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
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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.”
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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.