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Oregon hopes to rebound
■ The Ducks aspire to
return to their winning
ways in Southern California
this weekend
By Matt O'Neill
Oregon Daily Emerald
Now the goal is consistency.
Because so far that’s been the
missing ingredient for the Oregon
softball team. In each of their
games, the Ducks (9-7) have either
scored ten or more runs or have
been held to one or two runs.
“We need to jump on them ear
ly,” head coach Rick Gamez said.
“When we don’t score early it be
comes kind of a lull. We become
not as effective. We would like to
see a more balanced attack. ”
Oregon will need a more bal
anced attack this weekend when
the team faces a powerful Cal
State-Fullerton team at the Easton
Showcase Tournament. The No.
16 host Titans boast a 16-2 record.
They are led by senior infielder
Kristy Osborne, who has an im
pressive batting average of .469,
and sophomore Monica Lucatero
has knocked in 18 runs in 18
games.
Gamez hopes to negate the
power of Fullerton with good
pitching. He looks for Danielle
Haag to regain
her old form
and for Connie
McMurren to
bounce back
from a tough
weekend in
New Mexico.
“We were able to bring Danielle
back to where she was before we
started games confidence-wise,”
Gamez said. “She gave a little
boost because the other two [Mc
Murren and Vidlund] didn’t have
as good a weekend as they did the
first two weekends.”
Oregon will also face Colorado
State, San Diego State, Baylor,
Missouri and University of the
Pacific at the tournament. Each of
those teams could get the best of
the Ducks if their potent offense
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doesn’t produce. Junior TViawn
Custer and sophomore Missy Coe
have led the team in numerous of
fensive categories.
Custer paces the Ducks with an
astounding .500 average, while
Coe has hit five home runs and
knocked in 15 RBIs. Coe is com
ing off a weekend where she hit
four round-trippers and was
named to the All-Tournament
team in New Mexico.
Jill Robinson is also swinging a
hot bat, leading the team with six
home runs. Gamez hopes to get
offensive support from other
players in order to help his team
win close ball games.
“Our biggest downfall this sea
son has been that the top of the
lineup has gotten off to a great
start, while the bottom has not
produced as much,” Gamez said.
“The bottom half of the lineup
has to step it up for us to be suc
cessful. It’s hard to win if you just
have three, four or five kids con
tributing.”
UO ready for more Pac-10 wins
■ The tennis team makes
its final home appearance
of the season against the
Washington schools
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
The final two home games for
the Oregon women’s tennis team
will be crucial to the Ducks’ post
season hopes.
After claiming their highest na
tional ranking in program history
earlier this week, the No. 31
Ducks face two tough tests against
Washington and Washington
State this weekend.
The Ducks and their competi
tion have similar goals: knock off
an opponent ranked close to them
and improve on their even
records. Oregon (5-5, 1-5) faces
No. 23 Washington (6-5, 1-2) on
Saturday and No. 34 Washington
State (4-4,0-3) on Sunday.
“It will be an exciting weekend
for us,” head coach Jack Griffin
said in a released statement.
“They’re going to be a big test for
us, but right now I’m more con
cerned with how we respond
mentally.”
The matches will not only be
critical for all three teams to climb
out of the Pacific-10 cellar, but
also in terms of them earning an
overall winning record and thus
bragging rights in the Northwest.
Washington poses the biggest
challenge for the Ducks. The
Huskies are one of the hottest
teams in the nation, rattling off
tour straight vic
tories. Three of
those wins came
against ranked
opponents, in
cluding No. 25
Fresno State and
interstate rival
Washington State.
The Huskies are led by the na
tion’s No. 2 player, Kristina
Kraszewski. The junior from West
Torrance, Calif., was a first-team
all-Pac-10 selection last year and
is a two-time NCAA qualifier.
Kraszewski and No. 88 Zuzana
Stunova pose a great challenge to
Oregon’s top players-No. 76 Ali
na Wygonowska and Monika
Gieczys.
Oregon is more evenly matched
with Washington State. Both
teams have had a roller-coaster
season, playing Pac-10 power
houses and then nonconference
patsies. The Cougars are led by
senior captain Melissa Pine, who
was the top ranked Canadian
throughout her junior career.
Polish players Wygonowska
and Gieczys will face a familiar
foe in Washington State’s Patrycja
Gajdzik, who hails from Szezecin,
Poland.
Washington and Washington
State “are big rivals in the Pac-10,
but also in recruiting,” Griffin
said. “It’s exciting because all
three of us have improved over
the past few years to the point that
we’re all in the top-50 and we’re
all about to break the top-30, so
these matches get pretty intense. ”
Making an appearance in the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association
rankings for the first time ever is
the doubles combination of
Gieczys and sophomore Sarah
Colistro. The 48th-ranked tandem
is 6-2 this season with upsets over
two other ranked doubles teams.
But Oregon won’t be through
with the Washington schools after
this weekend. The three teams
tangle again in Washington on
April 31 and May 2.
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