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Laurie Duhrkoop, right, fights for possession wifh Portland Slate. Duhrkoop scored the Duck’s only goal in the second half of the 1-1 tie
against Portland.
Soccer
Continued from Page 9
Portland State answered two
minutes later. Mary Cascio drove
home leading-scorer Joanna
Bowns’ cross, which trickled by
goalkeeper Amanda Fox and sev
eral other Ducks.
For the rest of the half, and the
two 15-minute overtime periods
that followed, Oregon looked on
the verge of taking the lead again.
But it never happened.
Although the Ducks outshot the
Vikings 19-7 and had 15 corner
kicks to the Vikings’ two, the score
remained deadlocked. Baysa and
the rest of the team mounted nu
merous challenges, but Street kept
her net clean with nine saves for
the game.
“You don’t keep shooting per
centages in soccer,” Steffen said.
“It’s just how many you put away,
and that’s what goes on the score
board. It’s frustrating.”
Forward Erin Anderson, Ore
gon’s all-time leading scorer,
shared Steffen’s sentiments.
“It was pretty frustrating be
cause I think we’re a better team
than them,” Anderson said. “We
couldn’t put the ball away. We
weren’t playing as well as we
could.”
On Friday, the Ducks suffered
through the same kind of overtime
and scoring agony in their draw
with the Dons (1-7-1).
Oregon was sluggish at the start
of the game, allowing San Francis
co to take control early.
That control paid off for the
Dons at the 32:03 mark, when
freshman Shawni Flint chipped a
free kick to the front of Fox’s goal
from the right of the Ducks’ 18
yard box. Freshman Crystal David
got on the end of the pass and
Nick Medley/Kmerahl
A! lyssa White gets taken down by a Portland State defender
flicked it past Fox with the back of
her head.
Being behind awoke the slum
bering Oregon team.
The Ducks challenged for sever
al minutes before getting the equal
izing goal with just more than two
minutes until halftime. Freshman
forward Beth Bowler stripped full
back Emma Green of the ball near
the left sideline, dribbled toward
the Don goal and then sent a cross
ing pass to the far post. Anderson
was rewarded for her sprint by get
ting her 14th career goal — and
first of the season — on a textbook
header to San Francisco goalkeep
er Amy Voiland’s left.
The Dons and the Ducks com
bined for just 15 shots during the
second half and two overtimes.
Still, Fox preserved the tie only
by making two sprawling saves.
First, the Dons’ most dangerous
player, senior midfielder Kis
handee Green, beat two Ducks on
the left sideline with about 19 min
utes left in the second half to gain a
one-on-one with Fox. Green’s shot
toward the left post was kicked
away by a sliding Fox. Then Fox
used her gloves to deflect forward
Heidi Prestegard’s right-footed
laser in the first overtime.
Steffen had mixed feelings on
Oregon’s performance.
“San Francisco’s record isn’t
great, but you can’t judge a team
solely on its record,” Steffen said,
noting that the Dons have played
powerhouses such as No. 1 North
Carolina and No. 15 Stanford. “At
the same time, this was a game I
felt we could have won.”
Oregon begins Pacific-10 Con
ference play on Friday with a
home match against Civil War ri
val Oregon State.
Hood
Continued from Page 9
able to find.
Saturday’s 1-1 tie with Port
land State was a great example.
The game itself was a yawner for
anyone who doesn’t rigorously
follow collegiate women’s soc
cer. In 120 minutes game time,
just two goals were scored, both
within seconds of each other
midway through the second half.
Remarkably, the fans did not
flee. They remained, most of
them standing the entire three
hours enduring gale-force winds
and a deluge at the start the sec
ond half. They remained, more
than 500 of them, clad in rain
ponchos and fleece coats, form
ing a tight, colorful wall around
Pap6 Field that cheered each
Oregon advance.
Their presence was a bright
spot in an otherwise dreary
weekend for the Ducks, who saw
their record drop to 3-3-2 follow
ing 1-1 ties with both San Fran
cisco on Friday and the Vikings
on Saturday.
“The support here has been
unbelievable,” Steffen said.
“Considering the weather we’ve
had, we’ve been able to draw
very large crowds. It kind of
makes it more frustrating that we
can’t give them a better show."
But with the kind of support
Steffen has seen from the commu
nity since women's soccer was
added as a varsity sport in 1996,
he said it’s only a matter of time
before this program can compete
with the powerhouses of the sport.
“I can see a time in the not-too
distant future where teams that
travel to the state of Oregon have
to oontend with two nationally
ranked teams in Portland and
us,” Steffen said.
Having an in-state rival like
Portland, which made successive
NCAA Final Four appearances in
1995 and 1996, will help take Ore
gon to the next level, Steffen said.
“With Portland having such a
national profile, it’s a big boost
for this program,” he said.
“That’s what we aspire to be.
That’s where we want this pro
gram to go.”
If Saturday is any indication,
Duck fans will happily join Ore
gon at the top.
Joel Hood is the sports editorfor The
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