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O’Neil out for Pac-10 opener against Trojans cnris Meu Oeyin Oa-V The injury bug that has hit so hard at times in the past and looked to In* lighting up a bit returned with the news that quar terback Danny O'Neil will miss Saturday's game against lJSC. O'Neil spent Sunday night in the hos pital for treatment of n hand infection that forced him to Iw hospitalized Friday night before Saturday's game against Iowa, putting his starting status for that game in question also. O'Neil also suffered a sprained ankle in the 40- 1H victory over Iowa O'Neil was hack m the hospital Monday to have the infection laru ed o< cording to Oregon coach Rich Brooks. Replacing O'Neil will he sophomore Tony Graziani Graziani has seen some limited action in 1994. going 13-24 for 12H yards and one touchdown. The Oregon coaches have tried to get Grnr.iani in some real game situations early this season just in case something like this happened It s not like he's a fresh rookie." Brooks said "I'm confident he'll do a good joli " (k>od news came on the defensive side though as I ierman 0"Berry is listed ns very doubtful for Saturday's Pacific- It) opener Although O'Berrv is doubtful for Satur day's game, the nows that lu* could possi bly lie ready for the Out ks Pm 10 game against the Trojans is amazing consider ing that initial reports had the senior cor nerhack out fill weeks with a tom knee lig ament. plat ing the remainder of his college career in doubt Although it is not known if O Bern will he ready to piny this weekend. Brooks hojies that he will !*< ready for the Out ks' nest game against Washington Stale It was determine) that the injury was no! a severe complete tear as thought "I'm just happy (or him." Brooks said. “It s not ns bail as originally thought." O'Horry knows all too well what a knee injury can do to a < arver O'Berry suffered a torn ligament in the 1 «»»>;» opening game against Colorado State that kept him out for the entire balance 10*11 season It would have lx«en devastating to the Ducks to lose O'Berry as he is not only one of the pre mier comerhac ks in tfie league, hut a dan gerous return man as well. women s cross country closes in on Pac-10 title Trevor Kearney Ongon Daily Emerald Two weeks of practice was nil it took for the women's cross country team to race up two spots in the national cross coun try poll. Now the women look to thn Minnesota Invitational on Saturday to continue towards regaining the Pacific-10 title . "I thought wo raced well last weekend. We come into this meet having trained only two weeks." Oregon conch Tom Heinonen said, noting that other teams had been training for at least one month. With n third place finish at the Mountain West Classic in Mis soula. Mont , the women’s cross country team finds itself ranked ninth, und going into a meet that does not include one team ranked above it. Heinonen said that this meet, which will he held in Minneapolis. Minn., would he particularly good for the team. "Wo are eager to race again. Being a low-altitude course makes it a true, honest race for us." Heinonen said, noting that the terrain and the five kilome ter distance would he better for the whole team. Saturday’s meet features teams from all over the country, including Mth-mnkud Nebraska and 17th-ranked Cornell. Heinonen said that this factor was another aspect of the meet that would he good experience for the team. "It's a good chance to measure ourselves against teams from all over the country." Heinonen said. At the last meet, Oregon led Arizona in the polls, hut was trailing Michigan and Brigham Young. The Duck's third-place finish behind BYU and Michi gan was the same as last year's Mountain West results "Things tame out the way the preseason poll said they should have," Heinonen said. Sophomore Milena Glusac. who placed fourth at the meet Inst year, led the women finish ing second overall with a time of 20 minutes, 49 seconds, junior Niamh Zwagerman followed with n time of 21:32 . with freshman Rosie Gardner (22:06). junior Melody Fairchild (22:17). and freshman l.iz Howell (23 05) rounding out the top five run ners. "Milena got a really good start She felt much better about her race this year than last year This year she ran more conserv atively.” Heinonen said, adding that he was equally impressed with the times of both freshman runners, Gardner and Howell The women have been forced to redshirt senior janna Carlson, who was sidelined last year with a hamstring injury Carl son, an All-American who missed the trac k, season lust spring, is eligible for one more crosscountry season According to Heinonen, it was decided to redshirt her in order to give her one more full year of running rather than have her run only trac k in her last year of eligibili ty. Montana State took first in the men's portion of the Mountain West Classic:, leaving the Due ks, who were without junior herl Keska, behind in fiftii place. This was the first meet for the men. and they competed against teams that had already partici pated in several meets The Ducks don't rac e again until Oc t Hi, when they host the Jeff Drenth Memorial at Alton Bak er i’ark. Sophomore Kick Cantwell ran a 24:40 to lead the Ducks, and junior Tracy Hollister followed with a time of 24 46, Along with the loss of keska. who w ill be out until at least the Foc-10 Championships, junior Scott Nicholas will spend the season as a redshirt, leaving the team with four freshman to race alongside of Cantwell and Hol lister. PROBLEMS WITH THE UNIVERSITY? The Office of Student Advocacy can help registered students who have problems with university faculty, staff, policies or procedures. We are a free ASUO program providing professional services for students in campus-related matters. Call 346-3722 or stop by 334 EMU to set up an appointment. 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