Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 09, 1992, Page 8, Image 8

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    SPORTS
Men’s tennis backhands Willamette
By Doug Carter
fc'mef ale) Contribctof
Thn Oregon moo's tennis
leant didn't let the tamv woath
nr or a touch of misfortune ruin
its day Thursday It simply
l(Kik Its game to the t ovorod
University courts and ac ed Wil
lamette H 1
livery match the Dm ks won
was in straight sets, with the
lone defeat coming as a simple
Case of short-sightedness
No 1 singles player hue
Kirner began the Oregon on
slaught with a t> t, *> 2 victory
and set the lone for a distinct
home court advantage
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"The ball make* a louder
sound on those courts. and it's
hard to judge the pace of the
hall coming at you.” Klrner
said "At least vve didn't have
the glare of tin- sun (through
the tiered roof) today
Captain Kevin Settlemym, a
winner along with partner Dura
I’artovi in a shortened doubles
mati h. H 0. agrees that the
courts take a lot of getting
used to” and provide "the ulti
mate hometourt advantage
It s our way of getting tank
at teams for having to play at
their rundown facilities.”
Settletnvre said
Senior t.iiris (iladwcll made
the right adjustments for the
covered courts and pulled off a
straight set victory in No 2 sin
gles, t. -1. t> 1’
"These courts .in- made for
se r v e • a n d - vol I ny (play).”
(iladwell said "The hall pit ks
up a little more speed on the
skid in here A player who
likes to plav the baseline is Iwt
ter off outside
i’artovi. playing No t> sin
gles, came up victorious h-2.
7 V after falling behind five
games in the sis ond sei
"I started a little shaky, but I
min! Isii k and fault turn handi
ly,'' I’artovi said
"Dura was down 5-0 and
broke serve it was a great
comehai k for him. head i oat h
Hu// Summers said
Things weren't as great for
No t singles player Kob Atkin,
who lost a three set dual to
Hu//. Summers
Willamette freshman Man
Vestergaard. 7-fi (7 5), ti-7
(13-11), t' O
The (.111 that Alkin was plus
ing without his corrective eye
sscar math- the loss a little ens
ler to swallow
"The (lot tor says I has e c on
junc Uvitis (Inflainmation of tin1
inner eyelid), and I can't wear
mv c ontac ts for throe weeks."
Atkin said I can road L' on
the eye chart dial's atKiui it
If Atkin doesn't get his glass
es from California through the
mat! hv I ndus , hi* w ill miss the
sverkond trip to Washington
Atkin filled in Thursday for
another Duck that ssill not he
With tile team 111 Seattle tills
weekend, junior fed Thoreri.
Turn to TENNIS Pago 9
Duck golfer Lyons
first at tournament
By Steve Mims
Emerakj Contributor
Oregon golfer Jeff Lyons
won the Southwestern Inter
collegiate on Tuesday for his
second victory of the year,
loading the Ducks to a soc
ond-place finish in the tour
nament.
Oregon had a two stroke
load entering the final hole,
but three players trlple-bo
goyed the narrow lBth fair
way. leaving the Ducks four
strokes behind sixth-ranked
Arkansas in the team race.
"We played fantastic," Or
egon head coach Shawn
Alcher said "It was one of
the best tournaments we've
put together nil year."
Lyons shot a one-over-par
73 In the first round but
came back to fire a t>8 fol
lowed by a 70 in the final
two rounds to defeat Cal
Northridge's Jeff Sunday by
two strokes.
"It was a course I've
played before; I really like it
down there." Lyons said of
North Ranch Coif Course in
Westlake Village. Calif. "I
played well, the key was
that i hit die ball straight "
lames Chrisman and Mark
Aldrich also played steady
golf lo help the Ducks chal
lenge Arkansas Chrismnn
fired a final round 71 to fin
ish tied for eighth place at
218. followed in 11th place
by Aldrich's 220.
Oregon, currently ranked
2t>th in the country, finished
ahead of four teams ranked
in front of them, including
Pacific-10 Conference rivals
US(" and Stanford. As a re
sult. the Ducks are hoping to
move back into the top 25. a
spot they were in following
the fall season
Lyons, a junior from Anti
och. Calif., has given himself
a legitimate chance at mak
ing the AIl-Pac-10 team if
not the All-American squad.
He finished third in pne fall
tournament and fourth In
two others before winning
two this spring.
")off wins because he is
consistent In his scoring,”
Aicher said. "He's making a
strong play for All-Ameri
can .' ’
The Ducks next competi
tion will come in the West
ern Intercollegiate April
13-15 in Santa Cruz. Calif.
Oregon's Doug Duchateau
won this event last year,
leading the Ducks to a third
place finish.
New Oregon coach hires first assistant, maybe two
By Dave Chafoonneau
f n-4f ,ikt Sporls Reports
Long Bunch State assistant com h Bobby
Braswell Inis incepted tin assistant cum lung
position under newly hired men's basket
ball i o.ii h terry (.reen
"I was oflered the position lust week,
Braswell stild bv plume Wednesday tiller
noon, and I accepted the position Monday
night ”
Braswell bas bism an iissist.mt i oni li tit
bong Beach State for the past three years,
where he organized recruiting and detense
As first assistant tit Oregon, Braswell said
his duties will i enter heavily on recruiting
"Wv main responsibility is recruiting,"
Braswell said "I'm from the Los Angeles
area, which I think is very benefit ml in re
( rutting players from the area ”
Green hut! not vet returned from the
NCAA final hour in Minneapolis and was
unavailable for ( moment
Braswell visited the Oregon campus ori
Monday and said he was impressed with
the University and the Lugene area
1 thought it w as a beautiful c ampus. and
the people were verv nic e- " Braswell said
" The Lugene area was a little" more diverse
fled than I thought it would be. a good plat e
to raise my kids
As for tlie basketball program, Braswell
said In" hoped to bring hat k the enthusiasm
of tlie fans
"I think we're going to try and give the
fans something they'll real Iv enjoy." he
said
Braswell graduated from Cal State North
ridge in 1W84 He then spent four years at
Los Angeles Cleveland High Sc hool where
he compiled an impressive ‘14 14 record
It was at Cleveland that he first met
Green Green, who was an assistant at Kan
sas, was >k lively recruiting two players from
Cleveland, one of which was jayhawk point
guard Adonis Jordan
Braswell said he has kept In close contact
with Green since then
Portland radio station KKXX said Tuesday
that Mark Turgeon. an assistant at Kansas,
will also tii- added to Green's staff Turgeon
was unavailable lor comment
According to The Associated Press,
Turgeon. a former player at Kansas, is cur
rentlv a restricted earnings coach and is lim
ited to a salary of SHS.OOC) at Kansas The
Kansas City Star reported that Turgeon had
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