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Frmhman Sandy Scott is back in the swing of things, as are the Ducks, who host I.in field Friday
afternoon at Howe Field.
Rematch and breather in store for
Ducks in weekend softball action
By Gary Henley
Emerald Sports Editor
After playing top-20 caliber
teams for much of the season,
the Oregon softball team will
take a breather, so to speak,
this weekend when the Ducks
host Linfield Friday at Mowe
Field (3 p.m., one game) and
travel to Oregon State and Port
land State this weekend for
double-headers.
On paper, the Ducks (37-13
overall, 7-5 in the Pacific-10
Conference) should conceiv
ably sweep the entire weekend.
But coach Teresa Wilson is all
too familiar with what the
“spoilers” can do, and you can
bet the fifth-ranked Ducks will
show a lot of action and little
mercy over the next three days.
The Beavers, currently 7-20,
1-11 in the Pac-10, recently de
feated sixth-ranked Arizona,
but are fresh off a double-head
er loss It) Western Oregon.
Wilson can't take chances on
which Beaver team will show
UP
"OSU does have the poten
tial to beat us,” Wilson said.
"It’s an in-state rivalry, and
OSU doesn't exactly like us
We're not their favorite team."
The Ducks, led by pitcher
Katie Wiese (27-8). are coming
off impressive victories over
Pacific (5-0. 8-0) and a twin bill
split with the Wildcats last Sat
urday. But a week prior, it was
Oregon coming out on the los
ing end of 4-8 game at Portland
State.
“We started off real fust at
Arizona at the beginning of the
season, then sort of leveled
off.” Wilson said. “We had
kind of fallen into a rut of win
ning only one game of double
headers the last couple weeks
We're starting to come back
Day after day. having the Ari
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it gets to lie an emotional drain.
Every day you go out there
your life's on the line. Hopeful
ly we can reach that same level
we had and peak again at the
right time of the season.”
One of Wilson's pre-season
goals was to reac:h the 40-win
plateau With 47 W's. that goal
is right around the corner, so
the Ducks have re-set that goal
at 50. Players agree it can lie
done.
"I can see us getting strong
er," said freshman outfielder
Sandy Scott "One of our goals
is to win the rest of our in state
games."
Scott recently broke out of a
slump by belting three doubles
and three Kill's last weekend.
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he demolishes (his best)." Mer
ry said, indicating that Harris
may need a little more than a
gmid leap to win the competi
tion "He doesn't know what
he's getting into with the Ore
gon fart*. This is Duck territo
ry."
The sprinters, namely tresh
man Klaus VVeigeldt. are pre
paring for a busy day. with
sprint coach George Walcott
looking to give Oregon a rare
NCAA qualifier in the sprints
"It’s been about six years
since we had an NCAA qualifi
er here." Walcott, who was the
last Oregon runner to do so in
1083, said. "Our goal is to
qualify the 400 relay team and
both guys iWeigeldt and Devon
Russell) in the sprints
"I think Klaus has a realistic
shot to qualify in the 400." he
added.
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