Rained out
The No. 23 Oregon
softball team's double
header at Portland
State was postponed
Tuesday because of
rain. It was rescheduled
for April 12. This Fri
day, the Ducks take on
No. 3 UCLA at 2p.m. at
Howe Field. PAGE 8
Scoreboard
USA Today/NFCA
Softball Rankings
1. WASHINGTON (27)
2. ARIZONA
3. UCLA
4. CALIFORNIA
5. ARIZONA STATE
6. Fresno State
7. Okalahoma
8. STANFORD
9. Louisiana State
10-South Mississippi
11. OREGON STATE
12. CS Fullerton
13. Michigan
14. Alabama
15. Iowa
16. La-Lafayette
17. Long Beach State
18. South Carolina
19. Mississippi State
20. Oklahoma State
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois-Chicago
23. OREGON
24. East Carolina
25. Florida Atlantic
Few viewers watch
NCAA finals
The men’s game drew a
record low number of viewers,
and basketball in general has
seen its TV audience decline.
PAGE 10
Trips to the ballpark
will cost a lot more
The average ticket prices
have increased more than 11
percent over last year, but fans
can be treated to three brand
new baseball parks. PAGE 10
McGwire hopes to be
back in on Wednesday
The Cardinals’ star believes
he prevented more serious in
jury by taking himself out of
the game Monday after a back
strain. PAGE 12
Best Bet
NBA: Houston vs. Portland
7 p.m., FoxSports Net
Wednesday
April 5,2000
Volume 101, Issue 124
Emerakl
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Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
After a stint in the Israeli army, Oded Teig comes to the Ducks as a most-reliable freshman.
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
The road to Oregon has
been a long one for
Oded Teig. The fresh
man from Holon, Israel
has had to deal with numerous
obstacles in his quest to study
and play tennis here.
The 22-year-old freshman has
waited three years to play tennis
at an American university, be
cause Teig, like all Israeli males,
had to fulfill mandatory military
service for his country.
Before joining the army, Teig
was well on his way to stardom.
He was a top junior, ranked No. 4
in the Israeli 18-and-under divi
sion and had made it to the finals
of the Israel Junior Champi
onships.
Following high school, he
spent three years in the Israeli
Army, rising to the rank of lieu
, tenant com
mander. He
was in charge
of an artillery
unit of be
tween 10 and
15 men. He
had many re
sponsibilities as a unit leader.
The army “makes people
more mature,” Teig said. “I’m
happy that I did it, but I’m glad
it’s over.”
During those three years in the
army, Teig had little time for ten
nis.
“I’m sure it hurt my game,”
Teig said. “I missed [tennis] a
lot. I got to play a little on the
weekends, but nothing much.”
When Teig got out of the
Army, he quickly was recruited
by Oregon head coach Chris
Russell.
“Everything looked good [in
Eugene],” Teig said. “I wanted to
compete at a high level and I
think the Pac-10 is the highest. ”
But yet another obstacle got in
Teig’s way. The NCAA found
that Teig’s acceptance of funds
while in the army was an infrac
tion of its regulations. As a re
Tum to Oded Teig, page 9
Oded
Teig
Oregon’s No. 3
player
Height: 5-foot
9
Year: fresh*
man
Bom: July 3,
1977 in Holon,
Israel
The right
handed player
was ranked
No. 4 in Israel
inthe18-and
under division
before serving
three years of
mandatory
military duty
for three years
... 19-6 overall
record second
only to senior
teammate
Guillermo
Carter... last
fall he went 7
3t including a
win against
No. 85)eremy
Berman from
Washington.
Golfers fourth, but count small victories
The men’s golf
team is led by
the play of
captain Ryan
Lavoie at San
Jose State’s
Western
Intercollegiate
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
The Oregon men’s golf team
may have placed fourth at the
Western Intercollegiate Tues
day, but it earned an important
victory nonetheless.
The Ducks
took on five
Pacific-10
conference
opponents at
San Jose
State’s tour
nament and
— a week
and a half before the Pac-10
Championships — beat all five.
Oregon (859,19-over par) fin
ished the tournament in fourth
place behind No. 7 Fresno State
(838, two-under), Pepperdine
(845, five-over) and Kansas
(857,17-over).
The Ducks were aided by
Long Beach State’s poor per
formance in the final round.
The 49ers shot a round-three
13-over par and let the Ducks,
who played consistently all
tournament, move up to fourth.
Senior co-captain Ryan
Lavoie, who has carried the
Ducks all season, did it once
again at the Western. Lavoie
shot three-under par over the fi
nal 36 holes at the tournament
and finished in third place of
100 golfers.
Sophomore Chris Carnahan
and senior co-captain Andrew
Tredway shared spots in the
top-20 with Lavoie. Carnahan
finished 14th, while Tredway
finished in a tie for 20th.
The Ducks got their third
straight top-four finish Tuesday.
But, more importantly, they
proved their ability to defeat
Pac-10 conference foes on a
tough golf course. The
Pasatiempo Golf Course is one
of the best — and hardest —
courses in the country. Com
bine that with three ranked con
ference opponents and the
Ducks’ fourth place finish be
gins to look impressive.
Western intercollegiate leaders
Top teams
1. Fresno State (838, -2)
2. Pepperdine(845,+5)
3. Kansas(857,+17)
4. Oregon (859, +19)
Top individuals
1. Jason Allred, Pepper
dine (-11)
2. Ryan King, Fresno
State (-3)
3. Ryan Lavoie, Oregon
(-D
Gordy Scutt, Washing
ton (-1)
The Ducks were one of two
top-30 teams to survive and fin
ish in the top five at the West
ern. No. 8 Brigham Young fin
ished ninth, No. 14 Stanford
finished 12th, No. 15 Southern
California finished 15th and No.
23 Washington finished sixth.
The play of Lavoie was cru
cial for the Ducks at the Western
Intercollegiate, but he is used to
the pressure. The co-captain
from Pasco, Wash., has been
Oregon’s top finisher at four
tournaments this year. Last year
Turn to Golfers, page 12