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Tennis men rock; Duck women roll ■The Oregon men end their losing skid at four, but the women drop two key matches By Robbie McCallum Oregon Daily Emerald After four straight home losses, a road victory was just what the Oregon men’s tennis team needed. And that is just what it got Satur day in Moscow, Idaho. The No. 66-ranked Ducks swept doubles competition and picked up five singles vict°ries in a ■ '/■ rout of Idaho. ho’s Eddie Brisbois, 6-3, 6-1. The Oregon ace also teamed with fresh man Chris King for a dominating doubles victory against the Van dals’ Chris Faulman and Brock Berry. King picked up a singles win against Faulman. Sophomore Jason Menke contin ued his hot streak with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Fabian Dummett in sin gles and an 8-3 doubles victory with freshman Buck Mink. Freshman Martin Pawlowski won for the second time in a Duck uniform since joining the team in early January. The Norrkoping, Sweden native defeated Amod Wakalkar 7-5, 6-3. Senior David Becker defeated Idaho’s Brad Lum-Tucker, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. The lone Idaho point came at the No. 3 singles position, where freshman Buck Mink and the Van dals’ Stephen De Silva battled through a three-set marathon. Mink fell to De Silva after tying the match in the second set, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. “I thought we played pretty well Sophomore Oded Teig picked up his 13th singles vic tory of the sea son against Ida for the most part,” Oregon head coach Chris Russell said. “This win was good for us in order to gain some momentum heading into next week’s match because we have a couple of tough ones com ing up.” The Ducks host No. 53 New Mexico State on Friday and No. 64 Pacific on Sunday. While the men broke their los ing streak on the road, the women started one of their own. The No. 53 women dropped two Pacific-10 conference matches to Arizona and Arizona State. Despite being outscored 13-1 through the two matches, women’s coach Jack Griffin said the Ducks played tough. “It doesn’t look good losing 7-0, but we played three three-hour singles matches,” Griffin said. “For our second outdoor match of the season, I think we performed ex tremely well. If we keep this progress up, we’re going to start having some wins against higher ranked opponents.” On Saturday, sophomores Jeanette Mattsson, Monika Ge iczys and freshman Davina Mendiburu each battled their Sun Devil opponents to the third set before falling. Geiczys and freshman Courtney Nagle picked up the only win against Arizona State’s No. 1 dou bles team, defeating Karin Palme and Adria Engel, 8-6. On Friday, the Ducks were dealt a 6-1 setback to No. 25 Arizona. Junior Adeline Arnaud earned the only victory of the day, sweep ing the Wildcats’ Laresa-Marino, 6 3, 6-0. The Ducks came close to captur ing the doubles point, but lost all three matches by less than three points. The women have this week off before traveling to Los Angeles for Pac-10 matches against Southern California and UCLA. 343-4480 A Be a Romantic this Valentine's Day! i QnuiMQ janmj Lingerie Boutique In the Gateway Mall (Next to Kay Jewelers) 746-5810 Come Get Juiced Up Before the Game! Ernesto’s Juice $ Java •unlimited smoothie choices •organic coffees; full espresso bar •fresh organic juices •daily specials •delicious soups and salads 2000 VW NEW BEETLE GLS TURBO 5 spd, Leather, Moonroof, Pwr. Locks & Windows, A,C., and morel MSRP « $21,550 #W20160,1 ONLY. 2000 VW PASSAT 6LSV6 4 Motion, AH wheel drive, Auto, Leather, Moonroof, and morel MSRP » $29,525 #W20124,1 ONLY $19,999 $27,599 'You don't have to pay more to get mote!' Offer expires 2/12/01 Pictures for illustration purposes only. Drivers wo How many ways can you tell your Valentine "I LOVE YOU?" Well, we've got more ways than one. Drop by today and check out our great selection of Valentine's cards. FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES)
