Pac-10 conference race heats up
While Washington is the
current leader, other
teams— including UCLA
are hot on their heels
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
Heading into the final weekend
of Pacific-10 Conference women’s
soccer play, five teams still harbor
hopes of claiming the conference
crown.
Washington currently leads the
Pac-10 with a 6-2 mark (10-7-1
overall). The Huskies and arch-ri
val Washington State (5-10-3, 3-4
1) have their final game against
each other. The other four con
tenders — No. 17 UCLA (15-3-1,
5-2), Southern California (11-6-1,
5-2), California (11-7, 5-2) and
Arizona State (8-9, 4-3) — have
two games to play this weekend.
The Bruins and Trojans travel to
the desert to battle Arizona (3-10-2,
0-6-1) and the Sun Devils, while
California hosts Oregon (6-8-2,3-4)
and Oregon State (6-10-1,1-6).
UCLA and Washington entered
last Sunday sharing the confer
ence driver’s seat with one league
loss apiece, but neither the Bruins
nor the Huskies were able to capi
talize on their advantage.
Southern California got a boost
from senior forward Courtney
Barham to upset rival UCLA 5-4
and win its fifth-straight game.
Barham scored two goals, includ
ing the game-winner in the 89th
minute, despite having started the
game on the bench. She was
named Pac-10 player of the week
for her efforts and pushed her ca
reer total to 35 goals, which is the
Trojans' all-time leading total.
Washington was blanked, 1-0,
on its home field in Seattle by
Stanford (9-6-2, 3-4), which used
Ronnie Fair’s fifth goal of the sea
son to complete a sweep of the
Washington schools.
Whichever team ends up on
top of the Pac-10 will be reward
ed with an automatic bid to the
NCAA Tournament, which will
announce its field Sunday
evening. In the likely case of a tie
between two teams for the confer
ence title, the team which won
the regular season head-to-head
game between the two will be
awarded the automatic bid to the
tournament.
If more than two teams tie for
the title, the team which possess
es the highest point total in head
to-head competition between all
of those teams (three points for a
win, one point for a tie, 0 points
for a loss) will receive the bid.
Fabulous freshmen
The Pac-10 has had an influx of
high-scoring freshmen this sea
son, with 10 such newcomers
among the conference’s top-30
scoring leaders.
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Forward Chalise Baysa leads Oregon with eight goals and 16 total points this season.
Former Arizona State
star tells his story
The Associated Press
MESA, Ariz. — A former
Arizona State basketball star
who pleaded guilty last year to
sports bribery conspiracy in
games against Washington and
other schools is telling his sto
ry in a national sports maga
zine.
Stevin “Hedake” Smith has
told a Sports Illustrated writer
he had been “well taken care
of” during his stint with the
Sun Devils, according to The
Tribune, a newspaper serving
suburban Phoenix.
The first-person story writ
ten with the help of reporter
Don Yaeger will appear in a
soon to be released issue of the
magazine, the Tribune said to
day. In it Smith, the Sun Dev
ils’ No. 2 all-time leading scor
er, also tells how he got into
the habit of gambling.
Though the federal probe of
the 1994 scandal is over and
resulted in a number of guilty
pleas and sentences, Smith’s
story suggesting gifts from
boosters could lead to an
NCAA investigation.
Yaeger told the Tribune
Smith met with an Arizona
State official several weeks ago
to discuss possible rules viola
tions. Yaeger also said Sports
Illustrated interviewed other
sources to verify Smith’s
claims.
Wally Renfro, NCAA direc
tor of public relations, said he
hadn’t seen anything pertain
ing to the report.
Women’s tennis starts tournament
The team enters the Rolex
Regional Tournament in
Palo Alto, Calif., today
By Mirjam Swanson
lor the Email)
Having seen marked improve
ment at its first tournament and
on the practice court, the Oregon
women’s tennis team hopes to
convert those gains into success
at the Rolex Regional Tourna
ment, which begins today in Palo
Alto, Calif.
“I'm excited to see us play our
second event,” head coach Jack
Griffin said. "Our No. 1 concern
is that we keep getting better.
We’ve seen progress, and this is
another chance for us to translate
that over to our matches.”
The only factor clouding the
Ducks’ prospects as they head
into the individual tournament is
the status of Alina Wygonowska.
Oregon’s top player is suffer
ing from tendinitis in her knee
and may not be able to compete
in the tournament, where she
would be the sixth seed.
"Her knees are really bothering
her,” Griffin said. “We’re kind of
on a holding pattern on whether
we’re going to play her in singles.
It’s pretty frustrating, but I don’t
want her going out there if she
doesn’t have a legitimate chance
of playing her best tennis. We’ll
wait and see.”
Everyone else on the team is
healthy, including two of the
team’s promising freshmen,
Adeline Arnaud and Janice Ny
land.
Two weeks ago, they both fal
tered in their first collegiate
matches at the Washington Invi
tational. Griffin credited the loss
es to freshman jitters. But they
later wound up facing each other
in the consolation champi
onship, which Amaud won, 6-3,
4-6, 7-6.
“Janice Nyland and Adeline
Arnaud played very well," Grif
fin said, “They were playing
some really good tennis. I'm
looking forward to some good re
sults from them. It's their second
chance, and I think they're going
to be more comfortable with
playing college tennis.”
They’ll have to find the com
fort zone against some of the best
players in the nation this week.
No. 3 Stanford will be at the tour
nament, as will several other
highly ranked teams.
California, ranked No. 6, will
be there, as will Washington.
Washington State and Fresno
State.
“It’s going to be great,” Griffin
said. “The level of our players is
getting better, so I think there
are going to be some great
matches.”
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