1 Women runners face key squads
I The women’s cross country
team will face many of the best
squads in the west Saturday in the
California Invitational meet at
Berkeley.
The Berkeley meet is impor
tant because it’s a chance to run
against the top teams in the West
before nationals," coach Tom
Heinonen said. "At this stage in
Conference play begins
for club soccer squads
By NICK DAWSON
Of the Emerald
Oregon s men s and women’s club soccer squads open Northwest
Collegiate Soccer Conference (NCSC) action today and Saturday
hosting Washington schools in two matches each.
The men open their league with Seattle Pacific at Autzen Stadium,
today, at 2;30 p.m. The women will take on Washington State im
mediately preceding the men’s match. That contest is scheduled to
begin at noon.
Saturday, the men will meet Washington at 7 p.m. on the Autzen
Stadium pitch, with the women playing the first game of the evening
against the Huskies at 5 p.m.
Mike Davis' men’s squad will be looking to improve on last year’s
4-4 league record, however, the booters couldn’t be starting out against
much tougher competition.
Washington placed second in NCSC play last year with a 7-1
record, while Seattle Pacific was one place lower with a 6-2 record.
"We really have to upset at least one of these clubs this weekend to
finish in the top three (in league play),’’ remarked Davis. "The league is
improving all the time and I think we ll be doing very well to finish in the
top four.”
Oregon's defense will be put to a stern test by both schools. The
Falcons outscored their league opponents by a 28-12 margin last year,
while Washington had an even more impressive 27-6 margin over its
opponents.
But Davis isn’t throwing all his hopes onto his defense. “ I don’t think
you can play an out-and-out defense against either of these teams,” he
said. “There's no good in sticking all your ace cards in the back and
kicking the ball up front and having it come back again."
Instead, Oregon will be hoping to control the ball in both matches to
keep the pressure off the defense. At the same time, the Ducks will be
counting on the Autzen Stadium “jinx" to play a crucial role. That “jinx”
allowed only one league opponent (champion Simon Fraser) to score a
goal on Oregon's home field last year.
I he women, tutored by Jim Sernoffsky, in his first year as Oregon
coach, have recorded two wins already this season and will have
momentum going into the crucial league openers. The women have
defeated Lewis and Clark 5-0 and Oregon State 1-0.
the Oregon program that’s essen
tial.”
The Ducks, after placing eight
women among the top 10 runners
during last Saturday's Garrie
Franklin Classic, will be facing
third-ranked Colorado, last year’s
fifth place team at nationals;
UCLA, and a young, but very fit
team from California-Berkeley.
”l don’t know what to expect
due to last week, but that makes it
intriguing,” Heinonen said.
"I was most pleased with the
small split between the first and
eighty runners — 31 seconds is a
coach’s dream because depth of
performance is the critical factor in
cross country."
Heinonen said that while it was
difficult to evaluate his team's per
formance at the Franklin Classic,
he was pleased with the individual
performances of Robin Baker,
Jody Parker and Lori Alzner.
"Robin won unexpectedly,"
Heinonen said. “She took com
mand of the race, and what’s most
important is that she was willing to
force the pace.
"Jody showed that she has the
talent to be in the top seven (she
was the eighth Duck to cross the
finish line), and Lori has been
hobbled by an injury and has had
only half the training for two
weeks, but lost to only three run
ners from other terms.”
It appears that Colorado's Mary
Decker, who finished seventh in
the national meet last year, is fa
vored to win the individual title,
with Oregon challenging Cal and
Colorado for the team title.
Heinonen expects Cal to be
near peak-season form, based on
what several coaches have told
him, Cal coach Vern Gambetta
hopes this is not the case.
“I hope we're a long way from
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see where we stand against a
team like Oregon, which should
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