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The Eugene Kaplan Center
Announces the
Grand Opening
Of our expanded facilities.
You are invited to attend this
Gala event
Thursday, November 19th,
4:00pm to 7:00pm
at University Center;
720 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor.
There will be Wine, Cheese,
and Free Course Drawings
($1000 value each)
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Presented by Peer Health Education
GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT
American Cancer Society
5K FUN RUN
Thursday, November 19th, 4:00 p.m.
It's Free!
Alton Baker Park. Begin at BBQ Pits
Call 346-4456 to sign up
Prizes include:
a two month free membership at
24-hour Fitness, Track Town Pizza
Copeland’s sports, and more!!
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Oregon tennis teams’
fall success inspires
high hopes for spring
Both tennis teams have
made progress in large
part because of talented
new freshmen
By Mirjam Swanson
tor the Emerald
For the most part, both the Ore
gon men’s and women’s tennis
teams accomplished what they set
out to during their fall seasons.
Spurred by the performances of
several freshmen, both teams
made progress toward becoming
competitive in the Pacific-10 Con
ference.
However, it wasn’t only the un
derclassmen who were impres
sive. Junior Guillermo Carter high
lighted the men’s season by
becoming the first Oregon player
to advance to the semifinals of the
ITA Rolex Regional Champi
onships at Stanford two weeks
ago.
It wasn’t a performance that was
out of character for Carter, who is
the Ducks prospective No. 1 player
heading into the spring season. He
played well throughout the fall,
advancing to the third round of the
All-American qualifying tourna
ment to begin the season and com
ing up with both singles and dou
bles victories at the Washington
Invitational last weekend.
“He’s raised his game physical
ly,” head coach Chris Russell said.
“Technically he’s a much better
player than he was. He’ll be a force
to reckon with in the Pac-10.”
However, Carter’s success may
have been overshadowed by that
of two freshman, Bertrand Dev
illers and Thomas Schneiter, who
have both shown improvement
since their arrival to Eugene.
“ [They’re] two guys who'll defi
nitely add a lot to our program.”
Russell said. “They’re going to
progress very quickly.”
But there were other players
who stepped up their games as
well.
Senior captain Carlos Navarro
had a productive fall, finishing
with a good showing at the Wash
ington Invitational. He picked up a
couple of wins at the tournament,
including one over Washington’s
No. 4 player.
“Carlos played an outstanding
match,” Russell said. “He really
showed a good level and we were
real proud of him.”
On the women’s side, Oregon’s
returning No. 1 player, senior Ali
na Wygonowska, began the fall
ranked 34th in the nation, but was
hampered by tendinitis in her
knees. She was only able to partici
pate in singles’ competition at the
All-American tournament, where
she was eliminated in two match
es, and then in doubles at the
Washington Invitational.
Women’s head coach Jack Grif
fin said Wygonowska’s return to
the line-up will be gradual.
“Our feeling is that we should
rest her knees until they feel per
fect,” Griffin said. "And even if she
has to start the year a little bit slow,
at least she won’t be dealing with
pain the rest of the year.”
Freshman Valerie Young also
dealt with some effects of tendini
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tis in her knees,
but it didn’t
keep her from
joining Oregon’s
other freshmen
in making an
impact on the
program.
Young, Adeline
Arnaud, Janice Nyland, and red
shirt freshman Sarah Colistro all
performed well.
“It’s a great crew,” Griffin said of
his freshmen. “They’re going to
grow together and they showed
that they are solid and that they
can compete against the opposi
tion that we’ve struggled with in
the past. For them to do that in
their first couple months is a good
sign.”
In their first collegiate tourna
ment, Arnaud and Nyland faced
each other in the consolation fi
nals of the Washington Invitation
al. Arnaud won the match in three
sets, 6-3,4-6,7-6.
Colistro also showed promise,
returning to the court after being
sidelined by injury last season.
She advanced at both the All
American Qualifying Tourna
ment and at the ITA Rolex Re
gionals.
“Sarah showed moments of
great tennis last year,” Griffin said.
“And she’s had solid results so far
this year.”
Griffin said this year’s team
could be better than the Oregon
team that ranked in the top 50 na
tionally and qualified for the
NCAA tournament two years ago.
“This team, if we stay healthy,
will be much better than we were
then,” he said.
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