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Ducks putt for title at Pac-lOs The Oregon women’s golf team begins play today at the Pac-10 Tourney By Brett Williams lor the Emerald Without its top player, the Ore gon women’s golf team looks to improve on its eighth-place finish last year in the 13th annual Pacif ic-10 Conference Tournament to day through Sunday at Stanford Golf Course. Karen Bristow, whose 76.5 stroke average is first on the team, will miss the tournament to return to her native Australia for person al reasons. Oregon head coach Re nee Baumgartner has lowered her expectations for the tournament, insisting she would be happy with a finish of fifth or better without her senior co-captain. “She’s five shots better than our second-best average, and that ends up being a 15-shot differ ence in a tournament like this one,” said Baumgartner, who coached Oregon to a seventh place finish nationally in 1997. “But this is a great opportunity for the other players.” Oregon brings two juniors and three sophomores to the tourna ment. The Ducks are one of the youngest teams in a conference that may be the toughest in the nation, with four teams in the top 10 and eight teams in the top 20, including Oregon. Arizona is the two-time de fending Pac-10 champion. Great individual players make great teams, and that is no different in the Pac-10. Expect ed to be on the leaderboard for their individual performances this weekend are Arizona State’s Grace Park, who won the U.S. Women’s Amateur, and Southern California’s Jenifer Rosales, who won the NCAA title as a freshman last season. One of the reasons for the Ducks’ youth is the redshirting of Anika Hauser and Kylie Wilson, as well as transfer student Julia Smith who left Washington fol lowing last season and had to sit out this season according to NCAA regulations. “Wilson and Hauser have won five tournaments between them since they have been here,” Baumgartner said. “Our team is young but very talented.” Inexperience may be a reason for Oregon’s inconsistency this season. Its last trip to Stanford in the fall included a team score of 290 one day — the best in the his tory of the program — that was followed by a score of 320. Baumgartner believes her team has the talent to be a darkhorse in the tournament. “(Pam) Sowden, (Jerilyn) White and (Angie) Rizzo are playing the best right now, but any players could fare well,” Baumgartner said. “They have all worked hard, and they are more prepared for this tournament than any other so far this season.” While the Pac-10 tournament serves as a measuring stick for Oregon’s progress this season, the Ducks need a good showing at the regionals in Houston on May 6-8 to determine whether the Ducks will advance to nationals. Baum gartner considers the Pac-10 tour nament “our first examination out of three.” Baumgartner says her players are prepared and confident for this weekend. “It has been up and down all year, but hopefully all of our hard work will pay off,” Baumgartner said. “It has taken some time, but they now know they can play against the best.” Track Continued from Page 7A event at the Hayward Relays. Knudson led the Ducks to first place at that meet with a time of 7 minutes, 52.62 seconds, beating the Cardinal by approximately 15 seconds. Knudson has had previous suc cess at the Drake Relays. As a freshman, sophomore and junior, her 4X800 teams have gone unde feated in Iowa. “Drake is a meet that we’ve been doing for a couple years now,” Knudson said. “We would like to go there and have another good performance and maybe bring home a trophy.” Tish Henes and Katie Crabb will round out the Ducks’ relay teams. Running the 3,000 for Oregon will be Heather McMahon, who has seen limited competition this season due to a strained ham string suffered a couple of weeks ago. Poor performance gets worse for Rockets star By Michael A. Lutz The Associated Press HOUSTON — Scottie Pip pen’s struggles as a Houston Rockets player spilled off the court Thursday, when he was arrested in the wee hours on suspicion of drunken driving. Teammates supported Pip pen during a brief practice be fore jetting to Los Angeles for a game with the Clippers on Fri day. Pippen didn’t attend the workout, but coach Rudy Tomjanovich said he would accompany the team. “I’m hoping it won’t be a distraction,” Tomjanovich said. “We are trying not to make any assumptions. It would be unfair to comment when nothing has been estab lished. I’m sort of used to un expected things happening. You just try not to lose your composure.” Houston, currently the No. 4 seed in the Western Confer ence playoffs, was upset by the Dallas Mavericks 109-95 Wednesday night, keeping the Rockets from clinching a spot in the playoffs and snapping an 11-game winning streak against the Mavericks. Pippen had four points and three rebounds and was re peatedly beaten defensively in one of his worst games as a Rocket. “Scottie is my teammate and I’m behind him 100 per cent,” Charles Barkley said. “This is not Armageddon. It happened. Scottie Pippen probably wasn’t the only per son stopped last night. “Scottie Pippen is a role model. If all the kids grew up to be like Scottie, the world would be a better place.” Barkley planned to offer se rious support to his teammate but also said Pippen wouldn’t get off lightly with the team. “I’m going to get on the plane and take the PA and say, ‘Attention Mr. Pippen, last call for alcohol,”' Barkley joked. The officer who stopped Pippen around 1:30 a.m. said the Rockets star ran a red light. A member of the department’s DWI task force was called after suspecting Pippen was intoxi cated, said police spokesman Fred King. Pippen, 33, did poorly on the field sobriety test and was taken into custody, where he was videotaped and given the opportunity to take a Breatha lyzer test, King said. 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