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MAW Kk ! f Hi 1 Senior Kara Yoshlda and other Oregon athletes will be trying to bring home trophies from this weekend's Pac-10 Individual Championships In Olai, Calif Duck netters swing into postseason Mark Me Tyre &*QDn >'Wy I ••»»•*> f The Oregon men and women’s tennis teams wilt face their toughest i ompetition of the year when tour nament pUv kn ks off today at the 1’ai to Individual Championships and the Open Collegiate Champi onships in ()|<u, Calif. The four-day P«n to Individual Championships will showcase IH men and 2.1 women who are individu ally ranked among the nation's fa-st The Dm ks will lx* represented by their fwst double pairings of Kara Voshida and Klise Adams for the women and Hans I ■ ust n-rg i:ei Is n:i i VV 11 !i .1 u i !oi I !:■ eon These four players have been nothing short of out standing tins year for Oregon, all holding the No I spot m singles ai turn at one time or another In sin gins, none have t**>n f»*tter than Yo&hida and Williams, 'l oshida compiled a 1J-IH nsiitil and was intiiuil to the Pat-10 Northern Division all canferem e leant She will lie the lone Duck to partii ipate in singles i om petition Williams set a new si hool ns ord for vit to Turn !.. TENNIS, Pa ).* 10 Mills, Hare lead Ducks to fifth in Pac-10 Krts Henry Oeoce Da>'y f mmaki The Oregon women's golf team pulled a few tricks out of its hag on Wednesday and shot its i>«st score of the Nike/Pacific:-10 Conference Women's Coif Championships in the final round to finish in fifth plac e The Ducks finished just two strokes out of third place as they shot u 2‘M» on the? final day. bettered only by Arizona State's 2H2 and USC's 292. "We ployed really well today," Oregon head coach Oira Mack Tennant said Wednesday night. "i'rn really proud of the team. Wo did the host wo could." Oregon soniors Karly Mills and Shannon Hare led tho final round charge, with Mills finish itig fourth and Hare finishing tied for sixth in tho individual competition. Mills carded a final-round 2-under-par to fin ish at 21t> while Hare shot a 71 to finish at 21H "1 think if we would have fin ished fifth playing poorly, we would have been disappoint ed." Mack Tennant said Hut to finish in fifth plait! a ft nr play mg a solid final round, we're just malty happy,” Ham was also given a much deserved award on Wednesda) when she was minimi to the all conference team is an honor able mention "To make honorable mention in the I’m -10 is like making the first team in the rest of the M 1 putting the honor in perspes - live "That is a great honor lor Shannon, She's had a great year.” jU>lfO WOMENS GOLF 10 '-i ■ 'nfHK v - *-4 ' Ar / i t UCLA 691 lanlofd •( An/on.i 89/ 5 Oregon 898 6 WasMingi >n 904 /USC 90S 8. Oregon Slate 949 > 1 Mt MAl.C Fear of football players is not the answer lot nus t>een made oi the recent series of stories in JL ^the Emerald mi football players and intimidation Depending on who you are, you probably have an opinion one way or another on the sub ject. Those w ho hove experienced "incidents" in which football players wore involved probably tend to agree with the sweeping generalization that this deviant behavior is characteristic of the Oregon football program as a whole While it would be ridiculous for me to condone ANY inci dents of violent behavior by Oregon football players, or any body else for that matter, there has to be some kind of middle ground in which people realize ih.it these .ire far non)'problems of epidemic proportion at Ore gon Athletes aren't the only ones on campus who cause trouble. Many cross sections of this University have had their prob lems with violent behavior, but C'iikis Mu/. it seems that being in the public spotlight never allows high-pro file athletes the chanc e to over come the ill-advised things they’ve done. Everybody knows the difficul ties involved with adapting to college For student-athletes, while they are afforded many advantages, adapting to campus life involves more than acade mics: they must also learn to juggle their athletic life, includ ing their new-found status as a campus celebrity It’s easy enough to make gen eralizations in life but. in the case of Oregon football, a few incidents does not a program make. i he reality is that this isn't a perfect world and groups are only considered as good as their weakest links For the Oregon football pro gram and college football pro grams m general, being in the public eve intensifies any wrong-doings by any of its play ers. In this way. the players have a responsibility to the University and the team as well as them selves to conduct themselves in a way so as to avoid these types of incidents There’s no question that foot ball players, as well as other ath letes, have a responsibility to stay out of trouble At the same time, it does no good whatsoever to promote widespread fear of these players through unfair generalizations A football team, much like a student population, is made up of individuals who freely think and act for themselves and have the ability to differentiate them selves from any type of group mentality It's ho.'!! my perception over the iourse of this past school year that most of the student athletes I have spoken with have a hard enough time "fitting in" with the regular student popula tion as it is without the promo tion of the fear of attar k by "the entire starting lineup of the Due ks " The inevitable mystique that goes along with lieing local and campus heroes makes fitting in a very difficult endeavor at that This doesn't excuse the bone head maneuvers that have tieen done by any athlete at any insti tution of higher learning, and it doesn't excuse them at Oregon either Hut for all the negative inci dents involving football players out there, 1, as well as the rest of the Emrrald sports staff, have had far more positive experi ences involving (lie team that warrant viewing it in a positive light. The limited numiier of violent incidents involving its players is Turn t METZ, Pago 10 Tj ij |nr1 r% k\i H mi AY Its i \%J i \ I April 27, 1995 Volume 96, luuc 141 Softball team takes on PSU t Oregon softball team w make up a norveonter <'f n o gam® today as il lakes oo Portland Stale at 3 p rn at Howe Field, playing a game onginaity scheduled for April 9 in Portland I' <3 l lucks travel to !h® Bay Area on Friday *or games agamsl Stanford on Saturday. California on Sunday and finally agamsl UCLA (played Hardin, Tate sign on with NFL clubs Former Ducks Steve Hardin and Willy T ,i!») have ■ jr 0(i tom agent contracts with NFL teams Hardm who played offen sive tackle lex Chi Id IS I 10 Championship team. s good with Indianapolis after Sunday's NFL draft left th® 324-pounder still available I iiie. wtvi played tight end for the Ducks before leaving the team lor personal rea sons prior to his senior sea son. signed with Kansas City According to The Hegmiet Gu.ircl, both Hardm and Tate win report to mint-camps later ! w*.h?k Oregon contingent to pave new Oregon TVail A ninfi“p©fson O^dQOn con* t that w.H include head to 't:.j i Utl< ’ MtkO Be' Ott : ■ ■ " i Jerry Green and head women's basketball coach Jody Runge will embark on a tour day Sour of 12 cd.es !o promote Oregon sixjrts assistant athletic director Jim Barko has anncxinced The Ducks' contingent will clef >ad Mi >• < lay nnvning May 8, from Eugene by motor home and conclude its spring caravan Thursday evening in Portland T’ < • group will stop m i lo rence. Coos Bay and Rose b-./g on Monday, Grants Pass ,md Medford on Tues day, Bend. Salem, Albany and Newport on Wednesday and Lincoin City. Seaside and Portland on Thursday All pubuc Third AD candidate visits Oregon Oregon will interview sin third candidate for trie vacant director of inlercoiieg<afe ath tefics post today as current f resno State Director of Ath letics Gary Cunningham wilt be on campus Visits have also been made by Dr Eve Atkmson, athletics director at Lafayette College, and Biti Moos, athletics direc tor at Montana
