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land signed defender Lauren Or
lando, who scored the game-win
ning goal for the U.S. Under-21
national team to win the Nordic
Cup. Also added was forward
Erin Misaki, who was the Califor
nia Southern Section offensive
player of the year her senior sea
son of high school.
Internationally, the Pilots had
success as well, signing two play
ers with World Cup experience.
Susanna Heikari is the starting
forward for Finland’s national
team, and Lisa Casagrande has
started for Australia in both the
1995 and 1999 World Cups.
With six 1998 NCAA Tourna
ment participants on the Pilots
schedule, Portland still chose to
travel down Interstate Highway 5
to take on the Ducks, who have
never appeared in the tournament.
Oregon played one of its best
games last season at Portland,
holding the Pilots scoreless until
six minutes left in the game in a 1
0 loss.
Could that have been the begin
ning of a budding rivalry? Accord
ing to Charles, Oregon’s program has
the foundation for future success,
“Oregon has the ability [in the
future] to be just as successful as
we are,” Charles said. “They have
a good school, a quality program
and facility and the Northwest is
a great place to live in my opin
ion.”
Steffen, who said Oregon is “a
couple players away” from Port
land’s level, insisted this Ducks
team has a different mentality
than seasons past.
“Last year, we were happy to tie
Portland for most of the game be
fore losing,” Steffen said. “We
won’t accept playing tough and
losing — we want to play tough
and win.”
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wins in the Pac-10.”
On the women’s side, Griffin is
looking to build on last season’s
upset of South Florida in the
NCAA tournament. The Ducks
who finished No. 48, look to fin
ish in the top 30 this season.
Despite graduating the bottom
half of his lineup, Griffin feels that
the players he has coming in are
just as good, if not better, than the
ones who departed.
“Amy Juppenlatz has been
ranked in the top-65 kids in the
country,” Griffin said.
Monica Gieczys from Poland
also comes in as a highly regarded
player. She was one of the top two
juniors in Poland last year, a simi
lar ranking to the Ducks’ No. 1
player, Alina Wygonowska, when
she came to Oregon.
Griffin hopes that the influx of
talent and the experience of the re
turning players will be a good mix.
One of the team’s key members,
Sarah Colistro, who played No. 3
last season before going down
with a knee injury, has just started
playing again.
“With the seven players we have,
and if Sarah is healthy, it looks like
the best team we’ve had since I’ve
been here,” Griffin said. “And if we
get a solid player in January, it
could be a top-25 year for us. ”
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