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Kevin Calame Emerald
Sophomore goalie Sarah Peters has stepped up for her injured teammate Jeanine Peters, and picked up her second win of the season last Sunday, a
3-2 victory over James Madison. Peters has developed this season, according to her coach, and now has more “presence” on the field.
■ Sophomore goalies Sarah Peters and Jeanine
Norstad may be competing for the starting job,
but that competition is only making them better
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Sarah Peters describes it as a “keeper
thing.”
Peters and Norway native Jeanine
Norstad have been splitting time for the
Oregon soccer team this season,
whether it’s in net, during drills or off
the field.
“It’s just awesome to have someone at
the same level to push you,” Peters said.
“And encourage you as well.”
Peters has spent the most minutes in
goal this season, partly because Norstad
hyper-extended her elbow warming up
for a game against Montana at Pape
Field. Peters will most likely start this
Sunday against No. 21 Florida State. But
Peters is just along for the ride.
“I’m having a blast,” the Woodinville,
Wash., native said. “It’s exciting to go out
there knowing that I’m going to play a
whole game.”
Both sophomore goalies have
stepped into the spot four-year starter
Amanda Fox vacated. Fox played all
but 60 minutes last season and got every
decision of the Ducks’ 7-11-1 record.
Fox holds Oregon records for career
saves (434), shutouts (11.5) and games
played (75).
But Oregon head coach Bill Steffen is
happy with the way his young goalies
have developed on and off the field.
“Sarah has become more of a pres
ence,” Steffen said. “She’s learned to
play off her line a little more, and that’s a
big part of a goalkeeper’s development.
Jeanine’s been injured, so it’s been diffi
cult to try and figure out what the exact
depth chart is because of the injury. ”
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CC It’s just
awesome to
have some
one at the
same level
to push you
and encour
age you as
well.
Sarah Peters
goalie
Oregon Soccer
Team
No more Dawgin’us: UWfans will learn to respect the Ducks
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Out in left field
ADAM JUDE
OK, I admit it. I used to be a Husky
fan. But don’t hate me for it. I
have learned from the mistakes of
my youth.
Growing up in Seattle, the Huskies were
everywhere — it was hard not to be a fan.
When it came time for me to make a deci
sion about school, however, I knew that the
University of Washington was not the place
for me. So now I’m here, quacking away,
and proud of it.
And being a Duck isn’t easy when you’re
from Seattle, the home of the purple and
gold dynasty. While I was home this past
summer, I couldn’t go a day without some
one telling me that they hated the Ducks.
“You're a Duck?” they’d say. “You guys
suck.”
I’d even have to listen to the Duck-bash
ing constantly on Seattle’s main sports ra
dio station, KJR 950 AM. Those guys can’t
stand Eugene or anything remotely associ
ated with the Ducks.
So I decided to give my favorite radio sta
tion a call earlier this week and see what
they were up to. After I was put on hold for
about a half-hour, a live feed was sent
through the phone line and I immediately
heard some quacks about the ducks.
“Duck fans are stupid,” one of the radio's
promotions screamed. “Just think how bad
it would be to be a Duck fan, and live in a
trailer park, inbreeding, and have Tonya
Harding as a role model.”
Ouch.
“How do you get an Oregon graduate off
your front porch?” one of the show's hosts
squealed. “Pay him for the pizza delivery.”
I tried my best to tell those narrow-mind
ed radio guys that they should respect the
Ducks, although I’m not sure they got the
message.
Sports radio host Dave Mahler was the
man on the other end of the line. His nick
name is “Softy,” but he’s anything but that
when speaking of the Ducks.
“You’re from Seattle and you’re a Duck,
huh Adam?” he asked me on-air. “You
must have done really bad on your SATs.”
I didn’t take the insult personally, but, to
play along with the joke, I told him I was
too busy smoking weed to care about that
kind of stuff. Believe me, I’ve heard a lot
worse from that guy through the years.
A ring in the background caught my at
tention: It was the sound of a gun shot,
drilling an innocent duck. The wounded
duck squealed to its apparent death. It’s
easy to see that Seattle has no respect for
anything that represents the University of
Oregon.
Seattle’s perception of Eugene may not be
totally inaccurate (cough, cough), but when
it comes to football at Autzen Stadium,
those Husky fans have quite a surprise in
store.
Hopefully they’ll get the point on Satur
day.
I don’t really know how the rivalry start
ed, but man, it is definitely a passionate ha
tred from both ends. The big-city Huskies
and their huge donors sure do like to pick
on the small-town Ducks. Perhaps Husky
fans are a little bitter about losing four of
the last six meetings against Oregon. Or,
more likely, the Huskies are just scared —
scared of what a smaller school can do to
them.
Without a doubt, Husky fans will be sit
ting on the edges of their seats Saturday as
they watch the game on television, or in
person. No. 6 Washington saw Oregon's
shellacking of UCLA, a team also ranked
sixth at the time. The Huskies know what
the Ducks can do, especially at Autzen,
where the Ducks haven’t lost since Oct. 11,
1997.
“It will take the entire week of practice to
get ready for [the Autzen crowd] and even
then 1 am not sure we'll be ready for the
power, saw or jet engine that they say is
created there,” said Rick Neuheisel, the
UW million dollar man, who will make his
first Autzen appearance as a coach.
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