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California 3-6
Army 3-4-1
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North Carolina 4-4
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
/he Oregon cluh sports rugby team lakes
on Whitman this Saturday
The Tugene Snowcats make their dehut
at l ane ('ounty Ice Rink tonight at ' <0
The women’s cross country team heads
into district competition Saturday.
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SATURDAY
The Oregon < lub sport*
hockey team travels to
Palo Alto. Calif, on Sat
unlay to take on Stan
ford Also on Saturday,
the club sports ultimate
team is sponsering 24
hours of ultimate at
Graham f ields on f\>!k
Street
Friday
November 10. 1995
Ducks put perfect road record on the line in Arizona
■ FOOTBALL: Oregon looks to
bolster its bowl chances in its final
away game of the season
By Trevor Kearney
Sports HdHor
The Oregon football team takes its
undefeated road record to Tucson, Ari/ .
this weekend to take on the Arizona
Wildcats at 12:30 p m in the team's set
ond-to-last game of the season.
The Ducks (7-2 overall, 4-2 conference)
have n 4-0 re< ord away from home and
are in the thick of the race for a Cotton
Bowl berth while still holding an outside
possibility for the Rose Bowl But accord
ing to head coach Mike Bellotti. the
Ducks are concentrating more on winning
their last two games than on what the
postseason holds for them.
"We have a two-game season left,” Bel
lotti said. ’’If we go 2-0 in that two-game
season, we will go to the l>est bowl avail
able. I licliove that. I’m not saying that we
have to go 2-0, but my point is we are
going to take every game one at a time.
And we have a two-game season and the
very most important game is this game on
the road against Arizona.”
The Ducks enter the game as healthy as
they have been all season, with the team's
only serious injuries being sophomore
kic ker Matt Belden, sophomore line
backer Jeff Branson and junior offensive
tackle Willy Rife Bidden and Branson are
definitely out and Rife, who injured his
knee in Oregon’s 24-22 win over Wash
ington last week, is listed as doubtful.
According to Bellotti, the Ducks' sec
ondary is still a bit banged up as junior
cornerbac k Ronnie Gipson and senior
cornerbacks Brian Collins and Isaac
Walker are all suffering from nagging
injuries but are still probable. Junior nose
tut kle Bryant Jackson (ankle) and senior
flanker Crist in Mcl-iunore (back) are both
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The Ducks will look to senior tailback Ricky Whittle to help balance the Ducks' offensive attack and counter Arizona's strong defense
questionable for Saturday's game.
Arizona's defense is the Ducks' major
concern, as the Wildcats boast the l’ai -
10's best defense and are ranked No. 5 in
the country The Wildcats are allowing
only 2(>0 yards per game this season, and
have one of the nation's top players in
senior defensive end Tody Bruschi, who
is the all-time Pac-10 sacks leader and is
No. 3 on the NCAA's all-time list
Statistic ally they .ire the No 1 defense
by far in our Conference." Bel lot ti said.
" Teddy Bruschi is healthy and is closing
in on the all-time sack record and they
have a tremendous crew around him.'*
While Bellotti praises Bruschi. ho also
recognizes that the Ducks will have their
hands full with several other Wildcats
who have become strong defensive forces
m the Pac- It), including senior defensive
tackle Chuck Osborne and junior defen
sive tackle Joe Salavea.
"fie is a great football player not just
Inna use of what he does physic.ally but
his determination is what I think sots
him apart." Bellotti said "He is going to
fight arid claw and scratch and get there
and he always gives 100 percent, aricf I
like that m a foot ha II plover
’ 1 think obviously their whole defense
is predic ated on effort and going 100 per
cent all the time I think they alt fum turn
as a unit, they all have their roles and
part of the reason that Teddy can make a
lot of the plays he makes is bec ause guys
lilo Osborne and Salavtm are occupying
blockers "
To counter the Wild* jits strong defense.
Uellotti said, the Ducks are going to look
to balancing their offensive attack
between the running game and the pass
ing game
“I think the biggest thing is to get rid of
the twill quickly and establish on effit lent
running game inside that doesn't take a
long time to develop and to avoid
turnover." [kdlotti said "You have got to
balance tip your attack and create at least
a question in the defense’s mind that you
i an run or pass on any given situation.
And I think to do that you have to be
effective in your running games and
avoid negative plays."
Oregon looks for strong outing at district meet on Saturday
■ CROSS COUNTRY: The
women's team is looking
to qualify for the national
meet this Saturday
By Pete Schneider
Sports Reporter
After winning back the Pacif
ic- 10 Conference title last week
end, the Oregon women’s cross
country team can now turn its
attention toward loftier goals on
the national level.
Oregon heads into the District
VIII Cross Country Champi
onships this weekend on the
Lewis River Golf Course in
Woodland, Wash., looking to
claim a spot in the NCAA
National Championships in two
weeks In order to receive an
automatic invitation to nation
als, the fourth-ranked Ducks
must either win or plai n second
in the district meet A third or
fourth place finish in Woodland
would mean that Oregon would
have to rely on the tournament
selection committee for a
national hid.
"We want to win the meet."
Oregon head coach Tom
Huinonen said. "You want to
earn your way to nationals by
finishing First or second. All we
have to do is get to there, but
that's the way we want to get
there ”
luist season, junior Milena
Giusac Finished first individual
ly and the Ducks finished third
overall at the district meet
behind Stanford and Arizona.
They were on the verge for the
at-large selection that they ulti
mately received from the selec
tion committee.
This year. Oregon does not
have an easy road to nationals,
as they must face Arizona. Stan
ford and Washington for the sec
ond consecutive week. Each
team is ranked in the national
top 13 (No. 7, 10 and 13, respec
tively) ami has a substantial shot
at winning the district meet
"We want to win the meet
outright because we don't want
to have to wait around until
Tuesday to see if we are going to
nationals." Heinonen said.
Oregon was emotionally
charged going into the Pac-10
meet last weekend at Stanford.
ami managed to record a (earn
victory, thanks to a second
place finish by senior All-Amer
ican Jenna Carlson. Senior
Melody Fairchild was able to
overcome pain in her injured
left knee to place fifth and fresh
man Marie Davis turned in her
I jest nice of the season to finish
1 l!h and seal the Oregon victo
ry
Although the Ducks wore
crowned Pec-10 champs last
weekend at Stanford, Heinonen
is not satisfied with the team's
performance.
“I think wo can 1>« a lot (letter
than we showed at the Pac-lOs,"
he said. “We took seven people
there and four of them ran as
well as they've run all season.
Three of them didn't.”
Between 1H and 20 teams will
participate in the district meet,
putting an emphasis on the Ore
gon 4-5-0 runners VVitli twice as
many teams competing this
weekend than at the Par-to
meet. Heinonou puts a premium
on the performance of his team's
middle runners to score crucial
points.
"We feel like wo are fully
capable of getting to the nation
als. but we can't rest on our lau
rels." Heinonen said. “1 think
our team has a lot more confi
dence how than Indore we won
the Par.-10 because we've shown
that we can run and win in the
clutch. To win nationals or even
come home with a fourth place
trophy, we have to Ini a lot bettor
than we've been."