Ducks aim for number 40
Smith earns league MVP award
By TAMARA SWENSON
Of the Emerald
Oregon’s women’s basketball team shoots
for its 40th consecutive league win against
Portland State in McArthur court Saturday.
The 12th-ranked Ducks, 13-0 in league play,
are favored over the last-place Vikings.
But no game will be taken lightly, says Ore
gon coach Elwin Heiny. "Obviously our opponent
doesn’t have that impressive of a record, but we
want to be sharp."
Earlier this season, the Ducks beat the Vik
ings 78-40 in Portland.
“We re the favorite, but when you’re on top
everyone is out to get you,” Heiny says.
A win would give Oregon its third straight
perfect Northwest Women’s Basketball League
record, a feat acknowledged this week as the
coaches handed out league awards.
Oregon forward Bev Smith was named the
league’s most valuable player for an unpre
cedented second year. Smith, an All-American
candidate, also was named for a third year to the
first team.
Senior guard Debbie Adams found her way
onto the first team, freshman guard Angie Snider
was named to the league’s second team and
freshman center Alison Lang received an hon
orable mention.
But despite the awards Heiny, who was
named coach of the year for the third time,
stressed the need for a win Saturday
“We obviously need to, and want to, win our
last home game.”
Two Ducks, Adams and Allison Towriss, may
be playing their last game in the Pit. Only if
Oregon goes to nationals and is ranked higher
than its opponent will the team play in Mac Court
again this season.
“That thought is on everyone's mind," says
Heiny. "We have two seniors, and even the
freshmen understand what it’s like to play your
last regular season game.”
Adams is currently third on the all-time scor
ing list with 1,348 points and should move into
second before the end of the season. Adams also
is second in career rebounds (821) and leads the
team with a 60-percent shooting mark.
Towriss leads the team in assists (4.3
average), and last week tied the single game
school assist record with 11 in Oregon’s victory
over Seattle
“Everyone will want to perform, both against
Portland and at regionals," says Heiny. “But then
again, this team has performed all year."
Saturday’s game will begin at 5:45 p.m.,
followed by the men against Arizona at 8:10 p.m.
In Provo
Gym teams face Cougars
A wounded Oregon women’s
gymnastics team will try to
bounce back from a
disappointing performance last
week when they enter a co-ed
dual meet tonight at Brigham
Young University.
Oregon's fifth-ranked men’s
team, which posted its highest
score last weekend against Cal
State Fullerton, faces BYU's
12th-ranked Squad.
Both Oregon teams will end
the weekend road trip Saturday
against the -University of New
Mexico.
The Oregon men are 7-2 this
season, the women 9-3.
The women had to withdraw
from the Shanico Invitational
last weekend after injuries and
illness took a heavy toll on the
team.
All-arounder Maureen Nolan
underwent knee surgery last
week, while teammate Chris
Krueger is slated for minor
surgery and Dawn Haberland is
still recovering from a foot in
jury.
Haberland should compete
this weekend, along with
several teammates who were ill
last week. “Dawn’s foot is com
Baseball season opens
Oregon's baseball team
opens its season today, hosting
Gonzaga University in a
doubleheader at Howe Field, at
1 p.m.
Next, the Ducks go on a road
trip that includes 11 games in
California and the Pacific-10
Northern Division opener
against Washington State April
3-4 in Pullman.
Oregon will return to Howe
Field April 7 for a game against
Willamette University.
“We have a much improved
team this year,” said coach Mel
Krause, whose team was 19-21
in 1980. “We have a better
Coach named
to Olympic job
Scott Irving, throwing events
coach for the Oregon women’s
track team, has been named
Western Region throws coor
dinator for the U S. Olympic
Development Committee.
Irving will work with talent
assessment, camps, clinics and
educational programs.
defensive ball club and one with
more solid pitching.”
Returning starting pitchers
are Dean Kegler, Mike Talia and
Bill Gwinn.
ing along and so is her shoulder
(following surgery in December)
and she may be able to go all
around this weekend,” says
Oregon coach Henriette Heiny.
For the Oregon men, the si
tuation looks a lot brighter.
”1 was really pleased with our
performance,” says Oregon
coach Bill Ballester of the
Ducks' 275.45-271.80 win over
previously undefeated Cal-State
Fullerton.
"We're getting to the kind of
team scores we re capable of.”
Three Ducks stood out in
Oregon’s win over Fullerton.
Alex Schwartz broke his own
school record on the rings with
a 9.8 — the best score in the
nation this season. All
American James Yuhashi post
ed a 9,8 in the floor exercise,
also a national best, and Tim
Darling hit a personal best, 9.4,
on the parallel bars.
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