Men’s rugby one and done
■ Despite a quality
performance, the men’s
rugby team falls in the first
round of nationals
In disappointing fashion, the
Oregon Club Sports men’s rugby
team lost 32-30 in the first round
of the Nationals to California
State, Chico in overtime Satur
day.
Oregon senior fullback Bill
Terrill said that despite his disap
pointment, he was happy with
his team’s performance.
And Oregon coach Bob Snyder
said he was proud of how they
played.
“All we
were told
before the
game was
that we
have to
make good
tackles and not make simple mis
takes,” Terrill said. “The coaches
knew that we were experienced
enough to know what to do on
the field.”
Terrill said the team played as
they planned, but Chico State’s
experience prevailed in the end.
“Chico State had some advan
tage playing against tough oppo
nents during the regular season,
and I think that gave them a little
bit of edge,” Terrill said. “We
need to play against tougher op
ponents to win the postseason
games.”
Oregon will lose some quality
players to graduation but is ex
pected to have an equally strong
team next season.
“We are planning to play
against tougher opponents dur
ing the off-season, such as Cal
and Arizona,” Terrill said. “Also,
we are going to have recruits that
have tremendous athletic abili
ties. I expect them to win the
league again.”
Women’s water polo could
be headed to nationals
Last weekend Washington
hosted the women’s water polo
regional championship tourna
ment for the Pacific Northwest
division.
Oregon (11-11 overall) and
four other teams participated in
the event, including Oregon
State, Washington, Simon Fraser
and Western Washington. The
Washington women’s team,
ranked 20th nationally, came out
on top, followed by the Ducks.
“This was their best perform
ance that I have ever seen,” sec
ond-year coach Lea Bonebrake
said. “They played better than
my own expectations.”
Even though the Ducks did not
place first, there is still a chance
for them to qualify for the nation
al tournament in Arizona, which
will be held in May. Their sec
ond-place finish might enable
them to fill a wild card spot,
which the team will find out lat
er this week.
On Saturday, the Ducks defeat
ed state rival Oregon State, 8-4.
“It was a great win for us be
cause we redeemed ourselves
from an earlier loss to them in
March,” said Sarah Pullen, a
sophomore.
Later that day, they obtained
their lone loss in the tournament
against the Huskies 12-5. Oregon
was unable tc catch up to Wash
ington’s four-goal run during the
first quarter.
Sunday the Ducks managed
two wins in their games against
Western Washington (12-0) and
Simon Fraser (9-5).
“The win versus Simon Fraser
was our best in the tournament
because our games are always re
ally close,” junior Jen Laudin
said. “It was a physical game, but
we communicated and worked
well together.”
The tournament wrapped up
the women’s season, which be
gan in winter.
“For the first time, we were ac
tually a team,” junior Carrie
Richards said. “I’ve never seen us
play this strong.”
Nicole Federspiel, Amanda"
Dempsey and Richards all con
tributed to the team’s powerful
performance.
The Ducks’ solid effort in the
recent tournament was due to
their rigorous training schedule.
They have been preparing them
selves since fall term, practicing
an average of nine hours per
week.
The team will continue to
practice twice a week this term
for an upcoming tournament in
May to be held at the Amazon
Pool in Eugene — unless they re
ceive the wild card spot in. na
tionals. Then they would be off
to Arizona instead.
Even though the Ducks are not
nationally ranked, they were ac
knowledged in Scoreboard, a wa
ter polo magazine which ranks
Oregon among “the best of the
Turn to Club Sports, page 10
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