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Emerald MONDAY January 22, 1996 TODAY IN SPORTS Ducks pick women's first soccer coach Bill Steffen. who helped ihe University of North Carolina capture two national champt onithipa in th«t last threw year*, ha* accepted an appointment a* the unit head coach of women'* soccer at the Uni versity of Oregon, director of athletic*. BUI Moo*, announced last Wednesday "We are fortunate to have a new conch who has been asso ciated with the caliber of pro gram at North Carolina starting ours from scratch." Moos said "Ifa exciting to have a chance to create a program from the beginning at a school such a* the University of Ore gon. winch offers the potential for a successful program " Stef fen said The biggest Issue right now is player* and I will try to use my contacts to attract some strong players." Steffen said. The Northwest region is a strong one for youth soccer and I'm looking forward to recruiting player* in the area." Oregon wili begin playing a limited schedule nest fall. Muos said Five athletes given humanitarian awards ARLINGTON. Va (AP) — li.ik.t-rm Ola ;u won. the »tar center of Houston's two-time NBA champion*, and Andre Agassi. tennis' No C ranked player, are among five profes sional athlete* being honored for their humanitarian effort* They, along with quarter back Boomer Ksiaton of the New York M*. outfielder Jim Euamreich of the Philadelphia Phiilie* and golfer Betty king have been *e tec ted by USA Weekend magazine a* winner* of it* Most Caring Athlete Awards To honor them, the maga wne i* donating *1.000 to the charity of each athlete'* choke ---s_L_ ON THE TUBE Janua#y 22 ■ 4:30 p.m ESPN NCAA baskatbott, St. John's at Saton Mai*. • 5:30 p m. PRIME NCAA basfcatfoatt, f*cm at T®*as Chnsttan ■ 5:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA basketball. Oklahoma at Kansas ■ 8 p m PRIME Soslngat inglmmxKl. Cai*t • • p-m. ESPN NCAA basketball. tong Beach St at Ne* MextCO St IMKMt) Ducks bury Bears for first Pac-10 win ■ WUMtN S BASKETBALL OeQOn beats California after three straight conference tosses By Pete Schn#»ckw S^s«*%*****■ The Drayton women's basketball learns 73 5S win user California on Sunday ifttrnwn wa* Ilk* (herepv for the Ducks — a relatively easy victory whan the toartt needed one (he moat Aftar starting lh« Pacific 10 Conference schedule 0-4 Dragon HMi. 1-4) shot the hall tertter | 309) and defended Min (the Coiden Bears were hald to just 290) than it had in any of its four losses The overall improve ment in teem play translated into a l ? point laugher that wav not as clow as the Anal m.ora indicated "More than anything. we had to prove to ourselves that we still knew how to win." said senior cantar Ranae Fngent who led the Ducks with 15 points 'We pit up early and We tw\ «r let it get dose again We need to get away with a good win instead of just struggling by like we have lately " Oregon stormed out of the gate with a in 3 run to start the game Before the stunned California team knew what hit it. the Duck* were cruising toward a in point first-half advantage Oregon held the Bears without a field goal until Elisa Sokolowska hit a base line mmper with 13 28 remaining in the first period Oregon shot a blistering 377 in the first period, led by the return of tumor Armn# Turn to WOMEN'S BASKETBALL. Parr 16 A,*...,/, ~____ . . _ rMMManWMeMfnMM Courtn#y tUr»9*» and lh* r*«( of th# Oragon wonMO'i Imwd * b«Kh pidy*r» m,, s**trum*m*» tn Ovgon* CdWomla rout California adds to Oregon^ losing streak ■ MEN S BASKETBALL Freshman Tenk Brown ties a Pac-10 record with 21 points from downtown By Andre* DeYoung A$*Mar* Seam f$*» The Oregon men* ba«ketb*il twm v»*ited California on Setur* day. but didn't receive a warm welcome an the Bear* downed the Duck* 97 72 After opening th# Pacific* 10 Conference *e**ott with two •Iraight wine, the Duck* have now iost three in a row to fall to 9-7 overall and 2-3 in the PeelO Of*fK«n *t4v»ti clo*e to the Hear* m the firm half, thank* to U point* (turn freshman guard Terik Brown. alt front behind the three-point tine The Dot k» were behind 4J1H when the team* went to the locker room* at half-time, but (ail took the bell and ran in the second half, dom inating the court for 20 minute* end OUtatOftDg ( >(«xou 51V 34 The Duc.k* could not contain Shit reef Abdur Rahim, who Into the game |trw ie I point* per game end fin iched slightly under hi* average with 2-1 points against Oregon Possibly tit*- best sixth man in lho conference. til Grey, con tributed 21 point* off the bom Is and Cal had two other players In d<mbi«digtt *o*rtitg Oregon"* only two players who scored In double digit* came oil the bomb Brown ended with 21 point*, including *«»«n three point shot*. tying the I’ai 10 record for throw pointer* made freshman for ward A l) Smith had a career high 14 points and led the Ducks with *i* rebound* None of Ologon's starter* could muster more than seven point*. tumor guard Kenya Wilkin* v»a» Heist to only five point* and junior forward Kylii Milling and center Rob Ka maker combined Hu only 11 point* and old* rebound*. The free-throw line proved to he (begun * nemrd* once again a» the Out i s converted only »i* of U *bot», but watched a* the H«*r» hit iJ of Ml from the lure The Duck* come hm k home tht* week looking lo atop their losing streak at three They far e Anwma State on Thursday night and Artaona on Saturday t •» m* CMtMQvt WIMI Sophomon> Jaramy Enarud boat Cal Poty* Da* Long in tha 134-pound match on Saturday at McArthur Court Ducks dive into Pac-10 competition ■ WRESTLING: Ofoyor Warn hosis Cai Poly San Luts Obispo before meeting Oregon State tn Corvallis By Trevor Kearney S*«.**» tfiMy A quick glam* a! the Oregon wrestling team a starting lineup for it* dual meet again*! Cal Poly San Urn Ofiupo on Sat urday may give tba wrong impresaion With only two ntm»n and two junior* in the regular lineup, one might get the impre««ion that head coach Ron Finley and hit »laff are In the procmui of build ing tomorrow * team Not to. however, with this aquad. The young Oucka are very much living In the preterit, bewailng a 2-1 dual meet record and a win over irthranked Ore gon State at the Oregon Oaaek in Decem ber The Duckt alto captured eerond place at the Croat Plain* Invitational earlier thi* month, placing behind only then-No 2 Nebraska The Duck* an* coming off two win* over Division II opponents last wwluttid going into Saturday'* meet against Cal Poly They travel to(ktrvalil* on Sunday to bat tle the Heaver* in one of their toughest dual meets of die season "We've been wanning up for this weak end for quite a while,'* Finley said "We . aw going to have to step up a noti.h from last week and perform to the best of our ability this week We are going to be test ed." Oregon boasts three nationally ranked wrestlers in Kevin Roberts. Jeremy Kntrud and Stott Norton, s trio that ha#combined for a 53-3 record Roberta, a 115-pound senior, is unde feated this year and is ranked third in the nation in his weight data, white Rnsrud. a sophomore who was moved from the Uft-pound weigh! dees to the 134-pound weight class in the off-soason. hat four wins by fall this veer Norton who won the 1W pound Pacif ic-JO Conference title last season a* a sophomore, haa a DM record and is cur rswtly ranked fourth in the nation
