Soccer can’t
overcome errors in final home games
■The Oregon kickers drop
their last two home games of
the season, 2-1 to Washington
State and 6-1 to Washington
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Mistakes cost the Oregon soccer
team two games this weekend as
Washington State and No. 2 Wash
ington came to Pape Field and
handed the Ducks two losses.
It was an emotional send-off for
four Oregon seniors, but the emo
tion on the Ducks’ faces Sunday
was disappointment.
The Ducks — now 4-13-1 overall
and 1-5-1 in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence — faced the Cougars on Friday,
and Washington State scored two
goals in the first 15 minutes of the
second half to take the win 2-1. Sun
day, Washington blew out Oregon 6
1, despite the fact that the Ducks out
shot the Huskies
20-15.
Friday, Oregon
outplayed Wash
ington State in the
first half, taking
eight shots to the
Cougars’three and
constantly pressuring Washington
State goalie Lindsey Jorgensen. But
the Cougars came out strong in the
second frame and scored their goals
on similar corner-kick situations.
Freshman Rachel Rodrick had both
goals, on corner-kicks that junior
Beth Childs sent into the 18-yard box.
Childs broke Washington State’s ca
reer assist record with her second as
sist Friday.
The Ducks did come back to put a
goal on the board Friday, with 11
minutes left in the game. Senior
Allyssa White scored her second
goal of the season, after a cross from
junior Beth Bowler slipped through
the Washington State defense and
found White with only the goal
keeper to beat. The Ducks contin
ued to pressure the Cougars in the
final 10 minutes, but came up emp
ty on several attempts.
“We felt like we played well
enough to win,” Oregon coach Bill
Steffen said. “We gave them two
flukey goals, and didn’t finish our
chances.”
Washington also scored one or two
“flukey” goals on the Ducks Sunday.
The first goal of the game came only
2:47 into the match, when Oregon
sophomore goalkeeper Jeanine
Norstad misplayed Theresa Wagner’s
shot from 20 yards out and the ball
slipped into the back of the net. It was
the first of a record nine points that
Wagner, a senior midfielder, would
rack up in the first half.
“Today we were penalized for
mistakes that really tore our hearts
out of the game,” Steffen said. “It’s
an odd thing when you can out
shoot a team and lose 6-1. ”
Wagner scored the first two goals
of the game, assisted on the next
one, then netted the next two as the
Huskies jumped out to a 6-0 lead
with 10 minutes to play in the first
half. Wagner could have had more,
but was taken out of the game right
before Washington got its sixth. Her
four goals tied the Washington
record for goals in a single game.
“Within the penalty boxes, they
finished their chances where we
didn’t finish ours,” Steffen said.
The one chance that Oregon did
finish came mid-way through the
second half, when Crystal David
drove down the center of the field
and dished the ball to Bowler, who
turned and shot from the edge of the
18-yard box. Her shot went under
the outstretched arms of goalie
Leslie Weeks, and ended the scor
ing in the match.
The Ducks will travel to the Bay
Area next weekend to take on No.
18 Stanford Friday and No. 6 Cali
fornia Sunday. The two matches
will be Oregon’s last of the season.
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the team standings and improving Oregon’s
chances of receiving an NCAA meet bid.
Hartmann put in arguably his best per
formance as a Duck, finishing second indi
vidually in a personal best 23 minutes,
47 seconds over the 8,000-meter course.
“I tried to grind it out from the start,”
Hartmann said. “I got in good position ear
ly and wanted to be ready to move with the
leaders. I’m happy with the place and I
hope it’s just the start, and I can move up
from here.”
Hartmann, last season’s Pac-10 New
comer of the Year, trailed only Jonathon Ri
ley of Stanford (23:39). The first five fin
ishers eclipsed the course’s old record of
23:53.
Senior Michael Kasahun also put in a
good performance, placing tenth in a per
sonal best 24:03. Kasahun’s finish is a
nine-spot improvement over last year’s
conference meet.
“I was able to keep track of where I was
at the entire race and work off the other
runners,” Kasahun said. “I ran a smarter
race and didn’t press it too early. Normally
I like to be up among the leaders and hang
on. I felt good about my place.”
Junior Adam Bergquist led a pack of
Oregon runners finishing 17th, 18th and
19th. Freshmen John Lucas and Brett Holts
followed Bergquist to the line, all finish
ing within five seconds of each other.
The meet was the conference debut for
four of Oregon’s seven runners.
Freshman Noel Paulson placed 25th in a
time of 24:35 in his conference debut. Se
nior Lincoln Nehring rounded out the Ore
gon contingent, placing 31st in a time of j
24:48, only a minute behind Hartmann.
The Duck’s performance in Seattle im
proves their chances of a possible top-two
finish at the Western Regional meet on
Nov. 11, earning the Ducks and automatic
NCAA bid.
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continued from page 7
spread out more than the
Ducks.
Senior transfer Hanna
Smedstad led ;he Ducks with
a ninth-place finish in a per
sonal best 20 minutes. 51 sec
onds over the 6,000-meter
course.
“I felt good coming in,”
Smedstad said. “But I think I
could have placed higher, es
pecially since I felt strong at
the end.”
Senior Katie Crabb was
back to her usual form after a
disappointing performance
two weeks ago at the Pre
NCAA meet. Crabb placed
20th in a personal best time of
21:25.
Freshman Laura Harmon
cracked Oregon’s top-three for
the first time this season, plac
ing 35th in a personal best
22:17 in her conference debut.
“After the way I ran at the
Pre-NCAA meet two weeks
ago, I made sure I got after it
earlier today,” Harmon said. “I
didn’t feel great early so I did
n’t start moving up until the
second lap.”
Sophomore Eri MacDonald
followed Harmon to the line
for 36th-place in a time of
22:19. Sophomore Erinn Gul
brandsen rounded out the
scorers with a personal best by
31 seconds, finishing 40th
overall.
Senior Rhiannon Glenn and
sophomore Carrie Zografos
rounded out the Oregon con
tingent in 42nd and 44th, re
spectively (22:42 and 22:43).
Less than two minutes sepa
rated Oregon’s top seven fin
ishers.
“I think we’re a better team
than this,” Heinonen said.
“Our last chance to prove that
will be at regionals. This was
an opportunity for us to show
better than we did at pre-na
tionals, but right now were not.
“Hanna felt good today and
just needs to get up and stay in
the front pack,” Heinonen
added. "Eri and Laura moved
up well through the middle
but were far enough back early
that there weren’t a lot of peo
ple to pass.”
Stanford won the meet with
51 points, while placing three
runners in the top-six. Ari
zona’s Tara Chaplin won in a
course record time of 20:10.
The Western regional meet
will be run at Fresno’s Wood
ward Park Nov. 11.
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