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Hughes is back to her old self
In the final 50 seconds of
their last two games, the
Ducks have shot 76.9
percent from the line
By Ryan Frank
Sports Editor
Finally, Oregon head coach
Jody Runge is getting the produc
tion she wants from Natalie
Hughes.
Hughes, the Ducks’ 5-foot-10
point guard, was an integral part
of Oregon’s trip to the second
round of the NCAA Tournament
last season, but in the last game of
the nonconference schedule
against Kansas this season and the
first few games of the Pacific-10
Conference season, she was al
most a non-factor.
Hughes never was a traditional
point guard for Oregon, rather she
has been one of the team’s top
scorers.
She is second on the team at
13.8 points per game, just one
tenth of a point behind freshman
Brianne Meharry.
But her performances have
been up and down to say the
least.
She had 30 points against West
ern Kentucky in a 92-90 loss ear
ly in the season and scored 29
against Washington State in a
tournament in Hawaii in Decem
ber, but she hasn’t matched either
of those performances since.
She hit just two of her 11 shots
against Kansas on Dec. 29 for four
points, a very un-Hughes like
showing.
Against California in the con
ference season opener, she was
just two for seven from the field
for four points.
And against Stanford, she
missed 10 of 16 attempts from the
field.
After the Ducks split the games
against California and Stanford in
the Bay Area, Runge let Hughes
and starting shooting guard Lisa
Bowyer know that they weren’t
playing up to the high expecta
tions she holds for them.
“I think obviously Natalie
needs to play more consistently,”
Runge said in the week following
the split of the Bay Area games.
"She’s had huge games where
she’s played very, very well. Then
I thought she had a very average
game against Kansas, and I think
she is a senior on this team and
she needs to be a consistent per
former for us.”
Hughes clearly wasn’t thankful
for the extra pressure Runge had
thrust on them to lead a team with
seven freshmen.
“It’s not a good feeling either,”
Hughes said in the week follow
ing the games in the Bay Area. “If
you’re pressured to play well, it’s
harder than just going out and
playing.”
Hughes improved against
Southern California, scoring 18
points while hitting five of 13 at
tempts from the field.
But her play fell off again
against UCLA with a five-for-15
showing from the field.
During that stretch, Hughes has
been non-existent in the crucial fi
nal minutes of games, including
the five-point loss to UCLA.
But that spell of sub-par play
seems to be out of Hughes’ sys
tem.
The senior scored 12 points at
Washington, but hit two three
pointers on back-to-back Oregon
possessions that basically sealed
the win.
Against Washington State, she
tallied 19 points and three three
pointers.
“I’m focusing a little better, I
guess,” Hughes said. “It’s a slump
— nothing big.”
Whatever it was that Hughes
was missing, Runge is more than
happy that Hughes is back to
playing the way she started the
season.
“She is very capable of playing
that way,” Runge said. "That’s the
kind of performance we expect
from her on a consistent basis,
and 1 think still yet she can play
better than she is playing.”
Free-throw show
The Ducks free-throw perfor
mance in the final minute of their
last two games has, surprisingly,
been what helped them win both
games in Washington.
In the final 50 seconds of the
two games last week, Oregon hit
10 of 13 (76.9 percent) attempts
from the free-throw line.
While their free-throw shooting
has improved of late, one thing
that has been consistent all season
has been the Ducks’ dominance of
free-throw attempts.
In their 14 games, the Ducks
have attempted 402 free throws,
compared to just 270 for their op
ponents.
The large difference in attempts
almost makes up for Oregon’s
63.2-percent shooting from the
line.
Odds and ends
■ All five Oregon starters
scored in double-figures in its win
at Washington last Thursday. It
was the first time this season that
has happened.
■ The Ducks held Washington
and Washington State to less than
60 points and 38-percent shooting
from the field.
■ Balance has been big with the
Ducks, as four different players
have led the team in scoring and
seven different players have led
the team in rebounding, including
ties. Brianne Meharry has led in
scoring six times, Hughes five,
Angelina Wolvert three, and
Bowyer once.
Meharry has also led in re
bounds five times; Nicole Strange
three; Mendy Benson, Bowyer,
Jenny Mowe twice; and Sonja
Curtis, Lindsey Dion and Angeli
na Wolvert once.
Tennis teams have strong openers
I he men began the season with three
victories in Hawaii
By Tim Pyle
Freelance Sports Reporter
The Oregon tennis teams enjoyed winning road
trips over the weekend.
The men began their team season with three victo
ries in Hawaii. Meanwhile, the women advanced one
player to the semifinals in singles and claimed a con
solation singles championship with another at the
Pacific-10 Conference Indoor Championships in
Seattle.
The men defeated Hawaii-Hilo, BYU-Hawaii and
Hawaii, before having their final match against BYU
Provo canceled on Saturday because of rain. The
Ducks are 3-0 heading into Pac-10 play beginning on
Jan. 30 at No. 1 Stanford.
Oregon defeated BYU-Hawaii, 5-2, on Thursday in
a match that head coach Chris Russell said was the
toughest of the three his team completed.
“We beat a good team that day,” Russell said. “We
had to earn it to come out ahead.”
On Friday, the Ducks swept Hawaii, 7-0, by not
losing a singles or doubles match. Erwan Kergroach,
Guillermo Carter, Carlos Navarro, Joaquin Hamdan,
Miguel Arriaga and Jeff Thomsen all won their sin
gles matches. Kergroach-Carter, Thomsen-Arriaga
and Hamdan-Navarro were all victorious in doubles
matches.
Oregon could well be 4-0 at this point if not for the
intervention of a factor beyond its control — namely
I-Z
rain. The Ducks split the only two completed singles
matches against BYU-Provo, but led in three out of
four other singles matches when the match was can
celed.
“I think the guys that really stood out were Miguel
Arriaga and Carlos Navarro,” Russell said. "In both
singles and doubles, those guys played very solidly.”
For the women, Sarah Colistro won the Flight 2
consolation championship in singles on Monday. In
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(defeated Arizona’s Monique Alle
gre in straight sets. Colistro lost in
the first round to Jenny Svanfeldt of
Washington, but rebounded by
winning three consecutive matches
to claim her title.
The Ducks’ Alina Wygonowska
lost to Annica Cooper of UCLA in the Top Flight
semifinals on Sunday. Wygonowska won two match
es on Saturday against Erica Perkins of Washington
State and Reka Cseresnyes of Arizona State, respec
tively, to advance to the semifinals.
Oregon’s Alison Sosnow defeated Patricia Gajdzik
of Washington State in her first match on Saturday,
but then lost in the quarterfinals to Kelly Rudolph of
UCLA.
Andrea Petrovic, Jaime Martin and Shanelle
Kaneshiro all lost their first-round singles matches.
All three Ducks’ doubles teams — Kaneshiro-Sos
now, Petfovic-Wygonowska and Colistro-Martin —
lost their first-round doubles matches.
The Oregon women begin Pac-10 play on Jan. 30
when they face Stanford at home.
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