Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 08, 1990, Page 8, Image 8

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    Sports_
Lopez wins second track honor
Sets PR in weekend meet
l or tin' m’< und liini' this
season Oregon s D.mnv I ope/
has been named the Phi ifii It)
( onferem e men s Irai k ath
lete of the is eek
hope/ won tile I ()(l()-nieler
steeple! base in last Satin
dav s dual meet with Nebras
ka in tt JH f t breaking Ins old
personal rei ord of fl ft "I
hope/ s time is the fastest
m the nation this season and
is also the fourth fastest tune
in si bool histon and the
Kith fastest time in I’ai 111
histon
hope/ also wain the award
hai k on April ‘I after lie ran
fi -12 ,ri in a dual meet w ith
Washington State that ipiali
I led him h ir the \( A A meet
in IInrliam \ ( to lie held
,M,i\ in June
Washington State s Stefan
Wu Kstrorn wins th»* men's
field .ithlele award after he
broke the i onhreni e rue utd in
the javelin
Unkstrom threw J">T J this
past weekend to break the
new implement ret ord ul
I!'.','-] set bv .rnnther I nupir
)an Johannson. in Uu k
strum's previous best was
2.r>2 t whir h lie threw the
week Irefore in a dual meet
w ith Washington
( 111 the women's side. Stan
ford's (hryste (lames wins
the tr.K k award ol the week
and California's Sheila Hud
son won the held athlete
award
( lames w on the ’00 meter
dash at hist Saturday's S?v\\
Invitational in Modesto. ( nl
d m a time ol 11 to I lames'
tone was just off he! seasonal
Danny l.opez
best of 11 11 (..tines also won
tin' .iWftrii I).k k mi April o
I ludsoli. tile Amci ii ,111 rti
i ord holder in the triple
jump won llir .nv.ml fur tin
third time in the Inst four
v\ eeks
STUDENTS
KNOW HOW TO
TAKE A STAND...
^ i
Openly, bravely, and w ith conviction.
Uncotnproinised by the plumy politics of the world,
students see clearly the larger picture of right cV: wrong.
Students led us out ol Viet Nam and students recognize
the truth of peace N freedom.
Students, vve call on you now:
On May 15th
Vote YES on 20-01
Flic Eugene Nuclear Free Zone Charter Amendment
Authorized bv The Committee To Keep 1 ugene Nuclear I tee • Nonna Friend, Treasurer
1 194 Pearl Street, Fugene, OR 97401
Less-than-impressive
Beavs to visit Howe
B\ Irac y Sumner
f morale) Sports fditor
This rveek m Oregon softball
offers one of those proverbial
good news bad news situations
for the Dm ks
f irst the bad new s
The I flicks d 1 -if 1 on the sea
son, are m a situation where
they very probably must win
their remaining four games to
fia\ e ,i shot at ,i berth in post
season play
The good news!
All four of those games are
against I’ai 10 soft be I! whip
ping boy Oregon State starting
w ilfi today's t p in double
header .it f lime f ield
So iust him had are the Hen
vers
To start with. Oregon State is
a miserable t> iii overall with a
I '<n 111 record of (I 1H 1 lie
Henvs have dropped Id in .1
row i oniing into today s dou
tile header, w itb their only
wills 111 the last _’■) games com
mg in a sweep ovei Western
(Iregon and a split with I .in
field
The truth of the matter
said one observer, "is that the
Heavers only have tiro or three
girls y\ tio could even />/.n tor
another I’ai 10 team
(file look at the latest f’ac 10
softball statistics slioyys that
person was probatdy being
kind to the team
On offense Oregon State is
dead last III flatting with a 1 4H
team average That's a full 01
points behind the I hit ks yy ho
y\ ere second to last as of the Lit
est I’ai 10 stats report
Individually Oregon State
has little to be proud of in any
offensive category The latest
f’ac to stat sheet shores that out
ot the seven major statistical
i ategories. not one lieavei is to
he found \ada
Denser pitc hing has been
equally horrendous this season,
too I'he team s I ft team HHA
is not just the worst in the I’ai
It) It s more than t\\ it e that of
()St "s nearest competitor
During the Beavers' current
12 game slide, the team has
been outsi .tired 1 >\ a mind-bog
gling *>4-4 margin That in
cludes nine shutouts and two
double-digit outbursts bv the
opposition
If there has been a bright spot
for the Beavers this season, it
mas have been in last Satur
day's double-header loss to
( alifornia Oregon State ssas
shelled t> (I in the opener but
i nme bar k in the second game
to phis the eighth-ranked Hears
tough before falling 2-1 in nine
innings
I here s m i doubt I hat s\ as
our best game of the sear.’ said
()SI coat h Vii kie Ilugan of the
second game It's |ust reads
frustrating to come that close
but still i nme ass as ss ith the
loss
Tin proud of the ss as everv
body on the team played,” Du
gan ( ontinued It ss .is an out
standing effort Hopefully we
i an pi< k up a i ouple of s it to
lies against Oregon this sveek
It earlier ( avil \\ ar em oun
ters this season are any unlit a
time < )St ss ill have a cl if f it nil
time keeping from being em
barrussed this week bast
Thursday an emotionalls
drained ( lo gon team svent to
( a irs all is and drilled the Bea
vers tss ii e in a pair of 7-0 ss ins
The 1 lut ks had lost finished a
painful split ss ith I’ortland
State and svere bas ing internal
problems on the team but still
took Isvo easy ss ms
Tills time. (Begun Stale ss ill
fat e a pin SH .ills and emotion
alls well Oregon team that has
something to pins for
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