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For the first time ever, Ore gon's No. 31 women and No. 59 men had higher rankings than the Wildcats heading into Fri day’s matches. And so, for the first time, both Duck teams wound up victims of Arizona up sets. The men (7-11 overall, 0-4 Pac 10) suffered their sixth one-point defeat of the season, 4-3, while the women fell, 8-1. Then, the men and the women were both routed Saturday by tal ented Arizona State teams, both of which are ranked among the nation’s top 15. However, the Oregon women did bounce back and salvage a win against Boise State on Sun day, beating the Broncos 5-2. But the losses to No. 45 Ari zona and No. 15 Arizona State dropped it to 0-5 in the Pac-10 and 10-7 overall. The Ducks were hindered by the absence of Sarah Colistro, their No. 3 singles player, who has an injured knee and didn't travel with the team to Pullman, Wash., for the matches at the neutral site. Oregon’s only singles point against either Arizona school be longed to Alina Wygonowska, as she beat Arizona’s No. 1 player, Lindsay Blau, in straight sets on Friday. TENNIS Wygonowska also helped Oregon capture its only point Saturday when she teamed up with freshman Janice Nyland iw win u ugiu uuuuico 11 against Arizona State’s Alison Nash and Celena McCoury, 8-5. Like their counterparts on the women's team, the Oregon men also had a tough weekend. But head coach Chris Russell said the weekend wasn't without its pos itives. “We played hard,” Russell said. “We just didn’t play as well as we needed to play.” He wasn’t displeased with his team’s play against No. 12 Ari zona State. The Ducks picked up one doubles win and took leads in nearly all of their singles matches. However, senior Miguel Arria ga — 15-2 this season — was the only Oregon player who was able to hold his lead, beating the Sun Devil’s Tim Hammond, 7-6, 7- 5. “We really made them earn it,” Russell said. “That's great for whatever it’s worth, but it’s not quite the result that we're looking for.” In doubles play, freshman Thomas Schneiter and sopho more David Becker defeated Ari zona State’s duo of Gustavo Marcaccio and Alex Osterrieth, 8- 6. In Friday’s match at Arizona, Arriaga, who usually plays in the No. 6 position of Oregon’s line up, continued to perform like one of the best in the nation at that spot. He beat the Wildcat’s Jari Niskali in straight sets. “Miguel continues to display the type of confidence that we need,” Russell said. “Any time you can record a sweep at the Pac-10 level, that’s a great build ing block.” Along with fellow senior Car los Navarro, Arriaga also record ed a doubles victory against Ari zona, as they defeated Adnan Novo and Brian Jackson 8-5. “If we stay objective and con tinue to fight and make progress, we’re going to scare some teams,” Russell said. “We’re going to get that confidence and eventually we’re going to pull one off.” Yankees new Rocket set to launch By Rob Gloster The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — This may be baseball's strongest fashion statement all season: Roger Clemens in Yankees threads. Clemens, the five-time Cy Young Award winner, unveils his new look Monday night when the World Series champi on New York Yankees open their season at Oakland. "I think it will be very special — especially since I’m with a new club and a new bunch of guys who are going to be behind me. I’ll have to channel my emo tions early and make them work for me,” Clemens said. “I'm not nervous, but I get excited about it.” Clemens, who won his last 15 games in 1998 en route to his unanimous selection as Cy Young Award winner for the Toronto Blue Jays, was traded to the Yankees in mid-February for pitchers David Wells and Graeme Lloyd and second base man Homer Bush. “It’s something when you’re facing the best team in base ball and the best pitcher in baseball over the last 10 years," A’s designated hitter Matt Stairs said. “There will be a lot of adrenaline, we’ll just be trying to keep our emo tions down.’’ Because he'll be wearing the Yankees’ road grays, he won’t start in the famed pinstripes un til Saturday against Detroit. Yankees interim manager Don Zimmer, taking over while Joe Torre recovers from prostate can cer surgery, said he doesn’t ex pect Clemens to be affected by the attention he’ll receive in his first start for the Yankees. “He's a five-time Cy Young winner, so it’s just another day at work for him. And that’s the way he works every day, anyhow,” Zimmer said. “You go in the clubhouse and you’ve got to look in nine places to find him, he said. “But wher ever he’s at, he’ll be working and doing something. There aren’t too many pitchers who can keep up with the conditioning that Roger Clemens goes through every day.” (( We know they're the best team in baseball, and we can find out where we measure up real quickly Art Howe Oakland manager Clemens’ counterpart will be Gil Heredia, who has a 22-24 ca reer record and became the A’s opening day starter only because staff ace Kenny Rogers is recover ing from a stiff elbow. Heredia, who pitched 7 2-3 scoreless innings in a win over the Yankees in New York last September, said lie's trying to ig nore the comparisons with Clemens — who has 233 career victories. “I really haven’t even thought about Roger Clemens vs. Heredia. I can’t even put them in perspec tive,” the A’s right-hander said. “I’m just taking it as far as me against the Yankees. Roger has nothing to do with my perfor mance.” The Yankees are coming off a tumultuous spring that included the Clemens trade, Torre’s diag nosis with prostate cancer and Darryl Strawberry’s battle to come back from cancer surgery late last season. Another twist was added to that in recent days when owner George Steinbrenner called Hide ki Irabu a “fat... toad” and decid ed to leave the pitcher behind when the team broke training camp. But after Zimmer penciled in Ramiro Mendoza instead of Irabu for the start Wednesday at Oak land in the Yankees’ third game of the season, Steinbrenner an nounced he was hoping Irabu would start that game. “I’m the manager, I try to do what’s right for the ballclub. My mind is not going to be changed by anybody,” Zimmer replied Saturday night in Los Angeles. “George Steinbrenner has been good to me, but, to me, you can’t sit back here and be a little wimp.” Irabu rejoined the Yankees on Sunday and apologized for his absence. Zimmer, mean while, reiterated that Mendoza would start Wednesday and that Irabu would be in the bullpen. “I talked to the boss (Stein brenner) this morning, and he said he didn’t mandate that any one start,” General Manager Bri an Cashman said. “This isn’t as big as it’s been made. There was certainly a bump in the road the last few days; there’s no ques tion. We’ve dealt with bigger things." It’s been a much quieter spring for the Athletics, who finished last in the AL West the past two seasons and likely will end up there again this year. They look forward to starting their season against a team that won a record 125 games last sea son and added a future Hall of Famer as its No. 1 starter. “We know they’re the best team in baseball, and we can find out where we measure up real quickly,” A’s manager Art Howe said.