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Russell Coach of Year, Carter All-Conference ■A breakthrough year leads to an NCAA tournament berth and numerous awards for the men’s tennis team By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald All the time and effort that Chris Russell has put into the men’s tennis team didn’t go un noticed by the Pacific-10 Confer ence. A panel of coaches voted Russell the 2000 Pacific-10 Con ference Coach of the Year. It is the first Coach of the Year award for Rus sell, who is in his fifth year at Oregon. The Ducks’ 12-9 record is a four game improve ment from last season, good enough for fifth place in the Pac-10. This season, Russell guided the Ducks to their second NCAA appearance in school history. “To be honest, it caught me off guard,” Russell said. “The great thing about it is that it’s recogni tion for the program. Anytime the [Coach of the Year] award goes out, I think it’s more of a tribute to the guys on the team, not so much the guy in charge. I think we have some very good character in our program, and they tend to make me look good. This is more about what they’ve done for us and what they’ll continue to do.” Add honors Senior Guillermo Carter’s dream season just had one more honor attached to it. After earn ing NCAA berths in both singles and doubles competition and a No. 39 ranking, Carter was named to the Pac-lO’s first team. Carter is only the second Ore gon player to qualify for the NCAAs in singles competition. Carter has a 15-9 singles record with upsets over Stanford’s Ge off Abrams, Pepperdine’s Robert Kendrick and UCLA’s Jong Min Lee. By earning a No. 39 rank and NCAA berths in singles and doubles play, Guillermo Carter was named to the Pac-10’s first team. Shattering the record book With a 22-10 singles record, freshman Oded Teig has vaulted into Oregon tennis history. Pos sibly the best freshman ever to play at Oregon, Teig earned the (( To be honest, it caught me off guard.... I think it's more of a trib ute to the guys on the team, not so much the guy in charge. Chris Russell Coach of the Year best record of any first-year play er with the NCAAs yet to come. The freshman from Holon, Is rael, is second on the all-time list for total wins in one season and is eighth in winning percentage (.647). Finishing with style A breakthrough year has pushed senior Joaquin Hamdan into the Oregon record book. Be fore this year, Hamdan’s best singles season saw only 12 wins. Hamdan exploded this season for a 20-12 record and a spot in the hall of fame. Hamdan’s career total of 50 wins places him eighth all-time. His 20 wins this season is good enough for eighth on the single season list. Add records With an 18-9 record, freshman Leslie Eisinga and Carter are one of Oregon’s best doubles teams ever. The duo became the first Duck team to qualify for the NCAAs this spring after reaching the finals of the Pac-10 Champi onships. Carter and Eisinga moved into a tie for second in sin gle-season wins. With at least two more matches guaranteed, the two could move into first place before the season ends. fiS51prini^"ma*e :ks stumble agamst leaking right vtndes Join the campus award-winning newspaper The Oregon Daily Emerald is now accepting applications for the following positions on next year’s news staff: Applications are due 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 12, 2000. All positions are paid. Applications can be picked up at the ODE office (Suite 300, EMU) or visit our website at www.dailyemerald.com (click on “Employment"). Relevant work samples should be submitted with each application. Questions? Call 346-5511 Also hiring ior summer term The Oregon Daily Emerald is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workplace. 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