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MONDAY October 13,1997 ss&ss ' - Sports Emerald Scores UCLA (18) .39 Oregon.31 Utah State.16 Oregon St.24 Stanford (16).22 Arizona.28 Arizona State.35 USC.7 California.3 Washington (10) 30 Florida (1).21 LSU (14).28 Ohio State (7) ....27 Penn St. (2).31 Nebraska (3).49 Baylor.21 Florida St. (4) ... 51 Duke.27 Wake Forest.12 N. Carolina (5)....30 OREGON DUC ITiJg.HHirilT—— _ Saturday’s Stars Three UCLA running backs, Skip Hicks, Jermaine Lewis and Keith Brown (pictured), combined tor 253 yards rushing. Play of the Game With the Ducks facing third and 11 on J the UCLA 34-yard line down 27-24, A.J. Jelks dropped a pass that woul have given Oregon the first down and kept the drive alive. The Numbers 1 2 3 4 Final Oregon 21 3 0 7 31 UCLA 17 3 7 12 39 Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Oregon Smith 23*16-1 159 0 UCLA McNown 25-15-1 248 1 Rushing No. Yds TD Long Oregon McCullough 20 133 1 71 UCLA Hicks 12 90 1 42 Receiving No. Yds TD Long Oregon Haynes 6 45 0 12 UCLA Farmer 5 56 0 15 Pac-10 Standings Pac-10 Overall W L W L Washington Stale 3 0 5 0 Washington 2 0 4 1 Stanford 2 i 4 2 Arizona State 2 14 2 UCLA 2142 USC12 2 3 Arizona i 2 3 3 Oregon 1 3 3 3 California 0 2 2 3 Oregon State 0 2 3 2 UCLA 39, Oregon 31 Another one slips away For the third week in a row, blown opportunities hurt the Ducks By Chris Hansen Assistant Sports Editor It was more of the same Saturday after noon from an Oregon Duck squad that at times this season has looked so brilliant and at others so inept. Oregon squandered opportunity after op portunity, both on offense and defense, and for the third game in a row suffered a gut wrenching defeat to move to 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the Pacific-10 Conference. It was also the third-straight loss to a highly ranked conference opponent. The No. 18 UCLA Bruins (4-2, 2-1) came from behind in the second half to win 39-31, in front of 42,314 people at Autzen Stadium. It was the Bruins’ fourth-straight win after starting the season with losses to Washing Turn to LOSS, Page 13A Questions just starting to mount for Oregon Ryan Frank The time had come for Dirk Koetter to face the questions. The Oregon offensive coordina tor was standing with his back against the wall, his face full of disappoint ment and frustration after another agoniz ing loss. “Can you assess the play of your of fense?” Koetter threw his head back, let out a long, deep sigh and said, “Not good enough.” After three straight losses, that has be come a common theme with the Oregon Ducks. In the third episode of the Oregon saga of playing well but just “not good enough,” this one seemed to hurt the most. For the third straight week, a tackle made Turn to FRANK, Page 10A IPP -wJ ..... ' * V , * « Skip Hicks did not play in the second half hut still rushed for 90 yards for the Bruins. MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald Oregon women finish third at Furman Invitational The Ducks beat 11 other teams ranked in the top 25, including No. 3 Villanova and No. 5 Colorado By Joel Hood Sports Reporter The runners called it amazing. Head coach Tom Heinonen called it one of the finest team performances he has ever had at Oregon. In what some consider a preview of the NCAA Championships in November, the Oregon women’s cross country team ran to an impressive third-place finish Saturday at the Furman Invitational in Greenville, S.C. Impressive because the No. 7 Ducks beat 11 other teams ranked in the nation’s top 25. Also impressive because two of those teams were ranked ahead of Oregon, No. 3 Vil lanova and No. 5 Colorado. “This was just a terrific team effort,” Heinonen said. “We beat a couple of teams ranked ahead of us in the polls, even though we weren’t 100 percent. 1 think we might even be better than we showed this weekend.” Despite two runners hampered by nagging in juries and two more bat tling sickness, Oregon ran to its best team finish of 1997. Led by Marie Davis’ llth-place finish, Oregon placed five runners in the top 35, and the 33-second gap between the first and fifth runner was the smallest of the season. raj COUNTRY “I think that really says a lot about this earn and what it’s capable of,” Davis said. ‘Each week is a stepping stone, and I think «ve took a big step this weekend. ” Davis has led Oregon in each of the team’s hree races this season. Although stricken with he flu, her time of 17 minutes, 26 seconds on he 5K course fell just 42 seconds off the win ring pace set by Stanford’s Julia Stamps. However, Saturday’s third-place finish ran also be attributed to her teammates. Senior Kaarin Knudson and junior Liz dowell saved their best finishes of the sea son for the year’s biggest race. Knudson fin shed 22nd overall in a time of 17:47, and Turn toUO, Page14A Stats ■ OREGON: Davis 11 [ Knudson 22 Howell 25 Glusac 27 McMahon 31 ■ TEAM: Stanford (1) 39 Wisconsin (4) 89 Oregon (7) 107
