UO still in search
of record 8th win
■The Oregon soccer team will
try to win a school-record
eighth game as it heads north
to take on UWand WSU
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
This soccer stuff comes easy for
the Washington Huskies.
The Huskies, the Oregon soccer
team’s opponent tonight in Seattle,
have never let the Ducks come
close to beating them in five series
games. That’s because Washington
is a perennial na
tional title con
tender, while Ore
gon is perennially
fighting to get out of
the Pacific-10 Con
ference cellar.
But things could be different this
year. The Ducks have some fresh
faces that haven’t been around in
past years. These newcomers, bal
anced with senior leadership, have
led the Ducks to the verge of their
best season ever. Oregon needs
only one more win to break the
school wins record. The Ducks are
currently 7-8-1 overall.
Still, Oregon has struggled in the
Pac-10 this year. The Ducks have
dropped six of their last seven since
starting Pac-10 play, and their only
win was at Arizona State in overtime.
The Ducks will be desperate for a
win when they face the Huskies
tonight and the Washington State
Cougars Simday in Pullman.
Washington will not make things
easy for Oregon. The 13th-ranked
Huskies have an 11-4-1 record and
stand third in the Pac-10.
The Huskies win games with ef
fective play on both sides of the
ball. Washington averages* 2.06
goals per game, and when the team
scores goals, it wins. The Huskies
are 8-0 when scoring two or more
goals this season.
The reason Washington is able to
hold leads is its star goalkeeper
Hope Solo. The junior goalie has
played for the U.S. National Team
on seven occasions, though she’s
never started. Solo ranks second in
the Pac-10 with an impressive 0.68
goals-against average, and the
Huskies have given up the least
goals in the conference this season.
Last season the Ducks were un
able to get to Solo in Eugene. Wash
ington beat Oregon in that contest,
6-1, despite being outshot by the
Ducks 20-15. Theresa Wagner, a
senior for the Huskies last year,
scored four goals in that game.
Oregon may have an easier time
in Pullman on Sunday. The Ducks
have not been successful against the
Cougars in the past, but Oregon’s
only win in the series was two sea
sons ago at Washington State. Over
all, the Cougars lead the series 4-1.
Washington State is tied for sev
enth in the Pac-10, and is only one
conference win ahead of Oregon.
The Cougars are 7-8-0 on the sea
son overall.
Washington State is not accus
tomed to playing at home this sea
son. The Cougars are 1-1 in Pac-10
play at home, and earlier this season
went a stretch of 49 days — the
longest such streak in Pac-10 history
—without a home game.
The Cougars are led by a trio of
playmakers on offense. Senior Beth
Childs sets up many of Washington
State’s chances, and ranks second in
the conference in assists. Junior Kat
rina Stroh and sophomore Rachel
Rodrick are often there to finish the
chances, as the two scorers lead the
team with six goals each.
Rodrick was the knife in Ore
gon’s heart last season in Eugene.
The sophomore scored both of the
Cougars’ goals in a 2-1 victory on
Pape Field.
Oregon will face Washington in
Seattle at 5 p.m. and will square off
with Washington State in the regu
lar season’s final game at 1 p.m. on
Sunday.
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Hoopsters to face Global challenge
■ The Oregon men hope
to keep their positive
momentum going Sunday
in their last exhibition game
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Luke Ridnour was running. Luke
Jackson was gunning. And Freddie
Jones was jamming.
Life was indeed good Tuesday
night for the Oregon men’s basket
ball team, as it opened its exhibi
tion season with a 97-45 win over
the Brisbane Capitals, also known
as the Basketball Travelers.
“I was pretty pleased with what
we were able to do,” Oregon head
coach Ernie Kent said.
Now, the Ducks get to face a team
called Global Sports, a touring team
consisting of former collegiate bas
ketball players, at 3 p.m. Sunday at
McArthur Court.
Global Sports should be able to
give the Ducks more of a challenge
after Oregon breezed by the Capi
tals with little to sweat about.
The Ducks will be facing a tired
team, though. Oregon will be the
ninth opponent for Global Sports in
an 11-game stretch that began on
Nov. 1 and will end on Nov. 14. The
only win that Global Sports has been
able to acquire came on Nov. 1, when
it narrowly beat Kansas State, 58-57.
In the win, Global Sports’ Darren
McClinton drained a three-pointer
with one second left to steal the win
at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhat
tan, Kan. McClinton had nine
points, five assists and four steals to
lead his team to victory.
Since then, Global Sports has fall
en to the likes of Fresno State, Neva
da, San Jose State and Iowa State.
Global Sports played at Southern
Utah Thursday, will meet again with
Nevada tonight, travel to Utah State
on Saturday and then head into Eu
gene for the Oregon game Sunday.
The Ducks hope to come out
with the same type of defensive en
ergy that it exhibited Tuesday. Kent
knows that the offensive firepower
is there for this team, as was evi
denced by Jones’ 27 points, Rid
nour’s 17 points and Jackson’s 13
points against the Capitals.
But Kent said he especially wants
to use these exhibition games to focus
on its intensity on the defensive side
oftheball, which he knows will be the
deciding factor between wins and
losses once the real season begins.
“Hopefully people can see
marked improvement with our de
fense,” Kent said. “We are working
hard from a coaching perspective
and still feel like we can get 50 per
cent better defensively. ”
Sunday’s contest marks the sec
ond and final exhibition game for
the Ducks. They will then have to
get ready in a hurry as they open the
regular season on Nov. 15 against
Alabama State on the opening day
of the America’s Youth Classic,
hosted by Oregon at Mac Court.
Jeff Smith is the assistant sports editor for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at jeffsmith@daiiyemerald.com.
Club soccer team drops Oregon State
■The men’s soccer team
remains undefeated in
preparation for nationals
By Walker Hanlon and Edith Sumaquial
for the Emerald
The Club Sports men’s soccer
team is already looking forward to
competing in the national tourna
ment, but that didn’t stop them
from taking care of
business at home
this weekend.
The Ducks beat
the Beavers 3-2
with a game-win
ning goal by Ryan Rose in the last
five minutes.
Oregon took an early lead, but
Oregon State answered almost im
mediately. When Oregon scored
again in the first half, it was not long
before the Beavers had managed to
tie it up once more and keep it tied
for most of the rest of the game.
With about five minutes remain
ing in the game, Rose managed to
put away the winning goal and the
men held on to win, leaving them
undefeated, with a 3-0-1 record.
“We’ve been playing really well
lately,’’ said team coordinator Matt
Tassos.
It was Oregon’s second win over
the Beavers this year. The Ducks
have also been victorious against
Western Oregon, and their only tie
came against Lane Community Col
lege. They play at Western Oregon
on Saturday and return home to
play Lane at 11 a.m. Sunday on the
turf field next to the Student Recre
ation Center.
The team will travel to nationals
at the University of Alabama on
Nov. 14.
“We took second at nationals last
year, and are going to be very com
petitive again this year,” Tassos said.
Crew teams surpass
expectations
The Oregon Club Sports crew
teams participated in the 13th an
nual Portland Loop Regatta last
weekend, with mixed results.
The women’s four-person boat
took home second place behind the
Oregon State varsity team. The Ore
gon men’s four-person team also
captured second place, falling to
Pacific Lutheran.
The other Oregon team, the
women’s varsity eight-person
boat, placed fourth, exceeding
expectations.
“We represented well in the last
race and expect to do it again,”
crew coordinator Erin Koenig said.
The regatta was a seven-kilometer
head race — where the boats start
staggered, one after the other — for
junior, masters, and collegiate teams
rowing one-person sculls, and four
and eight-person boats. The course
ran down the Willamette River and
ended at Oaks Park.
The next crew appearance will
be at the “Head of the Lake” on
Lake Union in Seattle.
Walker Hanlon and Edith Sumaquial
are freelance reporters for the Emerald.
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