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Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald Senior midfielder Melissa Parker makes a move past an Arizona defender Sunday. Parker had the game-winning goal in Oregon’s 2-1 upset of UCLA last year in Eugene. The Ducks face the Bruins on Sunday. 000671/ — poppiV - ^/4nci4ollci f i 'The Land East” _^ Traditional ■"i' Greek & Indian Food Lunch Monday through Saturday Dinner 7 Nights a Week 992 Willamette Eugene, Or 97401 343-9661 Soccer continued from page 7A stepped up and scored three goals — all at the feet of junior forward Chalise Baysa — and the Ducks won their second game in four tries. “When you don’t score goals for a while, the hardest thing is to score that first goal,” Steffen said. “So when Chalise scored that goal against Arizona State, that was a great goal because we scored two more against Arizona. We’re going to have to build on that and take it into this weekend.” They will have to build fast be cause the Ducks are about to face two of the toughest teams in the Pac-10. USC has one of the best records in the league at 8-1-2. Since a 2-1 loss to No. 23 Florida, the Trojans are 3-0-2 and will carry a five-game unbeaten streak into Friday’s matchup with the unranked Ducks. In USC’s first Pac-10 game last week against UCLA, the Trojans tied the Bruins 1 1. UCLA’s record is even more for midable than USC’s. The Bruins lost 1-0 to No. 5 Clemson to start the season, then rattled off nine straight victories before tying with the Trojans last weekend. UCLA gave up only two goals during that nine-game stretch, and has given up only four goals on the year. While USC has stumbled against top-ranked opponents, UCLA has moved up in the national rankings by beating some of the country’s top teams. The Bruins beat No. 23 Florida and No. 24 Marquette by a combined score of 9-1. “SC and UCLA are really good teams,” Baysa said. “But I think we’ll continue to get better and hopefully we’ll surprise them.” If the Ducks do sweep this weekend, the only people who won’t be surprised — or satisfied — will be the players themselves. Blazers steal win in exhibition game By Landon Hall The Associated Press PORTLAND — This is what Shawn Kemp missed the last few years: A team with more talent than it can use, a big man to re bound beside him and a huge crowd cheering him on. The LGBTA presents its annual Coming Out DJ Coco will be spinning up tunes from 8-11:30 pm in the Walnut Room (across from the post office in the EMU) on campus. it's Friday the 13th so raise your freak flag and dance yer ass off! 683-8101 • 11 th & Charnelton • Eugene 942-8730 484-1927 GOLF 9 HOLES *10 Students Only. Must show ID. (Monday - Friday) Kemp, still overweight but working hard, scored eight of his 17 points in the final 8 1/2 minutes to help the Portland Trail Blazers pull away and win an ugly presea son debut, 92-84, over the Los An geles Clippers. “We needed that,” Kemp said of the close game, but he could have said the same about his own per formance. Kemp, acquired in a three-team trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, was vilified last sea son for his weight — which topped 300 pounds — as well as his foul trouble and poor work ethic. But Thursday night he drove the lane, dished to teammates and hit shots from the outside, huffing and puff ing through 23 minutes. “I’ll play as much as they call my number,” he said. “I’ve just al ways been that way. If I get to the point where I have 10 rings, maybe I’ll cool down.” Kemp looked heavier than his listed 280 pounds. And he got into immediate foul trouble after com ing into the game with 4:11 left in the first quarter, picking up four personals by halftime. But he was in control in the final period. Kemp’s 22-foot jumper broke an 82-all tie with 1:39 left, and two free throws extended the lead to 86-82. Los Angeles scored just two points in the final 2:58. “Four or five years ago, I proba bly would have kept on fouling,” said Kemp, a former preps-to-pros phenom now in his 12th season. “But I cleaned it up in the second half. It’s fine to make mistakes, but you can’t let that frustration take over your game.” With the Cavs, Kemp was forced to play center most of the time be cause of injuries, instead of his nat ural power forward position. That problem appears to be solved with the acquisition of 6-foot-ll Dale Davis, traded from the Indiana I’ll play as much as they call my number. I’ve just always been that way. If I get to the point where I have 10 rings, maybe I’ll cool down. Shawn Kemp Blazers power forward » Pacers to Portland the day Kemp arrived. Davis had 13 rebounds in 27 minutes. “That’s the luxury I’ve been looking for the last 12 years,” Kemp said. Kemp also couldn’t believe 17,384 people showed up for a preseason game the night after 10,000 attended a free scrimmage. “In Cleveland we were getting 4,700 a game,” he said. “I can total ly respect that now. Maybe I didn’t respect it as much when I was younger.” The Blazers turn around and go to San Jose, Calif., to play the Gold en State Warriors on Friday night. The Clippers, who were an NBA-worst 15-67 last season, near ly improved to 2-0 on the presea son. They led 56-53 at halftime and took their biggest lead at 71-63 late in the third quarter before the Blaz ers came back. Bonzi Wells got an easy breakaway layup, Stacey Aug mon made a 3-pointer and Dale Davis dunked off a pass from rook ie Erick Barkley with 1.3 seconds left in the period to pull the Blaz ers to 71-70. Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy, expecting a better effort from a team expected to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA title, wasn’t impressed. “We need to work on every thing,” he said. “It was definitely no masterpiece. But first time out of the box, they looked better than they did (Wednesday night).” Nineteen-year-old rookie Darius Miles was impressive in his sec ond preseason game, scoring 19 points to lead the Clippers. Miles, drafted No. 3 out of East St. Louis High, made 7 of 14 shots and had several leaping dunks. In the sec ond quarter he had two steals and scored four points on consecutive possessions. Portland’s Scottie Pippen, who has taken it easy in camp while preparing for his 14th NBA season, did not play. “It was a game-time decision,” Pippen joked in the locker room. The Blazers also were without center Arvydas Sabonis, who is re covering from surgery on his right foot and won’t be back until late in the eight-game preseason sched ule. 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