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Stroke, stroke, stroke . ... . THOM SCHOENBORN/Emerald Josh Kulla, a senior majoring in Political Science, swims freestyle during Leignton Pool’s open swim hours. Students can swim laps for free at various times throughout the week. Women: Oregon relishes second of three straight home games ■ Continued from Page 11A them last season. “They gained back with Saneholtz, who is making up a lot of that scoring,” Runge said. “But they are probably looking for [Ruff] to make big plays.” Oregon forward Arianne Boyer said it will take more than one player to take over where Ruff left off. “It is really difficult for teams to fill the shoes of big-time players that leave the program,” Boyer said. “I think her shoes will be have to be filled by not one person, but probably three.” The Cougars did have three players who were scoring in double-figures, but lost one to injury last weekend. Center Kristin Erickson left Washington State’s game against Southern Cal early due to a knee injury and will be sidelined tonight. Runge said the loss of Erickson, who was averaging more than 12 points per game, will loom large for the Cougars. Cougar guards Jen Kerns and Niki Castle will also miss tonight’s game due to injury. Along with the Cougar centers, point guard Jade Hyett will also play an important role in tonight’s game. The sophomore is averaging 6.0 assists and 5.1 steals per game this season For Oregon, backcourt play had been a nemesis. But against Oregon State on Jan. 4, the Ducks saw primarily a zone defense, and for the first time this season, the guards responded. Oregon’s backcourt combined to score 32 points in the 77-59 Oregon r Cfi This is a very daunting place for other teams to come and play. There is nothing like playing at home. — Renae Fegent Oregon Center -99 win. Boyer said she welcomes the Cougars to play zone. “I think we proved last weekend if they do play zone then our guards are able to pick it up from the outside and score,” Boyer said. Fegent said that the guard scoring will force teams to defend all five players closely. “We have shown that everyone can score and you can’t concentrate just on Red and I and try and stop us,” Fegent said. “Other girls on the team are going to step up and hurt you.” Tonight’s game will be the Duck’s second of three straight at home, which is an incredible edge, Fegent said. “This is a very daunting place for other teams to come and play,” Fegent said. “There is nothing like playing at home.” Pitch inf Recycle your copy of the ODE. Men: WSU winless in conference play ■ Continued from Page 11A game. Lawrence was briefly sus pended from the team for receiv ing an incomplete in one of his fall classes, but has since made up the work and is back with the team. The Cougars’ back-up point guard freshman Blake Pengelly, a South Eugene graduate, will be playing against the team he grew up watching and will get a chance to play against Kenya Wilkins, someone he has watched for years. If Pengelly is in while Wilkins is out, he will be going against Oregon freshman Mike McShane, a South Salem gradu ate, in a match-up of the two best guards who played in last year’s OSAA 4A High School state bas ketball championships. The game will be televised live on Fx. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:35. Impact: Study compiles six years of NCAA reports ■ Continued from Page 11A off. He now attends Wheaton College, which does not give athletic scholarships. Andre Dennis, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said he would ask the court for an injunction blocking the NCAA from using the fixed test scores, as well as a finding that the practice vio lates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kathryn Reith, director of public information for the NCAA, declined to comment Wednesday. The NCAA compiles reports each year on student-athletes’ graduation and enrollment rates. The new study put side by-side six years’ data — the freshman classes of 1983 through 1989 — to help re searchers detect trends. Among black athletes of both genders, the freshman class of 1983 at Division I schools that give athletic scholarships had total enroll ment of 3,589 and a graduation rate of 35 percent. In the 1986 freshman class, enrollment fell to 3,041, but the graduation rate rose to 44 percent. By the fall of 1989, enroll ment of black male and female student-athletes was up to 3,491, while the graduation rate was 46 percent. Among black male student athletes, enrollment rose from 2,883 freshmen in 1983 to 2,977 in 1985, then tumbled to 2,418 in 1986, the first year of Proposition 48. The number was back up to 2,708 in 1989. For student athletes of all races and genders, total fresh man enrollment at Division I schools that offer athletic scholarships was 13,144 in 1983; 12,871 in 1986; and 13,962 for the entering class of 1989. The NCAA compared grad uation rates for the total group of student-athletes to total stu dent populations, excluding those schools — the Ivy League and the service acade mies — that don’t grant athlet ic scholarships. It found graduation rates of 51 percent for both athletes and the total student popula tions for 1983 freshmen class es; 57 percent for the athletes and just 54 percent for the to tal student bodies enrolling in 1986; and 58 percent for the athletes and 56 percent of all who were freshmen in 1989. Research is based on ath letes who graduate within six years of enrolling, and is re ported about one year after graduation season. The perfor mance of the 1990 freshmen in terms of enrollment and grad uation won’t be reported until June. But Todd Petr, assistant re search director, said the num bers so far bear out the NCAA’s expectation in showing the en rollment of black athletes near ly back at pre-Proposition 48 levels. “As you raise the standards, you have an impact on people obviously at the lower end of the scale in terms of test scores and grade-point average,” Petr said. “You’re cutting people out, and that’s specifically been the case with the minori ty population, a disproportion ate impact.” The NCAA has refined the requirements occasionally since 1986. The latest revision was last spring, when sliding scales of grade-point averages and test scores were adopted — the lower a student’s GPA, the higher the test score must be. 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