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Scoreboard Pac-10 softball standings W L T 1 Wash. 8 1 0 2 UCLA 7 2 0 3 Arizona 7 3 0 4 Arizona State 5 5 0 5 OREGON 4 6 0 6 Oregon State 3 7 0 7 California 3 8 0 8 Stanford 3 8 0 Pac-10 Men's tennis standings 1 Stanford 7-0 2 UCLA 6-1 3 USC 5-2 4 Wash. 2-4 5 OREGON 2-4 6 California 2-5 7 Arizona 2-5 8 Arizona State 1-6 Pac-10 Women's tennis standings 1 Stanford 6-0 2 California 5-1 3 UCLA 5-1 4 USC 4-2 5 Arizona 3-4 6 Arizona State 3-4 7 Wash. 3-5 8 Wash. State .1-7 9 OREGON 1-7 NBA PORTLAND (AP) — In 1992, when it was cool to like the Portland Trail Blaz ers, young fans made like Buck Williams and snared the team’s fight song, “Bust a Bucket.” Now, there’s the follow-up single “Can I get a Head band?” which features the Blazers’ Damon Stoudamire and Bonzi Wells. “I listen to it every time it’s on Z100,” said Brad Thomas, a 20-year-old Port land State University stu dent. The single was released Tuesday by KKRZ-FM to raise money for charity and help rouse fan support for the coming playoffs. On the day of its release, few Portlanders seemed to be adhering to the song’s message: “Can I get a headband, one for my peeps One for the fans in the re ally cheap seats One for my mama and one for the mayor And if you wanna be down with the players You gotta get a head band.” Best Bet NBA: Los Angeles vs. San Antonie > TBS, 5p.m. Sport! Wednesday April 19,2000 Volume 101, Issue 134 Erherakl Softball says ‘aloha’ to Hawaii ■ The Oregon softball team takes a break from conference play to host the University of Hawaii On Tap What: Softball Who: Oregon vs. Hawaii When: Today, 2 p.m. Where: Howe Field By Matt O’Neill Oregon Daily Emerald Today will be a day in paradise for the No. 23 Oregon softball team — or at least it will be a day against a team from paradise. The Ducks play a doubleheader against the University of Hawaii (16 19 overall) at 2 p.m. at Howe Field. The Wahine won’t be an easy oppo nent for the Ducks (29-17,4-6 Pacific 10 Conference) according to head coach Rick Gamez. “This Hawaii team plays a lot of quality opponents, so we can’t over look them,” Gamez said. “Their record is not indicative of the quality of their team.” Senior Dana Degen leads Hawaii with a batting average of .369 and has an on-base percentage of .500. Degen has also driven in 15 runs and has four home runs on the year. She is joined by two other Wahine sluggers who are batting at least .300; junior Tyree Woodruff (.318) and freshman Katie Judd (.300) make up the exclu sive club. Judd also leads the team in RBIs with 17 and is second in doubles (5) and triples (1). “We’re not looking past this team at all,” Gamez said. “We have to make sure that they understand that Hawaii is a good ball club and they could beat us if we’re not careful.” Sophomore Connie McMurren (12 12) will get the call on the mound in the first game of the twin-bill. The Eu gene native has turned in some su perb performances on the Ducks’ re cent road trip, picking up two wins and a save in three appearances in the Bay Area. “If we can score a few runs we’ll be in good shape,” Gamez said. “Con nie’s going keep us in the game.” Getting the start in the nightcap will be freshman Andrea Vidlund (14 Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Triawn Custer looks to continue her steady play at first base against Hawaii. 4), who, like her counterpart McMur ren, pitched beautifully down in Cali fornia. With her win against Stanford, Vidlund lowered her earned run aver age from 2.13 to 2.08, good enough for second on the team. “She has earned her spot on the club with her performance this year,” Gamez said. “She started out hot right out of the box, but it’s just a matter of making her focus on her task now.” Oregon has also witnessed the re turn of it’s potent offense, which is 12th in the nation at 5.67 runs a game. In the Bay Area, Jill Robinson, Lind sey Welch, Missy Coe and Triawn Custer all sparked the bats with home Turn to Aloha, page 8 Bellotti using trials to test young QBs They're both great competitors and are very eager to learn.... I like the blend that we have with those two. Mike Bellotti head coach ■ Orlando Evans and Jason Fife are engaged in one of the most important battles of the spring Football Notes By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald The two quarterbacks were passing to each other in a drill. Each took turns doing a three step drop, rolling right and toss ing a tight spiral in the direction of his counterparts chest. While they did, they were be ing closely scrutinized by on lookers and coaches. Throughout the first three weeks of practice, head coach Mike Bellotti has said that these two particular players would take part in “one of the primary battles to be decided this spring.” Oh yeah, one other thing: Among the onlookers watching this drill were the other two quarterbacks, Joey Harrington and A.J. Feeley. The proven Pacific-10 Con ference winners are among many interested in seeing who Oregon’s third quarterback will be. The candidates are redshirt freshmen Jason Fife and Orlan do Evans. “To me, it’s the most interest ing battle and one that takes the most evaluation,” Bellotti said. “Because we need to really watch them and evaluate them in pressure situations.” The average fan’s likely re sponse to all of this is probably: “Pressure? How much pressure is it to just hold a clipboard on the sidelines?” But real football people know the true importance of this po sition. “The third string quarterback could become the first string in a heartbeat,” Bellotti said. “For us, it’s been a great breeding ground for good quarterbacks. A lot of guys have been there and there’s a certain learning process that takes place.” The coach proceeds to rattle Turn to Quarterbacks, page 12 Emerald The Ducks’ head coach Mike Bellotti hopes to see his back-up quarterbacks continue to improve and produce.
