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Three Ducks gaining love
from national tennis polls
■The first installment of the
ITA national rankings gives
respect to University players
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
In the tennis crazed Pacific-10
Conference,
Northwest
schools can have
a hard time get
ting respect
against other
teams.
Thanks to a
little help from the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association rankings com
mittee, the Oregon tennis teams
are getting some appreciation.
Three Ducks were honored in
the first release of the ITA weekly
rankings. Sophomore Jeanette
Mattsson is ranked No. 54 in
women’s singles, and the doubles
team of senior David Becker and
freshman Martin Pawlowski is
ranked 45th for the men.
Mattsson, a native of Ostham
mar, Sweden, is ranked 12th
among Pac-10 players and is 5-6
on the year.
Becker and Pawlowski are 5-4
on the season with upsets over
Cal’s Scott Kintz and Eric Dmytruk
and Indiana State’s Jonas Piibor
and Dalibor Mihajlovic.
In the team rankings, Jack Grif
fin’s women’s team came in
ranked No. 53. The men are cur
rently ranked No. 66 but should
climb in the polls after last week
end’s wins over No. 54 New Mexi
co State and No. 64 Pacific.
2001 Rule Changes
The ITA and NCAA have adopt
ed three new rules regarding men’s
and women’s tennis for the 2001
season.
In women’s tennis, the Division
I Competition Cabinet approved a
new 3-6 format where three eight
game, pro-doubles sets precede six
singles matches. This format re
places the trio of three-set doubles
matches following singles play.
The decision was made to shorten
matches while ensuring at least
two doubles
matches.
The ITA also
instituted two
new rules re
g a r d i n g
change-overs
and warm-up
time. The first
change adds a
two-minute set
break at the
end of every set. The second ad
justment shortens the amount of
warm-up time to three minutes
from five between doubles and
singles matches.
Home Sweet Home
After three months of play in the
Student Tennis Center, Oregon’s
new indoor tennis facility, the
Ducks are a combined 5-6 under
its roof. On the road, the Ducks are
2-3. Eight ranked teams have
played at the Student Tennis Cen
ter, with many more to come.
Adam Amato Emerald
Oregon seniors Bryan Bracey (42) and Julius Hicks (21) will play their final games at McArthur Court this weekend, and junior guard
Anthony Norwood (34) and freshman forward Luke Jackson (33) hope to help send their five senior teammates out victorious.
Men’s
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fersen has injured his wrist and hasn’t performed as
well.
Oregon head coach Ernie Kent said he expects
Christoffersen to have another big game against the
Bruins tonight.
“The reason Chris hasn’t been doing so well is be
cause of the opponents we’ve been playing: They’re
more mobile teams,” Kent said. “But we need for him
to get a good game.”
The Ducks may need a little more than Hicks and
Christoffersen to beat the Bruins. Last weekend against
Washington, Oregon may have finally found a lineup
that can play together. The five players that started
against the Huskies — Hicks, Bracey, Freddie Jones,
Luke Ridnour and Luke Jackson — accounted for 78 of
the Ducks’ 85 points in Oregon’s first win since an up
set of Arizona on Feb. 1. Each of the starting five scored
in double figures against Washington.
As much as they don’t want to think about it, there
are larger implications to the Ducks’ final home games.
Oregon has five remaining games and technically
needs to win only one to reach .500 and be eligible for
the National Invitational Tournament. However, if USC
or California aren’t selected by the NCAA Tournament,
the Ducks will need to be over .500 to make it, which
makes this weekend’s games all the more important.
Oregon will take on UCLA tonight at 7 p.m. and USC
Saturday at 6 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on the
Oregon Sports Network.