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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 S1FTM1L 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. rr Freshman Seminars Spring 2000 AAD 199 ART 199 BA 199 BI 199 CH 199 CIS 199 EDST 199 J 199 J 199 MATH 199 MUS 199 REES 199 SCAN 199 Customizing the Body The Container Working w/Relatives Nutrition Quakery Medicines from Plants " Patterns of Problem Solving v Helping Children and Families Retro 60’s Media Silver Shadows, Gold< Statistics and Mathematics of Baseball Film: The Victims ofW^r Asian American Literature & Film idy .riiSoe P. Frishkoff P. Lombardi J. Long A Proskurowski D. Close C. Bybee W. Ryan K. Ross R. Trombley A. Leong Z. Borovsky 008610 Unique courses designed *m introduce small groups of first-year students to a THOUGHT-PROVOKING* CHALLENGING, AND INTERESTING TOPIC WHILE DEVELOPING \ ^ STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC SKILLS. For more information, see page 75 in the Spring UO Schedule of Classes. 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