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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1996)
Oregon softball is no fairy tale Go ahead admit it When you think of »o ft hell, the find thing the! pope into your heed t« « picture of a group of men who took strikingly similar to Norm from "Cheert*. beer-bellied men that ere trying to prove that they were once the local hero of ton* baseball team, somewhere. immo time long ago and if it weren't for that damn knee injury, they would probably be playing it the majors ... or least triple A. Of course, that * mil why I play. I really was a uh. never mind But If l‘m right, and that is the image you get. stop letting your rmnd deceive you For there are people who play this game for real and ptay it well Yetteroay •Rernaon, whim you were tilling on the lawn Mtawii Condon and Chap nun wailing for your neat data or bonding home for ih« afternoon to watch Rikki luke. you could have been in the bleat hem of Howe Field watching a doubleheader, eating a dug. tipping a node and wondering where all the fat auv* went Sorry, city league HMBl curt for another month Besides, the only real comparison between the Oregon softball leant and a typical city league team is that the admission to the games is free. The differences, on the other hand, are even mute obvious. Clearly. women * collegiate soft hall is competitive —- particularly In the Pacif ic-10 (.inference, where the top three teams in ihe country reside — and the Oregon team is no different Head coach Tumi Brown appears to have a “Go for the throat'* type of coaching philoso phy The few times we liave spoken shout her strategy for an upturning game she has always said something to the effect of “taking the Other team out of the game early ~ This was displayed in last Saturday's home opener against Oregon State with the Ducks' on base aggressiveness Any self-proclaimed baseball buff will also be shucked by the pitching. Tha control, assortment and velocity of the pitches are impressive And If you are one of those peopli who think you can easily hit a softball pin h just because il is thrown underhand, try step ping up to the plate against Duck pile her |en Turn to HANSCN Page 11 ANMW MMOUFMflClu i«MH Soptvomors oufflsfcfcK Missy Kofcs scorsd two runs m the second game fan the Due*** win over Oregon Tech Ducks battle weather, Oregon Tech ■ SOFTBALL; The Oregon often se was stilled sn the first game, but broke through like the sunshine in the second game for an 8-2 win I By Chris Hansen Sports arc often thought it> imitate lift? For the Oregon soft basil (main, lhough, (he games on l urtihv afternoon at times imi tated (he ureal her A doubieheeder against (Ire aim Tech teas on the bill when it looked as though Mother Nature was going to intervene after dark clouds began roiling in and a light min began to fail But the first game started tin time, albeit in a hurried manner aa there were no player Intro dut linns The Ducks (13-17 overall, I S in the Pacific 10 t inferenceJ got stuck in a drea ry pitchers duel that went into estrn innings with the store tied 0 0 The Hustlin' Owls were •bit to icon two tn (he top of ihtt eighth end after an attempt ed Duck rally in the bottom of the inning— *lopi»od (nni|>orari ly for a rain delay — Oregon Tech came away with the £ 0 win sorriAU A tint • 20 tntnule l>r»«k bilwitn i ho rain fioupotl. lht» cloud* hwgMt lu hro<*k •part and a little bit of tunabina through Not to be outdone, the thick* lit It up In the flrai inning of the Mcond name, scoring four run* In the first and finishing the name with an 1-2 victory The first game, which w*» the nwil frustrating game ih« Dim k* have had alt M*«m according in head cout h T*mi Brown. came ikmn to opportunities blown by both learn* |o i««l the victory eat 1 y in live game Scoring chance* were few amt far lietween during the Oral si* tnumgs. but in the bottom of the seventh and final ituting of regu Ution. the Ih« ks put tfwmwIvM in m perfect scoring poaition With one out. the thicks loaded the liases off two singles from Junior Angie LeKoy and senior Trine Salt ido and an Intentional walk of sophomore Jennifer Apfelbaum Freshman Katie Ma« key. who was pinch hilling for freshman Erin Tousle®, was Turn to SOFTBALL. Page 1? Oregon sweeps past the Portland Pilots ■ women s TENNIS; The absence of the No 1 singles player. Elise Adams, caused a position shift for the rest of the Ducks By Ryan Frank fmmnc* Spun* flssxtnw Just a* the tun wm willing its way through the clouds In Eugene cm Tuesday. the Oregon women's Ian nis team * fortunes began to change against Portland Although two Oregon single* players were down early, the Ducks recovered for a sweep of the Pilots. !M1 Oregon's No. 3 singles player, sophomore Allison Sne now was down to Car* Miller 4 l in the first set. but won sis straight games on her way to the two set win. No. 1 singles player, sophomore Caryn Coyle, dropped the first set against Andrea Swick before she came back for the win in her third three set match in the past week “The win felt really good." Coyle said. “Three-setter* are hard to lose. I started mixing up the points better rather than hitting the same shots I think that threw her off a little bit." Oregon's usual No. 2 singles player, senior Elise Adams, was sick and unable to play for the Ducks Because of Adams' absence, all other Oregon singles player* were moved up U» the rotation Pimutman Jaime Martin, who haa not played ainte a Man h IS trip to Ari zona, bant fill Nit kei in (freight aeia at No- A single* ‘With Kh»c tuk. Jaime came In and gav« u* a aoltd »tart.“ head i oat h Wade ludv taid A ft or tearing ell tho Ducks* paint* ago inti Washington Statu on Sunday afternoon, frethman All Napier and Shane) 1» Kaneshtm kept their winning tlrttak going At No 2 tinglet. Napier downed Kate Duffy and Kaneaniro dropped Megan Morrow at No 4 tin ate* Name: and Kanethlro went on to dismantle Swick and Duffy tiNs 1 doubles B-2. "All three of out double* tmuw played a solid malt h." Judy Mid Last weekend Oregon dropped malt he* in Washington and Washington State, and Judy w*» happy with Turns day'* win "After a tough weekend it is nice to see some [win*].” Judy Mid "Portland really has improved and it show* at every position " The win moved the Ducks to 13-6 on the season Ore gon will host Eastern Washington this Friday in its last home match of the season at 3,00 p m. Michigan quarterback suspended for conduct ■ FOOTBALL: Brian Grtese may face charges of destruction ol property ANN ARBOR. Mich (AP) - Michigan quarter back Brian Orta** wu »u«|»endmi from lire football learn and appeared in court Tuesday for arraign ment un a felony charge stemming from a weekend incident in which he allegedly smashed a har win dow. Athletic department spokesman Keith Mot in Mid the matter is being treated a* alcohol related, which mandates suspension "1 have met with Brian and with the team." coach Uoyd Carr Mid Tuesday. "You have to real ixe that an incident such a* this has an effect on the entire program, not just on one individual." Carr Mid he suspended T.riese indefinitely Grieaa. the son of NFL Hall of Fame quartertee k Bob Cri—e, is barred from spring practices, which Turn to FOOTBALL Pag# 13
