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From mild to lA, / EXCL It doesn’t luive to be dirty to be good.. ILUSIVE LY — AmTj EXOTIC • EROTIC TOYS • VIDEOS • LINGERIE 1166 South A • Springfield • 726 6969 • Open 24 Hours (Almost) 007099 open ^ 7:00 am-11:00 pm Always dean! I ,/ I Maytag Top Loaders i /' I. Large Front Loaders located behind Hirons and Safeway 165 E.l7th Don’t Just spend your summer. INVEST IT classes * workshops • mini-courses OSU Summer Session offers more than 400 courses in 70 departments. Take a course you haven’t been able to get, lighten your load before next fall, or get a jump on graduation! And for nonresidents there are no out of-state fees. Call us for a free Summer Bulletin, it’s a good investment. OREGON STATE University Open minds. Open doors. 737-1470 osu.orst.edu/dept/summer Message boards: Your forum for dialogue on topics from student government to entertainment. WWW.daiiyemcrald.com Joaquin Hamdan broke into the record books this season. His 21 wins were good enough for third best on the single season list. Duck teams make history ■A record-breaking season for the Oregon tennis teams brings hope for the future of the UO tennis program By Robbie McCallum for the Emerald It will no doubt go down in his tory as one of the greatest seasons ever. Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams broke many records in the 1999-2000 season. After earning incredible upsets during the Pacific-10 Conference season, both squads qualified for the NCAA tournament for only the second time in school history. Al though both teams lost in the first round, Oregon was one of the few schools in the nation to send both the men’s and women’s squads. Because they were so success ful in the regular season, the Ducks earned many awards. Men’s head coach Chris Russell earned the Pac-10 Coach of the Year award after guiding his team to a fifth-place finish in the con ference. It was the first conference award for Russell, who is in his fifth year at Oregon. Senior Guillermo Carter earned first team All-Pac-10 honors for his many upsets in the regular season, in cluding knocking off Stanford’s then-No. 3 Geoff Abrams. The Guadalajara, Mexico, native went on to earn All-American status af ter an incredible run in the NCAA individual championships. In early April, the men defeat ed Arizona and Arizona State on consecutive days, marking the first two win conference season for the Ducks and the first time the Ducks had ever finished higher than ninth. The women also earned a big win against Arizona. The upset victory probably decided Ore gon’s postseason fate and was the first win over a southern division Pac-10 school by a northern divi sion school ever. Both teams also set a landmark in the national rankings. The Duck men had two players ranked in the top-100 for the first time ever in Carter and sopho more Thomas Schneiter for the men. The same story applied for the women as senior Alina Wygonowska and freshman Monika Geiczys also cracked the century mark. The 2000 season also saw an in vasion of the Oregon record books. Wygonowska became the all-time leader in career singles wins with 64 after a 21-14 regular season. The senior from Gydina, Poland surpassed former team mate Shanelle Kaneshiro on the list five matches into the season. Sophomores Adeline Arnaud and Janice Nyland also made the career list, moving up to third and fourth, respectively. On the men’s side, four Ducks moved into the record books. Freshman Oded Teig’s 22 wins were enough for second on the single season list, followed close ly behind by senior Joaquin Ham dan at third with 21. The NCAA qualifying team of Carter and freshman Leslie Eisinga won 18 matches for second on the single season doubles list and was eighth on the career list. Wygonowska, an honorable mention All-Pac-10 pick, finished her career as Oregon’s only four time NCAA qualifier and will be sorely missed next season. Carter, Hamdan and Cedric VanHaver, the men’s team’s only seniors, will also be missed. But both Russell and women’s head coach Jack Griffin are opti mistic for next season. Seven players return on each squad, led by two of the best freshmen to ever come to Oregon: Teig and Ge iczys. With several prized recruits lined up, the future looks very bright for the Ducks. Softball continued from page 11A ■The No. 19 Ducks made the NCAA Regionals and had six players selected to All Conference teams By Matt O'Neill Oregon Daily Emerald There were some lofty goals set in the beginning. Some of them were met, some were not. But overall, the Oregon softball season was a success as the No. 19 Ducks made their second consec utive trip to the NCAA Regionals, falling one game short of the cov eted College World Series. If it were not for All-American Courtney Blades of Southern Mis sissippi, Oregon would have made only its second trip to the CWS in school history. “We definitely should have gone,” senior Jill Robinson said. “When things don’t turn out the way you wanted, you have a ten dency to look back at them as a failure. But I don’t think that our season was a failure.” Taking a look back over the sea son in which the Ducks finished 36-29 overall, it can definitely be seen as a season of records and streaks. Robinson and fellow departing seniors Lindsey Welch and An drea Gustafson left their marks in the Oregon record books. All three were named to the honor able mention All-Pacific-10 Con ference team. Sophomore pitcher Connie Mc Murren joined the seniors on the honorable mention All-Confer ence team. Missy Coe and Triawn Custer were named to the All Conference second team. Robinson etched her name atop both the single-season and career home run categories. Her 15 four-baggers pushed her ahead of Katie Mackey for most in one season and her 33 career total puts her two ahead of Kathy Stahl. “You come in as a freshman and say ‘I can get up there,’” Robinson said. “I’m glad that I broke these records because I worked hard.” Along with her home run ac complishments, Robinson found herself in the top-ten of four other career categories. She is sitting second with 35 doubles, one ahead of Welch’s 34. Robinson’s 224 hits are good enough for third, while Welch’s 212 base
