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Scoreboard NCAA: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division l-A board of directors unanimously ap proved a package of basket ball rules changes Thursday, including a proposal to elimi nate men’s summer recruit ing in 2002. “The board is eliminating summer basketball environ ments as we now know it,” said Penn State president Graham Spanier, chairman of the board of directors. Spanier said the new pro gram is designed to reduce “the unsavory influences af fecting the lives of young people and the integrity of our programs.” Coaches currently are al lowed 24 days of recruiting during the summer, includ ing attending camps spon sored by shoe manufactur ers. TRACK AND FIELD: PHILADELPHIA (AP) —De spite unfavorable weather, a crowd of 20,456 — the largest Thursday attendance in the meet’s 106-year histo ry — showed up at the Penn Relays on Thursday. Tyrona Heath opened the relay with a solid 2:08.6 leg for 800 meters, putting Georgetown in second place, just behind Florida’s Erin Merten. Nickay Penado from Brooklyn, N.Y., followed at 2:09.2, but it was good enough to give the Hoyas an 8-meter lead over the Gators. Katrina de Boer from West Linn, turned in the fastest leg, 2:08.2, lengthening the lead to 35 meters, and Sasha Spencer finished with 2:08.4. NHL: TORONTO (AP) —The New Jersey Devils stifled Mats Sundin and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ top line, but couldn’t stop third-liners Wendel Clark and Darcy Tucker. Tucker, set up by Clark, scored 1:18 into the third pe riod as the Maple Leafs opened their second-round playoff series with a 2-1 vic tory Thursday night. Dmitri Yushkevich also scored, and Curtis Joseph stopped 32 shots as the Leafs won their third straight play off game. Petr Sykora scored for the Devils, who lost for the first time in the playoffs after a four-game sweep of the Flori da Panthers in the first round. Game 2 is Saturday in Toronto. New Jersey outshot Toron to 33-21, and all five of the Maple Leafs’ playoff victories have come when the oppos ing team had more shots on goal. Best Bet NBA Playoffs: Charlotte vs. Philadelphia 5 p.m., TNT Friday April 28,2000 Volume 101, Issue 141 Effierald On Tap: What: Oregon football spring scrimmage Who: Ducks When:1 p.m., Saturday Where: Autzen Stadium Emerald Quarterback A.J. Feeley is confident he can return to the same form that he had early last season. ■After experiencing the ups and downs of college football, A.J. Feeley is ready By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Something was hurting him on that October night in South ern California. But of course, the competitor in him wouldn’t let him admit it. A.J. Feeley was more devastat ed about his team’s 34-29 loss to UCLA than some nagging arm problem. It was a loss that he nearly saved after a heroic gut wrenching 88-yard drive with one minute and 16 seconds left. The only problem is that Fee ley’s dart to wide receiver Mar shaun Tucker with less than four seconds left ended one yard shy ofthe Rose Bowl end zone. Little did anyone know at the time, but that heartbreaking de feat would signal the beginning of the end for Feeley’s 1999 campaign. Never mind the fact that Fee ley entered the contest that night leading the Pacific-10 Conference in passing after throwing 161 passes for 1,389 yards and 11 touchdowns. Following his 20 of 47 pass ing performance for 313 yards, he went on to start the next game at Arizona on Oct. 22. But after opening the game by com pleting just seven of 23 passes, head coach Mike Bellotti made the switch to Joey Harrington, who proceeded to rally the Ducks to the dramatic 41-38 win. Turn to Feeley, page 12A a I’m a I ways confi dent. I don't look at this [the spring game] as a chance to prove my self be cause peo ple know what I can do. A.J. Feeley quarterback _n. Softball hoping confidence breeds success On Tap: What: Softball Who: No. 4 Ari zona State vs. No. 17 Oregon When: 2 p.m. Where: Howe Field ■Thesoftball team has more confidence going into its rematch with UA andASU this weekend By Matt O’Neill Oregon Daily Emerald The last time the No. 17 Ore gon softball team faced No. 4 Arizona State and No. 2 Ari zona, the Ducks came away feeling like they’d accom plished something, despite los ing two of three in Arizona. “We don’t feel that they are any better than us,” junior catcher Kelly Planche said. “We know we can play with anyone.” Oregon faces the teams for a second time this weekend, be ginning the three-game set against Arizona State today at 2 p.m. at Howe Field. In the opening weekend of Pac-10 Conference play in early April, the Ducks (32-18 overall, 4-6 Pacific-10) traveled to the valley of the sun for the first go around with the conference foes. Oregon may have lost both games and fell to 1-2 in the con ference, but Planche said she felt the team started the confer ence slate on a promising note with the slim 3-2 loss to the Wildcats (45-7,8-3). “I think the biggest game of the weekend was the extra-in ning loss to Arizona,” Planche said. “It was our first game in the Pac-10, and we didn’t look intimidated at all. That’s impor tant against teams that are ranked so high.” Oregon came back the next day and delivered a 10-0 drub bing of the Sun Devils (38-11,6 6) before dropping the next game 7-3. But the team is still happy with their performance and is confident for the coming weekend. “Those outcomes showed that we needed a lot more con fidence in conference games,” junior Triawn Custer said. “Looking back at those games and knowing that we’ve im proved since then gives us more confidence now. ” Custer and Planche agree that their bolstered confidence coupled with home-field ad vantage will work in the Ducks’ favor this time around. “We definitely have a chance to beat them, especially with Turn to Softball, page 12A Andrea Vidlund’s team leading 1.90 era gives the Ducks confi dence going into the weekend.
