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Pacific-10 Conference power house Arizona State visits McArthur Court at 7:30 p.m. today for a key matchup of ranked teams. The Ducks hope to snap their three-match los ing streak at home. Oregon is 7-6 overall with a 7-2 record in the state of Oregon. Both teams are in their home stretch of the season with only two dual matches remaining before the Pac-10 Championships. “We've got to keep our eye on the prize,” Oregon head coach Chuck Kearney said. “We've got to have short memories and keep preparing for the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA Tournament.” Arizona State recently disposed of No. 22 Fresno State, a team Oregon lost to on Friday. With seven ranked wrestlers across the board, the Sun Devils are strong WRESTLING where Oregon isn’t. No. 14 Arizona State is led by Steve Blackford and Eric Larkin, both top-five wrestlers. The Sun Devils are 2-0 in the Pac-10 and 7-3 overall. In the 184-pound battle, seventh ranked senior Doug Lee takes on Ari zona State’s R.D. Pursell, ranked No. 13. Lee has hit his stride lately since an injury-plagued preseason. The All-American has been victorious in his last nine matches. Another key matchup is the 157 pound battle between No. 20 junior Eugene Harris and the Sun Devils’ No. 13 Rocky Smart. No. 4 sophomore heavyweight Eric Webb, winner of his last seven matches, takes on his ninth ranked opponent of the season against No. 10 Kellan Fluckinger. Webb recently knocked off No. 2 Billy Blunt of Fres no State and No. 19 Bart Johnson of Boise State. “The one guy that has been going out there and doing it every single match is Eric Webb,” Keameysaid. “He doesn't let anything get into his head and he gets it done. ” No. 10 sophomore Brian Watson takes on No. 15 David Douglas at 133 pounds in another key battle. Curtis Owens, ranked No. 20, takes on Oregon freshman Luke Larwin at 174 pounds. In tournament matches this sea son, Ducks wrestlers have faced Ari On Tap Who: Oregon vs. Arizona St. When: 7:30 tonight Where: McArthur Court zona State wrestlers six times, win ning three times. Lee split matches with Pursell, while Williams and sen ior Chael Sonnen have each won once. “We need to compete better every time we step onto the mat,” Kearney said. “We have got to figure out a way to not concede points. We just have to get tougher.” The Ducks are looking forward to the return of junior Shaun Williams, who sat out Oregon’s last two match es with a concussion. Williams is ranked No. 5 at 125 pounds and will take on Chris Knox. Arizona State upended the Ducks last season, 31-12, in Tempe, Ariz., en route to a second-place finish in the Pac-10. The Sun Devils have also won the last 15 matches against the Ducks, with the last Oregon win in 1974. The match will be Oregon’s last regular-season appearance at McArthur Court before the Ducks host the Pac-10 Championships on Feb. 25-26. Hockey ready to face Huskies ■ The Ducks and Huskies get ready to rumble twice this weekend in a PAC-8 tune-up By Inge Scheve For the Emerald The Oregon club hockey team rauitoriQi rr L Fo0 0 Chinese: Students and Scholars A.ssociat Spring Festival 3001 Central PresOy terian Cfiurcfi 1475 Ferry St. 0-11 pm Saturday, Fc6 03 Briny a disfi or $4 at door ( f^LcLs fre.o, $ne> for- fa mill e_s ; Cs Q®9ladstone.uoregooe^ 0 CO 011049 LA5IK Laser Vision Correction Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism STEVEN OFNER, MD You Don*t Have To Imagine Anymore! Discover the freedom of reducing your dependence on glasses or contact lenses. Call us to see if you are a candidate & explore your options with a FREE (Surgery by Steven Ofner, MD) Consultation appointment. 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We want Oregon engraved on the first cup.” Additionally, Oregon has had problems with its strategy this sea son and has changed systems nu CLUB SPORTS THIS WEEKEND Men’s Lacrosse vs* Chico State. Sailing team competes in Seattle. Hockey plays at home against Washington. Bowling travels to Las Vegas. merous times since Seattle. But the Ducks have finally settled on one to last through the PAC-8 champi onships later this month. “I think we have the system in place that is going to carry us through to the championships,” Shaffar said. “Winning involves ex ecuting with the systems and lines that we have in place.” If the Ducks manage Washington this weekend and bag a couple of games at Western Washington in Bellingham, Wash., the following weekend, Shaffar expects the Ducks to be in good shape heading into the championships at home. Jeter close to contract By Ronald Blum The Associated Press NEW YORK — Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hope to agree by next week to a contract nine or 10 years long worth an av erage of $18 million to $19 million per season. The sides have been negotiating for weeks and are trying to com plete the talks before a scheduled arbitration hearing Monday in Phoenix. They have narrowed their differ ences in recent days, and one base ball official with knowledge of the talks, speaking on the condition he not be identified, said an agree ment was likely within a few days. At that price, the contract would total $162 million to $190 million, which would be the second-high '.'.‘.i .ncH.v'.'e j!wii dcd -iitj est in sports history, trailing only the $252 million, 10-year deal agreed to in December by Jeter’s friend, Alex Rodriguez, and the Texas Rangers. Last winter, Jeter and the Yan kees reached a tentative agreement on a $118.5 million, seven-year contract, but Yankees owner George Steinbrenner refused to fi nalize the deal because its average salary, $16,928,571, would have been the highest in baseball at the time. Jeter and the team then agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract. The Yankees went on to win their third straight World Series, their fourth in the five years Jeter has been with the team. The 26-year old shortstop then was voted Most Valuable Player of both the All Star game and theiWorld, Series.
