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TODAY’S SPORTS r J r J Six basketball players earn academic honor The Oregon women’s basket ball team placed six players on the Pacific-10 Conference All Academic squad for the second straight year, including three on the first team league commis sioner Tom Hansen announced Thursday. Seniors Cindie Edamura (3.90 gpa), Betty Ann Boeving (3.85) and Renae Fe gent (3.80) each repeated as first-team selections, while Edamura and Boeving earned their third-straight selections af ter second-team selections as sophomores. Arianne Boyer re peats as a second-team selec tion and Mendy Benson and Sonja Curtis were both named honorable mention selections last season. Women’s soccer to host Portland The Oregon women’s soccer team released its tentative spring schedule with play be ginning next Sunday against California in Berkeley. Oregon will play four games in Pullman Wash., over two days on the 18th and 19th of April followed by a double-header with Oregon State and Portland State in Cor vallis on the 26th. Saturday May 3 Oregon will host national pow er Portland. Surprise starter sparks Mets to 4-2 victory ■ BASEBALL: Brian Bohanon pitches seven strong innings to defeat the Giants The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Bo hanon’s emergency start put new life into the New York Mets. Starting in place of ailing Pete Harnisch on two hours notice fol lowing his recall from the minor leagues, Bohanon pitched seven strong innings for his first Nation al League victory as the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 Sun day, “Great might be too mild a word to use for what he did,” Mets man ager Bobby Valentine. “He made quality pitches and met this chal lenge as well as anyone could have met it.” Harnisch, who has been suffer ing from insomnia, was sent back to New York earlier in the day. There is some speculation he may be going through withdrawal after trying to quit a 13-year chewing to bacco habit, but there was no offi cial word on his condition pend ing another evaluation by team doctors. “It’s a situation he has to deal with himself and hopefully he’ll be able to resolve it quickly and permanently,” Valentine said. Bohanon was recalled Saturday from Triple-A Norfolk to fill the roster spot of disabled pitcher Yorkis Perez and was told by Valentine two hours before Sun day’s game that he would be mak ing his first start in nearly two years. “I thought he was kidding me at first. Then I went over and looked at the lineup and I was the one on it,” Bohanon said. "I really didn’t know what to expect. I just told myself I was going to give it every thing I had for as long as I could. After that first inning, I was able to cruise a little bit and as each in ning went down, things just start ed rolling.” Bohanon (1-0), signed during the offseason as a six-year minor league free agent and one of the team’s final spring training cuts, gave up two runs on four hits. He struck out five and walked one in helping the Mets salvage a win in the finale of the three-game series while making his first start since Aug. 20, 1995, against Minnesota as a member of the Detroit Tigers. “He really did the job for us,” said Bernard Gilkey, who had an RBI single during New York’s three-run first. “He kept them off balance and made the most of his opportunity.” Bohanon walked Rick Wilkins to start the eighth and Greg McMichael relieved. Pinch-hitter Damon Berryhill hit an RBI dou ble, but overran second and was tagged out by third baseman Butch Huskey. “What I was doing was reading the relay,” said Berryhill, who strained his right hamstring trying to avoid the tag and left the game. "Just as he caught the ball, my hammy grabbed and I was toast. I guess I just should have pulled up at second.” John Franco relieved to start the ninth. Glenallen Hill led off with a bloop double and Barry Bonds walked on four pitches, but Fran co struck out Jeff Kent and got J.T. Snow on a game-ending double play grounder. Bohanon, after giving up a two out double to Kent, retired 15 straight before Glenallen Hill’s two-out single in the sixth. But Bo hanon disposed of the threat by getting Bonds on a popup. Mark Gardner (0-1) pitched sev en innings, settling down after al lowing three runs in the first. Lance Johnson drew a leadoff walk, Gilkey and Carlos Baerga later had RBI singles and Huskey had a sacrifice fly. San Francisco came up with a run in the bottom of the first on Hill’s single, which scored Stan Javier, who had a leadoff single and stole second. Alex Ochoa had an RBI double in the Mets ninth. Frank: Will Green be able to fill UT’s 24,000-seat arena? ■ Continued from Page 11A And the Tennessee women’s basketball team’s performance in 1997 will only draw more atten tion to itself, while taking atten tion away from the fledgling men’s program that Green was brought in to revive. Not only must Green compete with those programs, but he will also suffer comparisons to the women’s basketball head coach, Pat Summitt, which is like com paring Green to the John Wooden. Summitt trails only Wooden for the most basketball champi onships in NCAA history, and she took her team to the title in 1997 after suffering 10 regular season losses and a fifth-place fin ish in the SEC. And how many women’s bas ketball teams can say they have a 172-page media guide? Better yet, how many men’s basketball teams can say that same thing? Granted, Green will have a beautiful arena that seats more than 24,000 fans, but the big ques tion will be: Can he fill it? It will be interesting to see if Green can breathe life into a pro gram that has been down and out for quite some time, and bring it to a level comparable to the rest of the SEC. But what should be even more interesting to see is if Green can compete with two other sports on his very own campus. Ryan Frank is the sports editor for the Emerald. His views do not necessarily represent those of the paper. His column appears every Monday in the Emerald. New Coach: Green will be in Eugene for the team banquet ■ Continued from Page 11A course it being a Pac-10 venue, and if you look at the perfor mance of the Pac-10 in the re cent NCAA Tournament.” Prior to his meeting with Taylor, Moos interviewed Cal State Northridge head coach Bobby Braswell on Friday in Los Angeles. But before heading to South ern California, Moos made a stop in the Bay Area to meet with Saint Mary’s head coach Ernie Kent. The first of the four to be interviewed was Oregon assistant coach MarkTurgeon, who met with Moos on Wednesday. “Pve been very impressed with all four interviews,” Moos told The Associated Press. “I came out of all four feeling that any one of them could be a suc cessful coach at the University of Oregon.” After meeting with the four candidates, Moos will now take the next few days to make a decision. Moos told The As sociated Press he would use Sunday to check references over the phone. An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, after the 1997 men’s basketball ban quet is wrapped up on Monday. Green, who was in Knox ville, Term, on April 1, will be back in Eugene for a 2 p.m. meeting with the media on Monday before the Ducks hold their annual banquet at 6 p.m. at the Eugene Hilton. Young Adults with Diabetes Group Support and information for you, your family and friends Meets every second and fourth Wednesday April 9, 23 May 14, 28 •^June 11, 25 • 5-6 PM • Upstairs Conference Room UO HEALTH CENTER For more information, call 346-4454 HEALTH CENTER • 13TH & AGATE • 346-2770 http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ UOSHC/ Jnt&rtM’&ve.n *}^entitles: Southeast Asia in the Greater Asia-Pacific Community 7th Conference of the Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies * -Chatchawan Nilsakul '97 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon April 25-27, 1997 The conference is expected to be a stimulating venue for academic discussion and discovery. Join us and the Northwest Consortium in exploring Southeast Asia, and sharing ideas, experiences, research, and resources! Session topics include: Modern Indonesian Monties Cultural Heritage in SE Asia History, Gender and Identity Issues • Mnance ana lraae in Asia • ASEAN and Zopfan • Higher Education in SE Asia Special Events and Activities • David E. Jeremiah Keynote Address by Edilberto de Jesus, President of Far Eastern University in Manila. Friday, April 25, 4 p.m„ Gerlinger Lounge, UO • Teacher Training Workshop, Friday, April 25, 9 a m.-3 p.m. • Kultura Pilipinas Night: Conference Dinner and Entertainment, Friday, April 25, 7:30 p.m., EMU Ballroom • Exhibits by film houses, publishers, bookstores, and student groups • Video Review and Feature Film • Academic credit is being offered for the conference and teacher's workshop. For registration information, please contact: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies • 1246 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1246 USA • Fax: (541) 346-0802 • Tel: (541) 346-5084 http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~caps/
