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Wednesday, October 17 2001
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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
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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.
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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
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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.