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Sports Editor: Tim Pyle
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Bauman
may play
this year
When he tore the anterior cruciate
ligament in his right knee last spring,
cornerback Rashad Bauman, consid
ered the Oregon football team’s top de
fensive back, was said to be out for the
entire season this fall.
Bauman, however, has rehabilitated
faster than expected.
So much so, in fact, that team doctors
have cleared him to play and head
coach Mike Bellotti is considering get
ting him back onto the field during the
final half of the season. Perhaps even as
soon as Saturday at Arizona, although
it’s not likely.
If Bauman proves himself game
ready and Bellotti does decide to use
him this season, Bauman would relin
quish what was to be a redshirt season
and be a senior rather than a junior
come next fall.
With cornerback Tamoni-Joiner, who
had started five of the Ducks’ six games,
suspended indefinitely for a violation
of team rules, and Oregon (3-3 overall,
1-2 Pacific-10 Conference) in need of a
strong final month in order to earn a
third straight bowl berth, Bellotti faces
Turn to Tim Pyle, Page 9A
Who cares
about the
Oh, what could have been.
As I watched the New YoA
Mets’ Kenny Rogers miss bad
ly on a full-count pitch to At
lanta’s Andruw Jones in the 11th inning
to walk in the game-winning — and se
ries-clinching —run, all my mind could
think of was what could have been.
Tuesday night in Atlanta, in game 6
of the National League Championship
Series, the “Amazin’ Mets” were so
close to forcing a game 7, which no
team has ever done after being down
three games to zero. Those Mets bat
tled back from deficits of 5-0 and 7-3,
and even took one-run leads in the
eighth and 10th innings, but it just
wasn’t meant to be.
The “Subway Series” that never was.
Visions of the Mets and Yankees in
the World Series danced in my head
and got my — already full-blown —
Turn to Jeff Smith, Page 9A
After 4-0 win, UO aims for more goals
Jeffrey Stockton Emeraid
Laurie Duhrkoop and the Ducks need to keep scoring for a shot at the NCAAs.
Soccer Notes
V Brett
It has been a season of missed
opportunities and missed
chances for the Oregon
women’s soccer team, but the
Ducks refuse to throw in the
towel.
The tide has turned for Oregon,
which showed it has the ability to
score and score in bunches in last
weekend’s 4-0 win over Oregon
State in Corvallis.
Oregon (1-2 Pacific-10 Con
ference, 5-8 overall) dominated
the game, and the Ducks re
mained undefeated at 4-0 all
time against their in-state rival.
The Beavers’ game laid the
foundation for future offensive
success, Oregon head coach Bill
Steffen said.
. “The key is confidence. In the
past we have had chances, but
we need to know how to put
away chances,” said Steffen,
whose coaching resume in
cludes a stint as assistant coach
for North Carolina on the Tar
Heels’ 1993 and 1994 national
championship teams. “It’s great
not only to have four goals, but
to have four different players
score them.”
Goalkeeper Amanda Fox felt
that the Ducks scoring output
was a huge mental lift for the
team.
“It immensely helped our
confidence, because it ended a
scoring drought,” said Fox, who
ranks fifth in the Pac-10 with 48
saves and a goals-against aver
age of 1.52. “We put the ball in
the net, and now we realize we
can score more against better
teams.”
Oregon needs to prove it can
score goals against other Pac-10
teams besides the Beavers. In
the last three seasons, the Ducks
have played 26 Pac-10 games
and scored 26 goals, 12 against
Oregon State.
“We have been looking to
climb the ladder basically since
our program has started,” Stef
fen said. “We’re trying to climb
into the elite, and we’re gradual
ly working our way there.”
Steffen was happy with the
Ducks’ scoring distribution
against the Beavers, including
freshman forward Julie McLel
lan’s first goal as a Duck.
“It was great, because we feel
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