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Club sports
continued from page 11A
amounts of strategy go into bicy
cle racing. Because he is not the
greatest climber, he said, a major
role for him in the road race will
be to protect his team’s climbers
from wind and chase down
breaks for them.
“I’m a sprinter. They’ll help me
out in the time trial and the
crit[erium].”
Shanks will also try to help
Fuentes, who is more of a climber
and road racer than Shanks is.
Dry weather helps keep crashes
to a minimum, as the rain will
make the roads slicker. That the
weather forecast calls for rain
doesn’t excite the riders, but the
race will be held regardless of
conditions.
This week, Fuentes and Shanks
will ride more than 400 miles,
Shanks said. That far exceeds the
normal training week of 150-200
miles.
Many of the prominent visiting
racers use this race to collect Gen
eral Classification points (GCs),
and to train for European races. It
is still early in the season, which
runs roughly from February to
October.
Water polo almost conquers
tough waters
With the odds against them, the
Oregon Club Sports water polo
team (2-2 overall) mounted a for
midable comeback Tuesday at
Oregon State.
Outnumbered before they even
jumped in the pool, the nine Ducks
who suited up found themselves
down 10-4 in the first quarter.
But even with the availability
of eight subs, a talented Beavers
team had a tough time holding off
Oregon’s charge, barely pulling
away late in the game for the 16
11 win.
“It was a pretty tough game,”
team member Anthony Tran said.
“It’ll motivate us to do better in
the future, because we’re so close
to them. With the exception of the
first quarter, we were doing awe
some.’’Five Ducks — Tran, Ty
Lunden, Ben Gottlieb, Ben Far
and Jesse Grant — each con
tributed points Tuesday.
Softball
continued from page 11A
started with a walk. Junior Kelly
Planche also received a free pass
to put two runners on base with
only one out. Robinson followed
Planche with a base hit to load the
bases for last week’s Pac-10 Player
of the Week Christi Shelton, who
delivered a sacrifice fly to score
Custer from third.
Senior Lindsey Welch then
cracked a single to score both
Planche and Robinson, running
the score to 6-1.
The Vikings responded in the
bottom of the inning, scoring three
runs to close the gap to 6-4. Two of
the three runs coming on a Megu
mi Hackett triple down the right
field line to score Kiauna Ander
son and Monica Martell.
The Ducks added an insurance
run in the top of the fifth when
Custer belted her seventh home
run of the year.
Freshman Andrea Vidlund
went the distance for the Ducks on
the mound, pushing her record to
13-4.
“Andrea kept battling out
there,” Gamez said. “It was a good
win for her because she didn’t
have her best stuff today.”
In the second game of the twin
bill, the Ducks had to play catch
up for most of the contest to pull
out the second win.
Robinson won the game as she
banged a three-run job, her 11th of
the year, to get the win. Coe was hit
by a pitch to start the inning and
Custer cracked a single to set the
table for Robinson.
“Jill went up to the plate calm
and responded well to the chal
lenge,” Gamez said. “The win real
ly gives us a spark.”
Portland State put Oregon in the
hole early, scoring five runs in the
second. The Vikings had five hits
in the inning and the Ducks con
tributed two errors, but Jessica
Guerrero stole home to tie the
score and spark the offense for
Portland State.
Oregon pulled back into the
game in the sixth with three runs
with Custer sparking the rally
with a double. Welch then added
her own two-bagger to score
Custer while Desiree Royster got
her first base hit and run batted-in
to cap the scoring for the inning.
Coe added her second four-bagger
of the day, a solo shot to begin the
scoring.
“The kids did a great job in the
second game,” Gamez said. “It re
ally gave us an emotional win
with the comeback win.”
Senior Danielle Haag (3-0) start
ed the game for Oregon on the rub
ber and got a no-decision as she
was relieved by Connie McMur
ren (10-12) who picked up the
win.
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