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Rutherford plans to play a zone defense against Oregon, to counter the Ducks height ad vantage Missouri starts only two players who top out at six feet, Ferret and Jonie Davis (6-0), But despite their lack of size, they play a deliberate of fense that works the ball inside Oregon hopes to use its own size to overpower the Tigers inside They have a weakness defending teams inside and we hope to take advantage of that,” said Bland "They also seem to be susceptible to pressure, so we will probably try to apply that as much as possible.” The Ducks appear to be peaking at just the right time after their wins over the Univer sity of Montana and Montana State last week, and in beating the world-ranked Republic of Korea two weeks ago We have been playing in creasingly better each time out sportfollo The Oregon lacrosse team hits the road this weekend challenging Willamette University on Sunday March 14 m Salem The Ducks began their season last weekend losing both to Willamette and the Portland Lacrosse Club The Oregon women's gymnastics team will be shooting tor a third-place finish when they travel to Corvallis tor the NCAA Western Regional* tonight The Ducks 8-9 overall on the season are healthy tor the meet and coach Gary Vanderhoef is optimistic about their chances The girls have committed themselves to going all out for this meet We want to score in the 140* he said In an effort to speed up the meet the NCAA has paired up the performers from Oregon and Washington and the gymnasts trom Oregon State and Utah So in essence the Oregon gymnasts will be competing only against the Huskies but the overall scores will be computed on a first second third and fourth place basis By pairing up the teams the NCAA has made the meet a one-day meet instead of the original two-day formal First place in regionals should be a battle between ist-ranked Utah and 2nd-ranked OSU. both of whom have been scoring in the high 140 s this season Utah recently scored 149 65 points m a three-way meet with OSU and Oklahoma State and the Utes boast tour 1980 Olympic team members including Suzy Stednitz who Vanderhoef labels a classical gymnast OSU will be led by all-Americans Mary Ayotte-Law Laurie Carter (the 1981 AIAW beam champ) and treshman sensation Jayne Weinstein from Eugene who Vanderhoef predicts will win the NCAA bars title Meanwhile Ihe Ducks will battle with Washington tor third place Vanderhoef concedes that it will take a super effort tor Oregon which averaged 136 points a meet to defeat the Huskies who averaged 139 If we hit everything and that means no falls or mistakes we can hit 143 but if they hit everything they can hit 144 so we II have to have a very good meet Vanderhoef says As usual senior Sara Gustafson will key Oregon s hopes Vanderhoef also figures that Maureen Nolan who scored a 9 3 on bars in the Washington Invitational, will have to have another good bar routine arid tie is hoping junior Jeannette Stewart will execute some new moves on the vault and bars Washington will be led by all-arounder Suzy Sun Volleyball player Connie Riel, of Woodland Hills Calif and high jumper Shan Collins of Chiloquin have signed letters of intent to attend the University Riel a Si* toot setter hitter was named to the all-California Interscholastic Federation team her in this her senior year at C-alabasas High School Collins a senior at Chiloquin High School has cleared 6-0 in the high jump She is only the second Oregon prep to achieve that height The other Oregonian to clear 6 tee! was Sheridan s Jom Huntley who later wenLon to set the American Record The Oregon athletic department ticket office will be open extra hours Saturday to accomodate tans wishing to attend the Oregon-Missouri women s basketball game that night The March 13 NCAA tirst-round game begins at 7 30 All seats are general admission ($4 for adults S2 for students children and senior citizens) The ticket office will be open from 8 30 a m to 5 p m Saturday MATH & SCIENCE MAJORS We’ll pay you over $17,000 a year while you earn an alternate B.S. degree in Electrical or Aeronautical Engineering. 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They are very confident within their roles, and it shows “I think the best thing about this team is their ability to come back It really shows that they are confident in their play, because no matter how far they fall behind, they always comeback That will really help them in the NCAA’s because with that kind of attitude, they don't feel that anyone can beat them “ Oregon will be further helped by the rehabiliation of Chris Metzger, a starter earlier this season who has been out with a foot injury. "With Chris healthy it really adds a lot to our team. She is strong on the boards and that really helps. Especially against a team like Missouri where we will be trying to take advantage of that,” said Bland Saturday night will see Bev Smith’s last game in Eugene, as the all-American finishes out her performances at Mac Court. "It's hard for Bev to get up any more for a game, since she plays everyone like it’s her last. But I'm sure she'll want to end with a win. 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