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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.