More mixed results for UO
■ Oregon freshmen continue
to excel, picking up singles
wins for the men and women
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
One would expect a veteran
team to be hitting its stride at this
point of the season and a team of
mostly rookies to be experiencing
growing pains, but in the Oregon
tennis teams’ cases, the exact op
posite is happening.
The Oregon men and their five
freshmen won their fifth match in
six tries this
weekend, bring
ing their season
record to one
game above the
.500 mark at 7-6.
The veteran
women’s squad
however,
dropped two matches in Fresno,
Calif, this weekend, leaving head
coach Jack Griffin looking for an
swers.
On the men’s side, Duck fresh
men went 4-2 in singles play to
lead Oregon over Portland and
Santa Clara bv identical scores of
6-1.
Newcomer Buck Mink led the
way with two straight-set wins
over Portland’s Jeff Nunnenkamp
and Santa Clara’s Victory Camargo.
“Buck has been on fire the last
few weeks,” Oregon men’s coach
Chris Russell said. “He is one of
the guys on the team who plays
solidly. We know what he’s going
to do on the court.”
Mink also teamed with sopho
more Jason Menke for two domi
nating doubles victories against
the Pilots and Bronco’s.
Fellow freshman Martin
Pawlowski came through at the
No. 2 singles position despite bat
tling the flu. The Norrkoping, Swe
den, native picked up his first
back-to-back singles victories of
the season.
“Martin was a big factor all
weekend,” Russell said. “Not hav
ing him fully healthy and battling
through his matches was phenom
enal for us.”
The Ducks’ veterans also per
formed well this weekend. Sopho
more Oded Teig added to his team
leading wins mark (18) with
victories over aces Peter Malacek
of Portland and Ryan Livesay of
Santa Clara. Menke moved one
match above the .500 mark with
two singles victories.
The men close out their home
schedule on Saturday against Port
land State.
The Duck women have as many
returning players as the men have
rookies, but are amidst a five
match losing streak at the mid-sea
son mark. Oregon lost a narrow 4
3 decision to Loyola Marymount
on Saturday before falling to No.
30 Fresno State 4-2 on Sunday.
Oddly enough, the Ducks’ two
freshman have been the most reli
able lately. Freshman Courtney
Nagle picked up singles wins in
each of Oregon’s losses this week
end, bringing her win total to 10.
Fellow freshman Davina
Mendiburu earned Oregon’s sec
ond point against Fresno State, de
feating the Bulldogs’ Courtney
Jantz, 6-3, 6-2.
On Saturday, the Ducks came
within a point of defeating Loyola
Marymount, but were edged in a
crucial three-set singles match at
the No. 2 position. Oregon capital
ized on winning the doubles point
with wins by Mendiburu and jun
ior Janice Nyland, 8-5 and junior
Adeline Arnaud and sophomore
Jeanette Mattsson, 8-6.
In singles, only Mendiburu and
Nyland were able to win.
On Sunday, rain put an end to
any Oregon comeback hopes
against Fresno State. The Bulldogs
led 3-1 when an unexpected storm
hit, canceling the final three
matches.
Junior transfer Vickie Gunnar
son fought Fresno State’s Simone
Jardim to the third set, but because
Jardim led 2-1, she was awarded
the win. No. 48 ranked Leisl Fitch
bauer needed only one point to de
feat Mattsson at the No. 2 spot.
Oregon drops to 3-5 on the sea
son and heads to Washington next
weekend for Pacific-10 Conference
matches against Washington and
Washington State.
Men’s
continued from page 9
urday’s final score could have been
much worse.
Needless to say, Oregon’s (13-14,
4-13) season presumably has just
one game left, and for the first time
in weeks, not a single player or
coach brought up the NIT.
“To know exactly when your
season is over ... you never want
that,” said junior guard Freddie
Jones, who could only muster four
points to follow up his career-high
of 36 against Arizona State on
Thursday. “I came out and didn’t
play how my team needed me to
play.”
But this loss was hardly Jones’
fault. One man couldn’t have pre
vented the assault that the ninth
ranked team in the nation put on.
The Ducks were handed a text
book blowout.
Oregon actually played with
Arizona for the first few minutes
and were only down 10-9 when
Tucson-native Anthony Norwood
knocked down two of his seven
points with just over 15 minutes to
play in the half.
Then Arizona’s Gilbert Arenas
drilled two free throws, Loren
Woods swished a jumper, and
Michael Wright converted a buck
et.
And the rout was on.
Oregon was held scoreless for
just less than six minutes during a
stretch in which Arizona
outscored the Ducks 25-4. Soon,
the run turned into a 41-8 Wildcat
advantage.
Thanks to Ben Lindquist’s two
last-minute three-pointers, the
Ducks entered the half only trail
ing 55-25.
“They got a great start and had
all the momentum, and it just had
a snowball effect,” said freshman
Luke Jackson, who was the only
Duck to score in double figures
with 15. “It hurts, especially in
this fashion. I don’t think anyone
on this team likes to lose like that.”
Things didn’t get much better in
the second half. Arizona opened
the last frame with a 26-7 run to
take an incredible 81-34 lead at the
11:36 mark.
It got even worse. When Arizona
senior Eugene Edgerson put in a
rebound basket, it put his team
ahead 89-38 with still 9:21 to play.
That’s a 51-point lead — the
largest of the game.
But then Arizona head coach
Lute Olson loosened his reigns
and let the youngsters and the de
parting seniors have some fun to
gether.
“It was a great day for us,” Olson
said. “We had the chance to give
everybody a substantial amount of
playing time.”
The stat sheet again was ugly for
the Ducks. Oregon had 26
turnovers (16 in the first half),
committed 29 fouls and was out
rebounded 41-25. Arizona, mean
while, had all five starters score in
double figures with Wright leading
the balanced attack with 18.
The one Duck that showed up to
play early was Norwood, but his
seven first-half points were his
only ones, as foul trouble plagued
the guard in his return home. He
fouled out with 12:02 to play.
“Very frustrating,” Norwood
said. “It’s built up to that. We let
ourselves get to that. We’ve got to
make some changes.”
Besides the emotion of the Ari
zona seniors, who were honored
after the game in a lengthy ceremo
ny, Oregon had to deal with the re
venge factor.
After the Ducks beat the Wild
cats in Eugene earlier this season,
many Arizona players mentioned
how they were looking forward to
Oregon's visit to Tucson.
“The way we played up there [at
Oregon], we shot ourselves in the
foot,” said Woods, who scored 17
points. “But we knew they were
coming down here.”
Men’s Pac-10
standings:
Pac-10 overall
Stanford 15-1 27-1
Arizona 13-3 21-7
UCLA 13-3 20-7
California 10-6 19-9
USC 9-7 19-9
Arizona St. 5-11 13-14
Washington St. 5-11 12-14
Oregon 4-13 13-14
Oregon St.4-13 10-19
Washington 3-13 9-19
Since Oregon’s win on Feb. 1,
both teams have gone in opposite
directions. The loss was a wake-up
call for Arizona, which has since
won seven of eight and is prepar
ing for a date at No. 1 Stanford on
Thursday.
Oregon, on the other hand, has
dropped eight of its past nine in
that span and 13 out of 16 overall
since starting the season 10-1 after
beating Oregon State on Jan. 6.
Now, the Ducks have a losing
record for the first time all season
and face the task of having to beat
the Beavers in Corvallis next Sat
urday just to finish 14-14. Techni
cally, a .500 record would make
the Ducks NIT eligible, although
they’re not holding their breath for
an invitation.
With the way the Ducks played
in this trip to Arizona, they had
the look of a fatigued team that
was just waiting for the season to
end. But according to many Ore
gon players, that couldn’t be far
ther from the truth.
“I don’t feel that way, and I hope
nobody else does,” Jackson said.
“If that’s our last game [Saturday],
I’d like to end on a winning note.
I’d like my team to be known as a
team that fights to the end.
“I don’t want this to happen
again.”
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