Oregon wraps up two wins, but loses to Boise St
■ The men’s tennis team
moves closer toward its
goal of a national ranking
with two weekend wins
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
Although the Oregon men’s
tennis team certainly gained
much-needed momentum from
its two wins at the Boise State
Shootout this weekend, its loss to
the Broncos Sunday tainted the
early weekend success.
Despite playing tough, the
Ducks lost to No. 36 Boise State,
6-1.
Senior Joaquin Hamden record
ed Oregon’s only win in a close
three-set win over Marcus Bern
ston.
Oregon was otherwise unsuc
cessful in singles action.
No. 1 player Guillermo Carter
was beaten in two close sets by
Wesley Moodlie, 6-4. 7-6 (4).
“It was a battle,” Oregon head
coach Chris Russell said in a re
leased statement. “The guys
fought extrememely hard and left
it all out there on the court. If we
continue to play like this as far as
this kind of fight and hunger,
we’ll be knocking off top-35
teams.”
The Ducks did manage to
record a doubles win, as freshman
Oded Teig and senior Thomas
Schneiter beat Rio Kuharski and
Andrew Roumieh, 8-4.
But before Sunday, they com
pletely manhandled their oppo
nents, clinching both contests ear
ly in singles play.
On Friday, Oregon defeated
Utah 5-2.
Sophomore Thomas Schneiter
upset the Utes’ Ashley Dyer in
two sets to lead the Ducks. Senior
Guillermo Carter defeated Utah’s
David Mercier in two sets, 7-5, 6
2. Seniors Joaquin Hamdan and
freshman Oded Teig had to come
from behind in their victories.
Hamdan defeated the Utes’ Pat
Wallebringer, 7-5, 3-6, 6-0. Teig
beat Utah’s David Laverty 6-2,6-2
after dropping the first set, 3-6.
In doubles play, Carter teamed
with Leslie Eisinga to defeat
Utah’s Dyer and Laverty, 8-6. Teig
and Schneiter also prevailed, de
feating Trevor Ferguson and Kyle
Zenger, 8-4.
“It was a good start for us,” Rus
sell said. “By playing a solid team
in the opening rouqd, it will help
us get the momentum that we
need.”
On Saturday, the Ducks im
proved to 2-0 on the season, as
they dominated Idaho, 6-1. Ore
gon swept all of its singles match
es en route to
the victory.
Carter,
H a m d a n ,
Schneiter and
Teig all
picked up
their second
wins of the
‘season. Junior David Becker dis
posed of the Vandals’ Fredrik Von
Sydow in impressive fashion, 6-1,
6-0.
Idaho picked up its lone point
in doubles play. The Vandals’ Dar
rin Currall and Amod Walker nar
rowly defeated Carter and Becker,
8-6. Teig and Schneiter respond
ed with an 8-1 win over Von
Sydow and Eddie Brisbois. Ida
ho’s Stephen DiSilna and Tad
Kincaid put away the Ducks with
a 8-2 win over senior Cedric Van
Haver and freshman Jason Menke.
Both Teig and Schneiter came
away from Boise undefeated.
“We played solid tennis to
day,” Chris Russell said. “Our
guys really stepped up and
played at the level that they need
to in order to move into the rank
ings.”
The Ducks were scheduled to
play 35th-ranked Boise State on
Sunday. Results were unavail
able.
Oregon returns to action on
Wednesday, Feb. 9, in Portland
against the Pilots.
Ducks hope experience pays off
■ Oregon golfers hope for
a good showing in their
first tournament of 2000
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
The Ducks tee-off for their first
tournament of the new millenni
um today.
And head coach Steve Nosier
said his team is ready for a show
down in the desert.
The men participate in the 54
hole Ping Arizona Intercollegiate
Tournament, to be held in Tucson
over the next two days. The field
features seven of the top 25 teams in
the nation, including four Pacific-10
Conference teams in the top 15.
Nosier has hope for his Ducks.
“College golf is kind of goofy,”
Nosier said. “You gotta get lucky
as well as be good.”
There is no doubt the Ducks are
good. Senior co-captain Ryan
Lavoie took second place at the
Husky Invitational this fall and
had six top-20 finishes last year.
Andrew Tredway, the Ducks’ oth
er captain, finished with five top
20 finishes last year.
Overall, the team has finished
third, eighth, second, and tied for
fifth in the four tournaments it
played in the fall.
Nosler’s ultimate goal is a berth
in the NCAA tournament. That
means a strong showing at the
Ping is important.
The Ducks have a chance to
gain national recognition by com
peting against top-ranked teams.
But the outcome of the tourney
is unpredictable, according to
Nosier, a team score “ten over par
might win it.”
Each team fields five players, and
the top four scores from each team
will be added together for the team’s
score.
Women
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“To rally from such an emotion
al thing like what happened at
USC and come back and get this
big win, it’s just really a statement
of who these kids are.”
It’s by no accident that Runge’s
teams don’t lose back-to-back
games in the Pac-10; they’re too
tough, mentally and physically.
That toughness was evident all
game, including late in the first
half, when the Ducks trailed by
their largest margin, 23-17, and
had several starters on the bench.
Freshman point guard Kourt
ney Shreve drove downcourt and
found Jamie Craighead deep be
hind the three-point line. Keeping
with the day’s theme, Craighead
stepped up and buried the shot,
cutting the Bruins’ lead to three.
Beside a slim advantage early,
the Ducks didn’t lead again until
junior forward Brianne Meharry
knocked down a pair of fr ee throws
— two in a string of eight-straight
Oregon makes from the line —
which pushed the score to 50-49
with 4 minutes, 17 seconds to go.
Less than two minutes later,
UCLA head coach Kathy Olivier
was called for a technical foul,
and Oregon point guard Shaquala
Williams sank the two ensuing
free throws.
“When Kathy got that‘T,’ that
just busted their bubble,” said
Williams on KUGN. “The players
on the floor were saying ‘Shut up
Kathy.’ I know when you go like
that against your coach [we were]
in great hands.”
Even when it didn’t have the
lead, Oregon just kept coming,
playing like they were unaware,
or at least unaffected, by the
game’s magnitude. The Ducks
were in control.
“It never felt like it was out of
reach,” Runge said. “From top to
bottom, everyone who went out
there left everything'on the court,
our kids played so well. It wasn’t
pretty at times, but it was a great
overall effort.”
The performance of Alyssa
Fredrick, a redshirt sophomore
from San Diego, certainly helped
keep things within reach.
She came off the bench and put
on a show for the 2,215 in atten
dance with timely and athletic
layins. She also drew fouls, hit
free throws, blocked a shot an<4,
provided some much-needed on
court energy. Perfect from the
floor and the line, Frederick fin
ished with 10 points and two re
bounds in nine minutes.
“I was lovin’ Alyssa today,”
Williams said. “I’m gonna have to
take her out to dinner or some
thing. She was on the glass, block
ing shots; [she] hit a couple of
clutch free throws. She did every
thing we needed her to do.”
Williams also filled her role nice
ly, despite struggling with her shot.
“If they would have been just
clanks, then maybe I would have
lost a little confidence,” Williams
said. “But they were in-and-out,
and those are shots that I know
I’m gonna make. And when I
needed the big shots, they came.”
Last season’s Pac-10 freshman
of the year converted 10 of 13 free
throws, but only 5 of 19 shots —
including 2 of 10 from behind the
arc — to finish with a game-high
22 points. She also had six assists.
And once again, she got the best
of Erica Gomez. The Bruins’ point
guard finished with six points,
three assists and nine turnovers,
well off her season averages of 8.1,
6.2 and 4.9, respectively.
Jenny Mowe followed a good
game on Thursday with another
quality performance against the
Bruins. Always a presence inside,
Mowe finished with nine re
bounds, a steal and a solid block
in the face of star freshman Nicole
Kaczmarski, who tried to take
Mowe one-on-one on the break.
Mowe “allows me to pressure
the ball,” Williams said. “’Cause if
you want to beat me and go run
into Jenny, hey, I’m happy for you.”
Sports brief
Duck track teams shine at
Silver State Invite
Thirty-three members of the
Oregon women’s track team and
eight members of the men’s squad
came through with strong per
formances in the second meet of
the indoor season at the Silver
State Invitational in Reno, NV.
Senior Howard Moore paced
the Duck men, winning the 200
meters and clocking a personal
best (6.42) in the 55 meters.
Freshman Terry Ellis matched
Moore’s output, finishing second
in the 55-hurdles with a time of
7.73.
In men’s field events, John Bel
lo posted a three-foot PR in the
shot put at 55 feet, 6 feet. Junior
Kyley Johnson took second in the
high jump (6 feet 9 inches).
Sophomore Santiago Lorenzo
had both a PR in the pole vault
(15-7) and a lOth-place finish in
the 400.
Among the women, sophomore
pole-vaulter Niki Reed came in
sixth with a vault of 12 feet. Junior
Holly Speight came in 12th (11-11
3/4). Freshman Mary Etter came
within a foot of the NCAA provi
sional mark with her throw of 48-2.
Eri Macdonald won her heat of
the 800, and ranked fifth overall in
the combined results, while sopho
more Nattalie Wright came in 11th.
Senior Hilly Holly claimed top
team honors in the long jump (18
6), while freshman Tiana Sester
was the top Duck finisher in the
triple jump (14th, 35-10 3/4).