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DUCKS Continued Irom Page 10 linn only nine of 22 attempts. • The teams combined to commit 36 turnovers Green said Lyden's mis take may have stood out. but the blame for why Washing ton had a shot at the end should not fall squarely on his shoulders. "I told Jordy after the game that there were a lot of other mistakes made throughout the game that hurt us,” he said "The only difference was Ins came at the end of the game " Despite the shot in the closing seconds. Lyden played one of his most pro ductive games for the Ducks this season, scoring nine points and tallying four steals. 1 didn’t shoot very much, but I think my major contri butions came on the defen sive end." Lyden said "i made some steals and some hustle plays that I've kind of gotten a reputation for mak ing " Oregon outrebounded its opponent for the third straight game, pulling down 40 rebounds compared to Washington’s 35. Potter and center Aaron Johnson played strong inside, grabbing seven and 12 rebounds respective ly, ami each scored in double figures Williams led all Oregon scorers with 14 Potter had 11 and Parker and Johnson each added 10 The Ducks are now 2- i in the Pacific-10 (ionferem e 00 OFF Foot long Sub (i#«m mm SUBSHOP £ 1225 ALDER 345-2434 I MNlMmNIll GOLDWORKS JEWELRY DESIGN STUDIO 431 W. 13th. #2 Eugene 343-2298 Begukx Buvness MOuri !utn fn Qarr. Ipm 2pm 6pm Sot )0om4pm ' Cobra wigs m MK gok.1 Women pull off sweep up north By Scott Simonson Oregon 0»>V ImmaK) The Oregon women's basketball team upset No lfi Washington in Seattle on Saturday night, com pleting the Out ks' first sweep of the Washington schools on the road in 10 years Forward Debbie Sporeich hit game-winning free throws in the final seconds against I Kith Washing ton Slate and Washington Oregon is tied for fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a .1-2 record and is 0-5 overall Against the Cougars on Thursday. Sporcich knocked down a pair of foul shots with nine-tenths of a second remaining to give the Ducks a 70-69 victory. Two nights later, she made two free throws with 10 seconds remaining and one more with two seconds left as Oregon won 70-67. Oregon handed Washington, 4-2 in the Pac-10 and 12-3 overall, its first loss at home this season The defeat was also the Huskies' first loss this year to a team not ranked in the top 25 nationally. After making only six of 15 shots from the floor in a 15-point. 12-rebound performance in Pullman on Thursday. Sporcich was six of 10 from the field against the Huskies Her 1‘) points and nine rf’hounciH were team highs Center Sara Wilson and guard Karen Mealea also turned in big performances on the road trip Wil son missed only three field-goal attempts in the two games, and totaled 2ft points and 11 rebounds Mealea played 2K minutes and scored to points in a reserve role at Washington State, then started in place of freshman point guard Cindle Edamura against the Huskies. Mealea scored 17 points while committing just two turnovers against the Huskies. She had scored only 35 points in the first 12 games of the season. Mealea went six of six from the floor in the first half of the Washington game. Oregon turned the ball over 22 times against a Washington defense that is one of the best in the conference, but the Ducks shot 54 percent from the field while holding the Huskies to 42 percent shooting Oregon outrebounded Washington 32-30. By beating the Huskies. Oregon matched its con ference win total from a year ago. With 13 games remaining in the season. Oregon also has matched its overall win total from lost season The Ducks return home to host Arizona and Ari zona State. Oregon plays Arizona on Thursday. DeFord advances in Pac-10 tourney U C K 0 T I Si Jackie DeFord was the lone member of the Oregon women's tennis team to advance into Sunday's play at Pacific -10 Con ference Indoor Tennis Tourna ment at Washington DeFord moved into the conso lation semifinals with a default win over California's Keirsten Alley. Oregon's doubles team of DeFord and Cynthia Armstrong was knocked out of the semifi nals competition by Stanford s duo of Katie Schlukebir and Wendy Sat ks. (>-1. t>-1 Oregon's Sherry Fairgneve was the only Duck to win a sin gles match, defeating Arizona Stale’s Aimee Haas, (i-.'i, 4-t>. ti-1 Informational Matting Today, Ftbruary 1 5:00 g.n. Canon Gold Roam Application! aaailablt at tba Walton Nomina Offiet. Applications foa February I. \ \n MVAA mvliluiMw uwnmutcii k» cultural divc*\it> and in compliance cciili AIM However, Fairgrieve lost her next match 6-1. 6-3 to Califor nia's Sarah Maynard. The tournament’s field con tains some of the nation's top ranked women's tennis teams in No. 2 Stanford. California, eighth-ranked USC, No. 9 Ari zona State. No. 11 IICI.A and No 13 Arizona. • • • Junior LaRoina Woods and sophomore Karissa Meith were named Oregon's Most Valuable Players, volleyball coach Gerry Gregory announced Saturday at the team's annual awards brunch. Woods led the team in digs with 363, averaging 3.86 per game, good for third in the Pao lo for the second straight year. Woods had the third most kills on the team, including an indi vidual match-high of 23 against California Woods was named to the Anteater Invitational all tournament team this year. The two-sport athlete also was named the winner of the Chris Itoelz Positive Mental Attitude Award Meith led the team in kills with 338 and in blocks with 145 for a 1.58 average, third highest in the Pac-10. The native of Irvine. Calif., ranked 15th in the nation in Mocks and helped the Ducks to a top 20 ranking in that category. She tied Woods' indi vidual rnatch-high for kills with 23 against Washington and also had match-highs in solo, assist ed and total blocks, and in hit ting percentage (.600). Last year's Newcomer of the Year was also named to the Anteater Invitational all-tournament team and picked up accolades at the Spikeoff Spokane Tournament for the second year in a row. The Rookie of the Year award went to freshman Anna Gomez. The Gresham native took over the majority of the setting duties and led the team in assists, rank ing 10th in the Pac-10 with a 0.47 average. Amy McNeel, a freshman from Portland, was named the Most Improved Player, placing fourth in the Par:-10 in digs aver age and ninth in aces per game. Springfield native Angee Hen derson was the Mental Tough ness. Extra Effort Award winner and also pic ked up the Harry Richie Jeweler’s Award for the highest grade point average on the squad. The junior placed second on the team in kills and blocks. The Captain's Awards were given to Eugene's Nicolle Hed berg and Woods. “31 years of Quality Service” Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen Audi • Datsun • Toyota -GERMAN - AUTO SERVICE, INC. | 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, 97402 Pass it on. (please) Help our successful recycling program on campus by putting the Oregon Dairy Emerald back in Its original rack when you ve finished reading it This will allow another person to read it and/or be easily picked up for recycling. I -- 0*1 rasuHt. Adv«rtlM in th*. ODE