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Play ball! The major league season gets under my on a grand scale today, and so baseball fever is catching. Emerald columnist Jeff Smith has as a bad a case as anyone. PAGE 11 Scoreboard Oregon (3) AB H Laux, LF 2 0 Gustafson, 2B 2 0 Coe, DP 3 1 Robinson, CF 3 1 Custer, 1B 3 1 Welch, RF 3 0 Ray, SS 3 0 Planche, C 3 0 Shelton, 3B 2 1 Vidlund, P 0 0 Totals 24 4 H R IP Vidlund 2.1 5 5 Haag 3.2 6 2 R RBI BB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 ER BB SO 3 3 0 1 1 0 Arizona State (7) AB H Hixon,2B 2 0 Thompson, CF 4 1 Voak, P 2 2 Chamberlain, PR 0 0 Brun, SS 4 0 Langenhuizen, LF 0 0 Flanagan, PR 0 0 Hlebechuk, RF 2 0 Rodgers, LF 3 1 Tennant, PR 0 0 Murphy, 1B 2 1 Beach, PH 1 1 Thul, PR 0 0 Farnworth,3B 3 1 Forner,RF/LF 2 2 Kahler, C/PH 2 1 Totals 27 11 IP H R Voak 7.0 4 3 R RBI BB 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 1 0 1 i 0 0 0 ] 8 2 1 0 | 0 0 0 I 1 0 0 ] 0 0 0 I 110 1 0 0 ; ioo| 0 1 0 I 0 0 0 | 0 1 0 j ] 0 2 1 bio ; 7 7 4 ER BB SO 3 0 15 Errors: (UO) Custer (5), Welch (1), Shelton (9). 2B: (ASU) Kahler HR: (UO) Robinson (10), Shelton (2) SB: (ASU) Forner NCAA Men’s National Championship Final 6 pirn., CBS Monday April 3,2000 Volume 101, Issue xx Emerald Very little fun in the sun for UO ■ A career weekend by sophomore infielder Christi Shelton wasn’t enough for the Oregon softball team as it drops two of three in Arizona By Matt O'Neill Oregon Daily Emerald Arizona proved hot indeed as the No. 23 Oregon softball team dropped two of three in the desert during the weekend. The Ducks (24-12 overall, 1-2 Pacific-10) sandwiched two loss es around a lone win to open conference play. The team start ed the weekend out somewhat promisingly, losing a 3-2 battle to No. 2 Arizona Friday, followed by a 10-0 shellacking of No. 5 Arizona Saturday. But the Ducks were unable to gain any momen tum, dropping the final game of the trip, 7-3 to Arizona State. “We had a tough time,” Ore gon head coach Rick Gamez said in a released statement. The trip to the Valley of the Sun did have a bright spot in sophomore infielder Chirsti Shelton. The Phoenix-native hit her first two home runs and knocked in six RBIs during the three-game stretch. Sunday’s loss dropped Oregon’s P a c - 1 0 record below .500 and handed freshman Andrea Vilund (12-4) her first confer ence loss. After beating the Sun Devils the previous day, the Ducks found themselves chas ing the home team all day. Arizona State jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Kara Brun had an RBI single and Sara Kahler an RBI double, putting the Sun Devils up 2-0. Oregon then answered in the top of the third on Shelton’s sec ond round-tripper in as many days, closing the gap to 2-1. Arizona State extended the lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the inning, causing the Ducks to re move starter Vidlund, replacing her with senior Danielle Haag. The Sun Devils then scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth, which pushed the lead to 7-1. The Ducks got two runs in Turn to Softball, page 10 a We had a tough time. Rick Gamez Oregon coach _n Huskies, Cougars have Ducks’ number ■ botn tne men s and women s tennis teams play hard, but fall to Washington schools in the end ii The guys had them in a battle: I think this is the clos est we've come to beating Washing ton in a longtime. It was looking fa vorable, but we came up just a bit short Chris Russell men’s coach jj By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald Rising to the occasion has been the trademark of Oregon men’s tennis this season. In four matchups with top-25 teams, the Ducks played well and left nothing on the court. Unfortunately, they have lost all four of these matches. Long odds faced the Ducks as they traveled to Seattle to face Pa cific-10 conference foe Washing ton. The No. 22 Huskies came into the match with a 12-5 record and a three-match win streak. The Ducks captured the dou bles point on wins by the No. 47 duo of senior Guillermo Carter and freshman Leslie Eisinga and sophomore Thomas Schneiter and freshman Oded Teig. Schneiter and Teig continued their success in singles play. Schneiter defeated No. 86 Ari Strasberg, 6-3,6-1. Teig won for the seventh time in eight match es with a win over Andy Posavac,6-3,6-2. The Huskies then killed any hopes of an upset by winning the remaining four singles matches. Senior Joaquin Ham dan and freshman Jason Menke lost grueling, three-set matches. “The guys had them in a bat tle,” head coach Chris Russell said in a released statement. “I think this is the closest we’ve come to beating Washington in a long time. It was looking favor able, but we came up just a bit short.” Oregon falls to 9-6, and 0-3 Pac-10. On Friday the Ducks hosted their first outdoor match of the season. They dominated Mon tana 7-0 to win their final non conference match. In doubles play, the Ducks set the tone for the match, sweeping Montana in impressive fashion. Hamdan defeated former Ore gon player Justin Lindbloom. And Schneiter’s 6-0, 6-1 win over David Froschauer at the Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Oded Teig, Thomas Schneiter and the Ducks make quick work of an overpowered Montana team. ino. z position clincned me match for Oregon. Senior Cedric Van Haver played for the first time in a dual match this season, defeating the Grizzlies’ Eric Metzger 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. It wouldn’t look like it from the box scores, but the Oregon women’s tennis team also made significant improvements since last playing Washington and Washington State. The Ducks traveled to Wash ington this weekend to conclude their Pac-10 conference season with matches against the Wash ington schools. Oregon got a pre view of both teams in early Turn to Tennis, page 11
