Ducks’ ruin
continued from page 11
And this was not the way Ore
gon pictured itself ending the
fourth and final day of the 2000
NCAA Women’s Golf Champi
onships.
Especially after shocking
everyone with a first-place
showing on day one. Or after
staying in the hunt with a third
place standing after the second
and third rounds, respectively.
But the numbers don’t lie. The
Ducks battled against the weather
and lost, shooting a four-player to
tal 34-over-par 322. The decline
in scores dropped Oregon to a tie
for 11th place and away from its
best finish ever at the NCAA
Championships, a seventh place
finish in 1997.
“We had three days of up and
one day of down,” Baumgartner
said. “Before the tournament, if
you would have told me where
we finished, I would have been
excited.”
They most certainly would
have, but after starting out so
great, it was tough for the coach
and junior Jerilyn White to put
on a happy face.
The two were seated side-by
side in a white tent just outside
the Crosswater Golf Club course.
Their voices were sometimes
overshadowed by the loud rain
fall and constant movement of
the tent itself.
Their bodies were slumped
just a tad in their respective
chairs, and on their sun-burned
faces were looks of exhaustion.
“We’ve had a long week,” said
Baumgartner, who will now be
the full-time associate athletic di
rector after 13 years of coaching.
“We had two practice rounds and
then four days of competition.
Usually our last round is our best
round, just not today.”
Baumgartner said it wasn’t un
til she reached the 16th hole that
it “hit her” that this was her final
day as coach.
“But then I saw my daughter
sitting up by the green,” Baum
gartner said, “and it kept it all in
perspective.”
One couldn’t help but notice
the large picture that Baumgart
ner and White were seated in
front of. It was a postcard-esque
portrait of Sunriver, with blue
skies and crystal clear water.
That was the type of day that
Baumgartner and her “dream
team” of four seniors and White
deserved to play on.
And wouldn’t you know, those
sunny blue skies did eventually
appear. But when it did, Oregon
was nowhere to be found.
Instead, it was Arizona cele
brating its win in clear condi
tions below the leader board that
showed the Wildcats 21 strokes
ahead of second-place Stanford.
Sometimes, it seems, Mother
Nature can be oh so cruel.
Jeff Smith Emerald
Arizona celebrates its second team title in five years at the Crosswater Golf Course. The Wildcats beat Stanford by 21 strokes.
Carter
continued from page 11
“Memo had a great year,” Rus
sell said. “He’s helped set the
standard for a lot of our guys —
what they want to do and
achieve. He worked hard in
matches and in practice.
“In the past, if things weren’t
going his way on the court, he’d
fall apart. Now, if things weren’t
r
going his way, he’d actually
buckle down and play at a higher
level.”
Carter led Oregon to a 12-10
record and their second postsea
son appearance ever. Eight of
Carter’s 17 wins this season came
against higher-ranked opponents.
Those upsets were some of the
biggest in Oregon tennis history,
including an upset over Stan
ford’s then-No. 3 Geoff Abrams
and a key role in the victories
over the Arizona schools.
From last season, Carter has
seen an improvement' of 13
matches - four more wins and
nine fewer losses from his 13-20
mark. Last fall, Carter took a
break in collegiate action to com
pete on his own. Russell attrib
utes Carter’s recent success to his
break in action.
“He had a new perspective
when he came back,” Russell
said earlier this year. “He has
eased back into things with a ma
turity he didn't have in the past.
That definitely helped us.”
Carter was also part of Rus
sell’s first recruiting class, along
with current seniors Joaquin
Hamdan and Cedric Van Haver.
Since coming to Oregon in 1995,
Russell has guided the Ducks to
their first Pac-10 conference wins
and their first NCAA appear
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earned this season’s Pac-10
Coach of the Year award.
Now, Russell looks to next sea
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“Memo’s run really lends a lot
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Russell said. “Other coaches and
players see now that we have an
All-American. People can’t take
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