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
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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
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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