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Women face important weekend of NorPac action
By Capi Lynn
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", The Oregon women's basketball team faces an Im
portant weekend of Norl’ac Conference, play-as they .
visit San Jose State University tonight and the Universi
ty of California-Berkeley Sunday.
"This weekend will be the toughest weekend of the’
season and maybe the most Important,’.' Qmgoh.cdach |
Elwin Heiny says. "If we were to lose either game^ the .•
game ugainst Washington wouldn't mean as much'.''
. The liucks, IB-6 overall and 5-;i In Jhe conference,
' have a firm hold on second place in the. No/Pac.)usia
half game behind the University -of. Washington
Huskies who are a perfect 8-0 in the conference
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Oregon easily defeated SJSU (77-64) and .Cap"
(38-71) In the first found of conference play . bur'Heiny • .
is hot ready to.overlook either team.. ,
".One of rtiy biggest fears is when'we beat a team
' fairly big at home." Heiriy says. "Playing them On their ■
court is. then very difficult.” . . .. • ! ' ■' • ’ • ' . •
Homy also shows concern about the Ducks' 6-6
road record this season. All of Oregon's losses have
been on enemy hardwood.
"We haven’t really played that well on the road
yet," Heiny sayB.
However, the Ducks have won 15 of their last 17
games., losing to only Long Beach State University and
Washington, both on the road.
"The main thing we want to do right now is show
consistency as a team and as individuals.” Heiny says.
-Although the Ducks have been producing a balanc
ed offensive attack lately, lauri l^nderholm and Gabi
Neumann continue to be the team's top scorers.
Landerholm, third in the conference in scoring, is
averaging 15.8 points per game, while Neumann is pro
ducing 4,3.1 points per opting. Neumann; last week's
NorPac Player of tha.Week, also'leads the team in the
rebounding column with 7.1 caroms per contest (fourth
irithe NorPac)” and tops all conference players with a
.564 field goal" .percentage’ ....
I’.SjSUds an "amazingly quick team” .according to
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Heiny. The Spartans, 5-14 overall and 0-6 in conference
play, are paced by Dana Foster, the speedy guard who
poses as one of the reasons why Oregon is not able to
use its tenacious press against them. Foster is tops in
the NorPac in assists (7.42 per contest) and steals (3.74
per game). .
Cal, 11-9 on the season and 3-3 in the NorPac, is
led by Jennifer Bennett, who Heiny considers the best
post player in the conference. Bennett is second in the
conference in scoring, averaging 16.6 points per game, .
and fifth in the NorPac in the rebounding column,
averaging 6.8 per outing. • .
Every game down the strecth is an important ori.e "
for the Ducks. This year, only, one team from the NorPac
Conference will receive an automatic, berth to the
NCAA Tournament. There will be no conference tour-'
nament playoff, thus the conference chamipiqn will be
the only team assured of a post-season bid,'although.at-' °
large bids are possible. : * ..'••* C •
This weekend's action should shed some .light as to .
whether or.not the Ducks keep wjthin reach iiig distance.
"of the sole automatic berth.
Gymnasts looking good in 1986
By Dean Connor
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' This.season the Oregon gym
nastics team has been a pleasant .
. . surprise to everyone except
Duck" head coach ’Ed Boyd,/
Boyd.w.ho, is now in his forth
year; has taken the gymnastics
team from scratch to a com
petafive team in 1986.
. .*'! knew we had a good team
going into the season," Boyd,
says as the Ducks prepare for
their two upcoming meets this
weekendIn Washington. "The i
only surprise was some of the
girls weren't in goc»d 'shape,
when they came to school, com
sequently it has taken them
longer to get into competitive
shape." ,
In shape or not. the Ducks
have been competitive for the
first half of the season. Oregon.
8-7. has lost five meets by 7.0
points or less. With, those eight
wins the Ducks have surpassed
their .win total of ,t he past .three,
years combi nod.'
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Oregon has .nearly rewritten
all t-K«T gymnastics recbrels this
yjMtr, jhe o"rfly„qrie“:unbrplteri:is
the, .indiyjdual.- record <tfqr.-. the;
Iwlghce .beam'! • i hat llikelihood
t hajf : . recdni'/w 111. ';'' be'. ' broken,
before -tne end .of the selason by.
freshineh Nitky Eden. Eden has
•. set new standard sAin every other
individual 'event- for the Ducks
this season. r. ’ ’.
• Thed)ucks,; who.finished last
in the NorPac 'C^onference in
tfW5> rtrejcurrerillyvl;? Iti Gon
ference action this year. ; 1
“ We still hope, to finish third
or fourth this .season.”,. Boyd
saysV>“THe{qiily thing that, will
stops us° from doing it, is
injuries.” '■
Unti.l Wednesday night the
Ducks had managed tq stay
.a„waV 'ffdm gny. wrious injuries.
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■but frephman Jennie-Fiarvey/ is . .
the firat'casualty. Harvey had to-,
leave Wednesday's meet against
Oregon. State .University .after.'
‘ ‘two events because of a possible 1
. stress fracture.in..her- leg-. . • • >. .;
* ' “* 'It has been -a tough week for -.
the .team.” Boyd' says.'-- “The
traveling, take's 'a iot oui.of you
■.’•arid consequently ybiTJtwcome a *’
lot more ' susceptible to
injuries’”. •«' .. : ‘ * "**
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: Injuries aside.-the Ducks are
. vastly improved this year. One .
1 pf the. reasons is assisant coach
fKim Rogers. Rogers-, who com
peted for Wash i hgton State
University the past four years,
brings. to; the program ex
perience and knowledge.
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“■Kim helps the team in many
ways/-U' can't,” ' Boyd says.
“Sh.e's a great communicator '.’
Wjth a little more than half
the season left it will be exciting
; ..to see what surprises are jn store
.'for the Oregon gymnastics
.-'.team: f.;' ;•
I Sports shorts
Thn Oregon women’ll tennis
team will open its season, this
weekend at the Louisiana
Pacific: Invitational tournament
at the University of Portland
.Chiles Center.
The women boast a lineup of
six returning players from last
year's team, and are led by
senior captain Sarah Grail.
• Grail will Welc.ohie he r1 ..
freshman Sister Cindy Grail to,
the-I tuck's roster this season.
Thi! Oregon gymnastics tram
wilj Ini inaction }his Weekend
as they meet the. Washington
State University Cougars, the
Stanford University Cardinal; ,
and the University of .California
Golden Bears today in a four
way meet in 1’uflman, Wash.
The Gymnasts,will then travel
to Spokane, Wash, to take on
Spokane Community College on
Saturday.
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