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Ducks win, tie
Softball team
defeats PSU
without hits
Their bats were quiet, but
the women's softball team
managed to stave off defeat
in a doubleheader against
Portland State Friday after
noon.
Thanks to steady defense,
the Ducks claimed a 1-0 win
in the opener, and battled to
a 3-3 tie before the game was
suspended by darkness
“My initial impression ex
ceeds expectation," said
Oregon coach Charles Syl
vester of his team’s per
formance in its season
opener "They (PSU) played
as if they had several games
under their belt ”
The Ducks literally strolled
to victory in the opener PSU
pitcher Deb Fitzhugh had the
Ducks’ number, throwing a
no-hitter, but she was her
own worst enemy in the third
inning as she walked four
straight Duck batters with
two outs to account for the
game's only run
Oregon catcher Susan
Tuggle scored the winner,
drawing her second walk of
the game She moved around
the bases as June Liu, Katie
Hickie and finally Vickie
Hogan drew free passes
The Ducks reached base a
total of seven times in the
opener, six by walks The
Vikings reached base six
times in the first game, three
times in the last two innings
when they collected most of
their hits The Ducks
started out the second game
like a new team After falling
behind 1-0 in the top of the
first, the Ducks showed some
offensive spark in the bottom
half of the frame, scoring
three runs on two hits
Tuggle walked, stole
second and third, and finally
came home on an error for
the first run Hickie's single
scored Liu, who had walked,
for the go-ahead run.
After Hickie was nailed on
a fielder's choice, Hogan
drew a walk and eventually
scored.
The Viks tied the score
with runs in the third and
seventh innings
Netters drop to .500
with weekend defeats
A pair of Washington teams
topped the Oregon men 's tennis
team last weekend, as the
Ducks lost 5-4 to Pacific Luth
eran on Friday and 9-0 to
Washington on Saturday
Coach Buzz Summers had
said that it would take an upset
for Oregon, now 6-6 on the sea
son, to knock off the Huskies or
the Lutes And he nearly got one
of those upsets Friday
The Ducks hung tough during
singles play, pulling even with
PLU at 3-3 after wins from No 5
singles Bob Coron (6-3,6-2) and
No 6 Todd DeNeff (6-4, 6-2)
However, only the No 3 doubles
team of Don Hallock and DeNeff
could win in doubles competi
tion, while the teams of Stewart
Bartlett-Ron Elvin and Coron
Wade Judy both lost, allowing
PLU to escape with the 5-4 vic
tory
"It was a hard-fought, close
match," said Summers. "They
(PLU) are one of the better
teams in the NAIA "
Against Washington, it was
simply a case of Oregon being
matched against a superior
team
The Ducks did give the Hus
kies a few close matches. In No
2 singles, Ron Elvin took UW's
Billy Jacobson to three sets
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before falling, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, and
the No 3 doubles team of Co
ron-Judy went to three sets
before losing 6-4,4-6,7-5
But it was as Summers point
ed out: "There were some close
matches, but the better players
win close matches — and they
had the better play
ers"
Oregon will try to break back
above the .500 mark Tuesday
when they entertain the West
ern Oregon State College
Wolves in a 2:30 p m. match.
Ducks surprise UCLA
Warren leads women
to 69-58 road triumph
LOS ANGELES — Leann Warren had a field
day in Southern California Saturday. And the rest
of the Oregon women's track team had a pretty
good day as well.
Warren paced the Ducks to a 69-58 victory
over rival UCLA, sweeping the 800-, 1,500- and
3,000-meters, and kept Oregon in the hunt for the
national dual-meet championship this season.
The Ducks avenged last year's 70-57 loss to
the Bruins at Hayward Field, but not without
top-notch efforts by Warren and several other
Oregon performers.
Key performances by Grace Bakari, Robin
Pate, Eryn Forbes, Lynda Hughes and Kathy
Hayes added needed points to the Oregon cause,
and some suprising finishes in the discus, inter
mediate hurdles and high jump sealed the Bruins'
fate.
Prior to the meet, Oregon coach Tom Hein
onen placed the Ducks as 10-point underdogs to
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last year’s national dual-meet champs. But
Oregon took advantage of some excellent per
formances by the second and third-place fin
ishers in several events.
Bakari (53.85) suprised the 400-meter field
with a second-place finish behind the Bruins’
Lashon Nedd (52 86), and Pate (1:02.58) joined
Lexie Miller (1:00.26) and Lisa Nicholson (1:00.96)
for a sweep in the 400-meter intermediate hur
dles.
Miller was the workhorse for the Ducks. The
Oregon junior competed in five events, adding a
first in the 100-meter hurdles (14.30) and a
second in the long jump (19-1 %) to her first in the
400-meter hurdles.
Forbes came up with a career-best in the
3,000, turning in a 9:19.17 to finish third behind
Warren (9:14.02) and Hayes (9:14.71), and
Hughes broke her own school record in the
javelin with a throw of 188-4.
Warren's triple represented one of the more
gutsy performances by the Oregon junior. Her
9:14 in the 3,000 was her best ever, and that race
came on the heels of victories in the 1,500
(4:20.21) and 800 (2:06.63).
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