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mam Scoreboard NFL Some NFL players who earned or soon are to earn | their college degrees this off season, listed with team, school and major: —Michael Basnight, Cincin nati Bengals running back, North Carolina A&T, art design. —Tony Booth, Carolina Pan thers cornerback, James Madi son, marketing/management. —Je’Rod Cherry, Oakland Raiders safety, California, edu cation (master’s) —Victor Green, New York Jets safety, Wesleyan, political science/criminal justice. —Skip Hicks, Washington Washington, UCIA, history. —Ty Howard, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback, Ohio State, English. —Jeff Kelly, Atlanta Falcons linebacker, Kansas State, juve nile probation (master’s). —Clint Kriewaldt, Detroit Li ons linebacker, Wis.-Stevens Point, interior architecture. —James McKnight, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, Liberty, administration of justice. —Brock Olivo, Detroit Lions running back, Missouri, Eng lish. —Tony Richardson, Kansas City running back, Auburn, ed ucation. —O.J. Santiago, Atlanta tight end, Kent State, business. —Lance Scott, New England Patriots center, Utah, exercise physiology. —Kywin Supernaw, Detroit safety, Indiana, outdoor recre ation. —Derrick Thomas, Kansas City linebacker, Alabama, crim inal justice/social welfare, (re ceived degree posthumously). USA Basketball COLORADO SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Three players who starred as freshman at Duke are among 28 candidates who will try out for the U.S. team at the World Junior champi onships. Invited to the May 26-28 try outs were Blue Devils forwards Carlos Boozer and Mike Dun leavy and point guard Jason Williams. Dunleavy is the son of Mike Dunleavy, head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. The roster, limited to players 20 years old and younger, also includes many of the nation’s top high school players. Best Bet NBA Playoffs: Lakers vs. Blazers 6 p.m., NBC Friday May 26,2000 Volume 101, Issue 161 Emerald UO still hanging with heavyweights Kevin Calame Emerald Senior Anika Heuser leads the Ducks through two rounds at the NCAA Championships in Sunriver. ■Arizona takes control, as the Ducks join the best of the rest, sitting in third place at the NCAAs By Peter Hockaday for the Emerald The traditional powerhouses finally came out to play Thurs day at the NCAA Women’s Golf Champi onships in Sunriver, and No. 24 Ore gon fell out of first place, finishing the day in third. No. 1 Arizona charged ahead of the field, improving by 14 strokes to take a 12-stroke lead over No. 3 Southern California. The Ducks, who shot eight strokes worse than their first round score, trail Southern Cal ifornia by two strokes. Fifth-ranked Stanford, No. 8 Georgia and No. 21 Tennessee are nipping at Oregon’s heels in fourth place. All three teams are one stroke behind the Ducks, while No. 2 Duke recovered from a poor opening round and is now three strokes behind Oregon in eighth place. Oregon head coach Renee Baumgartner said the wind that picked up at the Crosswater Golf Course may have affected her team’s slightly lower score. “We played with the same amount of confidence,” Baum gartner said. “The conditions were difficult and we hung in there.” Junior Jerilyn White was the only Oregon player to improve her score, from a 75 to a 73 on Turn to Golf, page 11 NCAA’s Schools 1. Arizona 299 285 584 2. Southern Cal 305 291 596 3. OREGON 295303 598 Three tied fourth at 599 Individuals 1. Julie Kraschinski (Arizona) 73 67.140 2. Jenna Daniels (Arizona) 73 69 142 3. Beth Bauer (Duke) 72 71 143 tie 10. Anika Heuser (OREGON) 73 74 147 tie 26. Pam Sowden (OREGON) 7278 150 Eisinga, Carter duo fall short at tournament ■ InNCAA singles, Guillermo Carter moves to the 16th round and becomes an All-American It makes a big difference at this level, the willingness to stay in there as long as it ta kgs to win the point yy Chris Russell head coach P i By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald For the first time in school history, the Oregon men’s tennis team has a player in the third round of the NCAA tournament in Athens,Ga. Senior Guillermo Carter qual ified for All American status by recording his second straight upset in the tourna ment and ad vancing to the 16th round. “I don’t think he knew until after he won that he was playing to be an All-American,” head coach Chris RuSsell said. “After the match I asked him, ‘How does it feel to be an All-Ameri can?’ And he said, ‘What do you mean?’ And then, well, he got a big smile on his face and he just said, ‘Really?’ I'm very proud of Memo's effort. He deserves to be an All-American. — Turn to Carter, page 12 Catharine Kendall Emerald Leslie Eisinga, a native of Helleveetsluis, Netherlands, is the first UO freshman to compete at the NCAA’s.
