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Expectations grow
for women’s tennis
■ With better doubles play,
the Oregon women’s tennis
team could have its best
season yet
By Matt O’Neill
lor the Emerald
The buzz word around the Ore
gon women’s tennis program is
injuries — or lack thereof. One of
the biggest concerns for head
coach Jack Griffin during the last
couple seasons has been the in
jury bug.
For the last two seasons, some
of the Duck’s key players have
been injured, including Sarah
Colistro and Alina Wygonowska.
“Last year, [Alina] had lots of
nagging injuries,” Griffin said.
“There was probably only a two
week span where she was com
pletely healthy. This year there
are moments where she is back to
where she was; one of the best in
the Pacific-10 Conference.”
Griffin sees flashes of the player
who was ranked as high as No. 35
in the nation two years ago. If she
can completely return to her old
form, the senior will provide lead
ership at the top of the singles
lineup.
Other players who look to be
playing at the top of the singles
lineup for Griffin this season are
sophomore Janice Nyland and
freshman Amy Juppenlatz. Both
are off to good starts this fall.
“Amy and Janice are right
where they should be,” Griffin
said. “They are playing very well
right now.”
Along with Juppenlatz, another
newcomer, Monika Gieczys, is
showing that she will also be a big
part of the team this season.
“Monika has shown that she
will have an impact on our team,”
Griffin said. “She is playing well
despite her down-time.”
Gieczys was not able to partici
pate in the first tournament be
cause of difficulty obtaining her
visa.
Sophomore Valerie Young has
also gotten on
to a great start
in her second
campaign as
a Duck.
“Val is
playing her
best tennis at
Oregon yet,”
Griffin said.
“She should
be in the top
six before the
year is out.”
The coaching staff would like
to see doubles play improve.
Right now the feeling is that
Oregon can compete against the
nation’s best in singles. But once
the Ducks better their doubles
play, they feel that they will be a
force to be reckoned with.
“We need better doubles play
to compete with the top 15 or 20
teams,” Griffin said. “Right now
we have players playing singles
while they are on the doubles
court. Once we get them to
change that, then we’ll be ready to
compete.”
Overall, the coaches are very
happy with the team is perform
ing right now, and have great ex
pectations for the prospects of the
season.
“Right now, it is hard for us to
tell, especially since we are not
competing a lot,” Griffin said.
“But we are happy because on pa
per it looks like this is the best
team we’ve had in a long time.”
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Rugby ready to rumble
■ The Oregon Club Sports
women’s rugby team begins
its season on a positive note
with a win at home
By Shigenari Matsumoto
lor the Emerald
The Oregon Club Sports
women’s rugby team (1-1), defeat
ed Lewis and Clark 61-5 in its
first home game of the season last
Saturday.
In front of a crowd about 30
fans at the grass intramural field
behind McArthur Court, the
Ducks had nine tries and held
Lewis and Clark to one.
“The players played wonder
fully today,” said Oregon coach
Sean Peters. “They ran the ball
well and were able to keep the
ball moving. Most importantly,
they were all in good shape.”
Peters, who plays on the Eu
gene men’s club team, coached
the team last year in its first sea
son..
The Oregon club started from
scratch, without even a single
ball. The Ducks won only two
games and tied one.
They lost their first match this
season, 27-14, to a Portland senior
women’s team on Oct. 16. But the
match gave the rookies much
needed confidence.
At the end of last season, sever
al Ducks went to Reno, Nev., to
play friendly matches, and four
players traveled to Missoula,
Mont., to play in the Maggotfest
Tournament. They played on
teams that were missing players
due to injury, a friendly tradition
in rugby. This year, Oregon plans
a trip to Montana as a team.
“We have improved a lot com
pared to last year,” said Peters.
He said that the team is aiming
for the Collegiate National Cham
pionship Tournament, the biggest
tournament
for club rug
by teams.
“We have
[some] of the
best talent in
the league,”
Peters said.
“I think we have a good chance.”
The key players of the team are
Kelsey Christianson who plays
wing, Jamie Hampton, who plays
scrumhalf and Kristina Skogen,
who is the eight-man.
Kelsey, a freshman from Wood
inville, Wash., had six tries Satur
day, and scored more than half of
the Ducks’ points.— the most
she’s ever scored.
“I like rugby because the pace is
fast and exciting,” said Kelsey. “I
am addicted to it.”
Kelsey hopes to go to nationals
and to play for the Grizzlies,
which is “the best team on the
West Coast.”
The Pacific Coast Grizzlies is a
territorial-level team, belonging to
one of the eight divisions in the
USA Rugby Union.
Both Peter and Kelsey hope
rugby will gain popularity.
It will help if the Ducks can
reach the nationals this year. With
the experienced squad and the
promising recruits, it could hap
pen.