Oregon Daily
Emerald Sports
Improvement Is everywhere for Oregon women
By Scott Simonson
Oregon tX*\ l me*M
What a difference .t year makes What .1
different e the coach makes
l.ast season, the Oregon women's bfls
kethall team finished tied for last pla< e in
the Pacifn 10 (xmfereni e f file vs '*ek from
tfie halfway point of tins v ear's conference
season, Oregon is 11 r> and tied for second
plat e 111 the conferem e ss 11is a V J ret orti
Any game now. the I >u< ks may ss .ike up
and find out they're the same team that
compiled a rv.i'i record during the past
three conference seasons I hen again f In
gnn may prove that its last start really isn t
a dream and mas end up in the hunt for
an N't AA tournament berth at the t lose ol
the season
I think you pinch yourself and s.is boss
fortunate you are to have this opportuni
ty and to has e .1 team that's playing as svell
as sve are right now. ' said hats Kimge Ore
gun's first sear head 1 oach. after Oregon
heat Arizona State on Saturdas
Oregon won only three conference
games last year This year s team won three
before the conference season ss us three
weeks old. Test year's sipiad won nine
games all season I his year s team won
nine by the lime the season was halfway
through.
"The fact that svo’ve Ixiaten UW and the
fiit i that wove beaten Arizona and that
we're tied for »« ond in the conference
obviously they (the Pm 10) have to look
at us as someone to be contended with,
Rurige said
"We're certainly capable of having a shot
;it winning the i onfereni e 1 probably
shouldn't sa\ that, but 1 think we con plav
with anybody in the confertmc >•
Nobody's rushing to praise the Dm ks
lust vet Oregon os eiveil three \otes in this
vs res ■, Assih .lated Press poll I ha! s only
MM votes behind No 1 ' Washington,
whom Oregon beat two weeks ago. and a
m ant HO7 votes behind No 1*1 Stanford,
who is a half game behind the Dm ks in
tiie i onferem e standings and play s ()re
gon Thursday
Since I've been here, nobody has
rt-sjxs tell us, senior guard Missy t Iroshnw
said alter ()regon heal Arizona Thursday
When people think of Oregon basketball,
they don't think of a great team or a real
sm i essful program I think it s time that
people realize that we're a team that peo
ple are going to hav e to deal with.
It wasn't a year of great evpei lotions for
the Ducks The preseason media poll
placed Oregon as the coilferem e's eighth
plat e team Despite a nucleus of talented
seniors — Croshaw. forward Debbie
Spon.it h and (.enter Sara Wilson — com
plenum!!*) by a bland of youth and expe
rimin' in supporting roles. nobody M*wied
to be gi\ ing the Ducks much of a t ham e
What happened - The e onch gives the
players e.nrdi! I he players give* tin' i oar h
credit Both may bo righi
Kurigi* has a< knovs lodged that shi* has ii
group of players that are talented and hard
working In a conference loaded with
excellent pos! players, the tandem of
Sport ich and Wilson are as good ns any
oni' When the Duc ks open up their inside
gaiin* with c onsistent shooting from the
perimeter. the\ are a formidable team
offensively
This is nothing new However, in past
years, injuries have hampered Oregon s
i hanc es for sue c ess Spore h h and Wilson
missed a combined eight games last sea
son and sat out a combined 2*) games dur
ing the 1991-92 season
Oregon has stayed healthy this year Hie
Ducks are also a year older, a year better
and a year more experienced Wilson and
Spore.n h are on pace to set career highs
for points and rebounds averaged in a sea
son C.roshaw and junior forward Jessica
Se.hutt also could set career l>ests in scor
ing
The veterans have gotten help from two
newe.omers, freshman point guard Cindie
F.damura and freshman forward Arianne
Dover How»*vt*r. Ihe most notable aucii
lion lo this year's team has been Runge
She has brought an emphasis on defense
to an offense minded club Oregon is hold
ing below -t 1 pen ent shooting from the
field, after allowing better than 4r> [>er< ent
shooting last year. After giving up 76
points per game against I’m -10 opponents
last year. Oregon is allowing 67 points per
game
So what's the most important different e
between this year and last year?
None of the above
The biggest change for this year s
Ducks may he in attitude Kongo brings
an attention to detail and preparation, a
penchant for accepting blame instead of
making excuses and exudes plenty of
confidence
"Everybody knows how much your
mindset t an do for your game before you
even get out on the court; it depends on
how you think as a team and as individ
uals." Wilson said after the Arizona game
"I think that's the number one thing that
has changed, our attitude
Croshaw credits Kunge with the change.
"She makes demands that we be focused
and that we come with her. Every little
thing is important to her and I think she's
instilled that into us. She's a very focused
person,” Croshnw said.
Hockey gets its first win this year
By Mark McTyre
for tfv> Oregon (Xvfy f.meruk)
Oregon hoc key pi< kod up its
first win of the season in impres
sive style last weekend by iaiat
mg the visiting Idaho Vandals -V
2 Saturday night, before tying
the remati h game -t -1 Sunday
The Dut-ks seemed to bo a
changed team in these two
games. Their defense played
well, offense was relentless, ami
the strongest attribute for the
Ducks was the play of their
goalies
In the first game Oregon
goalie Richard Densmore was
Fiternllv unconscious between
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"I haven't felt the same since
the opening minute," said Dens
more.
Densmore received a concus
sion when he was tripped up
and fell against the goul posts,
but he hung tough for the game
and only allowed two goals on
2 t shots In the second game.
Tom Halils replaced Densmore
and allowed four goals on 32
shots
Hot austi the goalies were play
ing so well for the Ducks, the
offense dot ided that hat tricks
were in order.
In the first game. Oregon for
ward Brian ( lendenin picked up
the pace for the Ducks after Ore
gon's leading scorer Mark
Adams put one in the back of
the net early for a 1-0 lead At
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Recruits ready to sign
Today marks (he first day
college foot I si II teams (an offi
cially sign high school seniors
to letters of intent
Traditionally, this is one of
the most optimistic days of the
year for coaches and
recruiters, and this year seems
to be no different at Oregon.
Oregon head coach Rich
Brooks said after last season
that his biggest need in recruit
ing was a kicker and punter to
replace Tommy Thompson,
who ft 1 led each of those duties
for the Ducks during the last
two years The Ducks have
apparently received verbal
commitments from a pair of
high school seniors who can
fill both positions
Matt Belden from Glendale
High School in Phoenix, Ariz..
and Josh Bidwell from Dou
glas High School will both
reportedly sign on with the
Ducks today and vie for the
kicking jobs.
In addition to Bidwell, the
other high-profile in-state
recruit Oregon is expected to
sign is Chad Normoyle. a 6
foot-5, 250-pound offensive
lineman from West Linn.
Other top recruits who have
reportedly made verbal com
mitments to Oregon include
running backs David Crump
of Stockton, Calif., and Kevin
Parker of Oakland, Calif., quar
terback Jason Maas of Yuma,
Ariz., and wide receiver
Patrick Johnson of Redlands,
Calif.
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