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Tennis nets mixed results ■The men’s and women’s tennis teams end their regular season, but still have the league tournament this week By Robbie McCalium Oregon Daily Emerald The word frustration can’t even begin to describe what the Oregon women’s tennis team is going through. With a 5-16 overall record, the Ducks are well out of NCAA con tention, but that statistic is deceiv ing. Oregon absorbed its seventh one point loss of the season at the hands of No. 46-ranked San Diego State Sunday. The Aztecs jumped out to a quick 3 0 lead, then out lasted the Ducks for the 4-3 win. If the Ducks had been able to turn those seven 4-3 losses into wins, they would find themselves 12-9 and in good position for a postseason berth. San Diego State capitalized on dominant doubles play, capturing the crucial doubles point with two 8-4 wins. The Aztecs’ Katja Karren to and Whitney Wells earned quick two-set victories in singles play to push the SDSU lead to 3-0. That’s when the Ducks mounted their comeback. Freshman sensa tion Davina Mendiburu earned a gritty, 7-5, 6-1 win over Silvia Tornier. The Menton, France, na tive was playing at the No. 2 singles position for the first time this sea son. Mendiburu is second on the team in wins with 16. Fellow freshman Courtney Nagle also earned a big win for the Ducks. The Danville. Calif., native fought Katy Becker into the third set, eventually winning by a tiebreaker, 6-3, 5-7,1-0 (0). The GRIFFIN win was Na gle’s sixth straight, dating back to March 31. At the No. 6 singles position, jun ior Adeline Arnaud also won a third-set tiebreaker over SDSU’s Julie Chidley, tying the match at 3 3. That put the pressure on junior ace Janice Nyland, who split the first two sets with the Aztecs’ Lind sey Hedberg, 6-1, 3-6. Hedberg then put away the match with a decisive 6-1 set to win. On Saturday, the Ducks earned their fifth win of the season against UC-Irvine. Oregon swept doubles matches and the No. 2 through No. 6 singles matches in straight sets. ‘Tt was a good day [Saturday],” Oregon women’s coach Jack Griffin said. “We played solidly. It was great to get a win.” The Ducks have one remaining regular-season match in California, a Wednesday make-up match with UCLA, before the Pacific-10 Confer ence Championships the next day. Teig shines in UO loss Sophomore ace Oded Teig earned the biggest win of his season in a season-ending loss to No. 16 Washington. The Holon, Israel, native defeat ed the Huskies’ No. 42 Matt Hanlin 7-5,4-6,6-3 for Oregon’s lone point. The win pushes Teig’s season record to 20-15 after his second win over a ranked player this season. Teig upset Arizona State’s No. 69 Nic Dubey April 6. The Ducks managed no other wins, however. The Huskies won five of the six singles matches and swept doubles play for their 18th win of the season. Sophomore Jason Menke took Washington’s Ari Strasberg into the third set at the No. 5 singles posi tion but fell, 6-3, 3-6,6-3. “We got great performances from Oded Teig and Jason Menke, but some of our young guys, our fresh men, showed our inexperience in singles,” Oregon head coach Chris Russell said. “Hopefully over the next year we will develop in that area.” The Ducks finished the season 8 13 and 0-7 in the Pacific-10 Confer ence. Both Oregon tennis teams look ahead to the Pac-10 Champi onships this week in Ojai, Calif. UO celebrates season at banquet ■ WNBA draftee Angelina Wolvert is named MVP of the women’s basketball team By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald The unknown future of the Ore gon women’s basketball program didn’t prevent the team from cele brating a relatively successful — at the Eugene Hilton, with little mention of the ongoing investiga tion into the program and head coach Jody Runge’s coaching methods. albeit tumul tuous — 2000 01 season. BASKITBAU Before an esti mated crowd of 500, the team held its annual awards banquet Saturday night Leading the team with 14.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, senior forward Angelina Wolvert was named the MVP. The 6-foot-3 Wolvert was drafted Friday by the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA in the third round. As the 20th over all pick by the Portland Fire, sen ior center Jenny Mowe was the first Oregon player ever drafted into the WNBA. Wolvert and Mowe were the first two Pacific-10 Conference players drafted. Sophomore point guard Alissa Edwards was named Oregon’s Most Improved Player and Best Defensive Player. Edwards played just 34 minutes the entire 1999 2000 season, but emerged as per haps the most critical player dur ing the Ducks’ stretch run to the NCAA Tournament this season. She was third on the team in as sists (62) and steals (32). Senior Camber Ellingson was honored with the Bev Smith Most Inspirational award, while fresh man Cathrine Kraayeveld was the team’s Most Valuable Newcomer. The Ducks finished the season with a 17-12 overall record and 10 8 record in the Pac-10. As a 13th seed, Oregon lost to Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tourna ment; it was the team’s eighth straight trip to the Big Dance. The team was wrought with tur moil after eight unidentified play ers met March 4 with Athletic Di rector Bill Moos, criticizing Runge’s coaching methods and re portedly requesting that she be fired. Moos hired the services of Bond, Schoeneck & King, a law firm with a national reputation for evaluat ing collegiate sports programs, which is preparing a report. No deadline has been set for the firm’s findings. LAfilK Laser Vision Correction Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism STEVEN OFNER, MD Jerry Allen BEFORE Jerry Allen AFTER (Surgery, by Steven Ofner, MD) You Don’t Have To Imagine Anymore! 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