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Junior heavyweight Eric Webb (left) has been suffering from a sore big toe, but has managed to compile a 13-6 overall record.
Oregon wrestlers host two
squads at McArthur Court
■Coming out of a long, intense
training period, the Ducks host
Pacific and Central Washington
By Chris Cabot
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon wrestling team re
turns to action today after two
weeks off from competition when it
hosts Pacific at 5:00 p.m. and Cen
tral Washington at 7:30 p.m.
After two straight dual meet loss
es to nationally ranked teams —
Jan. 5 to No. 12 Northern Iowa 26
16 and Jan. 11 to No. 4 Michigan
30-9 — the Ducks have had time for
some intense midseason training.
Head coach Chuck Kearney has
kept his team busy with two prac
tices per day and will continue push
ing his team for another week, when
they begin their Pacific-10 Confer
ence season with a dual meet against
Boise State on Feb. 1. Even though
Pacific is a Division III school and
Central Washington Division II,
Kearney appreciates the opportunity
to compete against them.
“Going a length of time without
competition, there is always a
downside to it,” Kearney said.
“We wanted to have a good three
week training period. At the same
time, three weeks is too long to go
Women’s side
continued from page 9
ished the first half l-for-6 from the
floor with just one rebound.
“Considering that she had (27)
against us the first time we played,
we did talk a little bit about her this
week,” said a sarcastic Bev Smith,
Oregon’s head coach, of Hoffman.
“She’s a heck of a player. But I
thought Andrea Bills did a great job
of making her take tough shots. ”
Oregon had a 39-28 lead into
the break on the strength of a 22
17 edge on rebounds.
“It was excruciating sitting
there on the bench knowing that
my team needed me,” Hoffman
said. “They basically got in my
head. I made some bad decisions
(on the fouls).”
without competition. So we’re able
to wrestle these two squads and not
have it disrupt our training cycle,
while giving us a chance to get live
competition in.”
The Boxers of Pacific come to Eu
gene with a 9-8 record and are led by
their 157-pound wrestler Troy Hall,
who is 26-3 overall and 18-0 in duals.
In the later half of the double
header, the Central Washington
Wildcats (7-6) will feature top
wrestlers Cole Denison (141
pounds), Shaine Jaime (149) and
Jared Novae (157).
There is still a question as to
whom will wrestle in Oregon’s 157
pound slot against Novae and Hall.
Sophomore Michael Badicke has
been filling in for injured junior
Tony Overstake, who last wrestled
Dec. 20 at the Tournament of
Champions. Overstake has been
working hard to rehabilitate his
knee, but suffered a small setback
on Wednesday, the extent of which
has yet to be determined. Kearney
expects Overstake to compete in at
least one of the two matches today
and Overstake said he is “dying” to
get back on the mat.
“It’s the worst things in the world
being out, having to watch your
teammates practice and matches,”
Overstake said. “It’s tough.”
Along with Overstake, the Ducks
have dealt with other injuries dur
ing the past few weeks. Junior Jason
Harless, who has been sidelined
with an ankle injury that has kept
him out of competition since Dec.
1, will return to the mat against Pa
cific. Freshman Martin Mitchell,
who has filled in for Harless at the
133-pound weight class, will wres
tle against Central Washington.
Senior heavyweight Eric Webb
has been plagued with an injury to
the big toe on his right foot and its
lack of improvement has raised
questions with Kearney and the
Oregon training staff.
The toe “is not getting a whole lot
better, and it’s at a point where we
don’t know what to do with it,”
Kearney said.
On the brighter side, freshman
Shane Webster will finally return to
action for the Ducks after a layoff
due to a knee injury. The knee is
not yet at 100 percent, but Kearney
knows that it would be tough to
keep Webster out of another meet.
“Shane is a tough kid,” Kearney
said. “We’d have more problems
holding him out of it.”
Webster’s last dual meet was
against Oklahoma State on Dec. 16.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemeraW.com.
Bills said getting Hoffman out of
the game early and making a stronger
effort on the boards were key.
“We talked about not letting her
get established,” Bills said.
By the second half, USC got
back into a rhythm — somewhat
— and turned a 16-point first-half
deficit into just a four-point Ore
gon lead midway through the sec
ond half. But it wasn’t enough.
Oregon went on a 13-5 run late
to secure the win.
Hoffman finished the game 5-of
15 for 13 points and seven re
bounds.
Sophomore forward Cathrine
Kraayeveld added 11 points and
nine rebounds to balance Oregon’s
offensive punch. Senior post
Alyssa Fredrick gave the Ducks a
spark in the second half, con
tributing seven points and four re
bounds.
“We wanted to play 40 minutes
with a lot of effort ... and it
showed,” said senior guard Ed
niesha Curry, who finished with
14 points, five assists and five re
bounds. “It’s been awhile since
we’ve had a good team effort like
this.”
Oregon hosts UCLA on Satur
day at 7 p.m. The Bruins are the
last in the Pac-10 in rebounding
defense, allowing opponents near
ly 47 boards per game.
“Rebounding is always a focus
for us,” Kraayeveld said. “We
know we can rebound if we really
want to. We will get it if we go
hard.”
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.