In a game of inches, Teig falls just short of win
■Oregon’s Oded Teig reaches
the fifth round of singles play,
but barely loses to a rival
Husky
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s a cliche to say, but in this case
it really holds true.
Tennis is a game of inches.
Oregon men’s tennis player
Oded Teig experienced first hand
Monday how closely separated vic
tory and defeat are.
The sophomore had advanced to
the Round of 16 at the ITA Regional
in Berkeley, Calif., but was eliminat
ed in a hard-fought match to Wash
ington’s Matt Hanlin 4-6,7-5,7-6 (4).
Teig, who was the No. 10 seed in
the tournament, had a match point
jainst third-seeded Hanlin, but
couldn’t convert.
Hanlin stayed in
the game due to a
favorable bounce
of the ball off a
drop shot.
Hanlin’s ball
hit against the top
of the net, and in
stead of coming back onto his side,
rolled over to Teig’s side for the
point. With new life, Hanlin went
on to beat the last surviving Duck
in the tournament.
“Oded had his chances and was
literally an eighth-of-an-inch from
winning,” head coach Chris Rus
sell said. “The guy came up with a
real big shot.”
( 4 He's playing at a much
different level this year.
He's been extremely com
petitive in every match
he;s played.
Chris Russell
head coach, men’s tennis
Russell wasn’t surprised at all to
see two Pacific-10 Conference ri
vals go down to the wire.
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on a run and only Williams stood in
the way of a Cardinal touchdown.
Williams went in for the tackle and
the two made the always dangerous
helmet-to-helmet contact with each
other.
Williams immediately fell to the
ground, and Carter was shaken up
and taken down by Washington’s
assisted tacklers. When everybody
stood up from the pile, Williams
was left lying motionless.
Play was stopped for 15 minutes
while the medical staff from both
teams rushed to Williams’ side.
Both teams’ then huddled around
each other for a prayer while
Williams was being treated.
“I saw him stay down,” Husky
linebacker Darrell Daniels told the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “I knew
something was wrong. A lot of guys
were saying, ‘Can you hear us? Wig
gle your toes; move your hands if
you can hear us.’ He didn’t do any
thing. It’s scary.”
Williams was eventually taken
away on a stretcher and put into an
ambulance, where he was taken to
the hospital.
. It was the type of scene that no
player wants to think about it, but
when it happens before their eyes,
it is tough to ignore. Many Husky
players found it tough to keep play
ing after seeing one of their team
mates carried off the field in such a
way.
“For your brother to go down,
how would you feel?” said Wash
ington noseguard Larry Tripplett,
while fighting back tears after the
game. “You want to yell at him,
and tell him to get up. But we had
to keep on playing.”
Washington did just that, but
had to fight through the emotional
pain to hold off a pesky Cardinal
team. The Huskies led by as many
as 18 points with less than six
minutes to play in the game, and
seemed on their way to victory.
{ {/ knew something was
wrong A lot of guys were
saying, ‘Can you hear us?
Wiggle your toes; move
your hands if you can hear
us.’ He didn’t do any
thing It’s scary.
Darrell Daniels
Husky linebacker
But Stanford scored 22 unan
swered points to grab the 28-24
lead with a mere 53 seconds left. It
appeared to be the end to Washing
ton’s Rose Bowl dreams, but some
how, the Dawgs fought back.
Quarterback Marques Tuia
sosopo led the offense 80 yards
down the field, and threw a 22
yard touchdown pass to Justin
Robbins for the game-winning
score.
Yet, even despite the amazing
comeback, the mood was solemn
in the Husky locker room.
“You’d think after a game like
that, we’d be happy and upbeat,”
Tuiasosopo said. “We’re happy.
But our thoughts are with our
teammate and warrior, Curtis
Williams.”
Teammate Wilbur Hooks added,
“That’s probably one of the first
times in Husky history when
there’s a quiet locker room after a
win.”
The entire Washington team
held an emotional meeting Sunday
night and Neuheisal told his team
about his conversation with
Williams.
“We, as a football team, are go
ing to do the best that we can in or
der to press on and play with the
same passion that Curtis Williams
played with,” Neuheisal said.
“When I mentioned [to Curtis] that
our team was going to press on for
him, it was evident that that was
what he wanted.”
The coach admitted that this
week’s preparation for the team’s
big home game with Arizona will
be a taxing process.
“I don’t think there is any ques
tion that is going to be difficult,”
Neuheisal said.
Honor Roll
The second set of Bowl Champi
onship Series rankings were re
National Polls
continued from page 7
actly, voted for that? Now the
Blazers will have all the pressure
on their shoulders. Couldn’t SI
have picked the Lakers? Oh, I for
got, there’s nobody else in profes
sional basketball.
Since the fantastic Subway Se
ries just wrapped up, do you re
member Si’s baseball preview?
They had the Red Sox winning the
World Series over Atlanta.
Hmmm. Actually, SI only got three
playoff teams right — the Yankees,
Atlanta and the Mariners. That’s a
.375 slugging percentage.
All right, all right, I’m going to
pack my bags for the North Pole.
I would have to say that my fa
vorite of the lot is the “Fan Poll.”
This wonder of technology comes
to you through the Internet and
lets the average fan determine
what’s right and wrong. Last week,
the average fan decided that Sun
Devil Stadium was the toughest
place to play in the Pacific-10 Con
ference, on the Pac-lO’s Web site. I
think a 19-game winning streak at
a certain nearby stadium might
prove the average fan wrong.
The fans think the Rams will
win the Super Bowl. The fans
think the Ducks will go to the Rose
Bowl. The fans think tonight’s
Sportscenter Showcase should be
a hockey game, Detroit at Washing
ton (well, I do, anyway.)
On educk.com, where hot-head
ed Duck fans go when they want to
vent, the fans thought Oregon was
a “team of destiny” as opposed to
“more lucky than good” or “a dis
aster awaiting.” Someone had fun
coming up with that poll.
The Internet gave online trading
to Wall Street, online shopping to
business and the fan poll to sports.
God bless technology.
So, when all is said and done,
the polls really don’t mean that
much unless you’re a sportscaster
or a sportswriter.
Fughettaboutit. I’m staying right
here in Eugene.
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for the
Emerald. He can be reached at phocka
day@yahoo.com.
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player this week. White was the
only junior to start on a team of
seniors last season, but this season
has failed to turn in a complete
tournament. Her 78.3 scoring aver
age is second on the team, and she
lasn’t finished higher than 26th at
i tournament.
Seniors Claire Hunter, Dawn
Berry and Julia Smith, along with
unior Kathy Cho, will round out
:he Ducks’ squad. Senior Kimi
Cunningham will also compete,
Dut as an individual, so her scores
will not count towards the team’s
Dverall tally.
Cho has the most emotional
stake in this week’s tournament.
The Honolulu, Hawaii-native com
peted with the University of
Hawaii team for two years before
coming to Oregon this season.
Hawaii will host this week’s event.
Oregon will tee off with two
rounds of 18 holes today and one
18-hole round Wednesday.
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“It was a classic Oregon-Wash
ington battle,” Russell said. “We’ll
probably see those two play a few
more times this year.”
Teig reached the Round of 16 af
ter cruising by two opponents
Sunday. He began the day with an
8-4 victory over Sacramento State’s
Kevin Vieira, and finished up with
a 7-5, 6-1 win against Boris Vallejo
of St. Mary’s.
“He’s playing at a much differ
ent level this year,” Russell said.
“He’s been extremely competitive
in every match he’s played.”
Jason Menke and Buck Mink
also performed admirably through
out the tournament. Menke, a
sophomore from Portland’s West
view High, outlasted Santa Clara’s
leased Monday, and Oregon
moved up a spot to No. 7. Wash
ington is close behind at No. 8 and
Oregon State joined the BCS party
at No. 11.
Also Monday, the Pacific-10
Conference named its players of
the week. Oregon’s Joey Harring
ton received his second such hon
or for offense, while California’s
Andre Carter and Jameel Powell
were recognized for defense and
special teams, respectively.
Matt Cox, 9-7, in the second
round. He was knocked off in the
next round, however, by Washing
ton’s Jason Berman 6-1, 6-1.
Mink squeaked by Adam Artun
ian of Santa Clara, 9-8, but had no
answer for California’s Balazs Ver
ess in the second round, falling in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Mink and Teig also teamed up to
play in the doubles competition,
and advanced to the second round
before losing 8-0 to the Gonzaga
pair of Timo Barry and Shawn
Whitney.
Oregon has the rest of the week
off before hosting the Duck Classic
Nov. 10-12 in its new indoor facili
ty behind McArthur Court.
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