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country, the Missoula Maggott
Tournament. The “Dirty Ducks,” as
they call themselves, shut out their
opponents on the first day, going 2
0, before tying the Missoula
women’s club team 5-5 in the tour
nament’s final.
The Ducks also won a tourna
ment in Portland two weeks ago.
“This was just a phenomenal
way to go out,” Farrell said of end
ing the season and graduating four
seniors. “I couldn’t ask for abetter
way to go out. I am just so proud of
this team.”
As the fastest-growing collegiate
sport in the country, rugby may be
the next sport, much like women’s
soccer in the last five years, to
evolve into a national phenome
non.
“It’s great fun to watch,” Club
Sports coordinator Sandy Vaughn
^ said. “You could never pick a
women’s rugby player out of a
crowd because contrary to percep
tion, rugby women come in every
shape and size. They just get out
there and show that women can be
rough too.”
Although the women’s program
is just four years old, Farrell said he
has hope for future plans of it be
coming a varsity sport.
“I really hope so,” Farrell said of
becoming a University-supported
program. “There aren’t a lot of
funding issues. All we need is uni
forms.”
Oregon Associate Athletic Direc
tor Sandy Walton said the Univer
sity is looking to add a women’s
varsity sport in the near future, but
the likelihood of throwing women’s
rugby into the mix is not high.
“It’s simply not a very popular
high school sport in Oregon,” Wal
ton said.
Also, in many respects, women’s
rugby is still lingering in the shad
ows of its male counterpart. At Cal
ifornia-Berkeley, for example,
men’s rugby is a full-funded pro
gram, while the women’s team is
still self-sponsored.
But many women’s clubs are
springing up across the country.
Lewis and Clark, San Jose State and
Central Washington, to name a few,
have recently taken similar strides
as Oregon and created women’s
programs.
But until the Dirty Ducks get
more University funds, they’ll have
to rely on fundraisers and the Club
Sports office to support themselves.
The largest expense is traveling —
right now the 18-woman traveling
squad is squeezing into a 15-person
van for road trips — and the soccer
team’s Pape Field would be a per
fect home for rugby, so Farrell said
the team budget would not have to
be high should it become a varsity
sport.
March 10 was supposed to be a
revelation for the women’s rugby
team. It was supposed to be a his
toric day.
In a game that decided who
would represent the Pacific North
west in the western regional playoff
tournament, Oregon State defeated
the Dirty Ducks 29-22 on a dreary
Saturday morning.
For a team that already had suc
cess shooting out its veins, shutting
out its previous opponents by
scores of 85-0, 95-0 and 34-0, Ore
gon was unable to penetrate a much
bigger — both physically and in
sheer numbers — Oregon State
club.
“I don’t really like to think about
that game,” Frail said. “We were a
little nervous and missed some op
portunities, but we held them pret
ty good.”
But the loss doesn’t make the
game, or the season, any less mem
orable.
“The Oregon State coach said
that we were the best team within
500 miles,” Farrell said with an air
of pride. “We got ’em pretty good.
“But if there was one game that
we could take back this year, it
would be that one.”
Sophomore hooker (a position)
Nicole Merrill said the team’s suc
cess this year can be attributed only
to the team’s work ethic, propelled
by the coaching staff’s tough prac
tice schedule.
“These gals are tough,” Farrell
said.
So tough, in fact, that the women
scrimmage with the Eugene Rugby
Club, a men’s team.
The grueling nature of the sport
is no cake walk. And the women
know that. They’ve played soccer
and basketball, but it’s different
with the Australian rules of foot
ball.
“I just expect the bruises; it’s part
of the game,” Merrill said. “This is
my first year playing and I’m hav
ing a great time.”
“There’s no pads, no helmets,”
Frail said. “There are a lot of tough
girls out there ... and we shouldn’t
be underestimated because girls
can hit too.”
Two-hour practices twice a week,
plus Saturday games, take their toll
on the team, but Farrell boasts that
his team is in better condition than
its opponents.
“These are really good athletes
who have made a big commitment,
especially to stay with the team af
ter the torture we put them
through,” Farrell said.
One key in the Oregon State
game, Farrell said, was the experi
enced squad that the Beavers put
on the field. Oregon State started 11
seniors, while six of Oregon’s 20
players had never touched a rugby
ball prior to this season.
“Most people are like, ‘Wow, I
didn’t even know there was a
women’s rugby team,”’ Farrell said.
Recruiting is a major part of field
ing a full team, Farrell said. Sever
al of the players are on exchange,
some from Australia and New
Zealand, and others from Minneso
ta and Alaska, where rugby has lit
tle popularity.
“It’s hard to keep girls here,” said
Frail, who began playing three
years ago. “We’re always busy with
school and work and other things.”
One of Farrell’s main goals is to
double the amount of participants
on next year’s squad.
“We have some lofty goals for
this program,” he said.
And you can be sure that Oregon
State (which recently reached the
Elite Eight of the national tourna
ment) is already on the top of next
year’s hit list.
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