Rugby team wins despite mud, sloppy play
By Steve Mims
tmwaid Contributor
It wasn't pretty, tint Oregon's rugby Inam
advanced to thu regional championships in
Lo* Angulos next wookond with an H O vic
tory over Southnrn Orogon on Saturday.
"That was tho worst giimo I'vo nvor soon."
Orogon bond com b Bob Snydor said "Wo
hnvo lM'tli‘r nthlotos and morn sklllod play
ors than thorn, but wo played to tholr lovol "
Tho field whs hit by a hard rain prior to
kick-off and a steady sprinkle continued
through most of the game As a result, tho
field was muddy and ( ontribuled to tho
sloppy play of both teams
Tho Ducks got a lough break on tho first
play of the game when all-star forward
Stove Knaust suffered a bruised calf and
was unable to return to the game
"It was a loose play,' Knaust said "I was
going for the ball when someone kicked me
In tho leg and bruised it
Oregon overcame the loss and stored first
when Dave Van Dyke took a pin h from
Mark Holland It) yards for a tr\ only six
r
minutes inln tho contest Holland. who nor
nnilly plays in the baokfield, whs forced to
move to forward after tfit* injury to Knaust
The Ducks had two other chances to score
in th«* first half, but the Raiders forced them
away empty-handod The opening half was
evenly played with most of the action com
ing In the middle of the field.
The second half was just as tight as the
first, with the game in doubt until ()ri*gon
pul it away on a Die k Dunn try with only
two minutes left The Ducks got possession
of tfie hall on the five-yard line when Dunn
took an tnfiound pass from Dot) i’iert e and
dove over the goal to give the Ducks the H-0
victory
"It was a five meter line-mil and they
weren't ready," Dunn said "I made eye
contar t with Hofi, I got it and was able to
squeak it through
The Dui ks must now face top-ranked
California in the opening round of the re
glonal championships in Los Angeles on
Friday
In other Oregon Club Sports news:
The Oregon men's < lub soccer team got its
1
spring season riff on a sour note by losing to
Oregon State ami Willamette over the week
end
The Dunks were encouraged by their 3-0
defeat at Oregon Slate on Friday, as it was a
marked improvement from their 8-1 loss to
the Heavers in the fall The game was score
less at halftime before Oregon State came
out and scored three times In the second
half
The improved play against the Heavers
gave Oregon an optimistic approach head
ing into its game on Sunday Willamette had
some trouble moving its clocks ahead in the
morning and showed up one-half hour late
Bv the lime it was over, the Due ks probably
w ished they hadn't walled for them
The first half was dominated bv Oregon,
but the Ducks couldn’t get a shot past Wil
lamette goaltender Peter Hart, and the half
ended scoreless
Willamette came out much more oggres
sive in the second half and it paid off when
Derek Hunera headed u crossing pass Into
the net for the game's only score with 10
minutes left
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Cardinal
wins NCAA
title again
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Stanford won Its sncond
NCAA title In throe voars
Sunday with one veteran
and one new. fresh face.
Junior center Val Whiting
had 17 points and 13 re
bounds and freshman for
ward Rachel Hammer had
18 points and 15 rebounds
as the Cardinal defeated
Western Kentucky 78-62.
The victory margin matched
the largest ever in a women's
NCAA championship game,
achieved on three other oc
casions.
The Cardinal (30-3), mem
bers of the Pacific-10 Confer
ence, boat the Lady Toppers
(27-8), ploying in their first
ovor NCAA championship
game, without hitting a bas
ket in the final <150.
After the Cardinal took its
biggest lead, 65-44. with
10 01 to play. Western Ken
tucky capitalized on turn
overs and climbed back into
the game with a 15-3 run,
cutting the lead to nine on
Kim Pchlke’s fourth three
pointer of the day and I rina
Wilson's free throw with
2 23 left to play The Cardi
nal made 13 of 17 free
throws after hitting its last
field goal
Junior point guard Molly
Guodenbour. .1 member of
Stanford's 1440 champion
ship team, was named the
tournament's most outstand
ing player, with Whiting and
Hernmer making the all-tour
ney team, along with I’ehlke
and Virginia's Dawn Staley.
Goodonbour had 28 points
and 12 assists in the f inal
l-'our, hitting four key three
pointers in the Cardinal’s
66-65 victory over top
ranked Virginia in the semi
finals
Pehlke finished with 16
points, and Liesa Lung add
ed 18 points and 12 re
bounds
Leading 37-27 at the half,
Stanford quickly padded its
lead, moving ahead 54-35 on
throe free throws by Christy
Hedgpoth with 13:20 to
play She scored 10 points
during the spurt and fin
isher! with 17.
The Cardinal took charge
of the first half with a 15-6
run that turned a 17-16
Western Kentucky lead into
an eight-point Stanford ad
vantage with -t 20 left in the
half
The Toppers shot 28.6
percent in the game
Hernmer scored 10 of the
Cardinal's first 18 points and
finished the period with 12.
She and Chris MucMurdo
controlled the boards, com
bining for 17 rebounds
The Lady Toppers, who
beat Southwest Missouri
State 84-72 in the semifinals,
played in the 1485 and '86
Final fours, losing in the
semifinals each time This
year, they entered the tour
nament seeded fourth in the
I Mideast and upset top-seed
! ed Kentucky and No. 2 seed
Maryland on the wav to Los
Angeles.
Maniora, which dcUmted
Vutuirn If) win the 1»W0 ti
w.in beaten in Iho semis
,4Nt vc.tr by eventual cham
pion Tennessee