WEDNESDAY
Oct. 14,1998
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Baseball
San Diego at Atlanta
1:20 p.m., FOX
Ducks scare No. 7 Pilots before succumbing
Unbeaten Portland maintains
its perfect record at Merlo Field
with a goal in the 85th minute
to beat the Ducks, 1-0
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
Statistically speaking, a wide gap still
exists between the Oregon and Portland
women’s soccer teams.
That much is evident from the No. 7
Pilots’ 25-1 advantage in shots on goal in
Tuesday’s nonconference game at Merlo
Field in Portland.
However, the final score seems to
indicate an entirely different story, as
Portland (10-0-2 overall, 1-0 West Coast
Conference) needed a goal with just less
than six minutes remaining to pull out a
1-0 victory against the Ducks (4-4-2, 1-0
Pacific-10 Conference).
The Pilots’ scoring drought ended
when midfielder Kylee Barton controlled
the ball with her back to the Oregon goal
just outside the six-yard box. Barton then
tapped a pass to oncoming forward
Regina Holan, who chipped a 10-yard
shot past Duck goalkeeper Amanda Fox
into the upper-right corner of the net.
The assist was Barton’s team-leading
seventh of the season. Holan was an all
American in 1996 before missing all of
last season with a stress fracture in her
left shin.
Going into the game, the Pilots were
scoring an average of nearly three goals
per match. But Fox stymied Portland for
more than 84 minutes with nine saves
and the help of her crossbar, which the
Pilots hit twice.
"We definitely played really well
against them and were able to shut them
SOCCER
down, sweeper Carrie
McLanahan said. “I
honestly thought it was a
fairly even matchup.”
Oregon’s lone official
shot came in the first
three minutes of play,
and Portland also had a
one-sided edge on corner kicks, 11-0.
The match marked the first-ever
meeting between the third-year Ducks
and perennially powerful Pilots, who had
advanced to three-straight NCAA
Tournament Final Fours before being
upset in the first round last season by
UCLA, 1-0.
Portland travels to the Saint Mary’s Fall
Soccer Classic on Friday for a showdown
with No. 1 North Carolina.
Oregon finished its nine-game
nonconference schedule at 3-4-2. The
Ducks close out their regular season with
eight more Pac-10 games, playing every
team in the conference except Oregon
State, which they beat 3-0 last Friday.
“The Pac-10 is totally up for grabs,"
McLanahan said. “1 think we definitely
have a shot in every game we have left.”
Northwest rivals Washington and
Washington State visit Pape Field in
Eugene for the first time this weekend.
The Ducks and Huskies will play Friday,
while the Cougars arrive for a Sunday
match. Oregon, which has never beaten
either of the Washington schools, is
undefeated at its new home field with a
mark of 3-0-2.
I be Daily Bruin
Kris Farris, who has not missed a game at left tackle in his three-year UCLA career, will anchor the Bruins’ line Saturday against Oregon.
Mammoth Bruin anchors UCLA attack
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Email]
When you are 6-foot-5 and 230
pounds in high school, it doesn’t matter
if you don’t want to play football. There
are people who will convince you other
wise.
Kris Farris is one of those players who
was lured into football in just that man
ner. As a kid he never watched football
or basketball or anything for that matter,
but his sheer size sealed his fate.
“All the coaches in high school said,
‘You’re going to play football for us,”
Farris says. “I would tell them, ‘I don’t
know how to play football,’ and they
| would say, ‘We’ll teach you.’”
It must have been some lesson.
After playing only a couple of games
| his freshman year at Santa Margarita
High School Farris returned the next
f year to start every game. Then came his
junior and senior year on the varsity
squad. It was in those two years that
Farris began to grow into his colossal
frame, and thus,began to make his mark
in the world of football.
He was named a Blue Chips Illustrat
ed all-American his senior year and was
the No. 14 line prospect in the West.
Farris had accomplished so much in
so little time, and it was evident that his
ability would carry him through college.
He received letters from enthusiastic
schools all over the country, but he was
n’t looking for the best football program,
he was looking for the best film school.
“I liked USC and UCLA because of
their film schools,” Farris says. “I’ve al
ways waiueu 10
be film director,
so that’s what it
came down to.”
Farris took
advantage of his
raw skill, and
chose UCLA,
hoping to leave
college with the him degree he had al
ways wanted.
But he quickly realized that some
thing was going to have to give. Now, as
Farris has grown to a gigantic 6-9, 320
pounds, he has found that it is difficult
to tackle both football and a major in
film.
“Obviously the school is more inter
ested in me being a better football player
than being a film director,” Farris says.
“There were six-hour film classes that
cut into practice, so I switched to Eng
lish.”
If UCLA was interested in Farris be
coming a better football player, that’s
exactly what it got. As a redshirt fresh
man Farris started all 11 games, one of
six offensive players to garnish that ac- |
complishment.
As a sophomore Farris again started
every game and earned all-Pacific-10
honorable mention from the league’s
coaches. Although only a sophomore,
Farris was a major factor on the line —
quarterback Cade McNown became
UCLA's first 3,000 yard passer.
“He might be one of the best offensive
tackles, if not on the West Coast, then in
the country,” UCLA head coach Bob
Toledo says. “He’s massive and he’s
very physical. He’s like a mountain: it
takes a long time to run around him.”
Farris is now a junior and is rated the
nation’s No. 1 offensive left tackle by
Lindy’s and the Sporting News. He has
started every game he has played at
Turn to FARRIS, Page 14A
Ducks pleased
with success
during season
Success came again for the
Oregon men 's golf team on
Tuesday at the Nevada Wolf
Pat h Classic
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
The men lost to Oregon State by three
shots in the final round, finishing in sec
ond place with a final score of 867,
Oregon men’s head coach Steve Nosier is
eiijuymg me
Ducks’ success
this season. In four
invitationals, the
team has placed
third, first, first
and second.
“I am very, very
pleased with the
effort for all four
tournaments,”
Nosier said. “It
Men's Golf
Top individuals
1. A. Burtner, Ore: 212
2. J. Peters, Nev:212
3. D. Hearn, Wyo: 213
4. D. Wayne, OSU: 215
5. Rashell, Wash: 216
B. Crane, Ore: 216
J. Johnson, OSU: 216
was Dy tar the best tall season 1 ve had in
seven years. We have a lot of balance and
are more mature.”
Oregon’s Adrian Burtner won the tour
nament with a final score of 212. He tied
Justin Peters of Nevada but won with a
birdie on a one-hole playoff.
Ben Crane made a strong appearance,
finishing tied for fifth with a score of 216.
Jeff Barney finished tied for eighth with a
score of 217. Barney was competing in the
meet as an individual.
Rounding out the the finishers for the
Ducks: Andrew Tredway was 31st with a
score of 225, Derek Croskrey finished 38th
with a score of 226, and Ryan Lavoie was
38th with a score of 226.
Oregon State led the entire way and won
the team title with a final score of 867.
Nevada placed third with at 876 and Stan
ford finished in fourth place with a score of
883.
The women finished in fourth place
with a final team score of 915. The team
was led by Pam Sowden, who tied for fifth
overall with a score of 223, and teammate
Jerilyn White, who tied for 14th with 229.
Angie Rizzo played as an individual anil
finished tied for 23rd, With a score of 232.