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