Emerald reporter Scott
Pesznecker was one of
about 300 runners to
take part in the first-an
nual Foster Fun Run on
April 22. PAGE 12
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Five Ducks honored
at banquet
A crowd of 500 was on
hand Friday for the Ore
gon women’s basketball
team’s award banquet at
the Eugene Hilton.
What the Ducks’ fans
saw was sophomore point
guard Shaquala Williams
— already the Pac-10
Player of the Year — pick
up the team MVP award.
Oregon’s only senior,
guard Nicole Strange, re
ceived the Bev Smith Most
Inspirational honor. The
Pac-10 All-Academic se
lection also took home
the Harry Ritchie
Scholar-Athleteaward.
Lindsey Dion, a junior for
ward, was named the
Ducks’ (23-8, *\44) best de
fensive player, while soph
omore guard Jamie Craig
head was Oregon’s most
improved player. Fresh
man point guard Kourt
ney Shreve was named
the team’s top newcomer.
More signees for
track and field
During the past week,
the Oregon track and field
programs have added sev
eral athletes of note to
next season’s rosters:
Women: Oregon signed
Cameo Davis, a sopho
more at Lane Community
College, who was the
1999 NWACC runner-up in
the 400 hurdles with a PR
of 62.7 seconds.
Middle distance runner
Annette Mosey, a senior at
St. Mary’s, also signed.
She is the current state
leader in the 800 meters
(2:15.0) and 1,500
(4:40.5).
Sprinter Nikki Ferguson
will be another addition.
The senior at Lake Wash
ington High School in
Kirkland, Wash., owns PRs
of 12 seconds in the 100
and 25.2 in the 200.
Rachel Kriz, a Toledo
High School product, will
stay in-state and add to
Oregon’s already strong
field events crew. Her 5
foot-7 mark in the high
jump currently leads the
state in that event.
Men: Micah Harris will
join the squad. The soph
omore at Central Arizona
community college brings
his 14.02 time in the 110
meter hurdles to Oregon.
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After one round, UO still in hunt
Kevin Calame Emerald
Pam Sowden (hitting) sticks it next to the pin on the third hole at the Pac-10 Championships Monday.
■ At the Pac-10 Championships in
Eugene, the hosting Oregon women are
sitting in sixth as the men birdie their way
into second place in sunny Tempe
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
On the chilly fairways of
the Eugene Country Club,
the Oregon women’s golf
team was at times very cold
on Monday.
But there were enough
warm spots to keep the
Ducks in the hunt for a Pacif
ic-10 Conference title.
Meanwhile in scorching
hot Tempe, Ariz., the men’s
golf team continued to im
prove against Pac-10 foes
Monday, sitting in second
place after 36 holes of play at
the men’s Pac-lOs.
The three-day women’s
Pac-10 Championship start
ed off with a bang, with
everybody from basketball
head coach Ernie Kent to the
“Voice of the Ducks,” Jerry
Allen, in attendance.
But when senior Anika
Heuser put her first drive
into a fairway bunker, it
looked like it could be a long
dayforOregon. Fourgroups
later, senior Jerilyn White
shot an arrow down the mid
dle of the fairway and the
Ducks had their answer — it
would be neither a bad day,
nor a good day. Just a some
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On tap
What: Women’s
golf Pac-10
Championships
Who: Pac-10
golfers
When: 10:06
a.m. today
through
Wednesday
Where: Eugene
Country Club
No. 18 Ducks want to repeat sweep
■As they head into weekend action against
two top-5 teams, the Ducks realize the
weight of today’s dou bleheader with PSU
On tap
What: Softball
doubleheader
Who: Portland
State vs. No. 18
Oregon
When: 2 p.m.
Where: Howe
Field
By Matt O'Neill
Oregon Daily Emerald
With two top-five conference
teams looming on the horizon,
the No. 18 Oregon softball team
must first contend with Portland
State today. The Ducks (30-18
overall, 4-6 Pacific-10 Confer
ence) host the Vikings in a dou
bleheader at 2 p.m. at Howe
Field.
Despite the fact that Portland
State (20-28,6-8 Western Athlet
ic Conference) is unranked,
sophomore catcher/ designated
player Missy Coe insists that the
team is not looking past them.
“We need these wins to go into
the weekend with some confi
dence,” Coe said. “We can’t look
past them at all. We need the
wins going into the weekend. ”
The Ducks saw themselves in a
situation eerily similar to this
one last week, as they hosted
Hawaii in a double header before
heading to Corvallis to face Ore
gon State. Whether Oregon was
looking past Hawaii or not, the
Ducks came away with a only a
split.
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vha.ine Kendall Emerald
Missy Coe and the Ducks continue to flex their muscles at the plate heading into today’s doubleheader.