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Swimmers head for Pac-10 championships
Hy Jeff Lut/.ky
CM lb* Kmaralri
The men'# swimming team
will be trying to gut themselves
out of the cellur when they hood
to the Pacific-10 Conference
swimming championships at
East Los Angeles Community
College today through
Saturday.
"We want to beat the Univer
sity of Washington, and if all
goes well, we can." says assis
tant coach )amie lietzel. "The
only problem is that it has been
about five years since I've been
involved in a meet where
everything wont right. We're
probably still a year away from
beating them."
But anything more than
beating the Huskies fs
something the Ducks won't be
considering — even in their
wildest dreams, The meet
. features defending1 NCAA
champion Stanford University ;■
along with many of the other
top teams in the country . "
According to Hetzol, Stanford
should-be able to defehd.their ti
tle, although they'll get a strong
battle from the University ol
• California. -•
. University, of ^Southern Califor
nia sKould lwItle fpt third and
• fouilfi'plac<i,i;with‘theT)hiversi
• ty:of Arizona and Arizona State
': UnivenuiyfigHtingfor fifth and
/... VKr.dm 'there, it will be
' . Washington and Oregon hattl
ing for seventh, and far the
Ducks to beat Washington (they
have already lost to the Huskies
twice this year), they will have
to do well in the qualifying
events.
Hotzel said they are hoping
junior Steve Nichols can do
well enough to offset the
Huskies top swimmer, junior
jay Benner, leaving the rest of
the responsibility of overcom
ing the Huskies to some of the
other swimmers.
Hetzel pointed to the 400- and
800-yard freestyle relay teams,
as well up some individual
events as being important for
the Ducks' chances of overcom- -
ing Washington.
According. ;to Hetzel, the
;Ducks must get junior Chris
Doyle into at least a consolation
rice; in one of the sprint
freestyles. Also, Oregon needs
senior Rex Watkins to make his
way into the consolations or
finals of ono of his events, most
likely the 200-yard freestyle.
They also need to have Brian
FI ick in a consolat ion race in
the lot)- or 200-yard butterfly
and sophomore Vince Hirvama
in a consolation in one of the
backstroke events,
"It's a mental sport, and the
mental can take over.” Hetzel
says. “You never know what
will happen. Someone like
Doyle, who's a championship
meet swimmer, could sneak in
with the race of their life."
The problem of nerves for his
team is also one of the things
Hetzel is concerned about.
“We just take the four fastest
splits in the 100- and 200-yard
freestyle to make up our relay
teams, so there will be some
freshmen in there.” Hetzel says.
“They’ve probably never swam
against Olympians before, and
that can be kind of nerve
racking."
Although the meet only
awards points through the final
and consolation races, the top
16 places, Hetzel also hopes
Oregon is able to place a lot of
people in the mini-consolation
(17-24th place) races.
“It would be good for the pro
gram if we can place people in
the mini-consolations." Hetzel
says..'it would be nice if people
like (freshman) Mike Perry can
break their school records. It
won’t help us win the meet, but
it will help the program."
Besides just helping the pro
gram, the Ducks will also be try
ing to qualify people for the
NGAA championships to be .
hold in Indianapolis, Ind'.v from
April 4-5; '
Barring nerves,, Hetzel ex
pects the 400- and 800-yard
freestyle relay teams to qualify,
along with Nichols, and
possibly Watkins in the
200-yard freestyle.
“Nichols can qualify in four
different events." Hetzel says.
“Although you're only allowed
to enter someone in three in
In NGAA tourney
It’s the Devils vs. the Devils
By lh« Associated Press
If the Della Devils of Mississippi Valley State
are looking for inspiration, they might consider
the Plying Dutchmen of l^tmnon Valley
Mississippi Valley, the little school whose
mailing address is "Highway 82, Itta Bona. MS,
38941," is receiving an untold amount of na
tional attention because it has to play top-ranked
/.Duke today in the opening round of the NCAA
basketball tournament. The Blue Devils are seed
y °- ed No. 1 in the Past Kogional at Greensboro. N.C.
The history of the NCAA tournament is lit
tered with the broken dreams of unassuming little
schools which found themselves vying for the na
tional championship and all too quickly found
themselves out of the running, with no more than
a "Thanks for coming and drive home safely."
Rarely does a team of Mississippi Valley's
stature survive a first-round meeting with a team
as powerful as the Dukes of the world, last year,
for example, little lahigh was pictured as being
fed to the lions — accurately, as it turned out. The
lloyas of Georgetown licked their collective
chops and swallowed Lehigh, 88-43.
Ahh, but once every so often. ..
In 1953. Lebanon Valley, now a Division ill
mornber of the Middle Atlantic Conference, was
invited to the NCAA tournament The Flying Dot
chmen were decided underdogs against For
dhain. but the kids from Annvilie. J’a,. knocked
off the big boys from the Bronx, N.Y., 80-87.
The dream died in the next round when Loui
siana State beat iebanon Valley. 89-78.
Mississippi Valley Coach laifayette Stribling
is delighted to be pursuing the dream this year,
"We're not going in there with the attitude that
we can’t win." he said. "We respect all but fear
none. . .I’ve always said that before you can be
successful you have got to overcome obstacles."
Yes but what about playing Duke?
"We are proud to bo bore, to be a part of the
NCAA tournanftint. And playing a toam like Duke
is another honor. We'll just go in. play and do our
best.”
Yes — but how do the Delta Devils match up
with the Blue Devils?
"We don't match up with anybody. Our
lineup goes 5-11 and 6-3 at guards. 6-7 at center
and 6-5 and 6-3 at forwards. And our center (Carl
Curry) weighs 165 pounds. He's just skin and
bones.
"But our kids have done a fine job. And we
don’t ploy scared. We use a variety of defenses,
we are not reluctant to change defenses, and we
put some motion in our offense. We also like to
fast break and fill the lanes."
Yes — but what are the Delta Devils’ chances
of winning?
"We'll pray a lot.” Stribling said.
In Thursday’s two other East Regional first
round games at Greensboro. Oklahoma plays Nor
theastern and Virginia faces DePaul.
In the Southeast Regional first-round games
Thursday at Baton Rouge. I.a.. it’s Georgia Tech
vs. Marist. Virginia Tech vs. defending champion
Villanova. Memphis State vs. Ball State and Pur
due vs. LSU.
In Midwest Regional opening-round play at
Dayton. Ohio, it's jacksonville vs Temple, No. 1
seed Kansas vs. North Carolina A&T, 1685
runner-up Georgetown vs. Texas Tech and
Michigan State vs. Washington.
And in the West Regional first round at
Ogden, Utah, it's Ixiuisville vs. Drexel, Bradley
vs. Texaa-El Paso. Alahama-Birmingham vs.
Missouri and North Carolina vs. Utah.
The rest of the first round will be played Fri
day at Syracuse. N.Y. (East). Charlotte. N.C.
(Southeast). Minneapolis (Midwest) and l^ong
Beach, Calif. (West).
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dividual events, we’ll start him
in the 800-yard freestyle relay,
and if you start you can use your
split as your individual time in
the 200-yard freestyle. He also
can possibly qualify in the 50
and 100-yard freestyle, and the
100-yard butterfly. This is all
wishful thinking, however.”
Last year, Nichols qualified
for the NCAA meet in the
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50-yard freestyle, and Nichols’
added training is the main
reason Hetzel feels he can
qualify in more events.
“All the weight training has
enabled him to hold on in the
100- and 200-yard freestyles,”
Hetzel says. "This year he has
also trained a lot more on the
butterfly, and improved there
greatly.”
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