Chris Taylor. Taylor scored eight goals with 17 assists in 82 games with Tulsa. He was also a Third Team All-Conference USA selection.