Club baseball drops two at regionals to end year
■The club baseball team
runs into trouble at regionals,
while the crew teams put
on a show down in California
By Jesse Thomas
for the Emerald
The pitching seemed to be the
only thing going for the Oregon
Club Sports base
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weekend, as they
finished off their
season in Spokane,
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The Ducks en
tered their regional tournament
with confidence, but did not click
together from the beginning of play.
Oregon knew Boise State would
be tough in its first game, but didn’t
expect to commit six errors and still
have a shot to win. Oregon pitcher
Regan Schaller threw nine strong
innings, but the Ducks couldn’t pro
vide the run support in a 6-2 loss.
“We didn’t come through where
we needed to come through,” Ore
gon coach Kurt Langworthy said.
Oregon felt good about its
chances in its next game, versus
Eastern Washington, but failed to
produce a hit until the fifth inning.
The Ducks’ pitching remained
strong as freshman Ty Button threw
a solid game, but four more defen
sive errors were a key factor in Ore
gon’s 6-3 defeat.
“We [remained] optimistic
through our games,” Button said. “It
was a decent ending, but we just
could not hit.”
Oregon left the tournament with two
losses and an unsatisfactory finish, but
it’s not hanging its head too low.
The Ducks had a shorter season
this year due to weather conditions
and felt that if they would have had
more games the outcome probably
would have been different.
“We had a great team, the best
team in the league, but could not
piece it all together at the same
time,” Button said. “We are going to
have a lot to build up next year. ”
Added Langworthy: “We had a
lot of potential that we did not quite
capitalize on.”
The up-and-down season has
now come to a close for Oregon
baseball, and though there is some
obvious disappointment, the Ducks
know they’ll be strong next season
with several players planning to re
turn to make another run at it.
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Crew performs admirably
in top competitions
For the Oregon club crew teams,
it was a weekend of mixed emo
tions, tough weather conditions and
steep competition.
The Ducks headed to Sacramen
to, Calif., for the Pacific Coast Row
ing Championships and Pacific-10
competitions.
Oregon left satisfied after capturing
two medals in the PCRC competition.
The women’s novice lightweight
eight boat team earned a gold
medal, beating out the second-place
finisher by 31 seconds, which
meant that the Ducks were the
fastest boat on the West Coast.
“It was a great way to end the sea
son and our hard work paid off,”
said Oregon freshman Brantley Har
rison, a member of the gold medal
winning team.
Also for the women, the novice
open weight eight B-boat earned a
silver medal in its category.
As for Pac-10 racing, the men’s
varsity open weight eight boat has
become the 10th fastest collegiate
boat on the West Coast. The Ducks
placed fifth in their heat and raced
against California, whose roster in
cludes five Olympians. As a result
of that strong race, the men ad
vanced to the petite finals, where
the Ducks took fourth-place thanks
to a strong sprint at the end to finish
strong.
“We knew it would be a tight
race,” Oregon senior Kurt McCul
loch said.
As for personal honors, Oregon
seniors Mari Lee and Joe Neron
were elected to the All-Pac 10 team.
So, after a weekend of starvation
to make weight, excessive heat and
a strong headwind during the races,
as well as teammates crying with
one another after they were fin
ished, the Oregon crew teams feel
content as they close the chapter on
their season.
“All in all, it was a successful
weekend by representing the club
well,” McCulloch said.
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