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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.
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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.
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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
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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.