SPORTS
Ducks look to season with new, young team
By Robert Weber
Emerald Spoils RepoMei
Coming off of a 1712 season,
the 1990 Oregon women's Ims
kelbalt learn is supposed to
spend much of the year Irving
to adjust to life without n-foot
7. all-conference center Stefa
nie Kasperski
Hut these Ducks seem too ex
cited about their upcoming sea
son and their new players to
worry about trying to replace
kasperski or guard forward
|aci|uic Semeniuk.
Duck Coach Klwin Meiny
says that although Oregon lost
over 50 pert ent of their scoring
and retmunding from a year ago
to graduation, he isn't expect
ing this to lx> a down season.
"You have to say rebuild
ing." Heiny said, “but at the
same time, we're very excited
We're excited about our young
players and the maturity of our
older players. I think this team
could Ik- better than last year's,
but I don’t know if our record
will reflect that "
(Iregon returns three starters
from last year's squad in senior
Trina McCartney, junior Staci
\Vdllenlx>rn and sophomore Va
nessa Seidell, but will need a
great ileal of help from its
freshmen to hei min' a contend
er in tile Pacific- HI (umfereni e
Freshmen Debbie Sporcich.
Missy Slow ell. Sara \\ ilson and
leshu Smith make up a re< ruit
mg i lass that Is ( onsidered the
best hi Oregon's histor\. and
one of the nation's liest last
year.
"Our young kids are ver\
'——-—-—:—- butts.’
Sophomore point guard Vanessa Selden will play an impor
tant role in the new-look women '* basketball team this season.
athletic." Hriny said “They
run I hi1 court, retiound. play
defense and are winning spots
The\ have looked outstanding
in prai tic e so far and will really
he a great addition.
Items lias I teen so impressed
with Spun ich and Wilson that
he has (with of the t) foot .I posts
inked in the starting lineup
Placing Sport u h w ho tossed
in 20 points and snared 12 re
bounds in the Ducks’ scrim
mago on Sunday, and Wilson,
who chipped in with 11 points
and nine boards, in the starting
lineup will mean a new look
(or some of Oregon's older
players
McCartney is expected to
move from the post position
she has played the past three
y e a r s to a wing w h i I e
Wallcnborn will he asked to
play more guard than her usual
forward spot this year.
The only starter not changing
positions this year is Selden.
the Ducks' point guard
"I love to run.” Selden said,
"and I think that we will really
speed up the game this year."
The Ducks will be tested
throughout the season in the
murderous Pac-10. a league
that includes defending nation
al champion Stanford and other
powerhouses in Washington.
IJSC and UC1.A with Oregon
picked seventh in the pre-sea
son coaches poll.
Oregon opens its regular sea
son with five of its first six
games on the road against
tougli opponents, but Heiny
isn't worried.
“The problem with those
tough road games is how we
cope with it.” Meinv said. “We
can have some setbacks along
the way. the key is dealing
with it and doing better."
The Ducks will take their
first step of the exhibition sea
son tonight as they host the
Civic Advance Capitals from
Canberra. Australia at 7:30 in
McArthur Court
"This is a team that with
some early, unexpected success
could just build." Ileiny said,
"and that could give the team a
lot of confidence."
Add confidence to returning
talent, solid newcomers and ag
gressive play and the Pac-tO
will have a tough time keeping
the Dm ks in seventh place this
year.
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fusion of Brandon (6-foot
0) and junior college
transfer Kevin Mixon.
(6-3) now a senior, as
well as the inside play of
Lucas. 6-7, and 6-11
freshman Bob Fife, now a
seasoned sophomore.
"I told people after the
8-21 season that I was
ready to give it to the sea
lions but I still had good
support from the admin
istration.” Monson said.
"The thing 1 enjoyed
about last season wasn’t
so much that we won
more than we lost or that
we went to the NIT, but
the way the kids respond
ed to the coaching.” he
said. "They liked to play
with one another and
played with a little flair."
Brandon led Oregon in
scoring with a 17.9 point
per game average and
Mixon added 12.6 points
per game Brandon also
had the second-most as
sists in a season in Ore
gon history with 17-4, and
Mixon set a school-record
by canning 80 three
pointers.
Fife and Lucas had big
years as well. Fife set a
freshman school record
with 38 blocked shots,
and Lucas had 10.9
points per game and was
fourth in the Pac.-lO in re
bnu tiding at 8.5 per
game
The only concern for
Monson then is to find a
replacement for small for
ward keith Reynolds who
averaged 15.6 points a
game and was u model of
consistency last season.
The leading candidates
for Reynolds' spot are 6 t>
senior David Blair, a
three-year letterman. and
ti-ti freshman Jordy I.vden
from Beaverton High
School.
Both have looked good
in scrimmages and prac
tice. hut Monson said
he'll start Blair in Sun
day's exhibition game
with Brandt Hagen at
Mac Court.
“I’ll give David Hlair
tin* start on Sunday and
sue how ho performs."
Munson said “He’s al
ways been deserving.
He’s a four-year letter
man, a good team player
and knows the system."
Munson also has some
options with his bench
this year with Hlair or l.y
den. seven-foot junior
transfer Chuck Patterson
and freshman guards
Clyde Jordan and Orlando
Williams
The Ducks will be test
ed early with a tough
non-conference schedule
that includes one of last
year's Final Four teams in
Arkansas as well as Dig
Fight power Missouri.
Alalrama-Birmingham.
Utah and Wisconsin.
After Oregon gets
through November and
December, it's the tough
Pac-10 season, and then,
the Ducks hope, an
NCAA bid.