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You can also stop by the ASUO office, Suite 4, EMU. Numbers tell it: Pac-10 a trip ■ Tara VanDerveer doesn’t plan any changes — whether her No. 24 Cardinal is rolling or not Women’s Notes By Mirjam Swanson Oregon Daily Emerald A single-handed 12-point run ain’t bad. Stanford forward Lindsey Ya masaki scored the last 12 points of the first half against California last Saturday, and by doing so turned a shaky 11-point Cardinal lead into a convincing 23-point advan tage. Twenty-fourth ranked Stanford (11-4 overall, 4-1 Pacific-10 Con ference) won 83-57 and Yamasaki finished with 17 points. Not a typical performance from someone coming off the bench. But not an atypical showing for Yamasaki, the two-sport star from Oregon City who is averaging 10.4 points in less than 20 minutes per game. Coach Tara VanDerveer has openly expressed her displeasure with Yamasaki’s decision to play volleyball last fall — the Cardinal volleyball team reached the na tional championship and lost to Penn State. And despite Yamasaki’s gener ally impressive play since return ing to the basketball court seven games ago, VanDerveer hasn’t changed her tone or her policy of excluding dual-sport athletes from her starting lineup. Kristin Folkl, another former Stanford volleyball and basketball stand out, was also regulated to reserve duty throughout her career, al though VanDerveer seemed more willing to deal with Folkl’s situa tion. “I like our lineup,” VanDerveer said in response to a question about Yamasaki’s role on the team. “People are playing well. We’re starting the people who are doing the best for us out there.” So Yamasaki, a starter all last season, won’t start this year? “She’s come off the bench and helped us in some games. And that’s great.” $30,000 Thirty thousand dollars is a lot of money. A $30,000 bond was paid for the release of Ayesha Rembert, a junior forward at UCLA, follow ing her arrest last Wednesday. And the No. 10 Bruins indefi nitely suspended Rembert last Thursday, following her arrest on suspicion of burglarizing the home of a fellow UCLA student. Reportedly, Rembert is alleged to have stolen several items, in cluding a laptop computer and a leather jacket early on Dec. 27. Rembert — who was averaging less than five minutes a game for the Bruins — was taken into cus tody following a practice at Pauley Pavilion. It’s just more adversity for a Bruins team that has already dealt with key injuries, several lopsided losses and harsh pub lic criticism by starting point guard Erica Gomez. Thirteen minutes Thirteen minutes is a long time. It’s how much time Southern California coach Chris Gobrecht gives her players to run 11/2 miles. Either that or sit. No sweat, they’re Division-I, Pacific-10 Conference athletes, right? Never until this season. Rather fortunately for Oregon, Portia Mitchell, one of 25 high school athletes invited to try out for the USA Olympic team in 1998, still hasn’t conquered that now-infamous 13-minute test. “It’s unfortunate because when we signed Portia what we had in mind was that she would be one of those people who could help us against [the size] that Oregon brings into the gym with [6-foot 5] Jenny Mowe and [6-3] Angeli na Wolvert and [6-1] Brianne Meharry,” Gobrecht said. “They’ve got some of the biggest kids in the Pac-10. So that was our idea with Portia. But it’s not gonna happen.” Though Gobrecht certainly isn’t pleased with the scenario, she used this week’s Pac-10 confer- ** ence call to dispel some of the criticism Mitchell’s been receiv ing — because her player has been getting clowned in newspa pers from Seattle to Los Angeles. “She cares a lot about the team,” Gobrecht said. “And she is working very hard on her condi tioning, it’s just that she had such a long way to go.” Tennis continued from page 7 meanor helped him evolve into a leader on and off the court. “Peoplesee that he leads by ex ample,” Russell said. “He is one of those guys who has a good pres ence. He can walk into a room and not say anything, but you know he is there.” Junior David Becker was one of those players who looked to Carter for leadership. As a young player, Becker saw the example Carter set and tried to follow his footsteps. “He kind of took me under his wing last year,” Becker said. “He set a good example for me on what an Oregon tennis player should be.” Over the last couple of seasons, Russell’s program has lost players to transfer and graduation. Carter has been one of the few holdovers for the team. That’s something both Russell and Becker see as in dicative of his commitment to the success of the program. “He was one of the first guys I re cruited who has been here the whole time,” Russell said. “Some guys don’t care as much when they are seniors, their level of play drops off, but that hasn’t hap pened with him. That shows he is a special person and player.” Becker also sees Carter’s commit ment as a benefit to the program. “His sticking with us shows a lot about his character,” Becker said. “It shows what he means to the pro gram, and what we mean to him.” Unlike some stars, Carter is more interested in team success then in his own. Before his career is over, he would like to see the Ducks record their first Pac-10 win. “As a team I liked to see us get our first Pac-10 win,” Carter said. “Individually, I want to have a winning record. If I do that then I have a pretty good season.” Surprisingly, one of the strengths that Carter brought to the program has been his doubles play. Accord ing to both Russell and Becker, his play has improved during the four years he’s been at Oregon. “He is a stalwart doubles player, which surprised me at first, ” Russell said. “His play has really helped the rest of the team in that aspect. ” Becker echoes his coach’s thoughts. “His doubles play is at a very high level,” Becker said. “Which shows the younger players how to play.” Carter took this fall off to com pete on his own, something that he and Russell agree helped ele vate his game to another level, which in turn will help the Ducks have a successful spring. “He has come back with a good perspective,” Russell said. “He has eased back into things with a maturity we haven’t had'in the past. That will definitely help us.” Carter also sees the benefit of playing on his own during the fall. “I think it helped me a lot,” Carter said. “As the season starts, you want to have a lot of match play experience. That helps a lot with your confidence. 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