Tourney on the line
in soccer’s Civil War
■ NCAA Tournament hopes
rest on the sixth Civil War
when Oregon travels to
Corvallis on Sunday
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon and Oregon State will face
each other in the women’s soccer
Civil War on Sunday in Corvallis.
The two teams are tied for last place
in the Pacific-10 Conference. Both
teams are 1-5-0 in
the conference, but
the Beavers are 8-7
1 overall, while the
Ducks are 7-7-1
overall.
If the game
doesn’t end in a
tie, and if the win
ning team can turn around and
sweep the Washington schools next
weekend, that team could go to the
NCAA Tournament.
“It’s a tough conference, and that
can be both a blessing and a curse,”
Oregon head coach Bill Steffen
said. “It’s a curse in the sense that
there are no easy matches, but it’s a
blessing because a lot of teams will
go to the tournament.”
The Civil War had been dominat
ed by the Ducks in recent years, until
the Beavers battled to a 2-2 tie last
season in Eugene. Before last season’s
contest, Oregon held a 4-0 edge in the
all-time series and had outscored
Oregon State 12-2 in the four wins.
But last season, the Beavers
proved they could hang with their
neighbors from the south. When
Oregon’s then-freshman forward
Ann Westermark scored in the 10th
minute, it looked like another Ore
gon romp was coming. But Oregon
State’s Katie Henderson scored five
minutes into the second half. After
goals by Oregon’s Crystal David
and Oregon State’s Courtney Carter,
the game was tied 2-2 heading into
sudden-death overtime.
In the cold, rainy conditions at
Pape Field, 15 shots between the
two teams in two overtime periods
couldn’t find the net.
Most of the stars of those two
teams will be back for this year’s
contest at Paul Lorenz Field in Cor
vallis. All four goalscorers will
show up again. Henderson and
Carter have taken over as the main
goalscorers for the Beavers, as they
lead the team with Henderson’s
seven goals and Carter’s five.
Oregon State had not been im
pressive this year until a 2-1 upset
victory over then-No. 3 UCLA last
weekend. The Beavers toppled the
Bruins with goals from Henderson
and freshman Jillian Nicks. It was
only the second time this season a
team has managed to score more
than one goal on UCLA. It was also
the Bruins’ second loss of the year.
Oregon State followed the upset
win with a 2-1 victory over Sacra
mento State on Thursday after
noon. The pair of victories snapped
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the Beavers’ streak of six-straight
losses, which dated back to Oct. 6.
The Ducks are trying to break a
two-game losing streak of their
own. Oregon dropped both games
to the Southern California schools
last weekend, but is still clinging to
NCAA Tournament hopes.
“We have to see how it goes and
take it one game at a time the rest of
the way,” Steffen said.
The Ducks’ struggles in the Pac
10 are not because of a lack of
chances. The Ducks outshot USC
and nearly outshot UCLA last
weekend, and are second overall
the Pac-10 in shooting.
“We were just unlucky that we
didn’t score,” Steffen said about
last weekend’s games.
Oregon will need to start convert
ing chances to make the NCAA
Tournament. The Ducks need to
win the rest of their games, includ
ing beating No. 16 Washington and
Washington State to have a shot at
making their first-ever postseason
tournament.
Oregon will face Oregon State at
2 p.m. Sunday in Corvallis.
Sports briefs
Golfers place 17th
The Oregon women’s golf team
finished 17th Wednesday at the
Rainbow Wahine Fall Golf Classic
at the 5,900-yard, par-72 Kapolei
Golf Course in Oahu, Hawaii.
Oregon transfer Kim Melrose of
Ontario, Calif., had an all-time-best
performance Wednesday.
Melrose scored a par-72, which
is also the best recorded score this
year by Oregon.
Oregon senior Kathy Cho ended
the tournament tied for 62nd. Cho
led the team with the best score at
the tournament.
This tournament ended Ore
gon’s play for the fall. Their next
tournament will be Feb. 17 in San
Diego hosted by San Diego State.
—from staff and wire reports
Parents join forces in case
against Northwestern
(U-WIRE) EVANSTON, 111. —
After months of legal wrangling,
the parents of deceased North
western University football play
er Rashidi Wheeler decided
Tuesday to work together to pur
sue the wrongful-death lawsuit
filed against the university on
their son’s behalf. But an NU of
ficial said the decision won’t im
pact the university’s investiga
tion into the cause of Wheeler’s
Aug. 3 death.
Thomas Demetrio, a lawyer for
Rashidi’s father, George Wheeler,
said the player’s parents, who
have been divorced for nearly 20
years, agreed to take joint control
of Rashidi’s estate moments be
fore appearing in Cook County
Probate Court on Tuesday after
noon. The parents will become
joint plaintiffs in the suit filed
against NU on Aug. 23.
The suit names seven members
of NU’s athletic department, in
cluding Director of Athletics
Rick Taylor and head football
coach Randy Walker.
Wheeler’s mother, Linda Will,
and George Wheeler each had
sought total control of their son’s
estate since his death after run
ning conditioning drills. Wheel
er’s parents now have an equal
say in whether to settle the suit
or take the case to court.
In a report released Oct. 9, NU
lawyers said the school planned
to reexamine blood and fluid
samples from Wheeler’s autopsy.
This was a challenge to the toxi
cology test performed by the
Cook County Office of the Med
ical Examiner, which concluded
that Rashidi’s severe asthma
caused his death. On the day the
report was released, University
President Henry Bienen hinted
in a memo that an NCAA
banned dietary supplement
might have been a factor in
Wheeler’s death.
The memo strongly supported
the training staff, saying they act
ed “appropriately, even valiant
ly,” in their attempts to save
Rashidi’s life.
Alan Cubbage, NU’s vice presi
dent for university relations, said
the family’s decision won’t affect
NU’s review of the case.
Demetrio declined to comment
on the nature of the disagreement
that had kept Rashidi’s parents
from acting as co-administers of
his estate.
“Both (Wheeler and Will) have
been grieving a lot for the last 90
days,” he said.
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