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Prep: Ducks have oral commitments from 17 players ■ Continued from Page 7 touchdowns in his senior season and is entertaining offers from UCLA, Arizona State, Washing ton State and Oregon. He visited the Oregon campus last week end. The Ducks’ heartbreaking loss was that of high school star run ning back Willie Huarst, 5-10, 185, out of Compton, Calif,, who orally committed to Washington. Overall, the Ducks have oral commitments from 17 players so far, eight offensive, eight defen sive and one special teams. Look for more in-depth recruiting information in the Emerald early next week. Tire Fighting Ducks Re view contributed to this report. ffheck out Rhythm 0 Reviews every FRIDAY in the Oregon Daily Emerald. 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The Ducks (6-2 overall, 4-1 in the Pacific-10 Conference) can ex tend their 10-match winning streak over the Cougars and im prove to 4-1 on the road this sea son with a victory Thursday in Provo, Utah. The first ofthree road matches in three days for No. 20 Oregon. Enough motivation, head coach Ron Finley said, to keep Oregon's wrestlers from looking past BYU to their key Pac-10 matchup with No. 6 Arizona State on Friday. “This road trip should be a good test for this team,” Finley said. “The rules changes last week di verted our focus a little bit, but I think we’re back on track heading into the home stretch. I think that we’re still making good progress.” Progress that has been slowed in recent weeks by the NCAA’s new weigh-in rule but has come with the team’s ability to bounce back after injuries this season. John Taylor, the Pac-lO’s top ranked wrestler at 118 pounds, has fought back from a serious knee injury that sidelined him for the Ducks’ first six matches this season. Since his return, the senior has compiled an 8-4 overall record. “John has really helped us so lidify the lower weights,” Finley said. Despite having a fingernail WRESTLING ripped out against Fresno State last Satur day, Taylor will wrestle against BYU. Jeremy En srud had to forfeit his 134-pound match against rival Oregon State two weeks ago, following a shoul der injury he sustained in practice. However, Ensrud came back to record two crucial wins during the Ducks’ homestand last weekend. Along with the injuries, several Oregon wrestlers have had to bat tle flu and strep throat viruses throughout the past four weeks. This doesn’t sound like a team poised to make a run at defending conference champion Arizona State, or does it? “I think we’re peaking at the right point in the season," 150 pound Daryl Christian said. “It’s just a matter of putting it all togeth er during the match.” Hockey finishes season with wins in Washington The Ducks defeated the Washington State Cougars 6-3 on Friday and 7-3 on Saturday By Tim Pyle and Brian Deka Freelance Sports Seporters Two pivotal wins over Wash ington State last weekend provid ed the Oregon Club Sports hookey team with momentum heading into the postseason. The Ducks finished their regu lar season by beating the Cougars 6-4 on Friday night and 7-3 on Sat urday. All Cougar hopes of earn ing a playoff berth were destroyed with the losses. Oregon’s line of center Eric Williams and wingers Ezra Louthis and Ari Friedman provid ed eight goals total in the two games. Williams tallied five goals and one assist, Louthis five assists and one goal and Friedman two goals and two assists. Goalies Josh Hardin, who played on Friday, and Stuart Robertson, who played on Satur day, both played particularly well, said head coach Geoff Nor man. Washington State dropped to 7 7 in the Pacific-8 Hockey Confer ence, while Oregon improved to 9 5 in the conference (10-6-1 overall). The Ducks, who were tied with the Cougars for fourth place prior to the games, now hold fourth place in the conference out right. Although the Ducks are already guaranteed a spot in the four-team Pac-8 Tournament because they are the host, Norman said the vic tories were important for the team's momentum. Oregon also still has an outside chance of climbing in the stand ings, depending on the results of games between California and third-place UCLA this weekend. Water polo third The Club Sports water polo team finished third in the Seattle Otters International Open last weekend. Nicole Waggoner, Renee Gau thier and Sarah Federspiel were among the top performers for the Ducks. Waggoner, a first-time goalie, and Gauthier, who scored two goals in her first tournament, were both outstanding, said head coach Scott McCarty. Federspiel was Oregon’s top player, scoring seven goals and providing solid defense through out the two day tourna m e n t , McCarty said. The 10 team tourna ment was a co-ed tournament, but McCarty said he didn’t know that until it was too late to put together a full co-ed team. Oregon only had two men on the team, McCarty said, adding that the other teams consisted of a balanced mix of men and women. The Ducks finished with a 3-2 record in the tournament. The next tournament for the wa ter polo team will be in Arizona in mid-February. Skiing teams compete in Idaho The Club Sports alpine skiing women’s team twice finished fifth, and the men’s team once fin ished sixth in a three-day tourna ment in McCall, Idaho, last week end. Sailing team a no-show The Club Sports sailing team may be banned from tournaments in California because it did not show for a tournament it had signed up for, coordinator Peter McCormick said. “We’re in a difficult position be cause the team will probably be is sued a probation for not appearing in a tournament in Los Angeles," McCormick said.
