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Upsettingly, ( no upsets The No. 22 Oregon \ sotftboll team is unable | knock off either No. 1 Washington or No. 3 ! UCLA in three Pacific 10 Conference games. PAGE 12A Scoreboard Sunday, April 9 Howe Field No. 1 Washington (1) AB H R RBI BB Leutzinger, RF 3 0 DePaul, 3cB 2 0 Clark, SS 2 1 Topping, 1B 3 1 Simpson, PR 0 0 Spediacci, P 2 1 Bork, PR 0 0 Rosenblad, 2B 3 0 Helgeland, CF 3 0 Walsh, DP 3 0 Hauxhurst, LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 IP H R Spediacci 7 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 ER BB SO 0 2 13 No. 22 Oregon (0) AB H R RBI BB Gustafson, 2B 2 1 Coe, C, 2 1 Robinson, CF 2 0 Custer, 1B 3 0 Welch, RF 3 1 Ray, SS 2 0 Dumas, PH 1 0 Vidund, LF, DP 3 0 Shelton, 3B 3 0 Hutchison, DP, LF 2 0 McMurren, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 IP H R McMurren 7 3 1 0 0 2 ER BB SO 1 2 3 \ / Monday April 10,2000 Volume 101, Issue 127 Effieraid Wins have Ducks thinking NCAAs Kevin Calame Oded Teig and the Ducks complete their first Pac-10 sweep. ■ Upset wins over the desert schools cap a historic weekend for the men’s tennis team By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald It was a weekend that will go down into Oregon tennis histo ry. The weekend when the men’s tennis team broke the streak and started a new one. Oregon has always been known as the “cellar dweller” in Pacific-10 conference tennis. But no longer. The Ducks made a statement this weekend: Ore gon is a force to be reckoned with. Coming into this weekends matchups as a heavy underdog, Oregon needed to win three of its five remaining Pac-10 match es to even think about the NCAA tournament. The desert schools provided a major obstacle in the way of the Ducks and their NCAA hopes. Oregon began its historic weekend on Friday with a gut wrenching win over No. 55 Ari zona. “Without a doubt, this is the biggest victory for me as a coach," head coach Chris Rus sell said. “The guys have always fought their tails off for us. I tru ly believe these guys know they can win at this level. This win just solidifies this belief.” Every match proved to be cru cial in the 4-3 win, as it was de cided by the very last set. Freshman Oded Teig was the hero of game one. After teaming with sophomore Thomas Turn to Tennis, page 13A CC Without a doubt, this is the biggest victory for me as a coach, yy Chris Russell coach Elite athletes shine at Hayward Relays inm , . , „ ...... Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Sophomore transfer Jason Boness wins the high jump, equaling the NCAA provisional mark and clearing seven feet for his second time at Hayward Field. ■ Maureen Morrison highlights Ducks’ efforts at the Hayward Relays, where the Oregon women take home four individual wins in the field events By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Track will always be the selling point of the Hayward Relays. But on Saturday afternoon, Oregon’s field portion of the meet stole the show. In front of a very appreciative Hayward Field crowd of 4,041, the Oregon women’s field team captured victories in four events. The day’s marquee performance came in the hammer throw and belonged to junior Maureen Morrison, who head coach Tom Heinonen de scribed as “going bonkers.” Also securing first place finishes were dedi cated senior Hilary Holly in the long jump com petition, junior Karis Howell in the javelin and sophomore Niki Reed in the pole vault. And even though the Duck relay and medley squads didn’t fare as well, the event still drew plenty of praise. Turn to Women, page 16A ■ The Oregon men’s track and field team wins three individual events and closes the meet with a convincing win in the 4x400 By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald Oregon head coach Martin Smith created the meet, and the Ducks did host it. But as Stanford’s Gabe Jennings showed off his baton to a television camera after cruising to an eight-second win in the distance medley re lay, the 4,041 in attendance were probably thinking the same thing — that Saturday’s Hay ward Relays belonged to the Cardinal. Oregon was successful in the field, winning the high jump, long jump and triple jump. How ever, with All-American senior Steve Fein side lined by illness, the Ducks were without en trants in the 5,000 meters and steeplechase. “Certainly not having Steve in the mix hurts our performance,” Smith said. “He’s sick right now and we couldn’t run him, so we have to go with what we’ve got.” Turn to Men’s track, page 16A
