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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1978)
sports__ Sonics look for two, but Blazers say no PORTLAND (AP) — Lenny Wil kens knows how hard it will be for his upstart Seattle SuperSonics to make it two in a row over the Port land Trail Blazers here Friday night. "There’s no doubt about it,” Wilkens said as he prepares to put his team through a workout at Memorial Coliseum Thursday. “They feel they have to win. I’d expect them to be a little more pa tient and play a little better de fense than they did the other night. "But we re going to play hard, too, because we think we can win.” Wilkens isn’t atone in his think ing. Most of the 12,666 highly par tisan fans who watched the Sonics soundly whip th'* Blazers 104-95 Tuesday night are proba bly still wondering what happened and what can be done to alter the outcome next time. With the victory in the opener of the best-of-seven National Bas ketball Association quarter-final series, the Sonics took away Portland’s home-court advan tage. "We don’t even want to think about the desperate situation we’l be in if we lost Friday night,” sait Blazer forward Larry Steele, whc scored 17 points in the first hal Tuesday night, but was shut ou the rest of the way. The defending NBA champion: were beaten in places the^ weren’t supposed to be vulnera ble. They were impatient, reluctan to go through the various option: of the intricate offense Coacl Jack Ramsey has designed. In stead, they shot quick, erran Women at home for two matches ay IIM LtUNAHU Of the Emerald The Oregon women’s tennis team opens a two-day home stand today with a match against the University of Puget Sound on the Alder Street courts beginning at 3:30. The women netters, with a re cord of 6-3 following a convincing win over Oregon State last Tues-. day, will play Southern Oregon Saturday at 2 p.m. “Everyone played excellent tennis against OSU,' coach Marti Schey said, "considering that the matches were held in doors and the women had to over come the dim liyhting conditions.” According to Schey, the women are, "getting their tennis game to gether.” Oregon has never played Puget Sound and although they have no idea about the quality of players they will face, Oregon will still need to play good tennis. With several returning players, Southern Oregon will present strong competition. SOSC com peted at the Berkeley Invitational and Schey is not taking them lightly. ¥*¥¥¥** ******************* -t*-*-*-**************** THETA CHI CAR RALLY April 21 15th and Moss 7:00 pm CELEBRATION Sponsors: Odyssey Records Monty’s Pizza The Greenery Mt. Trails of Oregon Come early-limit 200 cars ** ************************ The only losses thus far fo Oregon have come in the Califor nia meet and at the hands o Washington. Schey feels the re cord of 6-3 shows her team i< capable of playing well and ha: the possibility of winning the dost ones. 20-footers, which Sonics Marvin I Webster and Jack Sikma promptly 1 swallowed off the defensive boards. Ramsey took the Blazers through a low-key workout Thurs ; day, with Walton and Lloyd Neal f not participating in the more strenuous parts of the practice session. "I would hope Bill will run better * tomorrow,” Ramsey said. 5 As usual, Walton wasn’t volun 1 teering any information about his condition. So trainers Ron Culp * acted as spokesman for the sore feet the kept Walton out of the final \ 22 games of the regular season. “He was pretty sore yesterday,” Culp said, "but he’s moving pretty well today,” f Walton ’ s pe rf ormance T uesday — 17 points, 16 rebounds, two blocked shots — had nothing to do with Portland’s loss. But the play of Maurice Lucas — 3 for 15 from the field — and backup center Tom Owens — 1 for 6 shotting, three rebounds and five fouls in 13 minutes — had a lot to do with it. "That was the first game in 22 games that I haven’t started,” Owens said. "For those games I had my game going real good. Now I’m back on the bench. It’s difficult to adjust. I just have to get used to coming off the bench and doing the job, like I was a month ago.” Ramsey said there are no major alterations planned. “The players know what we have to do,” he said. “Talking about it doesn’t do it. We just have to go out there and play our game.” Ramsey will not be lured into saying just how disastrous it would be for the Blazers to lose twice in a row at home. “The series isn’t over until you win four games,” the coach said. “No game is crucial until you’re at that point.” Ducks hope to face OSU Oregon will hope to continue the strong showing it has had in the first two weeks of Northern Di vision play as it hosts Oregon State — maybe — at 3 pm. today at Howe Field. Inclement weather — by name, rain — might force Oregon Coach Mel Krause to postpone today’s three-set opener until Sunday. Krause will know by 11 this morn ing if the field, saturated by two straight days of rain, will be in play ing condition. If nQt, Oregon will play two games at Oregon State Saturday (weather permitting) to be followed by the Sunday tilt (weather permitting). The Ducks currently lead the Northern Division with a 4-1 mark, followed by Washington State at 3-2. The two teams will complete a game played played April 15 that was suspended after 10 innings because of darkness if the out come might have an affect on the Northern Divison standings. Paffe 16 Oregon State is 2-2 in the Northern Division. The Beavers had a game with Washington sus pended because of darkness anc another one postponed because of rain. That game will be made up only if league standings will be af fected. Mel refuses to take the Beavers lightly. “They gotta be a serious threat They beat Washington up there," said Krause. “They’re far from out of it.” The Beavers are led by junior center fielder Jerry Miller, who is hitting .357. Senior catcher Rich Hampr anr) frnsh first hasaman Dave McNair have also been top hitters for the Beavers. In the pitching department, the Beavers have seniors Kenny Noble and Pat Barry. However, the pitching sensation for OSU has been freshman Eric Sallee, when undefeated this year. The Beavers took five of the six Northern Divisions games be tween the two schools last year, but Krause said his team will not be looking for revenge. “It’s a different ball game, a dif ferent year,’’ Krause said. "We re not out for any revenge. I’m con cerned about this year, not last -sportfolio Women’s soccer at Autzen The University's women s soccer team will play SOSC at Autzen Stadium Sunday at 4 p.m. Torture Ridge Sunday Over 250 joggers and runners have already signed up for the Torture Ridge run to be held Sunday at noon. Entry fee for the run is $1, with Hendricks Park the starting point. V-ballers in championship Oregon's Club Sports volleyball team will play Oregon State in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Volleyball Championships to be held at OSU. The other matchup features Washington State and Washington, with the winners meeting for the title. Mallard, at 80 m.p.h.
