Ducks back to square one
■ Two weeks before the
Pac-10s, women’s golf
struggles this weekend
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
Ouch. This one hurt.
After winning two straight tour
naments, No. 24 Oregon women’s
golf traveled to Tempe, Ariz., and
was run out of town at the Ping/
Arizona State Invitational, finish
ing 13th of 15 teams.
With the postseason looming,
the poor performance does not
bode well for the Ducks. In two
weeks, Oregon hosts the Pacific
10 Championships at the Eugene
Country Club, and the NCAA
West Regionals follow in early
May. The Ducks must return to
top form before the regionals, or
they may be traveling to Sunriver
for the NCAA Championships as
spectators rather than as players.
Individually, seniors Angie Riz
zo and Anika Heuser were able to
pull Oregon out of the cellar on the
final day of play in Arizona. The
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146, Oregon’s best two-round com
bo in the tournament. Led by Riz
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up three spots on the final day.
Rizzo and fellow senior Pam
Sowden had the Ducks’ lowest
scores, whooting 230 and tying for
44th overall. The Ducks were with
out a top-40 finisher at a tourna
ment for the first time this season.
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the tournament from the host
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Oregon tries to regroup after Washington scores the game’s only run Sunday.
Ducks’ bats quieted
in weekend sweep
■ The Oregon softball
team drops three games to
two conference powers
By Matt O'Neill
Oregon Daily Emerald
There is no joy in Duckville.
As No. 22 Oregon softball team
totaled only eight hits all week
end as they dropped all three of
its games of the home stand and
lowered their record to 24-16
overall and 1-3 in the grueling Pa
cific-10 Conference.
The Ducks lost to No. 3 UCLA
6-0 on Friday and dropped two
against top-ranked Washington 6
1 on Saturday and 1-0 on Sunday.
“This was the toughest week
end for us all together;’^ head
coach Rick Gamez said. “But by
the same token, this is the level
where we want to get to.” \
As the weekend progressed,
Oregon seemed the gain more
confidence with the way they
played. Connie McMurren (9-11)
pitched a three-hitter in Sunday’s
1-0 loss.
“I felt like I threw one of the
best games I’ve thrown,” McMur
ren said. “I felt that I had control
of all my pitches today and I was
hitting all my spots.”
The only trouble spot for Mc
Murren was in the fourth where
she gave the only run of the game.
The inning started for the Huskies
when Kim Depaul was hit by a
pitch. Jaime Clark then walked to
put runners on first and second
with none out.
McMurren then induced a dou
ble play ball from Jenny Topping
before Jennifer SpediacciC sin
gled to score Depaul from third
for the only run of the game.
The Ducks had only two real
scoring threats against Spediacci
(23-1) and the Huskies. In the top
of the first, Oregon loaded the
bases with one out before Spedi
acci closed the door with two of
her 13 strikeouts.
“When you have an opportuni
ty like that, you better take advan
tage,” Gamez said. “Because
there’s not going to be very many
more.”
The only other time the Ducks
got a runner in scoring position
was in the fourth when Holly Ray
led off with a double, but was un
able to score as the next three bat
ters went down in order.
Saturday’s game saw the Ducks
get outscored 6-1 by the same
Washington team. The Huskies
were led by Clark at the plate and
Spediacci again on the mound.
Clark, a freshman from Tustin,
Calif., went two for three with
four runs batted in and a three
run homer. Spe
diacci pitched a
complete game
shut out, strik
ing out eight on
the day.
The big in
ning for the
Huskies came in the top of the
third when Kelly Hauxhurst start
ed the inning with a single. Rosie
Leutzinger was hit by a pitch to
put runners on first and second.
Depaul sacrifice-bunted to move
\ the runners and Clark followed
with her round tripper.
Freshman Andrea Vidlund
scored the only run for the Ducks
on a s'hlo four-bagger in the bot
tom of tlr^seventh, her first of the
year. She ajso pitched 3 1/3 in
nings of one\hit ball in relief of
starter DaniellesHaag.
“[Vidlund] hhs^ pretty good
pop, she’s a big talent,” Gamez
said. “She can play tb^ outfield,
she can pitch, and she'e^m play
the infield. She can play just
about anywhere on the field and I
would feel confident with at ahy
position. It’s jut a matter of he\
gaining her confidence and being \
Teady to go.”
The weekend opened with a 6
0 loss to UCLA in a game marred
by five errors by the Ducks. The
Bruins came alive in the fifth in
ning to score three runs, two of
them unearned as Oregon com
mitted two of their errors in the
inning.
“We lost our focus today, and
we lost some intensity,” Gamez
said. “We have to be tough men
tally here at home.”
UCLA starter Amanda Freed
went the distance to pick up her
12th win on the season. Freed, an
alternate on the U.S. Olympic
team, got stronger as the game
went along, not allowing a hit af
ter the second inning and only
walking three.
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