Ducks leave desert winless
■ UO’s season ends with a
loss and a tie on the road
against the Arizona schools
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
All good things must come to an
end.
And for the Oregon women’s soc
cer team, the weekend was filled
with emotion as the Ducks finished
the season with a 2-1 loss to Arizona
State on Friday and a scoreless tie
with Arizona on Sunday.
The first recruiting class in Ore
gon’s history, which formed the
foundation of the program three
years ago, took the field for the last
time and came up empty.
Friday, Oregon (7-11-1 overall,
3-5-1 Pacific-10 Conference) ral
lied to tie the Sun Devils at 1-1 on
freshman Julie McLellan’s second
half goal. It was the Vernon, B.C.,
native’s third goal of the season.
But Arizona State came back
and took the lead with 15 minutes
remaining. Shanel Scott’s header
slipped by Oregon goalkeeper
Amanda Fox for the final margin.
In a season in which the Ducks
consistently out
shot their oppo
nents but often
left the field
without a win,
Arizona State’s
stifling defense
didn’t give them
many opportunities. The Sun
Devils had 17 shots, while Oregon
was only able to muster eight, de
spite three shots each from seniors
Erin Anderson and Sierra Marsh.
It was a tough loss, but the Ducks
proved once again that they have
the ability to mount a strong come
back and respond well to adversity.
“This was a tough loss,” Oregon
head coach Bill Steffen said. “The
girls played hard and really bat
tled. We put a lot of pressure on
them and gave up kind of a fluky
goal with 15 minutes left. To give
up a goal like that is disheartening,
but we did play really hard.”
Sunday, Arizona was fortunate
to leave its venue with a tie against
the Ducks. The Wildcats were out
shot 27-16 by Oregon, but the
Ducks were unable to find the
back of the net. Oregon forward
Chalise Baysa had a team-high five
opportunities to score.
Jori Gangnes, Melissa Parker and
Marsh each had four shots on goal,
but they were unable to connect
late in the game when the Ducks
had chances to put away Arizona.
Oregon, 2-0-1 all-time against the
Wildcats, may have underestimat
ed Arizona’s defensive ability. The
Wildcats were outmatched against
the Ducks once again but found a
-way not to lose for the first time.
Although it was unable to earn a
NCAA Tournament bid, Oregon
did show improvement once
again, finishing the season with a
program-best seven wins.
Sports Brief
Author presents kayak slide show
Adventurer and author Byron Ricks presents a slide
show detailing his five-month kayak trip from Glacier
' Bay, Alaska, to the Puget Sound, Wash., at 7:30 p.m.
tonight in the Knight Library Browsing Room.
Ricks has written several articles in magazines such
- as Outside and Men’s Journal and is an environmental
planner in Seattle.
After the presentation, Ricks and his wife, Maren van
Nostrand, will sign copies of his kayak adventure book
“Homeland,” which was illustrated by Nostrand, Tom
Gerald of the University Bookstore said.
The presentation is part of a University Bookstore
sponsored author events series highlighting North
west writers.
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gutsy leader, Harrington’s irre
pressible confidence and intensi
ty seem to rub off on others, mak
ing him the quarterback of choice.
“He throws his body into plays;
he tries to block guys when he
doesn’t have the ball. He’s not
afraid to take it up the middle and
hit a linebacker, ” senior rover
Michael Fletcher said. “I’m excited
to see a quarterback play like that. ”
Hartley, who has a team-high
39 receptions on the season, told a
similar Harrington story.
“Some guy drilled him, and he
got up and was talking trash all in
his face,” Hartley said with a smile.
“That’s good. If you see your quar
terback doing that, it’s gonna get
everybody else fired up.”
Harrington was 15-of-24, pass
ing for 239 yards and three touch
downs against the Cougars. He
also rushed for an eight-yard
touchdown on a pretty bootleg.
Solid numbers for sure, but
nothing out of the ordinary for an
Oregon quarterback. Bellotti was
pleased with Harrington’s work
but didn’t do anything to resolve
the quarterback controversy.
“He made the plays he had to
make,” Bellotti said. “But as I said
before, we have two great quarter
backs. They can both play, and they
can both win in this conference.
“And we need them both to be
ready mentally and physically. ”
Seemingly always unassuming,
Harrington didn’t express any fu
ture expectations. When asked if he
knew who was starting next Satur
day at California, Harrington im
mediately replied, “No... oh, no.”
And he was quick to point out
his shortcomings—“a lot of balls
that I wish I could have back”—in
assessing his first collegiate start.
But judging from his play Satur
day night and the reaction of other
Ducks, Harrington will have plenty
more chances against the Golden
Bears, who boast probably the Pa
cific-10 Conference’s best defense.
Because Harrington is the man
of the moment—at least as long
as he keeps producing.
Tim Pyle is the sports editor for the Emerald. He can
be reached viae-mailattpyle@gladstone.uore
gon.edu.
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