Oregon club women’s soccer
pays back LCC for earlier loss
■ In a game played without
refs, Oregon jumped out
to a 3-0 halftime lead and
cruised to a win over LCC
By Walker Hanlon
for the Emerald
Domination was the name of the
game last weekend when the Ore
gon Club Sports women’s soccer
team beat Lane Community College
at home, 4-0.
The ref
erees failed
to show up
for the
match,
which led
to a very
physical
game. The emotions were raised
even more, given the fact that Ore
gon had lost to LCC the last time the
two teams faced each other during
Homecoming weekend.
The game started with each team
having only nine players, but was
played with the standard 10-on-10
once the rest of the LCC team
showed up.
Oregon started things off fast
with a goal by Jenn La Bonte in the
first couple of minutes of the game.
The Ducks scored again at the 10
minute mark on a kick by Tricia Eji
ma, which was followed two min
utes later by a goal from Rachel
Muneyyirci that barely found the
top corner of the net from long dis
tance.
The Duck women took a 3-0 lead
into the half. LCC made a solid at
tempt for a comeback in the second
half, but was held off by a tough
Oregon defense.
The Oregon offense took some
pressure off when, after making the
LCC goalie work, it eventually
scored 15 minutes into the half on
a cornerkick from La Bonte that
was headed in by Muneyyirci.
Oregon was left cherishing its
solid 4-0 victory but knows its still
has plenty of room for improve
ment.
“It was an off day, but we pulled
it off,” La Bonte said.
Not having referees really hurt
the teams in the second half
when calls became more hotly
contested and the game grew
even more physical.
“It was a good game skill-wise,
we moved the ball very well, but it
was frustrating without refs,” said
Erin O’Leary, a player and coach for
the team.
Ultimate closes out
fall season in Santa Cruz
In other Club Sports action, the
men’s ultimate team traveled to a
tournament in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Though the tournament was
mainly played in as an opportunity
to gain experience, one of the two
Oregon teams there did make it to
the quarterfinals before being elimi
nated by Stanford.
The men split up into two teams
with both having somewhat equal
skills.
“This was a good experience for
everyone,” team coordinator Matt
Guy said.
It was the last tournament of the
fall for Oregon, which will spend
the winter gearing up for its spring
season.
Walker Hanlon is a freelance reporter
forthe Oregon Daily Emerald.
OSU win surprises Ducks
■ The Beavers keep their bowl
hopes alive with a 25-point
victory over the Huskies
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
News of the Oregon State victo
ry spread quickly throughout the
Oregon locker room Saturday.
Both the Ducks and Beavers
played at the same time, so while
the Oregon players enjoyed their
21-20 victory at UCLA, many
hadn’t heard the news of what
went on in Corvallis.
And quite a few eyebrows were
raised that eighthrranked Wash
ington was dealt an embarrassing
49-24 defeat at the hands of the
Beavers.
“Whoooo! That’s a shocker,”
Oregon cornerback Rashad Bau
man said.
“That blows me away. Just
blows me away,” Oregon fullback
Josh Line said.
For the Beavers (4-5, 3-4 Pacif
ic-10 Conference), it was a state
ment game after being the laugh
ing stock of the college football
world for being ranked as high as
the preseason No. 1 team by
Sports Illustrated and then falling
down hard.
They ve seen their bandwagon
grow emptier by the week after
losses to Fresno State, UCLA,
Washington State, Arizona State
and USC. Plus, they had lost 13
straight games to the Huskies, in
cluding last year’s 33-30 heart
breaker that was their only defeat
of the season, so they enjoyed Sat
urday’s victory at Reser Stadium.
“It’s a huge boost for us, with
out a doubt,” Oregon State head
coach Dennis Erickson said Tues
day in his weekly press confer
ence. “We know what we are ca
pable of doing if we do the right
things.”
Assuming the Beavers take care
of Northern Arizona this Satur
day, the stakes would be raised
for the Dec. 1 Civil War. Oregon
State would need a sixth victory
to become bowl eligible and Ore
gon would be aiming to stay in
the Rose Bowl picture and at least
earn a Fiesta Bowl berth.
“The Beavers are tough to beat
at home. Washington found that
out and we did last year, so I’m
glad we’re playing them at our
place,” Line said. “It’s going to be
a great atmosphere.”
Jeff Smith is the assistant sports editor for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be
reached at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
Football
continued from page 9
names that are banged up that
might be questionable if we had
to play next week,” Bellotti said
after Saturday’s game. “But the
fact that we have three weeks
right now is good for us, as long
as we can keep our edge and keep
the emotional intensity.”
Exhale
The life of a kicker is never
easy, and Chris Griffith showed
why Saturday. A potential game
winning, 50-yard field goal would
have sealed a victory for UCLA,
but Griffith came up wide right
and short.
Thus, the Ducks took a step
closer to securing a bid to the Fi
esta Bowl and a second-straight
Pacific-10 Conference champi
onship.
Oregon has won four games this
year by seven points or less.
“It was just an awesome college
football game. There’s no other
way to describe it,” senior tight
end Justin Peelle said at Monday’s
practice. “It was two great teams
going back and forth. It was fun to
be a part of, and obviously a lot
funner because we won.”
On second thought...
UCLA head coach Bob Toledo
was heavily criticized in Los An
geles after two questionable calls
— rather, non-calls — against the
Ducks.
After the Bruins scored early in
the fourth quarter to take a 19-14
lead, instead of going for two,
Toledo opted to kick the extra
point.
“We were prepared for them to
go for two,” Bellotti said, “and I
was sort of pleased they didn’t, al
though again there is certain risk
depending on where the game is
that dictates those things for you,
so I never second-guess other
coaches.”
Toledo said it was “too early” to
go for two at the time.
Later, in the final drive of the
game, on a third-and-five, Toledo
decided to run the bail, but to no
avail.
The Bruins could not get past
the Oregon 33-yard line, forcing
Griffith to attempt the 50-yard
kick.
“At the end, after the intercep
tion, I didn’t feel like we wanted
to throw on that last drive,” Tole
do said after the game, alluding to
quarterback Cory Paus’ two inter
ceptions.
By the numbers
Despite facing UCLA’s top
ranked defense, Oregon remains
No. 1 this week in the Pac-10 in
total offense (452.3 yards per
game) and rushing yards (205.7)
per game.
The Oregon defense is ninth
overall in the conference, but is
fourth in scoring defense (allow
ing 22.6 points per game) and
third in rushing defense (122.7
yards per game).
Harrington is second in the
conference with a 145 pass effi
ciency rating, while tailbacks On
terrio Smith (97.7 yards per
game) and Maurice Morris (95.3)
are fourth and fifth, respectively,
in rushing.
Senior linebacker Wesly Mal
lard is third in the Pac-10 with 8.9
tackles per game. Senior defen
sive back Steve Smith is No. 1
with 24 passes defended, includ
ing six interceptions.
Adam Jude is the sports editor tor
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be
reached at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Hager
continued from page 9
never have a specific number asso
ciated with him.
Babe Ruth has 60, and although
that record was broken in 1961, no
one even came close to breaking it for
so long. Roger Maris will have 61, not
only because he hit 61 out of the park,
but also because it was done in the
magical season of ’61. Come to think
of it, weren’t ’98 and ’61 pretty gosh
dam close in resemblance?
“He doesn’t even have a special
claim on his uniform number, 25,”
Patrick wrote. “It’s the same num
ber Barry Bonds wears. Then again,
30,000,000 is a nice number. That’s
the number of dollars on the con
tract McGwire chose not to sign.”
McGwire passed up a two-year, $30
million contract extension last spring
training, maybe because he had an
inkling of his .187 batting average and
29 home runs to come, but whatever
the reason, it must have been pretty
solid. Not many players would have
done that, further attesting to the
man’s love for the sport.
And he always said, especially
in the past few years, that since
1994, he didn’t want to see anoth
er lockout or strike from either
side.
And now, with him leaving the
sport he loves, — surely to be re
membered as one of the greatest am
bassadors the game has ever seen —
it kind of raises a question about
next season, doesn’t it?
Hank Hanger is a sports reporterfor
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be
reached at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Soccer
continued from page 9
Steffen said, to the next generation
of Oregon players.
“Our expectations this year were
high, but next year they will be
higher,” Steffen said.
The Ducks will return their sec
ond-highest scorer, freshman
Nicole Garbin, and also the No. 4
and No. 6 scorers in Ann Wester
mark and Sarah Denner.
As for the seniors, they can
only hope that eight wins will
add up to even more in years to
come.
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for .
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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