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