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Scoreboard Game Two No. 22 Oregon (7) AB H R RBI BB Gustafson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 Alyssa LauxSS 3 0 0 0 0 Planche PH 10 0 0 0 Coe C 2 1 2 1 0 Custer 1B 4 2 2 0 0 Robinson CF WelctvRf 3 2 2 2 1 Ray 3B 3 0 0 0 0 Royster DP 4 1 0 1 0 Dumas PR 0 0 0 0 0 Hutchinson LF 2 1 0 0 1 Totals 30 8 7 7 2 IP H ER BB SO Haag 2.0 6 5 5 1 McMurren 5.0 3 0 2 3 RBI Portland State (5) AB H R BB Anderson LF 4 1 12 0 Hackett 2B 4 3 0 1 0 Russell SS 3 1 0 0 1 Smith 1B 4 2 0 0 0 Riskey P 2 0 0 0 0 Guerrero 3B 3 1 10 0 Johnson CF 3 0 10 ONewleanC 1 0 2 Papasadero C 0 0 0 0 0 Martell RF 3 1 10 0 Totals 27 9 5 3 3 IP H ER BB SO Riskey 5.2 6 4 1 0 Ivie 1.1 2 3 1 0 Best Bet Fishing with Roland Martin 10p.m.,TNN Spirts April 13,2000 Volume 101, Issue 130 EnKfald Oregon bats wake up in Portland ■ Oregon breaks its five-game losing streak in a big way, belting four home runs and taking a double-header from Portland State in the process GAMEZ The kids did a great job in the second game. It real ly gave us an emotional win with the comeback win. Rick Gamez coach yy By Matt O'Neill Oregon Daily Emerald The sleeping giant has awakened. The No. 22 Oregon softball team (26-17 over all, 1-6 Pacific-10 Confer ence) experienced the re turn of its potent offense as the Ducks picked up both games of a double header against Portland State (16-22). Oregon won the first game con vincingly, 7-4, and came from behind to win 7-5 in the second. “We wanted to get two wins and we just kept bat tling,” head coach Rick Gamez said. “We got the commitment and effort we needed from every one on the team today. ” That effort produced four home runs, two by Missy Coe and one each by Triawn Custer and Jill Robinson. The Ducks got started early in the first game. In the top of the first, Coe belted her sixth round tripper of the year. Ore gon never looked back as it continued to score runs at will, getting on the board again in the top of the second scoring two runs to go up 3-0. Oregon’s big inning came in the fourth when they scored three runs to open up the contest. Custer got the inning Turn to Softball, page 16A Catharine Kendall Emerald With her game-winning, three-run home run, Jill Robinson saved Oregon from a split at Portland State. Cyclists, H2O polo players gain momentum uregon Club sports is the thick of competition this week, as cyclists compete in the Tour of Willamette; water polo rally at OSU falls short By Inge McMillen and Mirjam Swanson Oregon Daily Emerald This weekend Oregon Club cycling team members Brian Fuentes and Daimeon Shanks race in the Tour of Willamette, known as one of the most gru eling stage races in the United States. The race attracts nation al level competition to Eugene. “This race brings a lot of protein and a lot of up-and coming racers,” said Shanks, who is embarking on his fourth season of bicycle racing and his second attempt on the tour. “To watch [the profession als] is amazing,” he said. The Duck cyclists race in Category III, which uses the same courses as the profes sional women. Fuentes repre sents Paradise Homes team, and Shanks races for Hutch’s bike shop, both of which are based in Eugene. For Fuentes, this is his first encounter with the tour. “It’s the hardest race in the area,” Fuentes said. “I want to do it just to see how I do. Everyone who lives around here and bike races rally about it. It’s definitely challenging. It collects good racers and hard hills. It’s just perfect.” At 10 a.m. Friday they attack their first and probably most c h a 1 - lenging of the four stages, a 68 m i 1 e road race on Kill Hill, which starts in South Eugene and finishes on Spencer Butte and incorpo rates over 4,500 feet of climb ing. Saturday has two short sprint races, the first a time tri al at 8 a.m. in Coburg, and the second a criterium race at 3 p.m. in downtown Cottage Grove. The final race, on Sunday, is anoth er road race starting in Camp Harlow and finishing on McKenzie View Drive, 61 miles later. The climbs may be hard, but Fuentes expects the descents to be flat out scary, he said. He said racers frequently exceed speeds of 50 miles per hour. Additionally, the race is largely on single-lane BLM roads, which are notorious for branches, pine needles and other forest debris that make for potential flat tires — and a chance of encountering log ging vehicles around every corner. The tour is probably the American race that most resembles European race for mats with excruciating hills and where rough, cobblestone roads and ancient pavement prevails, resulting in frequent punctures and wreckages. The criterium and the time trials have their own set of challenges, Fuentes said. “In the crit[erium], because the speed is so high, there will probably be some crashes when someone doesn’t hold his line,” he said. Shanks explained that large Turn to Club sports, page 16A It was a pretty tough game. It’ll motivate us to do better in the future... Anthony Tran water polo
