In tough field,
Ducks claim third
■ Led by freshman Tara
Struyk, Oregon finishes third
at the Notre Dame
Invitational
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Tom Heinonen was eager to see
his inexperienced group of run
• ners compete against higher
ranked competition at the Notre
r Dame Invitational on Friday.
What he saw was his Oregon’s
women’s cross country team trav
el to South Bend, Ind., and place
an encouraging third place with a
total of 115 points, finishing be
hind favorites No. 14 Notre Dame
and No. 13 Missouri, which fin
ished with 57 and 73 points, re
spectively.
With freshman Amy Nickerson
— winner of the Clackamas Invi
tational on Sept. 25 — back in Eu
gene nursing a mild Achilles ag
gravation, it was time for another
highly touted newcomer to shine.
It turned out to be freshman
Tara Struyk, wlio followed her
third-place finish in Clackamas
with a team-leading eighth-place
performance at Notre Dame, tak
ing 17 minutes, 38 seconds to
complete the 5,000-meter race.
The Ducks also had two other
scorers place in the top-15 over
all. Freshman Eri Macdonald
placed 10th at 17:44, and junior
Rhiannon Glenn finished 15th at
17:54.
“Tara ran a good, strong race
and was fifth most of the way be
fore she got passed in the kick to
finish,” Heinonen said. “Eri got
out great early, then passed every
one near her finish. Rhiannon
said she felt pretty listless and
stayed around 15th place
throughout the race.”
Other Duck finishers included
juniors Kylee Wells (36th, 18:20)
and Katie Crabb (46th, 18:29),
freshman Erinn Gulbrandsen
(48th, 18:30) and sophomore Pam
Fields (53rd, 18:35). Crabb, who
pulled out of the Clackamas race
due to a mild Achilles aggrava
tion, was in line for fifth place
with one mile to go before her
taped ankle cut
off her blood
circulation and
forced her to
slow down,
dropping her to
46th.
Finishing first overall as ex
pected was two-time All-Ameri
can Joanna Deeter of Notre Dame
with a time of 16:52. Rounding
out the top five were Anna
Gullingsrud of Missouri (17:16),
Alison Klemmer of Notre Dame
(17:21), Dontilla Mwei of Eastern
Michigan (17:32) and Katie Mey
er of Missouri (17:33).
Oregon’s third-place showing
helps propel it toward the Pre
NCAA Invitational on Oct. 16 in
Bloomington, Ind., which fea
tures many of the country’s top
teams and runners in an excellent
test for the Ducks.
. “We had some encouraging
signs today,” Heinonen said. “But
we have to get everyone going
well on the same day. Our goal
now is to get Amy and Katie
healthy and everyone fit and
healthy for pre-nationals.”
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past the outstretched arms of
Matador goalkeeper Jenny
Willemse.
Any time the Matador attack
crossed the midfield line toward
their goal, the Duck defense, led
by seniors Stacey Hebert and Car
rie McLanahan, quickly returned
the ball back to the offense. At
halftime Oregon led only 1-0 on
the scoreboard but led 14-2 in
shots on goal and seemed well on
its way to a .500 record.
All' of that changed 10 minutes
into the second half as Matador
' forward Erin Broadwell came up
with a loose ball and rocketed it
past Duck goalkeeper Amanda
Fox into the upper right-hand cor
ner of the net.
“Once we gave them that goal,
they started to believe in them
selves,” Steffen said. “When they
see that the score is tied, they
started saying, ‘Hey, we can win
this thing,’ and it gave them life
and momentum.”
After the score, the Matadors
seemed like a different team and
took advantage of their few shots
on goal. In the 21st minute, CSU
Northridge freshman Gentry
Green dribbled the ball past a slid
ing McLanahan and kicked it into
the right side of the net. On the
third goal, with nine minutes left,
Green received the ball in the left
corner and ricocheted a shot off
the right goal post into the net
past a confused Fox.
On Friday, Oregon beat visiting
Auburn 4-0, thanks in large part
to speedy sophomore Chalise
Baysa, who excited the 479 fans
on hand with her three first-half
goals. Baysa’s hat trick led a well
balanced attack that included
Oregon goalkeepers Amanda Fox
and Sarah Peters combining to
record the Ducks’ second shutout
of the season. Senior Jori Gangnes
scored the Ducks’ fourth goal with
spectacular dribbling in which
she sidestepped Auburn defend
ers and launched a shot that flew
inches over Auburn goalie Piper
Craig’s fingers and into the net.
Oregon opens Pacific-10 Con
ference play Friday as it hosts No.
17 Stanford.
Sports briefs
Ducks cruise at
Nittany Lion Fall Invitational
After settling for second place at
the Oregon Invitational, the Oregon
women’s golf team wasn’t satisfied.
The result: a first-place finish in
a 17-team tournament as the Ducks
broke team records during the
weekend at the Nittany Lion Fall
Invitational in State College, Pa.
The Ducks were led by senior
Pam Sowden, whose three-round
score of 210 earned her the individ
ual title. She edged Jessica Lewis of
James Madison by four strokes.
Oregon was in a zone, breaking
one team record and tying another.
After two rounds, Oregon stood
with a score of 586, the lowest two
round score in team history. And
its final score of 885 is the best per
formance ever by the Ducks.
Sowden’s score of 68 on the sec
ond day tied the best individual
performance ever by a Duck. Penn
State, which hosted the tourna
ment, fell three strokes short of Ore
gon and settled for second place.
Along with Sowden, two other
Ducks finished in the top 20. Jeri
lyn White earned sixth place, and
Angie Rizzo finished 18th.
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