Emerald Sports
Oregon Daily
Wrestlers lake just hours to bury Vikings, SOSC
By Erick Studemcka
Emerald Sports Reporter
Tho Oregon wrestling team won both ends of its "doubleheader"
Saturday, us the squad defeated Portland State 20-It at home dur
ing the afternoon and then (real Southern Oregon State 22-11 at
Ashland a scant five hours later.
Kevin Roberts gave the Ducks an eariy 5-0 lead against the Vi
kings with a 25-9 technical fall over Gary Malone in the 118-pound
category. At that point, it seemed the meet would be a repeat of Or
egon's 37-2 rout over Portland State last season in Portland.
But the Vikings, an NCAA Division 11 team, rebounded to take
tho next two of three matches to even the team score 8-8 Pat Craig
then l>eat Shane i-ake 13-3 to give the Ducks a 12-8 team lend
At 158 pounds. Oregon sent redshirt freshman Clint Messner out
to meet Portland State's most experienced wrestler, senior Damion
Tripplett. Messner, who did not even take part in practice last year
because of two knee operations, completely dominated Tripplett
Tripplett was unable to even score an escape, giving Messner a
7-0 win and the Ducks a solid 15-8 team lend.
Messner doesn't cut himself much slack when it comes time to
wrestle older, more experienced opponents.
"I've already had altout 30 matches this season, so I've got some
experience now," Messner said. "At the beginning of the season. I
got a little nervous when I'd have to face a senior, hut that all
changed after I got a few wins and my confidence grew."
Oregon's upper-weight wrestlers continued their recent domi
nation by taking three of the four matches above 158 pounds, with
Mat Sprague. Jeff McCoy and Chris Anderson all winning their
bouts It took Anderson only 1:20 to pin Frik Cummings in the
heavyweight division for the only fall of the afternoon.
After the match, coach Ron Finley noted the emergence of his
younger wrestlers, as well as the success of Anderson.
“I've always said that if we gave our young wrestlers enough
matches, they would gain confidence and wrestle well," Finley
said. "When you compare Anderson from last year to this year, you
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Oregon's Cindy Murphy goes lor • rebound In the Ducks' 87-74 k>st>
to Washington Saturday st McArthur Court.
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Oregon's Jett McCoy (lop) battlos against a Portland State wrestler In the Ducks win over the Vikings.
Women still winless in Pao-10
By Steve Mims
Emerald Spoils Reporter
The Oregon women’s basket -
ball team grabbed a 40-37 half
time lead, hut blew ii early in
(lie se< ond half, losing to Wash
ington H7-74 at McArthur Court
Saturday night.
Oregon shot fit) port ent from
the field in the first half and
out re hounded Was hi ngton
21 • 1H in the opening half to
take the lead into the looker
room at halftime. Washington
shot just 41 percent in the first
half, but attempted 10 more
shots than the Ducks to stay in
the game
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Tho halftime lead marked the
fifth limn in six Pm ifu ■ III Con
ferunce gaums that the Ducks
have either led or tieen tied at
halftime, hut like the other four
times. Oregon lost. The 4(K!7
score marked the third time in
four games that Oregon led hy
tile same st ore, hut (lie leads
have been short lived
"I thought we could have
been up hy to points at half
time," Oregon head coach id
win lleiuy said "The game is
40 minutes long, and we must
learn that ”
Washington roared out of the
locker room and sc tired the first
12 points of the second half to
r
lake a 4‘MO lead just live min
utes into the half Oregon did
not score in ttie half until Jean
Muni! I.dlnril hit a Inv-in with
H4I remaining in the game
I.illard scored Oregon s tirsl
eight points of the second half
and cut the Huskies' lead to
f»:i 4M after a lay ill with 10 <H>
remaining in the game Wash
ington responded with an 1H-K
run, including back-to-hnck
three pointers liv guard laittra
Moore, to push tfteir lend to
71-56 with .1:33 left in the
game Oregon was unable to get
any closer than 13 points the
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