Three Ducks post career bests
Tyron Manlove accepts
an offer to play for the
University of Colorado
Even in darkness there were
some bright spots.
Despite back-to-back, blow-out
losses to Arizona and Arizona
State, three Oregon players regis
tered career highs in those two
games.
Junior forward Jonathan Nel
son’s 11 rebounds against Ari
zona was a team high and
marked the fourth time this sea
son that Nelson has topped his
previous career-best rebound
mark. Also against the Wildcats,
sophomore forward A.D. Smith
marked his career high in re
bounds with nine.
Most noticeable, though, was
the career-high 12 points fresh
man forward Flo Hartenstein put
up against Arizona State on Sat
urday. Hartenstein is starting to
come around for the Ducks. The
big man is averaging 4.1 points
and 3.8 rebounds (fifth best on
the team) while playing only 15.8
minutes per game — fourth low
est on the team in front of only
Donte Quinine and the two walk
ons.
Hartenstein has also become
a dominating presence under
Chris
Hansen
the basket tor
Oregon, using
his size (6-foot
9, 255 pounds)
to box out and
set screens. In
the last three
games, Harten
stein has set
the tone with
his shot-block
ing abilities,
where he is third on the team
with eight. The most memo
rable being the rejection of
Washington State forward Car
los Daniel’s dunk attempt that
brought the house down when
the Cougars were at McArthur
Court Jan. 17.
We hardly knew thee
Tyron Manlove, Oregon’s most
prized recruit during the Jerry
Green era, has accepted an offer
to play for the University of Col
orado.
The former Portland high
school star at Wilson dropped out
of school at Oregon following the
end of fall classes this school year.
He never played in a game while
at Oregon, redshirting last season
and sitting out the nonconference
games this season, opting instead
to focus on academics.
Manlove was a must-have re
cruit for Green to establish him
self as being able to recruit the
state’s best players. Since
Manlove, Oregon has been suc
cessful at doing just that by get
ting Mike McShane (South
Salem) in 1996 and Freddie Jones
(Barlow) and Dennis Nathan
(Gresham) committed for next
season.
Dubious streak
The last three Oregon head
coaches lost their first contest
against Oregon State. But, unlike
Green, Don Monson and Jim
Haney, first-year head coach
Ernie Kent will be playing his
initial Civil War game at home.
Chris Hansen is the assistant
sports editor for the Emerald
Wrestlers aim for No. 6 Arizona State
Oregon will face the Sun
Devils in Tempe on
Friday as part of a
critical road trip
By Joel Hood
Sports Repoler
A year ago this month, the
Green Bay Packers were celebrat
ing a world championship, Presi
dent Clinton’s approval rating
was soaring, and the Oregon
wrestling team was beginning a
critical road trip that would deter
mine the fate of its season.
Here’s to things that stay the
same.
Oregon takes a critical, late-sea
son road trip again — this time
with the goal of dethroning Ari
zona State from atop the Pacific
10 Conference. The No. 20 Ducks,
still soaring after last weekend’s
sweep of No. 25 Cal-State Bakers
field and Fresno State at
McArthur Court, will take on the
No. 6 Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz.,
on Friday in the first meeting be
tween the two schools this sea
son.
Oregon (6-2 overall, 4-1 in Pac
10} has only beaten Arizona State
once since 1974 and has dropped
11 straight matches to the defend
ing conference champions, in
cluding last season’s slim 20-18
loss at Mac Court.
Thank goodness for Brigham
Young. The Ducks, who kick off
their three-day road trip in Provo,
Utah, on Thursday, have won 10
straight over the Cougars dating
WRESTLING
back to 1988.
Ensrud file
A win against
Brigham Young
on Thursday
would give Jere
my Ensrud 23
tor the season and tie his total
from last season, which ranked
second on the team. Meanwhile,
his climb up the Duck all-time
wins list has landed the 134
pound senior seven wins shy of
sixth place with at least five
matches still to play.
Ensrud tied Curt Strahm for
seventh place on the all-time list
with a 5-1 win over Cal-State Bak
ersfield’s Mike Mendoza last Fri
day. The victory was Ensrud’s
92nd in his celebrated career.
Ensrud also accepted an invita
tion last week to attend the 1998
National Wrestling Coaches Asso
ciation All-Star Wrestling Classic
at Buffalo’s Alumni Arena on Feb.
2. The All-Star Classic is billed as
the premier collegiate wrestling
event in the nation, second only
to the NCAA Championships.
The tournament pits the nation's
No. 1 and No. 2 wrestlers in each
weight class in a dual-meet for
mat.
Ensrud will match-up against
Iowa’s Mark Ironside in the 134
pound match on Monday.
Sonnen’s stats
Chael Sonnen’s impressive
two-pin performance this week
end could not have come at a bet
ter time for the Ducks or head
coach Ron Finley. In their second
to-last homestand of the season,
Oregon’s wrestlers knew the im
portance of keeping pace with the
conference leaders before begin
ning their three-match road trip
on Thursday.
“He is just amazing,” said Fin
ley following Sonnen’s team-high
10th pin this season against Fres
no State. “He is so aggressive. He
just dives at his opponents and
finds ways to bring them down.”
Sonnen’s 10 pins are one better
than his total all of last season and
rank eighth on the Ducks’ single
season falls list.
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