Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 12, 1990, Page 9, Image 9

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    _Sports_
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Christian (trike. o Lite .iilililiiin hi (hr men's (minis team, h.is hern one 0(
Oregon’s (op plovers (his seoson. despite being on I) o freshman
Oelke's second chance
pays off for tennis team
By ( am Sivcsiml
f nierald Sports Reporter
( Ihi islnui (felke is lui ky to i'Vi'ii be on
the • liniuii men’s tennis team tins season
\ttei two weeks of tryouts before tin ,e,i
stm tteike u as tile tlth man on Dinoii'.
Ill man roster Oregon eoat'h Hu// Sum
mers hail to let the freshman from North
Bend go, hut not tin long
When Summers lost a player he gave
Oelke a r ail anil the rest lias been .1 climb
to the top tol t iel hr
( trike one ot 1 huilille ot young plovers
on the team this season is currently the
I tin ks No l> plavei but he lias plaveil as
high as No J this year Injuries to (tie
gun’s experienced players have thrust a
strong group of freshmen into top llighl
positions al different times throughout the
real including (telke
I he fact that Oelke’s level of play is as
high as it is surprises Summers
It’s really great to see a kit! trom North
Bend do this vs < ■ 11 her arise it's tough to gel
your game up to the level that's nei essai y
to make it here Summers said
North Bend is not the tennis hotbed ot
the nation. Summers said
I he lai t that he got to he as good as he
did at North Bend was really something in
his favor Summei said At ( tregun he's
had a lot more competition and hopefully
the coaching has been helpful, plus y\r
play all year In North Bend I don't think
they play during the yy inter her ause It's so
vyet. and there’s no indoor i onrts in
town
Summers had a lot more praise for the
y ouug 1 tghl hander
"Ills game has it-.illy come up a lot He
still needs to improve on some aspei Is ot
his game net plav .mil serving Sum
liters said I le never giv es up He's a great
athlete .ilul lie gels hi ,t lot (it shots .1 lot ot
kuls would (lot get to lie s real detei
\ Jlllck chdl w ith t )elke is ,il! ,i pel sop
needs to determine th.it tennis is t.u truin
being the for us ol .ill his attention
Oelke is the first to admit th.it tennis is
not tile reason lie enrolled at Oregon
( telke Is pursuing a degree ill busings with
hopes ot going in to pie medii me I In u!
lunate i areei goal loi t )elke is to hei nine a
surgeon
I he light hander carries a i a grade
point aserage a mark he hopes to improve
upon and is a member ot Sigma ( hi
( lelke real Is- has not set ans further ten
ills goals loi the remainder ol Ihe season
Ills initial goal ssas to he in the top sis, he
cause the top sis flights are the people ss ho
pi.is Sim e he has ai hleved that most of
Ills spare time is spent on si hoot ssork
lire Ireshmair ipinkls added he mails
has enjoyed playing with Ihe lluiks this
season
Ihe team is great We have a great
lime (telke said 1 like all ot the team
members flies re all great guvs
And one ol those team members is lelloss
Ninth Bend graduate l ed I Imreii I Itoreri
ss ho graduated a sear ahead ol (telke. ssas
a pleasant sight loi the nessi omci
It ssas nice to have someone from ms
home area around, t telke said
I amils support is something (telke can
tall hai k on as well (telke s parents have
made the trip trom North Bend to Kugene
to ss.iti h him plas on numerous or i asions
Summers also mentioned the likable ii.i
Turn to Oelke, Page 10
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