Basketball
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Oregon's defensive play will
have an affect on where the team
finishes this season. It has become
a trademark under Runge, who
says defense wins games. Since
Runge took over the program in
1993, Oregon has finished high in
the Pac-10 in scoring defense, in
cluding finishing first in both
1995 and 1996. Last year the
Ducks finished second, allowing
only 66.7 points per game.
Still, it is an area in which
Runge and her players see room
for improvement.
"We have been much better in
the past at defending on the ball,"
Runge said. "We have not had to
give a lot of help, so we aren't
very good at that. Either we have
to get better on the ball and not
help so much or we have to be
come much better at help de
fense."
Perhaps Oregon's most explo
sive defensive play comes from
5-8 senior Lisa Bowyer. The Aus
tralia native ranked first on the
team in steals with 42 last sea
son. She returns this year to an
chor the Ducks' defensive game.
But for Oregon to reach the level
that Runge expects, all of the
Ducks will need to step up.
"Right now we’re lacking uni
ty," Meharry said. “1 think as in
dividuals we all have the defen
sive skills, but we need to work
on bringing it together as a team.
It will come with experience."
Oregon's depth will be tested
in a difficult conference this sea
son. Last season, sophomore An
gelina Wolvert and senior Sonja
Curtis stepped up for the injured
Mowe and Meharry, gaining
valuable time and experience.
Both Wolvert and Curtis re
sponded to the challenge, as
Wolvert led the team in rebounds
and Curtis led the Pac-10 in free
throw shooting and was third on
the team in steals.
Joining Bowyer in the back
court is point guard Karen Piers,
who shares time with freshman
Shaquala Williams. Piers is cur
rently the starter as she has had a
year to adjust to the type of play
required in the Pac-10, but
Williams' speed and athleticism
off the bench adds fire to Ore
gon's offense.
"I think the depth helps every
one," Wolvert said. "If something
goes wrong, there's always some
one to pull out. Also, it enables
us to play up tempo throughout
the game."
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James Madison to make it out of
its bracket and into the quarterfi
nals.
Like the World Cup, each team
will get three points for a victory,
one point for each tie and no
points for a loss. The team with
the most points from the three
games will move on to the next
round. In the case of a tie, the to
tal number of goals will be used to
determine the winner of the
bracket.
The Ducks will play two games
today, the first against the Univer
sity of Houston followed by an af
ternoon contest against the host,
Georgia Southern. Friday morn
ing, Oregon will face the last team
in its bracket, James Madison.
Depending on the outcome of
their first three games, the Ducks
would then play their quarterfi
nals match later Friday after
noon.
While this year's team may be
young and less experienced than
in the past, the players feel they
are more balanced this year. Both
Minckler and Wilbur feel the de
fense has improved.
Sweeper “Danny Platt will hold
up the defense," Minckler said.
Wilbur said the Ducks’ goalie
play will also be a key to the de
fense.
"Goalie Dave Woodworth will
do well once he gets back from his
ankle injury," Wilbur said.
While Platt said he agrees with
his teammates, he also said the of
fense is the best part of this year's
squad.
"The strength of the team is ac
tually the scoring ability," Platt
said. "We have a lot of talented
guys up front."
Among those talented forwards
are Ben Ehlert and Wright.
"Ben is one of our leading goal
scorers, he’s a really fast player,"
Wright said.
Minckler said Wright holds
down the forwards as a unit.
"I think that Chad is a really
hard worker," Minckler said,
"And we have a balanced of
fense."
Helping to balance the offense
will be the midfield unit headed
by center halfback Olaf Wolf.
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