Oregon reigns in Civil War
■ The Ducks continue their
regional dominance over the
Beavers with a 4-0 victory in
Corvallis
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Hostile crowd. Aggressive op
ponent. Same result.
For the fourth time in as many
tries, the Oregon women’s soccer
team held the upper hand in the
Civil War rivalry, beating Oregon
State 4-0 on Saturday in Corvallis.
The victory pushed the Ducks’
record up to 5-8,1-2 in Pacific-10
Conference play, and dropped
the Beavers to 7-6-1, 0-3.
The Ducks quieted the raucous
Beaver crowd with an all-around
performance, as all four goals
came from four different players.
“We came out and played very
intense, yet composed,” head
coach Bill Steffen said. “We kept
the ball on the floor a lot, and by
keeping the ball so long, we took
the crowd out of it.”
A key for the Ducks was to
come out strong and match the
Beavers’ intensity. Oregon did
just that as less than 11 minutes
into the game, freshman forward
Julie McLellan scored to give the
Ducks an early lead.
McLellan received the ball on
the right flank and cut to her left
toward the goal. As the Beaver
goalkeeper was heading to her
right, McLellan fired a left-foot
shot into the opposite corner of
the net for the score.
“It was nice to get that first
goal,” Steffen said. “Once that
first goal is scored, we started
playing a little more relaxed. Our
mind set was that we got the first
goal and now we have to get
some more.”
The Ducks continued to domi
nate throughout the first half,
controlling the time of posses
sion and shots on goal.
In the 35th minute of the first
half senior defender Carrie
McLanahan pushed her team’s
lead to two with an impressive
45-yard free kick that sailed over
the goalie’s out
stretched hands
into the net.
“I had taken
two previous
penalty kicks be
fore that so I sat
back and looked
for the right angle,” McLanahan
said. “The goalie was sneaking
up, and I just placed it behind
her, out of her reach. If anything,
I just wanted to get the ball in the
right place where somebody else
could knock it in as well.”
“The defense was playing flat,
and we were in good position to
get a good score off of them,”
Steffen said.
“I told Carrie to look at the
goalkeeper’s position and either
pass it or try to shoot. She decid
ed to shoot and made a great
kick.”
Less than five minutes later,
Oregon took a 3-0 lead with
sophomore mid-fielder/forward
Chalise Baysa’s acrobatic score
from 12 yards out that left both
teams in awe.
Baysa handled the ball after a
series of bounces and side
volleyed it into the net.
“That was a very pretty goal,”
Steffen said. “Even if you were
an OSU fan, you were clapping
after that goal.”
Although the Ducks held the
three-goal advantage at the half,
Winning the ‘War’
Oregon has handled Oregon State *
since its 1996 inception, winning
all four Civil Wars.
1996:
OREGON 2, Oregon State 1
1997:
Oregon 3, Oregon State 1
1998:
OREGON 3, Oregon State 0
1999:
Oregon 4, Oregon State 0
‘Home team in CAPS
Steffen warned his troops of the
Beavers’ initial energy in the be
ginning of the second half and
how a quick goal would get them
right back in the game.
Oregon State did come out
hard, but it was matched inch for
inch by the Ducks, who contin
ued to control the ball.
In the 65th minute, senior for
ward Erin Anderson ran. up the
sidelines and cut in toward the
goal at the right time as she con
trolled the ball after a deflection
off the goalkeeper’s leg and elud
ed the goalie to knock in the score.
The defense seemed to be ad
mirers most of the day, as the of
fense was the show. Whenever
the Beavers did attack the net,
Oregon goalkeepers Amanda Fox
and Sarah Peters were right there
to deny. The two combined on
the Duck shutout.
With postseason play still a
possibility, Oregon must feed off
its first Pac-10 win this weekend,
when it faces both Washington
teams on the road, starting with
Washington State on Friday at 2
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A lot is expected of Shaquala Williams, last season’s Pac-10 freshman of the year.
Women
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onship,” head coach Jody Runge
said. “But I think it’s more impor
tant having the kind of season that
gives us the opportunity to host a
first-round game in the NCAA
Tournament and be able to pass
the stumbling block of the second
round. The key for us is making
sure we have a great preseason and
we get the power rating we need. ”
Oregon’s nonconference sched
ule is its toughest ever. If the Ducks
can survive — or thrive — against
the likes of Virginia Tech, UC-Santa
Barbara and Western Kentucky,
then their hopes for an elusive home
bid should receive a definite boost.
“It’s gonna be tough, ” said Jenny
Mo we, a 6-foot-5 junior center.
“But I don’t think it’s anything we
can’t handle. It’s always fun to get
out there and prove to people that
they’re wrong.”
“Shaq,” the Ducks’ 5-6 play
maker, spoke of an assault on the
nation’s top-10 this season after
Oregon finished ranked No. 16.
It’s no secret that Oregon will
depend heavily on Williams her
self to direct the team forward.
“I look for her to lead this team,"
said Runge. “She’s going to be one
of the top guards in the country,
and she should have an opportu
nity to be a Parade All-American.”
Williams will push an offense
intended to capitalize on the best
group of post players in the Pac-10.
Juniors Mowe and Brianne
Meharry (6-1) are both healthy
heading into the season for the
first time. And Angelina Wolvert,
a 6-3 junior, returns to lend more
power to the mix.
Intimidating as that trio might be
by itself, 6-3 sophomore Alyssa
Fredrick — a transfer from San
Diego State — adds quickness. Al
though Fredrick practiced with the
Ducks last season, she couldn’t
compete because of the man datory
redshirt year transfers must endure.
“She really did not enjoy her
redshirt year, as far as having to
stay home and not being a part of
the team,” Runge said. “So, she’s
excited to play.”
Fredrick certainly looked in
spired during the Ducks exhibition
scrimmage Saturday, swatting sev
eral of her teammates shots back at
them or out of bounds entirely.
“Key factors this season are how
players like [sophomores] Jamie
Craighead, Ndidi Unaka and Alyssa
Fredrick come in and fill major
roles in minutes for us,” Runge said.
“That will be a major factor in how
we’re able to deal with injuries as
well as having the ability to play at a
high level of intensity. ”
Neither Unaka, a 6-0 forward
with a 25-inch vertical leap, nor
Craighead, a 5-10 guard with a rep
utation as a tremendous shooter,
has played significant minutes.
But they both could be called on to
help soften the loss of last season’s
three seniors, including three
point specialist Natasha O’Brien.
Veterans Strange and junior for
ward Lindsey Dion (5-10) will
start at shooting guard and small
forward. Karen Piers, a 5-7 point
guard, backs up Williams.
The four freshmen on the Ducks
are: Amanda Brown, a Sheldon grad
uate and 5-9 guard; Alissa Edwards,
a 5-6 guard; Kourtney Shreve, a 5-7
guard; and Courtney Moore, a 6-0
forward who was the four-time
Nevada 4 A player of the year.
Briefs
Wygonowska at Invite
Senior Alina Wygonowska of
the women’s tennis team partici
pates in the All-American Invita
tional this week in Los Angeles, to
which only the top-64 players na
tionally are invited. The qualify
ing rounds begin today and run
through Wednesday.
Joiner suspended again
Junior cornerback T amoni Join
er has been suspended indefinite
ly from the football team for a re
peated violation of team rules,
according to bead coach Mike Bel
lotti.
Joiner, who also missed Ore
gon’s home opener because of sus
pension, has started five of the
Ducks’’six games this s^sdri,