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OregonWCmeraltr TRIVA QUESTION Which college basketball powerhouse did Jody Runge graduate from? FRIDAY Oct. 16,1998 m NFL Week 7 Arizona at NY Giants Baltimore at Pittsburgh Carolina at Tampa Bay Cincinnati at Tennessee Jacksonville at Buffalo New Orleans at Atlanta Washington at Minnesota Indianapolis at San Francisco Dallas at Chicago Philadelphia at San Diego St. Louis at Miami Sagarin Ratings 1. Kansas St 5-0 2. UCLA 4-0 3. Ohio St. 5-0 4. Tennessee 5-0 5. Oregon 5-0 6. Va. Tech 5-0 7. Nebraska 5-1 8. Florida St. 5-1 9. Texas 4-2 10. Texas A&M 5-1 11. Penn St. 4-1 12. Wisconsin 6-0 13. Florida 5-1 14. Colorado 5-1 15. Texas Tech 6-0 16. Virginia 5-0 17. Missouri 4-1 18. Ga. Tech 4-1 19. Arizona 5-1 20. La. St. 3-2 21. Georgia 4-1 22. So. Cal. 4-2 23. Syracuse 3-2 24. California 4-1 25. /Ur Force 5-1 Trivia answer Runge was a two time Southeastern Confernce all-acad emic selection at the University of Kentucky. Best Bet NHL St. Louis at Detroit 6:00 p.m., ESPN Seniors Nicole Strange (left), Natasha O’ Brien (center) and Sonja Curtis should play leading roles this season. Nick Medky/F.menild Women should be contenders Oregon hopes that key injuries won’t hamper its prospects this season By Joel Hood Oregon Daily Emerald If early-season predictions hold true, the Oregon women’s basket ball team should contend for the Pacific-10 Conference title until the end of the season. Addressing the media for the first time Thursday, head coach Jody Runge said she was “excit ed” about the Ducks’ upcoming season and “very impressed” with the physical shape of her 12 returning players from the seven month off season. Yet two keys injuries still re main. Six-foot-5 center Jenny Mowe said she is still hampered by the tendinitis in her right knee that forced her to miss all but four games last season. "On a scale of about one to 10,” Runge said, “Jenny will be play ing at a pain level of about three. That's much better than last sea son, when she was up around 10.” As a freshman in 1996, Moe av eraged 6.9 points and 14.5 min utes a game and was voted to the Pac-10 all-freshman team. Another question mark sur rounds the left knee of sopho more forward Brianne Meharry, who filled Mowe’s shoes at the center position last season before tearing her anterior cruciate liga ment in a game against Arizona State. Runge said Meharry is close to about 80 percent right now, but her injury is one that may not be completely rehabilitated until the end of the season. "We’re reserving judgment right now on those injuries until we’ve had a good week of prac tice and see how the increase in intensity affects [them],” Runge said. The only certainty to this point, Runge said, is that if the Ducks can remain relatively healthy throughout the season, they will be able to compete with any team in the Pac-10 — maybe the country. “It’s hard to go out on a limb, but I’d say we’re good enough to win the Pac-10 championship,” Runge said. “I think we can be good enough to win a preseason NIT championship. I think we can be, with some luck, as good as any team in the country." With only three first-year play ers on the current roster, Oregon has experience and depth at near ly every position. But the real key, sophomore forward Angeli na Wolvert said, is to find the right combination of players on the court at the same time. Oregon, which finished 17-10 last season en route to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, begins its exhibition schedule Nov. 3 at McArthur Court against Sweden Alvik and it’s conference season begins Jan. 2 at home against California. Ducks try for record setting wins Home victories against Washington and Washington State would guarantee Oregon its best-ever overall record By Tim Pyle Oregon Daily Emerald Here is a scary thought for the Oregon women’s soccer team’s opposition: The Ducks have yet to play a complete game up to their standards, according to head coach Bill Steffen. Coming on a 3-0 blanking of Oregon State last Friday, and a 1-0 loss to No. 7 Portland on Tues day, the Ducks (4-4-2 overall, 1-0 Pacific 10 Conference) will be looking to put it all together in Pac-10 matches against On tap Who: Oregon vs Washington When: Today, 3 p.m. Where: Pap6 Reid across from Autzen Stadium vvaaumgiuii in .! p.m. iouay anu vvasmng ton State at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Papd Field. “I think what we need to do is give our best effort to get 90 good minutes together,” Steffen said. “Against Portland we had good minutes, against Oregon State we had good minutes, but I think we need to keep work ing toward our goal of playing 90 good min utes." Oregon, which boasts an undefeated home mark of 3-0-2, has the opportunity to gain its first-ever wins against both the Huskies and Cougars. The Ducks, who won just five games in each of their first two sea sons, could also ensure their best-ever over all and conference win totals with two vic tories. Washington (5-6-1,1-1) arrives in Eugene with a misleading record because four of its six losses are to top 10 teams. The Huskies opened Pac-10 play at home with a costly, 2-0 loss to UCLA last Friday in which goalkeeper Leslie Weeks suffered a season-ending knee injury. Washington was then forced to convert defender Kristin Shaw to goalkeeper against Southern Cali fornia, but it still bounced back for a 3-2 win. “They’ve definitely improved since last year,” Huskies’ head coach Lesle Gallimore said of the Ducks. “So we’ve got to come out and make good use of the chances that we can get on them.” cross country teams prepare for first home meet Oregon runners try to capture an at-large spot so they can go to the NCAA Championships By Scott Pesznccker Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon men’s and women’s cross country teams will run at the Oregon Invi tational on Saturday at Alton Baker Park. The men’s 8k will begin at 11:15 a.m. and the women’s 5k will begin at 10:30 a.m. The invitational is the last regular-season meet for the Ducks, who usually have oidy one home meet a year. However, this season Oregon will also host the Pacific-10 Championships on Oct. 31, making this weekend’s invitational more important. Both Duck teams will have the chance to observe how well their competition handles the course. And because Oregon will be the home team, they have an edge that no other team will have — the ability to run the course as much as it takes to learn it. COUNTRY WPplfPnH tr» root I Running tor the Ducks will be Andrew Bliss, John Wybar, Sam Hill, Ross Dammann, Derek Schueren and Felipe Monture. The No. 3 men’s team will use this weexena to rest me team s top runners who competed in the Pre-NCAA in Lawrenece, Kansas, last Saturday. “This will be a good race for the group of guys who didn’t go to Kansas,” men’s head coach Bill Dellinger said. “It will give those guys an opportunity to get into the group of seven guys who will go to the NCAA.” Earning an at-large spot to the NCAA Championships is now a strong possibility Turn to CROSS COUNTRY, Page 16A Matt Hankins/F.merald The Ducks have been training hard in the weeks leading up the the Oregon Invitational on Saturday
