Club teams get mixed results, but are satisfied
■Oregon women’s rugby and
men’s lacrosse fa red well, but
their counterparts struggled in
weekend play
By Jesse Thomas
for the Emerald
Washington State was the next
in line to play the Oregon women’s
rugby team this past weekend, and
what happened? The Cougars lost,
as one has come to expect from
Oregon’s opponents.
“I didn’t think
they had their best
foot forward,”
Oregon coach
Greg Farrell said.
The defense
was, once again, very dominant in
not allowing Washington State to
score in the Ducks’ 34-0 win. In
the women’s victory, flanker Shan
non Barlow was the player of the
match, scoring one tri and coming
up with some big plays.
“Our defense has been doing
very well,” Farrell said.
Farrell also said the Cougars
were a little stronger and more or
ganized than Oregon’s past oppo
nents, and that they also outsized
the Ducks. But, he said, the
women’s conditioning made up for
it.
Next up, the women play Ore
gon State in a highly anticipated
battle which will most likely deter
mine who represents the Pacific
Northwest in the future. The two
teams face off at 11:30 a.m. Satur
day on Southbank Field.
Men's rugby falls to Cal
Although a 57-0 loss to Califor
nia may look bad, it’s not, because
the score doesn’t portray how well
the Oregon men’s rugby team
played.
The Ducks were able to continu
ously recycle the ball, four or five
times, and in the first half domi
nated in the scrums. The Golden
Bears weren’t even that dominant
in driving the ball up the middle,
but were able to overload the weak
side to get scores, according to
Oregon coach Bob Snyder.
“They didn’t push us around,
but beat us with their speed,” Sny
der said.
The Ducks played the Bears this
past weekend better than any oth
er team has in awhile. California
has slaughtered other teams, such
as Chico State, 97-0, St. Mary’s, 78
0, and Oklahoma, 104-0.
“We probably should have had
three or four scores but just could
n’t finish,” Snyder said. “Realisti
cally, they aren’t that much better,
but simply created opportunities
for themselves that we couldn’t de
fend.”
Women's lacrosse improves
over weekend
The Oregon women’s lacrosse
team competed in the Whitman
Sweet Onion Shoot-out this week
end in Walla Walla, Wash.
On Saturday, the women played
Whitman and lost 7-2. The women
faced Washington the same day,
jumping to a first half 4-2 lead be
fore losing, 4-8. Oregon also lost to
Relax, a Seattle women’s club
team.
The Ducks claimed some re
venge on Sunday, though, when
they killed Whitman, 9-1.
“We were really able to come to
gether as a team, and these girls
improved so fast,” Oregon head co
ordinator Terra Cloyes said. “We
were really happy with them.”
It was the Ducks’ first tourna
ment, which included teams
throughout the Northwest. Nearly
two-thirds of the Ducks had never
played a single game in a collegiate
uniform before. According to
Cloyes, the women were a totally
different team by Sunday’s game.
“From the first game to the last
game we improved 100 percent,”
said sophomore Katie Dorst.
Men's lacrosse wins
Northwest battle
The Huskies came to Eugene
this weekend looking for their first
conference win, but die Ducks sent
them back to the Dawg house, win
ning 9-5.
Washington took a 2-1 lead after
the first, but the Ducks dominated
in the second quarter, scoring five
goals and taking a 6-2 lead at the
half.
It was all over after that, as mid
fielders Pat O’Donnel and Dominic
Kan sparked the Ducks’ offense to
victory. The defense, led by sopho
more Jeff Schmid, also played
well.
“They [Huskies] were working
very individually and not as a
team,” junior Oregon coordinator
Beau Dickey said. “We had a good
game against them.”
The next few games for the
Ducks are very important because
they will determine the confer
ence standings. The top six teams
go to the playoffs, and the men
are currently ranked second.
Coming up this weekend, the
Ducks will play Washington State
and Montana, both in Washing
ton.
White, Berry lead UO women’s golf to improved finish
■ The Oregon women move
to seventh at the Verizon
“Mo” Morial, while the men
finish 10th in California
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon women’s golf team
got “Mo” than expected from Jeri
lyn White and Dawn Berry Tues
day, and moved from ninth to sev
enth at the Verizon “Mo” Morial in
Houston, Texas.
White shot a 1-under-par 71 in
the final round to finish third over
all at the Pine Forest Country Club.
The third-place finish matched the
best in the star senior’s career.
White finished seventh at the Ari
zona Invitational two weeks ago.
Berry also notched a
71 in the final round
and finished the tour
nament in 13th place.
It was the highest plac
ing for the senior since
she finished third at the Colby Invi
tational two seasons ago.
“Jerilyn and Dawn played ex
tremely well today,” Oregon head
coach Shannon Rouillard said.
“They really came through in the
clutch.”
Indiana won the “Mo” Morial, a
tournament named for former Texas
A&M star Monica Welsch, who died
in a car accident in 1992. Kansas
State’s Christine Boucher won the in
dividual crown with a total of 218,
six strokes lower than White.
Men finish 10th
at rain-shortened tourney
Maybe the Ducks were affected
by the rain that caused wet condi
tions at the Cleveland Invitational
Tuesday.
Perhaps Oregon was thinking
ahead to the Duck Invitational in
two weeks, the only home tour
nament the Ducks have all sea
son.
Whatever the reason, Oregon
finished a disappointing 10th at
the Cleveland Golf Classic in West
lake Village, Calif., Tuesday. The
tournament was shortened from
three rounds to two after a Monday
night storm.
Aaron Byers and Matt Genovesfe
paced the Ducks, both shooting a
152 to finish 40th. Chris Carnahan
(155) and T.J. Duncan (158) alsp
finished for the Ducks.
Duncan displayed the most im
pressive turnaround for Oregon,
shooting an even-par 72 Tuesday
after a 14-over 86 Monday.
“We did better [Tuesday],”
Ducks head coach Steve Nosier
said. “Not great, but better. I’m still
not happy overall with the re
sults.”
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