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Football continued from page 15 lard, who last participated in track five years ago while in high school. “It didn’t bother me at all to do the football scrimmage and then the track meet. But I really need to work on my track stamina.” Mallard told football head coach Mike Bellotti that the sprinting made him sore in areas he’s never been sore before. One of the reasons these ath letes are able to compete in both sports is the relationship that Bel lotti has with men’s track and field head coach Martin Smith. i r “Martin and I have talked a lot and we’ve come to an under standing as to how it should be handled and I think it’s a posi tive,” Bellotti said. “If we have football players that can go score points for the track team, I think that’s awesome.” Smith was also thrilled with the football players, especially since sprinting is his team’s weakest link. The Washington Dual is Oregon track’s only head to-head meet of the season and since the Huskies have a strong sprint corps, Mallard and Keyes’ presence was all the more impor tant. “It was nice to have the football guys and I’m really appreciative of coach Bellotti, who was very generous,” Smith said. “That’s a heck of a sacrifice for them after a live scrimmage on Friday. They bi'ing a neat attitude and showed a lot of Oregon Duck pride.” Football will remain the top priority for the players, but they look forward to competing again on the track later this season. The spring football workouts end on April 28 with the annual Spring Game, which coincides with track’s Oregon Invitational, but after that, Bellotti said the “guys will have free reign to do whatev er they want track-wise.” Mallard and Keyes both even mentioned possibly qualifying for the May 19-20 Pacific-10 Confer ence Championships in Berkeley, Calif. “There could be an outside chance at that,” Keyes said. “Anything’s possible. I’d love to ’if we could since all my family’s down there in the Bay Area.” Both Keyes and Mallard ex pressed how great the Duck track athletes were in welcoming them with open arms. John Steigeler, a javelin thrower, said that the added speedsters “make the team complete.” Take a break.... You've earne i ^ .,%*•v ' •* % * j£$:$ Eza NORTH AMERICA RAIL PASS ps 30 Days... 2 Countries... 1 Pass... Travel by train and experience the adventure and freedom that only the North America Rail Pass* offers. 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Other restrictions apply 2001 NFL Draft Saturday marks the National Football League’s draft, and there are some strong possibilities that a few Ducks could get plucked. Bellotti said that defensive end Saul Patu, linebacker Matt Smith, punter Kurtis Doerr and quarter back A.J. Feeley are Oregon’s likeli est selections. He also mentioned how defensive end Jason Nikolao and wide receiver Marshaun Tucker could be “sleepers.” “You never know what can hap pen on draft day,” Bellotti said. “I never make predictions.” Feeley, who has hired Leigh Steinberg as his agent, has im pressed NFL scouts at private work outs despite not starting a game dur ing his senior season. The seven-round, two-day NFL Draft begins at 9 a.m. Saturday on ESPN. Oregon’s third scrimmage The Oregon football team finish es its third week of spring workouts today with its third scrimmage of the month. The scrimmage will last from 5:15-6:30 p.m. and will take place on the practice field near the Casanova Center. It is open to the public. Oregon’s spring season con cludes April 28 with the annual Spring Game at Hillsboro Stadium near Portland. Softball continued from page 15 “We’re going to go out and bat tle,” Oregon head coach Rick Gamez said. “Every opponent from here on out is going to be tough. We have to go out and play fundamen tal softball.” The Ducks snapped a six-game losing streak Friday with two solid victories over San Jose State. But Saturday brought back the Pac-10 and the worst the Ducks had to of fer. Oregon State easily swept both games, 8-0 and 11-2, on the Ducks’ home pond. “You don’t ever really get over that,” Wangler said of Saturday’s performance. “That was embarrass ing.” Gamez has led the Ducks to three straight NCAA Tournament appear ances, but the chances of making another trip this season are only getting slimmer. “If anything’s going to happen, it has to happen with the snap of a finger,” Wangler said. “It’s too late to mess around. We have to get it done now.” Of Oregon’s 16 remaining games, 13 are against ranked Pac-10 oppo nents. A little breather To the surprise of some, the Ducks have not practiced yet this week. Gamez said the break was meant to get the team’s mentality back on track and give the Ducks some much needed rest. “It’s just some time off to heal up some of the wounded,” Gamez said. The team is scheduled to prac tice today, Gamez said. “I’d rather practice,” Wangler said. “It’s nice to have some time off, but at the same time we have a lot to work on.” Stretching the arms Junior pitcher Connie McMurren was not 100 percent healthy when she was roughed up by the Beavers Saturday. Bothered by the flu, Mc Murren allowed seven runs — four earned — on six hits in 2 2/3 in nings. McMurren, who is third on the school’s all-time strikeout list, has an 8-13 record this season. The Oregon pitching staff is last in the Pac-10 in ERA (2.79) and op ponents batting average (.244).
