Daily Emerald Softball team awaits opponent in NCAA tourney Ducks top seed in Midwest Regional By Tracy Sumner I meiald Sports f (hlor Thi' 1 ••‘to NCAA Soft !m 11 Championships liegin todas fur (hogon nun h the same svas last I rul,is did Thu I)m hs smII In waiting l,.isl work ,il tills time Oro Kim (:tri-21) was waiting Ini an all Imt assurod hid to the \( AAs It linalls i min1 Snndas night with tho nows that the eighth ranked Dinks would ho the top seed in this wookend's Midoast Regional in ( nhimhiis ()hio Todas tho team will wait again This time it will ho to see w I10 ( hogon will phis in its first NCAA tournament nainc llii' other Mideast Region teams Ohio St,tie and Kent State start play today at noon I I)T, with the loser to fa< e (Ire gon at d |) m The I links then play the Kent Mato Ohio Stale winner at t p rn A fourth game will he played Saturday with a possible fifth added if nei.es sary On paper. Kent State appears to he the kind of softball power that could lilt tile Ducks' 1*00 \( A A appearam e short The unranked (iolden Flash es captured the Mid American i onlereru e title this year with a .’(i t conference rei onl and an overall ledger of til 7 Kent Stall' s rt'i or foot II Maurii e also led .1 halam ed Kent State att.u k w ith fra hits 17 runs and five triples this season She also chipped m with Hi RUN. a home run and Hi bases on balls (lati her him Henzler hit Ulh this season and led her team in RHI with 20 and in doubles with lit Kent State scored its runs from all over the held this se.i son In addition to hitting for average, they have power (12 home runs), thev run (til stolen bases on 77 attempts) and !he\ also hit with dis< ipline (157 bases on balls .is a team) Solid, if not spectacular, piti hitig am hors the Kent State defense The team IIRA of 0 71 is led bv sophomore Darin Seegrist. who had a 27-7) record on a 0 ha KRA this season Seegrist also exhibited good control, striking out 00 while walking 57. ()hio State, which was co-Big Ten Champion this season with a 17-7 conference record, didn't have the glittering re cord of Kent State {28-28 over all). hut a quit k glance at the Buckeves' schedule shows them to be a team of qualitv. I.ike Oregon. Ohio State had to overcome .1 tough schedule to gain its hid to the tourna ment In addition to facing Big It) rivals Iowa and Indiana (rat ed 12th and 18th, respectively) four times each, the Buckeves played ranked teams such as Cal Berkelev (won i-2), Arizo na (lost !-()). Arizona State (lost ■1-1) and Oregon (Lost <>-2), all of which will be placing in the \( A A tournament uocinn > ■ ( mipon S5SW& The best pizza v in town...at the / at^ most convenient 147M Willamette location in town... Q^l 1 YOUR HOME! ...mi,. . NOW FREE 7 DELIVERY A FRI & SAT! (w ith Large f’i//a) • c oupon i ■ ( impmi -vr mm m CHINE SI kl STAURANT Oriental Bullet Lunch Downstairs £> Try Our Dinner Upstairs Hours: Downstairs M 1 h I 1 00 7 00 f Sa 1 t 00 4 if '■ Sundays Hours: Upstairs M T h 4 iO 10 i Mi 1 Sa *>00 10 30 i u -s«*d Sunday s 11* THIS IS AN EMU CULTURAL FORUM PRODUCTION .\/7 l vetting With RAM DASS Here & Noiv in the 90's Author ot "BE HERE NOW and "HOW CAN I HELP" I with Paul Gorman) MAY 23 7:30 PM South Eugene High School Auditorium S12 U of O Students S15 General Public Tickets Available at Sundance Mercantile Stargate EMU Mam Desk Peralandra Books & Music Photo Credit Carl Studna A Benefit For Seva Foundation j School UNMStmr of oacooN of MUSIC THIS WEEK at BEALL HALL: 961 E 18th Ave £ JAZZ LAB BANDS Student Ensembles Frt., May 18 8 p.m. $3 General Admission $1 Students / Seniors £ OPERA WORKSHOP Student Ensemble Performing selections from Mozart operas Sat., May 19 3 p.m. $3 General Admission $1 Students I Seniors UO SYMPHONIC & CAMPUS BANDS Student Ensembles Sun., May 20 4 p.m. FREE Admission UO MEN'S CHORUS, WOMEN'S CHORUS Student Ensembles Mon., May 21 8 p.m. FREE Admission GOSPEL ENSEMBLE Student Ensemble Tues., May 22 8 p.m. $3 General Admission $1 Students / Seniors OREGON VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Student Ensemble Wed., May 23 8 p.m. $3 General Admission $1 Students / Seniors For more information, call 346-3761 (Music School)