Men’s golf in good shape
as tournament turns rainy
■ The Ducks are in fourth
place as other Pac-10
teams play poorly
by Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
On the soggy fainvays of the
North Ranch Country Club in
Westlake Village, Calif., the Ore
gon men’s golf team is sitting
pretty after two rounds at the
Cleveland Southwest Intercolle
giate Tournament.
The Ducks finished in fourth
place of fourteen teams Monday,
trailing only No. 7 Brigham
Young, No. 8 Arizona State and
No. 14 Fresno State.
Oregon senior co-captain Ryan
Lavoie leads all golfers through
two rounds at the three-round,
56-hole tournament. Lavoie shot
a three-under 139 to finish the
day one stroke ahead of Oregon
State’s Jon Lepak.
Junior T.J. Duncan, who hasn’t
played in a tournament since the
Husky Invitational in September,
shot an impressive one-over par
143 to finish the day in a three
way tie for eighth place.
Finally the Ducks have found
some team consistency, and
more importantly, some team
chemistry.
“We played well,” head coach
Steve Nosier said. “The kids felt
good about the group l brought
down to this tournament.” BYU
and Fresno State are the only
teams other than Oregon to have
two golfers among the top 10 in
dividual finishers.
Nosier stressed the importance
of team play in the tournament.
“You really need all five guys
hanging right in there until the
very end,” Nosier said.
Also placing for the Ducks
were sophomore Brandon Ham
den (six-over, 149), who finished
the second round in a tie for
34th, and junior Matt Genovese
(10-over,
153), who
finished
in a tie for
52nd.
Alarm
ing for the
Ducks
was the
play of
senior co-captain Andrew Tred
way. The Ashland, Ore., native
paced Oregon in both tourna
ments the team has played so far
in 2000. Tredway finished yester
day’s play in a tie for 45th over
all, third among the Ducks.
Oregon’s strong overall play
has been due in part to the
weather conditions in Southern
California. At least seven inches
of rain have fallen in the past
three weeks, Nosier said, and the
wet conditions may be helping
the Ducks, one of the few teams
with experience in the water.
“It shouldn’t affect us as much
as it does some people,” Nosier
said of the rain. “We sure play in
enough of it.”
The local forecast in Westlake
calls for more rain tomorrow,
Nosier said.
The best news for the Ducks so
[The rain] shouldn't
affect us as much as it
does some people. We
sure play in enough of it.
Steve Nosier
head coach
far has undoubtedly been the
breakthrough play of Duncan.
Although he played well in the
Pacific and Husky invitationals
in the fall, Duncan has been un
able to make the cut and play
with the team this year. He’s fi
nally getting his chance in Cali
fornia and has risen to the occa
sion so far.
“He played very well today,”
Nosier said of Duncan.
“To have him come back the
way he did today was a real cred
it to him.”
One of the surprises of the
Southwest so far has been the
weak play of some Pacific-10
Conference powers. No. 12 Stan
ford, especially, has played poor
ly. With a 605 over two rounds,
Stanford is 25 strokes behind
Oregon.
Host No. 16 Southern Califor
nia, has been struggling in the
puddles as well. USC is current
ly in seventh place overall, but it
is a weak seventh. The Trojans
trail sixth place UCLA by nine
strokes.
The tournament concludes to
day with one 18-hole round.
Oregon men s lacrosse team enjoys
home field success against Linfield
■ The Ducks come out
focused to rout Linfield at
home and are 21-2 in
weekend competition
By Shigenari Matsumoto
for the Emerald
The Oregon Club Sports men’s
lacrosse team (2-2 overall) tram
pled Linfield University (0-3) 21
2 at the turf adjacent to the Rec
Center on Sunday.
The Ducks came out strong af
ter a tough loss to Pacific Luther
an University two weeks ago,
taking a commanding 11-1 lead
by half time even without their
leading scorer, James Halls, who
was out with an ankle injury.
Oregon coach Josh Barbour
said communication, focus and
support were the key elements of
Oregon’s success.
“Jared [Blanchette] is a very
good player, but also, the players
without the ball moved well and
confused the opponent’s de
f e n s e , ”
Barbour
said. “It
was a com
bination of
Jared being
at the right
place and
the players without the ball mov
ing well. This happened because
we communicated well.”
Blanchette and Doug Hamil
ton finished with three and four
goals, respectively.
Despite the big lead, Oregon
managed to keep up its intensity
in the second half and allowed
only one goal. Barbour, said .he.
was happy how the team kept
their focus on each play and did
not get distracted by the big lead
or the umpires’ calls.
The team played organized de
fense that they had been practic
ing and supported each other by
covering the ball handler when a
defender got beaten, according to
Barbour.
“The team is in very good
shape,” Barbour said. “If we keep
the intensity and momentum,
we’re a good team.”
The next game for the Ducks is
against Washington (2-2) at
Husky Stadium on Saturday. Bar
bour said the team is excited
about playing there.
“Win or lose, it should be fun,”
he said.
Women’s rugby finishes
weekend with mixed results
The Oregon Club Sports
women’s rugby team (3-1) played
Central Washington (3-1) and
Washington State (2-2) in Port
land last Saturday, winning the
first game against Central Wash
ington, 33-10, then falling to the
Cougars. Oregon’s offense did a
good job moving the ball be
tween the forwards and the
backs in the first game, which
lead to scoring attempts from five
different players. Senior Kristina
Skogen, who scored the first goal
for the Ducks, said it was good to
see different players score.
“It is a sign that we are playing
as a team,” Skogen said. “Also,
players are more confident about
their plays and their physical
strength.”
Other scorers included Shelby
Frail, wh.o.conyerted four of five
extra-point attempts; flanker
Camille Steele; inside center
Hillary Giorgio; and outside cen
ter Jennifer Vazzana. After a two
hour intermission, Oregon faced
the Cougars in the snow. The
ground was covered with ice,
and it was freezing, Skogen said.
Anastasia Eslinger and Steele
had to leave the game early due
44 It was a combination
of Jared [Blanchette] be
ing at the right place and
the players without the
ball moving well.
Josh Barbour
men’s lacrosse coach j ^
to injuries, but they’re both ex
pected to be back for the match
against Oregon State University
(4-0) next Saturday in Corvallis.
The Civil War game will be the
Ducks’ last of the regular season.
The Ducks beat the Beavers in
the Oregon Rugby Sports Union
Tournament two weeks ago when
they went undefeated and earned
the tournament’s most outstand
ing women’s team award.
“We need to be physically and
mentally focused,” Skogen said.
“Oregon State will be hungry for
a win after the loss. It will come
down to which team wants to
win more.”
The win against the Beavers
this Saturday won’t only give the
Ducks bragging rights, but it will
also secure the first position in
Pacific Northwest league and a
trip to the Territorial Playoffs in
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