UCLA rains on Oregon, sweeps doubleheader
By Jayson Jacoby
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rhi* weather .il Him.- Field
Sunday whs sunny ami warm,
but tin- UOi.A softball team de
elded to rain on Oregon's Las
!<>r parade nnV" ay
Tin- top-ranked Bruins swept
a doubhmoader from tin- Ducks
in front of a crowd of 412 and
improved their record to 40 1,
11 1 in the Pucific-10 (ionfer
fin i- The pair of 41 defeats
dropped Oregon's record to
Hi-24, .1-0 ill the Pal 10
In the fust game, UOLA wash
ed no time in taking advantage
of every i hunt e it.was given
Jennifer Brtindage walked to
start tin- second inning, and Jo
anne \l( Inn quii klv moved tier
to sei ond with a sacrifice fill
1 lien Yvonne (iutn-rre/ rapped
a sharp single up" the middle,
and the Bruins were ahead 1 11
Oregon responded m its half
of tie- second, however Laura
Schmidt led off by drawing a
vs.dk from I < LA pile leu I g-Di
Weiman who < atne into the
game with a ‘Ml record and .in
unblemished n no l-.KA
After rr.n ey Simmon-- filed
out to center, Oregon sopho
more second baseman Jennifer
I’lper drove a pit! h to tile left
field lent e for a double, moving
s< hmidt lo third Piper's hit
i atne after site foil led of! 10
pill lies, lilt lud mg SI'S ell 111 a
row at one point
Anna Poore followed Piper
vs 11li a sin r ifit e fly to t enter.
and Oregon had stored the lust
earned run of tin- season off
Weiman to forge a LI lie
l ie Dm ks were threatening
again in the bottom of tin- third
when disaster ■-1r :i k
Oregon second baseman Jennifer Piper attempts a double play in
the fifth inning of a Saturday game against Portland State Oregon
and Portland State split the doubleheader
Oregon s iinii thi! I*iit 10 %
top hittt r M.trnie Mil .ill.
rnw hed mi u fielder s i hode
Hut while sliding mifoIy min
mi onil with ,1 stolen base she
fr.ii lured the fourth ttu'l.ii .irp.i!
of her left lllttld
Mi ( .ill vs .is .ibli lu i ontinue
running tin- buses but was re
ptin i'll m the fourth inning bv
I..nine I leisi b.iiii r Met ill w ill
prob.it> 1V bit lor the rest of the
se.ison but i.innot pl.iv di
ffuse
\\ i mi.in p11 kill up sev en ol
her to strikeouts .luring the lust
four innings .ind eiuied up sue
rendering pist unr hit i’tper s
double en route to her llMh
w in ill lhi- season
Oregon again played tin1 Bru
ins lough in tin: second gaum,
iinii with thi' rxt t'plion of one
inning, the Ducks could have
handed IOL.A its second loss uf
the season
In the third inning, the Dm ks
committed their onh mental
lapses of the game, consecutive
errors that would prove to be
the dlflerem e
N u hole \ it tor la led off h\
reaching on shortstop Kim
Manning's error and Kathy I s
.i!!. 1. >xi ; ! . ! .► !tr
I’iM-I.v Pyles' throwing error
front third base
l.isn lemnnde/ dime in lire
game's ; iirst run with in KB!
bunt single but (luiiuin g. t
Brundage to pop tip lor the set
ond out
But then Alt bin deliven d
the tug blow. i two run double
to fight I enter to give i '(11.A .1
I t) lead (iutierre/ followed
with a run-si oring single, and
I h e Dm ks were do w n ■! - 0
against tine of the nation s best
pile hers
Oregon did get three singles
in the sixth inning and Piper
stored on a passed bail Hut the
Din ks pis! couldn't generate
enough offense against hern.in
dtv who improved her re
tort) to 1 B-O I. ’ overt nine the
1 -1 lie! H It
Besides that one hat! inning
1 thought we played very w. li,'
Oregon couch I .uni Brown
said I hev are the No 1 team
in tin i ountry
The Dili ks started the week
end by splitting a Saturday
doublelieader against Portland
State, tlie sixth ranked [Division
II team in the ( ountry I be \ i
kings got only three hits off Ka
chelle Tavior ill the first game
tint won 10 on the Oregon
piti her s throwing error
The Pucks rebounded for a
•11 game lwo win highlighted
by Manning s fifth home run . I
the season
Oregon returns to ac tion this
afternoon at Howe field yy ith a
non e onlert ni e doubleheader
against Simon ! laser starting at
2 30 p m
INJURIES
Continued from Page 8
pendn Rv.in Mar.ivgun
shooidi-r. Kevin Settlemvre
knee. ,ind Rub Atkin, eye in
friction
Ted Thoren returned lor
llie Ducks after nursing a
sore bar k and promptly won
three of his four singles
matches Freshmen Darn
I’artovi and Josh Pruger also
provided a spark for the
Ducks, winning two singles
matches each and i ombinmg
for a doubles vie lory
The split concluded the
Ducks season and evened
their record at 11!-12
Things were much bright
er for the Oregon women's
team, as it s\s opt its dual
match on Saturday against
Portland (UO) and Portland
State (0 0) in the Rose ( atv
The two wins give the
dub 18 on the season, the
most ever by an Oregon
i women s team, bettering the
I 1088 mark of 17 t>
Oregon i o a c h T o rn
Creider said this year's
shortened schedule (the
N< A A trimmed the number
of match day s from 80 to 2.'))
and the fact that the L)ur ks
played only three home
matches makes the record all
the more satisfying
"I also think we showed
we can yvm on the road as
IS of our wins (.nine away
from home If somebody had
conn- to me at the Ixginning
of the year and told me we
would yvm this many, I
vv 0u I d h .1 v e hee n h a r d
pressed to find those 18
yvins. he said
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K INCSOLVER
AUTHOR OF
ANIMAL DREAMS & ANOTHER AMERICA
► I N A
April 23rd • 4:30
Fir Room at the EMU
Reknowned author
Barbara Kingsotver
will sign copies of her books
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following a talk as part of the Ben Under Forum
Her books. The Bean Trees, and Animal Dreams,
which was dedicated to Ben Linder, and her most
recent book of poetry in Spanish and English
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wnrren wim keoecca ouries.
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at tbe UO Bookstore
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