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sports Runners fall in regional title warm-up race Judging from last weekend's results, Oregon’s women’s cross country team faces an uphill race as it prepares to go after a fifth-straight regional crown. Last Saturday, the University of Washington became the first Northwest collegiate team to beat Oregon in five years, nar rowly edging the Ducks for second place, 46 to 47, at the Sportswest Invitational in Ren ton, Wash. The team title was won by Cal-Berkeley with 44 points. “It was exciting,” said coach Tom Heinonen after the race. "Nobody expected it to be so close.” The invitational, touted as a warm-up race for the Associa tion of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women nationals to be held in Renton next month, didn't Moser tallies impressive stats The top six receivers in Pacific-10 football are from Stanford and California, the teams which throw the ball most, but the University’s Greg Moser may have the most im pressive statistics in the confer ence. Moser, a sophomore from Hood River, has caught 21 passes for 428 yards, this week’s Pac-10 statistics show. His average of 20.4 yards per catch is by far the best among Pac-10 players. Last year, the Duck’s leading Golfers third in Eugene meet Marti Loeb fired a three-round 267 to lead the Oregon women’s golf team a third-place finish in a tournament Saturday at the Eugene Country Club. The University of Washington won the team competition with 950 strokes. Oregon State was second with 1024 and Oregon third with 1144. YMCA net team sets up tryouts Tryouts for the YMCA men’s volleyball team will be held today and Thursday at the YM CA, 2055 Patterson St. The team is sanctioned by the United States Volleyball As sociation. For more information, call team coach Bob Dolechek at 485-0547. REVIEW EASIER WITH CLIFFS MITES! Exam time or any time, Cliffs Notes can help you earn better grades in literature. Our com plete stock covers most frequently assigned novels, plays and poems. Get the ones you need today. GET CLIFFS NOTES HERE: The Book Department U of O Bookstore 13th and Kincaid pass receiver for the season had 16 catches for 217 yards The Pac-10's top two current receivers based on number of catches are Stanford’s Andre Tyler and Ken Margerum, with 34 and 28, respectively. Tom Ramsey of UCLA clings to the lead in the passing rank ings, and Marcus Allen of Southern California tops the rushers with an average of 157.8 yards per game to the 148.5 average owned by Freeman McNeil of UCLA. In team statistics, UCLA is first in both scoring, with 33.2 points per game, and in defense against scoring, allowing 9.8 points. California is the No. 1 team in offensive yardage, with 417 per game. come out exactly as the Ducks hoped. "It’s the hardest course I've ever seen for a national cham pionship,” said Heinonen. “The start is especially challenging. There are two sharp turns in the first 200 meters, followed by a giant hill. Later on there are a couple of treacherous 90-degree turns at the bottom of steep hills.” The Duck's were led by veter an Robin Baker, who finished fifth in 17:22. She might have finished as high as third except Baker misjudged the finish line and started her kick 200 meters early. "It was a little confusing,” said Heinonen about the finish. “The course changed direction right there and they had flags, pennants, officials and specta tors standing at that point. She wasn’t the only person who mentioned she was confused.” Leann Warren was the second Duck finisher in seventh with a 17:31. Warren got off to a slow start early in the race, but come on towards the end, out kicking five runners in the last 200 meters. Sophomore Eryn Forbes fin ished 14th in 17:41 to finish third for the Ducks. She was followed by Susie Niedermeyer (23rd in 18:00) and Joan Hopfenspirger (25th in 18:03) to round out the Duck’s scoring BREAD ATVTl /li i mJ SOUP Prepare a gourmet feast of homemade bread and hearty soup from 359 tempting soup recipes and 174 recipes for marvelous breads from Europe, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, the Balkans, the Orient, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States. New York Times Bread & Soup Cookbook was $6.95 This week only $4.56 BOOKSTORE ALL COOKBOOKS DISCOUNTED 20% Limited to stock on hand 13th & Kincaid October 20-25 Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 The Book Department Only at the UO Bookstore Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 686-4331
