Women s rugby wins 95-0
■ Central Washington also
took a fall to the men’s team
last weekend, but in a slightly
closer-scoring game
By Jesse Thomas
for the Emerald
Another slaughtering took place
Washington 95-0 on
this past
weekend as
the Oregon
Club Sports
women’s
rugby team
crushed
Central
Saturday.
The Ducks were dominant from
the start, as they completed 15 tries
and 11 conversions en route to a 5 7
0 halftime lead.
The women are now 2-0, shutting
out both their opponents.
“They are the best-conditioned
people out on the field,” coach Greg
Farrell said.
Oregon was led by wing Amy
Johnson, whose four tries helped
her gain player of the game status.
Prop Cheyenne House executed
well, hooker Nicole Merrill had two
tries, and kicker Shelby Frail fin
ished with two tries and 11 conver
sions.
“It was a very clean game of rug
by,” Frail said. “It ran very textbook
with our plays and tackles.”
Although they’re dominating the
scoreboard, Farrell said that the for
ward pack still isn’t as strong as he
would like because of their inexpe
rience, but the backs are running ex
tremely well in working together.
The women take on Washington
State Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on the
Southbank Field.
Men’s rugby starts slow,
finishes strong
The men’s rugby team also took it
to Central Washington last week
end, winning a hard-fought battle
by a score of 42-27.
The Wildcats came ready to play
as they scored first to take a 5-0 lead,
but then the Ducks woke up and be
gan to play their game, taking a 31 -5
lead at the half. Central rallied hard
in the second to bring the score to
31-22, the closest the Wildcats
would get. The Ducks then took
over and scored quickly to increase
their lead to 38-22 to finish off the
Wildcats.
“They kept their character, kept
their heart and were able to score
the ball,” coach Bob Snyder said.
The Ducks did win by 15, but
their goal was to do so by at least 19
because it would have helped their
chances of acquiring a berth for na
tionals. Their likelihood of going is
still high because Oregon State de
feated Washington 34-11.
Oregon will still need to defeat
Oregon State in two weeks to make
it to the nationals at UC-Davis.
“We just need to stay focused on
what we are doing,” Snyder said.
Alpine ski teams give
valiant effort
The Oregon men’s and women’s
Alpine ski teams didn’t finish as fa
vorably as they would have liked
last weekend in Park City, Utah.
The men finished the Western Re
gional competition 11th out of 18
teams in both the slalom and giant
slalom races. The men didn’t ad
vance to nationals because they did
n’t place in the top five. As an indi
vidual, sophomore Colby Gail placed
10th in the slalom and 18th in the gi
ant slalom. He’ll soon learn whether
he will compete at nationals.
As for the women, they placed
last in the giant slalom and as of
press time, they did not know the
results of their finish in the slalom
competition.
“Competition was so intense, and
you had to be totally at your best,”
freshman Sonja Handy said. “It was
a great experience.”
Misfortune struck both the Duck
teams with two men falling in both
races and the top two women falling
in the giant slalom.
“We had the potential to do very
well, but the guys couldn’t put it to
gether on the same two days,” coor
dinator Chuck Leavitt said.
Now, with the season over, Leav
itt commented that next year should
be a rebuilding year for the men and
is very optimistic about the
women’s team.
“We were all proud of ourselves
and raced aggressively,” Handy said.
What time is it?
That's right: poll time!
Last week, Peter Hockaday’s on line sports poll asked which
team dominated college hoops.
The men of Stanford were the overwhelming winners, with
42.1 percent of the vote. The Lady Volunteers of Tennessee
received 18.4 percent of the vote, Duke’s men's team gar
nered 15.8 percent, the women at Connecticut got 13.2 per
cent, the men of North Carolina got 7.9 percent, and the
Notre Dame women’s team got 2.6 percent.
This week, we ask you to review the Oregon basketball sea
son that was. We ask:
“What is your favorite Pit Crew cheer?”
Is it “Who’s your daddy” or “Dad was better" to Arizona’s
Luke Walton, “Your son hates you” to USC coach Henry Bib
by, “Oompah loompah” to Cal's Shantay Legans or “U-C-L-A"
to Stanford the week after it lost to the Bruins?
You make the call. Go online to www.dailyemerald.com,
click on the “sports” link, and cast your vote.
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