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Golfers head to Phoenix looking for NCAAs
[By Craig Harris
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Going into the Sun Dev II-Phoenix Collegiate golf
tournament this week, the Oregon men’s golf team will
be looking to do something they couldn't do two weeks
ago.
That is to play well enough to finish ahead of UCLA
and San lose State University to wrap up an invitation
to the NCAA championships ( • ,
By doing that, a lot of pressure would be taken off the
team's back going into next week's Pacific-40 Con
ference Championships,
"This tournament ia more important than the Pat;
10s," Oregon couch Scott Krieger says, "Because if we
play well we could close out San Jose .Slate and UCLA,
and probably clinch that.berth.,"-. ’' "
The only other factor that worries the third-year Duck
mentor is if the NCAA committee picks live or six teams
from district 8.
.Oregon currently holds a fifth-place standing; If they
play the way they did in iheir last tournament., the team
will lie sitting home in late May watching the NBA.
playoffs instead of travelings to Winston-Salem. N.C,.
for the NCAAs .
A/fer finishing a disastrous 14th out of afield of 18
in the Stanford Intercollegiute. In what Krieger called
their worst performance of the year, he now feels that
his team is ready to turn things around. ' . ’ :
"I think they are ready We had'two weeks off, and
that was really helpful. It gave us a chance to work on
things that nueded work, and we should be fresh."
Krieger says. *'r
He also says the team has a changed, attitude since its
last tournament. .... . . . \
"I think they realize that no one is going togive it to
them. They know that they will.have to go out and per
form,” Krieger says
The Sun Devil tourney will consist of 14 teams, most
of which art; along the West Coast , ^
But a few will be making cn>ss;cauptry trips, These
include the University of Florida and the University of
Missouri.
Regardless of this. Krieger is more concerned with
ASU, the host team, and USC.
"I think Arizona State is one of the best teams in the
field, and it’s on their own home course. The other
team that will be tough is LJSC," Kreiger says.
"It's really important to at least beat ASU and USC at
some point, since they are both nationally ranked in the
top ten. We want our program to be at that level some
day, and beating them would give us a lot of con
fidence," krieger says.
He went on to say that if the Ducks play well this
week, they should have no trouble finishing in the top
five, H« also felt that his squad maV oven have an out
side chance of winning the tourney if they play the kind
of, golf.that they were playing in mid-March.
Oregon will be led hy senior Ceorgo Daves, who is
looking to finish high or win the tournament in order to
help his bid for an All-America team. Other players in
; elude Rob Huff,.Tony Joyner, Croy Cochran, Steve Rin
toui and Paul Weinhold. who nudged out Tim Scott for
the’final. qualifying position. •
After the Sun Devil tourney ends Saturday, the Ducks
wifi;head to THousand Oaks. Calif,, to compete in the
PiicvtO chanrpionshipsfrom May 5-7.
Sports Shorts I
‘ Registration is now open for adult and junior ten
nis players interested in competing in the annual
Oregon Spring. Tennis Championships hosted by the
lJniversityd ' . ;v ; .. ~
The adult tournament runs May 9-11 at the 15th
Street and covered tennis courts on the Oregon campus.
Kntries for th»* tournament will be accepted through
Ffldaju. ‘ *•' . , • ■ ,
Tht; junior.tournament is, slated for May Hi-1H at
tlje same sites, with registration. c lbs in g May 9, Players
rnust present USTA cards for the sanctioned event,
with awards-being handed out to winners and runners
up in all events.. \ -• .. .. . ••
'A'dditjonal lnfornuitibn.may be obtained by contac
ting Kmory "Buzz” Summers in the Athletic Depart
ment at
Photo by Michael Wilhelm
Senior George Daves will lead the Oregon golf team
when it heads to Phoenix. Ariz.. for the Sun Devil
Phoenix Collegiate tournament before the team goes
to the Pac-10 championships.
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