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Golf: International players add depth ■ Continued from Page 11 Women’s Invitational, but more importantly she tied for fourth at the Rolex Fall Preview, a tournament showcasing the top players in the country. That per formance boosted her individual ranking from 29th at the beginning of the season. Patterson, who graduated from Central Catholic High School in Portland, prepared for this season by competing in four tournaments over the summer, winning two including the Oregon Women’s Ama teur and placing second in another. No small achievement for anyone. Baumgartner has done a lot to improve the team in the past two years, signing some of the best interna tional amateurs like Heuser and Wilson to accompa ny the always solid Patterson. Heuser, from Wuppertal, Germany, was one of the biggest steals by coach Baumgartner. She was the top amateur in Germany last year, winning the National German Amateur Championship. Heuser is obvious ly no stranger to the golf course. She practically grew up on one. In Germany she attended a “sort of kindergarten" where the only way to advance was to spend time on the putting green or out on the driving range. Heuser spent her time on the driving range, advanced, and landed a scholarship to an American university. “Someone like Anika has a lot of experience,” Baumgartner said, “She’s a great player and when your athletic department is spending a lot of money you want to bring in the best that you can from any where.” So far this year Heuser has proven that she can be the best, winning the Minnesota Invitational in the Ducks’ first tournament this year. Heuser shot even par for the tournament and won in a playoff, but it was no big deal to her. “Actually it was kind of weird [to win],” Heuser said. “When I played in my first [tournament] I played good and I won it. I thought, ‘well, that wasn’t what it was supposed to be’, but it was a strange feel ing because it was the first tournament and I wasn’t expecting anything.” Heuser’s victory in the first tournament spurred Wilson to step up in the second tournament of the season at the Northwest Women’s Invitational Tour nament. “Kylie said that if Anika can do it than I can do it,” Baumgartner said. “They feed off of each other.” Wilson won outright by five strokes. Her victory capped off the Ducks’ first back-to-back team and in dividual tournament wins in the teams’ 10-year his tory, but like Heuser, Wilson didn’t get a big head about the win. “It was awkward, different, just in the way they go about things over here,” Wilson said. “It was good though.” Wilson, coming from Auckland, New Zealand, was another lucky strike for the Ducks’ golf program. A former Oregon golfer who worked in New Zealand told someone that the Ducks were looking for play ers and giving out scholarships. Wilson found out about it and wrote a letter to the school. "It was quite fluky, actually,” Wilson said. Both Wilson and Heuser credit their coming to Oregon to Baumgartner, saying that it was her per sonal letters to them that made them feel like they were actually wanted by the program, in contrast to the standard form letters that Heuser received from other schools. It is obvious that Baumgartner has brought an in ternational flavor to the golf team in an attempt to make them one of the best in the country. Other than Wilson and Heuser another one of Oregon’s top play ers is from overseas. Karen Bristow, a sophomore from Queensland, Australia, adds experience and depth to the Oregon roster. Sophomore Brooke Taylor and redshirt fresh man Dawn Berry round out Oregon’s international roster, both coming to Oregon from Calgary, Alberta. Freshman Angie Rizzo, from Coon Rapids, Minn., and Tara Keller of Visalia, Calif., make up the rest of Oregon’s top qualifiers this year. Rizzo played well in her home state at the Minnesota Invitational, fin ishing in a tie for ninth place in her first college tour nament. There is no doubt that this Oregon team is diverse, but the players seem to enjoy learning about each other’s country. “1 think it’s fun,” Rizzo said. “You learn a lot about different things having them over here. They teach you about things that they know and that we don't." “Everyone has to be open minded,” Heuser said. “It’s a good mixture and it’s pretty nice because you learn so much about all parts of the world.” The Ducks will see if they can continue their suc cess this weekend at the Lady Cardinal Invitational in Beaumont, Tex. One more win would leave them standing on high ground going into the winter break and all that would be left would be to pick up in the spring where they left off in the fall. Playoffs: Wohlers picks up fifth postseason save ■ Continued from Page 11 two-out, two-run single in the bot tom of the ninth. For the Braves, it’s another chance to enhance their reputa tion for playoff rallies. They won the 1991 NLCS by pitching two consecutive shutouts to overcome Pittsburgh, then beat the Pirates the next year by scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth. For the Cardinals, it’s a last chance to hold off the Braves, and their own history. Of the 47 teams to hold 3-1 leads, 40 have gone on to win the series — St. Louis is the only club to blow that edge twice. La Russa gambled by starting rookie Alan Benes in order to give his tired pitchers a break. Benes gave up only three hits over five innings as the Braves managed just a sacrifice fly by Jermaine Dye in the second and an RBI single by Mark Lemke in the fifth. The Braves thought they had made it 3-0 in the seventh, but Lemke was called out for leaving third base early on an apparent sacrifice fly by Chipper Jones. Third base umpire Bob Davidson made the call as Lemke was get ting high-fives in the dugout, though replays made it look like the tag was legal. “Clearly, in my opinion, it was 100 percent correct,” Davidson said. “I don’t care what they show on TV, and that’s the name of the game.” That play almost proved costly to the Braves before they added an insurance run for real in the eighth on an RBI single by Rafael Belliard that shortstop Royce Clayton al most caught. Maddux, tagged for a career high-tying eight runs in a Game 2 loss, bounced back to look every bit the pitcher who has won four straight Cy Young Awards. Maddux walked none, struck out seven and did not permit a runner past first base until the sev enth. He threw only 62 pitches over the first six innings, never go ing to a single three-ball count. In the eighth, Maddux retired the first two batters before Clayton singled and took third on a single by Willie McGee. Cox brought in his relief ace and Wohlers bounced a wild pitch that made it 2-1. Wohlers avoided further trou ble and closed for his second save of the series and fifth of this post season. The Braves made it 1-0 in the second. Fred McGriff singled and went to third on a double by Javy Lopez, bringing up Dye. In a strange play, Dye hit a foul when his back swing hit the ball after it popped out of catcher Tom Pag nozzi’s mitt. He then followed with the sacrifice fly. Jeff Blauser was hit by an 0-2 pitch to start the fifth, moved up on a sacrifice by Maddux and scored on Lemke’s two-out single. Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Block From Campus 345-1651 get the Inside Track on admissions Com* to on* of our frOO seminars* ..F8 School 1 -3' vM»wjr—..■ School School School andlaamhowto ovwcom* th«M hurdles: • Entrano* Exam* • lnt*rv(«wa - Applications • Essays Sat, October 19 $pac« is limited! Call today to raaarva your saat 1-800-KAP-TEST KAPLAN Croskrey paces Ducks in men’s golf tourney ■ OREGON: The Ducks are playing well in the fall season By Ryan Halvorsen Sports Reporter The Oregon men’s golf team came back strong in the final round of the Pacific Chase Chevrolet golf tournament at Saddle Creek Country Club in Stockton, Calif., Tuesday to finish tied for second place with Long Beach State. Wash ington captured the team title with a 882 team score. Sophomore Derek Croskrey paced the Ducks, shooting a two-over-par 74 in the final round to finish with a team high 221 for the tournament and leading the Ducks to a 888 team score. “We came back pretty good... played fairly well and got a little help from the teams ahead of us,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said in a press release Tuesday. “We didn’t lose this tournament, Washington won it.” Chris Cone got off to a hot start for the Ducks, shooting a 71 in the first round. Cone cooled off in the second and third rounds, shooting a 77 and 75 respectively and finish ing with a 223. Senior J. J. Astorquia and freshman Ryan Lavoie also fin ished with scores of 223 to bol ster Oregon’s team score. Jeff Barney shot a 233 to round out Oregon’s finishers. Ben Crane was on pace to score in the low 220’s, but he withdrew from the third round for medical reasons after shooting even-par in the sec ond. “We’re going in the right di rection and I feel we’re going to be competitive on a consis tent basis this year,” Nosier said. “We have a blend of youth and experience and they’re maturing nicely so far.” Mike Lawrence, of Califor nia at Irvine, captured the indi vidual title with a five-under par 211, five shots ahead of Todd Tanner of Utah State. HRHfls restaurant Korean & Japanese Cuisine Low Fat Low Calories Brown Rice Available. 1219 Alder St. Across the Street from Sacred Heart Hospital More than 15 New Dishes! 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