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Sports Editor: Adam Jude adamjude@dailyemerald.com Assistant Sports Editor Jeff Smith jeffsmith@dailyemeraid.com Wednesday, October 17 2001 Best Bet NLCS: Atlanta at Arizona, 5 p.m., FOX Adam Amato Emerald senior quaneroacK Joey Harrington needs just four more touchdowns to tie Danny O’Neil’s school record of 67 total scores. Joey Heisman rushes the record books ■ Both on the ground and in the air, quarterback Joey Harrington is cementing his name in history By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald In leading the Ducks to a 48-7 rout of California in Berkeley on Saturday, senior quarterback Joey Harrington im proved his record to 20-2 as a starter. More importantly, though, he kept Ore gon (6-0 overall, 3-0 Pacific-10 Confer ence) in line for the Rose Bowl, the site of this year’s national championship. “I wouldn’t trade Joey for any other player in the nation,” head coach Mike Bellotti said. “He is one of the great rea sons we’re where we’re at.” Harrington ac counted for three touchdowns against Cal, including one on the ground. The senior from Portland six rushing touchdowns this sea son and 17 in his career, the most of any quarterback in school history (Reg gie Ogburn previously held the record with 12). In 27 career games, Harrington is re sponsible for 63 touchdowns (includ ing a touchdown reception in the Holi day Bowl last season). Danny O’Neil, who led the Ducks to the 1994 Rose Bowl, holds the school record with 67 total career touchdowns. Additionally, Harrington is fifth in the country in total points accounted for, with 19.3 points per game. He is 18th with a passing efficiency of 147.3. Lewis still questionable for Saturday Safety Keith Lewis is still listed as a questionable for Saturday’s Homecom ing game against Stanford, Bellotti said Tuesday. Lewis is in a boot after spraining his right ankle in Oregon’s 48-7 win over California last Saturday. The sopho more from Sacramento, Calif., leads the Ducks with 8.5 tackles per game. Bellotti said junior Allan Amundson Turn to Football, page 6A California teams dominate Pac-10 ■The California schools have experienced early conference and national success this season By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald Hot times lead to soccer in the cities of California. One glance at the Pacific-10 Conference women’s soccer standings makes that fact as clear as a San Diego sky. There, at the top, are the four California schools. First is UCLA, with an 11-0 record and a No. 2 ranking. Then it’s No. 8 Stanford at 9-1,16th-ranked California at 10-2 1, and finally Southern California, at 7-3-1. All four teams swept their open ing weekends of Pac-10 play and dominated their opponents in the process. UCLA and USC took out the Arizona schools by a combined 10-4. Cal and Stanford rolled over the Oregon squads by a total margin of 10-2. The four California teams are clearly making a state ment about which state will dominate Pac-10 women’s soccer this season. They lead the conference in every major statistical category except saves, fouls and yellow cards. Oregon has the dubious honor of leading the lat ter category, with 13 yellows on the season. This weekend’s conference slate features some in triguing matchups, with the focus on the four golden state teams. UCLA will face No. 3 Santa Clara on Thurs day, with a possible No. 1 ranking at stake, before facing cross-town rival USC on Sunday. Cal and Stanford head north to face the always-dangerous Washington schools. Washington, ranked 20th, has lost only to No. 17 Texas A&M and No. 11 Portland. Washington State is 5-4, but counts the Huskies, Portland and No. 7 Saint Mary’s among its losses. Caught in the middle Lost in between California and Washington is Oregon. But, despite a sweep at the hands of Stanford and Cal last weekend, the Ducks have a legitimate shot to sweep a weekend of their own Friday and Sunday. “Stanford’s a really good team and I’m glad we battled like we did,” Oregon senior Chalise Baysa said after falling to the Cardinal Sunday. “Hopefully we can go down to Arizona next weekend and get the sweep.” The Ducks, who still have a winning record of 6-4-1, will head to the desert to face the Arizona schools this weekend. Arizona is last in the Pac-10 with a 3-7-1 record, while Arizona State is 6-6-0. Both teams fell hard to UCLA and USC last weekend. Turn to Soccer, page 6A Cross country returns from pre-nationals tired but focused ■ After a 21 -hour flight back from South Carolina, the Ducks begin to prepare for Pac-1 Os and Regionals By Chris Cabot Oregon Daily Emerald Even after a marathon trip back from South Carolina, which took approxi mately 21 hours — including a three hour delay in Greenville, S.C., three hours at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., and two hours in San Francisco — junior Jason Hartmann is ready to get back on the course. “We just want to get back to work,” the All-American said. Hartmann and his fellow runners were pleased with the outcome of Saturday’s pre-NCAA Invitational, but they know that the much of the season is yet to come. “I think we did well, and hopefully we can build on it every two weeks from here to the end of the season,” Hartmann said. “We probably have enough points if it were to come down to an at-large bid, but we can’t let the committee decide our fate. We need to decide our own fate and run well at districts.” The Ducks next race in the Pacific 10 Conference Championships in Gilbert, Ariz., on Oct. 27. They will then travel to Tucson, Ariz., on Nov. 10 for the NCAA Western Regionals. Women focusing on Pac-10s With a 26th place finish Saturday in the purple race of the pre-nation als, the women’s cross country squad all but eliminated itself from a chance at going to the national com petition. Despite the disappointment, the Ducks are-not losing motivation and will continue to run hard in preparation for the remaining two meets. “The Pac-lO’s and Regionals are where we really want to make a big im pression,” redshirt junior Carrie Turn to Cross country, page 6A Junior Carrie Zografos (right), Oregon’s top contender this season, and the rest of the women’s cross country team are preparing for the Oct. 28 Pac-10 Championships in Seattle. The Ducks finished 26th at pre-nationals last weekend.
