It’s OSU
vs. Ducks
Saturday
Oregon State, the hottest team
on the West Coast since Jan and
Dean, returns to McArthur Court
Saturday night for its second bat
tle of the year with Oregon.
The Beavers, who whipped
sixth-ranked Washington 72-70
Saturday to take sole possession
of the Pac-8 lead, are now 4-0 in
league, 11-4 overall and rated
11th by United Press Interna
tional.
Ralph Miller's gang is currently
playing some of the best basket
ball it's ever played and could be
ranked as high as fourth in the
country in field goal percentage
( 535) when NCAA statistics are
released
Oregon, meanwhile, is playing
some of its worst basketball ever
The Ducks dropped a pair in
Washington this weekend to
make their record 1-3 in league
and 8-9 overall Oregon s only
league win—77-72—was against
a USC team that has lost all four of
its Pac-8 encounters
Oregon's frustration peaked
Saturday in Pullman, where it
dropped a 78-69 decision to
Washington State. We just didn t
get the job done in any phase of
the game,” assistant coach Dick
Stewart said. We executed
poorly, rebounded poorly and shot
poorly.
Things will have to change if the
Ducks hope to have a shot against
the Beavers. Oregon State has
four starters averaging in double
figures — Lonnie Shelton (18.3),
Rocky Smith (16.9), George
Tucker (12.7) and Don Smith
(11.8). The fifth starter, Paul Mil
ler, averages 9 3 per game
Last year Oregon won the Mac
Court battle 82-80 on Greg
Ballard's tip-m at the horn. The
Beavers won the first contest,
72-71 on Rickey Lee s 25-foot
bank shot at the horn while sand
wiched in between, was Oregon's
79-68 win in Portland.
Oregon State has already
whipped the Ducks this year —
79-67 in the Far West Classic.
Six school records ... as a freshman
Menkens making an unseen splash
By DALE BUCKLEY
Of the Emerald
The name Michelle Menkens will proba
bly never go down in Oregon athletic history
as one of the greats. But it won t be because
it didn't deserve to.
A sophomore, Menkens has already set
six women s swimming records and she
hopes to place in the top-three at the As
sociation for Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women (AIAW) Championship meet this
spring.
The outward manifestations of Menkens'
success are easy to explain. A short look at
the Leighton Pool record board will con
vince anyone of that.
Menkens holds school records in the 50
and 100-yard freestyle, 50 and 100-yard
butterfly, 100-yard individual medley and
100-yard breaststroke.
At last year s AIAW national champion
ships, she composed a one-person team,
scoring points in four events to give the
Ducks a 28th place finish.
What is harder to comprehend is the type
of diligence necessary to achieve those
goals—the 6 a.m. workouts, the time in
volved in four-day-a-week training ses
sions, the lack of recognition.
I m really a competitive person and I
enjoy the sport—the traveling and meeting
V.
people, said Menkens. ‘I know I have
Thursday morning off. so I get to sleep in,
and if I can make it the first four days,
Friday’s a snap.'
She started swimming at eight years
of age, an early start common to most ath
letes who excell, a period of her life that she
now refers to as just having a good time.
After stops in Tacoma and Arkansas, she
wound up two years ago at Marshfield High
in Coos Bay. where she won the 50 yard
freestyle state championship.
Even then she had ambitions of attending
Oregon, and the fulfillment of those ambi
tions have served both well.
Swimming has helped me organize my
life a little — I know where my prionties are
— it's a fantastic learning experience,
Menkens explains.
I’ve always had a goal, in swimming, in
schoolwork. I ve always thought of some
thing I wanted to achieve and it's frustrating
when you don't get it. but . .
Menkens plans to coach swimming as a
long-range goal, but right now her major
ambition is to place in the top three at the
1976 AlAW s.
Like almost everyone, however, she has
a dream — the Olympic Trials in June, an
ambition she keeps in perspective by main
taining. I just want to make the standards, I
just want to go to the meet.
Tonight the last breather
for 14th-ranked Oregon
By GREG STILES
Of the Emerald
In all probability Fresno State
will be no match for Oregon's
wrestling team tonight when the
two clubs take to the mats in
McArthur Court at 7:30.
The Ducks will be shooting for
dual meet win number eight in a
row. Even coach Finley admits
that Fresno State (0-6) isn't in the
category of the teams to follow on
the Duck slate.
A
Says Frerichs
Beavers by two
If you re one of fhe 10,500 yellow and green zealots who
scream incessantly for Beaver Blood at The Pit, this weekend
won't be one of your favorites
Or so says Glen Frerichs, the Emerald prognosticator
who weekly picks the Pac-8 winners.
Oregon State, 4-0 and leading the Pac-8, is expected to
increase its Pac-8 lead Saturday night with a two-point win
over the Ducks.
In the only other Pac-8 game this weekend, Stanford is a
surprise six-point favorite over visiting Cal.
According to Frerichs, the Pac-8 is getting increasingly
more balanced. In I974, he points out, the average game was
decided by I2.6 points and last year the average margin was
9.1.
Thus far, Pac-8 games have been decided by an average
of 7.2 points per game.
The home court advantage, he says, is becoming more
and more important all the time. Last year, for example, the
difference in his rating of the top and bottom teams was about
I6 points. The difference now is currently less than I2 points.
Pacific-8
Ratings
Team
Pac-8
Season
Rating
1 Washington
2 Oregon Stale
3 UCLA
4 Oregon
5 Stanford
6 Washington Stale
7 Southern California
6 California
3- 1
4- 0
3-1
1-3
1-3
3-1
0- 4
1- 3
14-1
11-4
13-2
8 9
5-9
10- 3
11- 5
7-6
81 06
7761
77 05
71-95
71 56
69 58
69 56
69 33
V
They usually have a few out
standing individuals on their
team, said Finley, But they re
not that strong."
Among the Bulldogs tougher
grapplers are Roy Moz (150) and
Kevin Clark (158). Unfortunately
for Fresno State the combined re
cord of the duo is 6-8-2.
The picture doesn't get any
brighter for the Bulldogs.
The problem at Fresno State
reportedly stems from Francis
taking a sabbatical last year and
the interim coach failing to do any
recruiting.
The Bulldogs have had one
common opponent with the
Ducks, California. The Golden
Bears decimated Fresno State
32-9, while Oregon won 23-14.
Oregon most likely will go with
the same line-up that white
washed Central Washington
State last Saturday. 40-0.
Randy Robinson may re-enter
the line-up. After injuring his
shoulder against California Fri
day, Dennis Dixon was shoved
into the line-up and drew Finley s
approval.
The Fresno State meet will be
Oregon's last breather in awhile.
Beginning Friday, the Ducks will
meet four top twenty teams within
a week: Portland State (13th),
Minnesota (ninth), Oregon State
(8th) and Washington (20th).
Overall Individual Records
WRESTLER. WEIGHT
Sieve Hart, 118
Joe Sade. 126
Dewey Travis. 126
Shuich Sho|i. 134
Randy Robinson, 142
Dennis Dixon. 142
Rick Rexius. 150
Bob DeWitt. 150
Danny Hollembaek. 150
Kevin Kramer. 158
Randy Besaw 167
Tim Strobel. 177
Buck Davis, 177
Brian Dunagan. 177
Bob Bragg 190
Greg Gibson. Hwt
TEAM
W-L-T WP-LP
17- 6-0 0-0
5-3-0 0-1
5-6-0 1-1
14- 4-2 2-0
15- 7-0 5-0
1-0-0 0-0
4-5-0 0-2
0- 5-0 0-0
1- 2-1 0-1
18- 6-0 2-0
11-10-0 4-1
2-1-1 0-0
10-7-1 0-0
2-2-0 0-0
14-1-0 2-0
10-2-1 4-1
129-67-6 21-7
Ducks face OCE, PSU
The Oregon women s basket
ball team, coming off a 31 -30 loss
to Oregon State and a 52-36 win
over Southern Oregon, meets
Oregon College of Education
Thursday night in Monmouth.
The Ducks will then face Port
land State in Portland on Satur
day. The Vikings, the top team in
the western part of the conference
last year, have two standouts
back to face the 2-4 Ducks.
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