Oregon women netters prepare to play in NorPac
By James Man
or the Emerald
The Oregon rain seemed to
follow the women’s tennis team
all the way to California last
weekend as the Duck’s were
rained out of two matches with
Cal State-Havward and Santa
Clara University.
As luck would have it. tht
two schools were the teams
which coach Sue Jacobson felt
were "definitely beatable," and
would have offered the Ducks
challenging competition, and
possibly provided the squad
with a mark in the win column.
The netters were left to tangle
with the tough University of
California, ranked fourth in the
nation according to a pre-season
poll, and San lose State Univer
sity. Both teams proved to t»e
more than adaquete competi
tion as the Ducks were denied
wins in every match save one
against Cal.
The lone win for Oregon
came from junior Jackie Comenu
who came from behind to win
4-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Herkely's
sixth-singles player.
Comeau. a third-year varsity
performer for the Ducks, is hack
for Jacobson after undergoing
extensive rehabilitation on her
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knee and promises to be a solid
addition to this year's team. Ac-. .
Cording to Jacobson, Comeau
will probably not see a lot of
doubles action this year, yet,
her compotiveness a net desire to
help the team nearly ensure her
a place on the squad.
The good news Waiting for , '
Jacobson at home came in the
form of "three promising
recruits" for next .year's team oj VI
On | he first' day, for. h igh‘ school. ;
athletes to’ sign, lotter-qf-intent
cohunittfnmtS, Jacohsoii learned
:ihat.her !9flt)-H7-squad wl 1I d it*
.cludethefa'lerits of. Kelly. Stuart,
•jennifeK. Mead, and ", Amber,
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' .•'iStoart aud Mead. should:both
figure to. be: .eomj>etipg . for the
nufnpei^oncCspd.t. tin! the .|irftiup -
next^ciar.^ll thrive women will
undoubtedly play ' important,V
roles onJbe squadwhleb will'
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Kim niitiry£/j op- notch players
' 'oht ;of,silnny'(^iiUiM»la or from
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'oflWasnimdoiyiBno easy tusk". •
and jacobsoiTad in it ss he iii not
exactly overwhelmed with of
fers of scholarship money from
the;AthletIc Utqmil mertt.
As a result, fh'e played .which
Jacobsorfcan interest i n playing
for Oregon generally come hero
for other reasons besides simply
a full-ri<lc scholarship
lacobson fully realizes her
disadvantage as far as recruiting
is concerned and remains
positive about herrole..‘.’My job
is to make a lot out of what little
we have."
VV h i I e i e r t c< l I) I V not
discrediting her team. Jacobson
expects a great deal from herself
and her players on and off the
tennis court
The facts are simple —
.Oregon is not exactly a hotbed
of tennis activity, and the bulk
of the region's lw»st players more
often than not choose to attend
schools in the sunbelt, over the
perennial rain-soaked seasons
which characterize Kugene
(.'bach Jacobson takes her
squad to compete in a round
robin lourn a m e n t at
Washington State University
this weekend to open NorPac
Conference play
>. They have their second, and
last home match of the season
against Seattle University on
April 19.
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