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Scoreboard NBA LOS ANGELES (AP)—With a weekend sweep in Port land, the Los Angeles Lak ers have erased most of the doubts. “I think we matured a lit tle bit more, kicked it up a level as far as execution goes,” guard Kobe Bryant said. “If we get in a tight situation, we’re going to re member those games we pulled out. It’s good for your confidence.” The Lakers lead the Trail Blazers 3-1 in the Western Conference finals. They can make their 18th ap pearance in the NBA Fi nals, but their first since 1991, with a homecourt victory Tuesday night. WNBA HOUSTON (AP) — First, the Houston Comets took a moment to remember a late teammate and raise another WNBA champi onship banner. Then they made the New York Liber ty forget about “the shot.” Cynthia Cooper became the first player in league history to break the 2,000 point mark and Sheryl Swoopes had 27 points Monday as the three-time champion Comets defeat ed New York 84-68 in the season opener. In a tearful pre-game cer emony, the Comets raised their third straight WNBA championship banner in scribed “No. 3 for No. 10” in honor of Comets point guard Kim Perrot, who lost her fight with cancer last Aug. 19. Cooper entered the game with 1,987 career points. A 3-pointer with 13:25 to play put her over 2,000 for her career. She finished with 19 and has 2,006. NHL VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Tired, drained and pained by headaches, Eric Lindros is not sure if he will play hockey again. The former captain of the Philadelphia Flyers has had six concussions in slightly more than two years. He is considering re tirement or sitting out up to a full season. The 27-year-old star cen ter doesn’t regret return ing to the Flyers after a 10 week absence because of postconcussion syndrome. Lindros was playing in his second game after a long layoff when Scott Stevens took him out early in the New Jersey Devils’ 2-1 vic tory Friday that wrapped up the Eastern Conference finals. V NBA Playoffs Game 5 Blazers vs. lakers 6 p.m., NBC Tuesday May 30,2000 Volume 101, Issue 162 Emerald Kevin Calame Emerald Oregon’s Jerilyn White had the Ducks’ lowest score at the NCAA Championships. She finished 13th. Mother Nature ruins Ducks'last day of play S UNRIVER—It was the type of nasty rain that heads directly toward you in sideways formation, leaving your eyes in a con stant squint and your clothes completely drenched. It was the type of adverse wind that makes everyone look as if they were strolling directly under a swirling heli copter, with their walking speed slowed to slow-motion. It was the type of day where golfing under such conditions just didn’t seem to be the most logical activity. Clearly, this was not the type of setting that Oregon women’s golf head coach Re nee Baumgartner envisioned as her final day as head coach. But it was. On a Saturday afternoon in a city named Turn to Ducks' Ruin, page 16 Wind, rain cause Ducks* fall at NCAAs ■Arizona claims the national golf championship Saturday, while Oregon finishes the season by dropping from third down to 11th in the standings By Peter Hockaday for the Emerald SUNRIVER — The storm clouds came out Saturday at the NCAA Women’s Golf Champi onships and washed away the hopes of the Oregon women’s golf team for what could have been a storybook ending to the careers of five team members. The Ducks were tied for third going into the last round, but rainy and windy conditions con tributed to Oregon’s fi nal-round score of 322, the second highest single round of the tournament by any team, and dropped them to 11th. Top-ranked Arizona won the tournament by 21 strokes over No. 5 Stanford. The Wildcats capped one of the most dominating seasons in NCAA history with their eighth straight tourna ment victory and their ninth in 11 tournaments this year. The 21-stroke Arizona win was the third-largest margin of victory in the history of the championships. “We dreamed of this,” Arizona head coach Todd McCorkle said. The Ducks didn’t dream that they could lead at the NCAA Cham pionships, stay around for two rounds and then lose to Mother Nature on the final day of the tour nament. “This is the worst weather I’ve ever played Turn to NCAA golf, page 13 (i This is the worst weather I’ve ever played in. The wind got to me the last couple of holes. Jerilyn White UO golfer yy Carter’s NCAA run ends with 6-1,6-2 loss Senior tennis player Guillermo Carter finishes his career as Oregon’s second NCAA qualifier and only All-American By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald Guillermo Carter’s incredible run in the postseason ended Fri day. After two unexpected up sets at the NCAA tournament in Athens, Ga., the senior tennis player’s career at Oregon came to a close. Virginia’s fourth-ranked Bri an Vahaly eliminated Carter from the third round of singles play in straight sets, 6-2,6-1. “Memo played a very tough opponent who made him work hard for every point,” head coach Chris Russell said. “He got outplayed that day, but Memo wasn’t shy on fight.” Carter, the second lowest seed in the third round, previ ously defeat The r°U All American faced hostile home town crowds when playing Blue and Vahaly, both Atlanta natives, and played Boeker on his home court. Vahaly, the second seed in the tournament, went on to lose to eventual champion Alex Kim of Stanford in the quarterfinals. Carter finished the season with a 17-11 season record and a 48-55 career mark. A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, he is eighth on the career wins list and is only the second Oregon player to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Erwan Kergroach, a former teammate of Carter, was the first individual qualifier for the Ducks. He also comes away with All-American status and a first team All-Pacific-10 conference honors. Turn to Carter, page 16 Memo's run really lends a lot of credibility to the program. H-H urns Hiisssii head coach
