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"WeTe pretty happy with that,” team member Rachelle Depner said. “It’s nice to play competitive teams because the teams we usually play aren’t that competitive. “Our whole team definitely played really well and everyone contributed.” The Ducks return to action at regionals, where they will hold the anticipated second ranking in a field which includes last year’s national champion, Stanford, and the national runner-up, the Uni versity of British Columbia. With a first or second place at regionals, Oregon would be on its way to Minnesota for the national cham pionship tournament. The Ducks have not faced Stan ford yet this year, but they are ea ger to have a chance to upset the reigning champions. “Last year they beat us,” Depn er said. “They have a really good team this year, but they lost four or five of their top players. So there’s definitely a window of op portunity for other teams to come through. WeTe looking forward to meeting them at regionals. Men’s ultimate trisbee Going into the 19th annual Henry Callahan Memorial Tour nament, the Oregon Club Sports men’s ultimate frisbee team had high expectations. Their play Saturday and Sun day determined its seeding at the regional tournament in Santa Cruz, Calif., on May 9. Rivalries with several college opponents was extra incentive to play well. Playing such an important tourna ment at home seemed like the perfect opportunity for Oregon to advance to regionals and settle some scores from earlier in the season. The Ducks did advance to re gionals, but not as easily as they had hoped. On Saturday, they went 1-3 in their college section, beating Reed College 13-5 but coming up short against Washing ton 13-7, Oregon State 13-9 and eventual college winner Hum boldt 13-7. On Sunday, the Ducks went 1-1 against open teams, beat the Pack woods from Portland 11-10 and lost to Tribe, a Seattle-based team that won the tournament final, 13-4. Team member Steve McFar land said two players who played “really, spectacularly well” were Alden Blaize and Ben Randall. Because the Ducks were unable to win as many games as they would have liked, they will most likely be a low seed at regionals and will immediately have to face one of the top two teams in the na tion in Stanford or Santa Barbara. Even if the Ducks do not ad vance past the first rounds of re gionals, they expect increasing success in the future. “Next year we’ll probably be able to do it,” McFarland said. “We’re losing five seniors, but we have a good enough core to carry us through.” In the immediate future, Ore gon will face Oregon State next weekend in a dual meet at South bank Field. Men's water polo Holding its own against some of the top teams in the country, the Oregon Club Sports men’s wa ter polo team came away from its weekend tournament in Austin, Texas, with a 3-2 record. Three of the Oregon’s five con tests were decided by one goal with the Ducks picking up victo ries in two of those tight matches. They beat Houston 13-12 and Texas A&M 8-7 but were downed by tournament host Texas 8-7. The Ducks’ win over North Texas in their first game of the tournament was convincing, 16-3. They finished on the other end of the score when they faced a team from Austin with several national players on it’s roster, losing 19-7. “We got to play a team with for mer national players,” goalie Ben Gottlieb said. “Players who are in the top 1 percent in the world. Even though we lost, we played very well.” Tod Spieker was the leading scorer for the Ducks, and Gottlieb had the most saves in what was the first appearance ever for a team from the West Coast in this tournament. “We set a precedent for Oregon water polo,” said Gottlieb. “We’re looking to go to nation als because of this weekend,” said coach Scott McCarty, who will lead his team into the Clovis Mas ters tournament in Fresno, Calif., on May 2 and 3. “It’s a collegiate level tournament that will put us on the national scene.” Women's rugby Arriving five minutes before a women’s rugby game is supposed to start is not recommended by members of the Oregon Club Sports women’s rugby team. On Sunday against Lewis and Clark, the Ducks not only came late, but didn’t really begin to play well until the second half before finally losing their first game of the year 12-5. Captain Crystal Burreson said the late arrival due to car failure didn’t allow for the team to warm up. Taking advantage of the Ducks’ weaknesses, Lewis and Clark jumped in front by two tries in the first half. Oregon was only able to counter with one try in the second half, while holding Lewis and Clark scoreless. Burreson said the team played much better than she expected, especially for its first game but added that the Ducks need to im prove their passing before they can earn their first victory. Women’s volleyball Fifth place out of 30 is not so bad. That’s what the Oregon Club Sports women’s volleyball team came away with at the National Intramural Recreation Sports As sociation (NIRSA) Collegiate Sports Club Championships in Austin, Texas, late last week. The Ducks went undefeated in pool play, coming up with con vincing wins over East Carolina, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Michigan State. They then went into bracket play ranked third out of the 30 participating teams and handled the Colorado State Buf faloes before losing in straight sets to the Texas A&M Aggies. “It was practically a home game for them. It was (heir court, they had their own crowd, they came in with confidence, and ours pret ty much died during the game and that was the end of the tour nament,” said Oregon’s Donna Goode. The first game looked to be a given for the Longhorns as mis communication killed the Ducks. The second set saw Oregon play a solid game as it was neck and neck with Texas A&M up un til the fourth point. Frustration got the better of the Ducks though, as the Longhorns eventually fin ished them off. “It wasn’t that people were playing bad, it was just that you shank a pass and you get mad at yourself,” Goode said. “We pretty much got spanked. “It didn’t make for such a fun day for us because playing the way we did — extremely well — we turned a lot of heads. But then to go into bracket play and to lose playing the way we did didn’t feel so good." Colorado went on to successful ly defend its title as the Buffaloes pounded Florida in the tourna ment’s final. Up next for the Ducks are re gional on May 3, when they will go up against Pacific University. Eric Collins andJeanette N. Diaz contributed to this report Sports Briefs Ensrud, Lee, Sonnen honored at banquet At their 1997-98 Awards Ban quet Friday, the Oregon wrestling team celebrated anoth er successful year by naming the recipients of four awards, Oregon’s first award recipient was senior Jeremy Ensrud, who received the awards for Most Valuable Wrestler and the John ny Miller Memorial. Ensrud was 35*3 for the Ducks this season, placed first at the Padflc-10 Con ference Championships and fin ished third at the NCAATouroa ment last month. Earlier this season, Ensrud was also invited to the presti gious NWCA All-Star Classic where he wrestled 134-pound national champion Mark Iron side of Iowa. Ensrud ended his career with Oregon in fourth place on the Ducks’ career victo ries list with 106. Doug Lee was honored with the award for Most Outstanding Freshman for his 17-10 record and second-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships, which earned him an NCAA Champi onship berth at 177 pounds. The team’s Most Improved award went to sophomore Chael Sonnen, who finished the season with a 30-13 record and a team high 14 pins. Sonnen placed fifth at the Pac-10 Champi onships and received a wild card invitation to the NCAA Championships, where he fin ished eighth to earn the final All American honor at 190 pounds. Sonnen finished last season tied for third place on Oregon’s season and career record lists for most falls with 14. Shannon Thorne will transfer from Oregon Reserve guard Shannon Thome will transfer from the Oregon women’s basketball team at the end of the academic year, head coach Jody Runge an nounced Monday. Thorne, a 5*10 redshirt fresh man from Beaverton, Ore., played in 11 games last year, scored 11 points and had four rebounds. With the departure of Thome, Oregon now has two available scholarships for the 1998-99 sea son, although the Ducks are not expected to sign another player this spring.
