Oregon loses two to Arkansas
■The Oregon softball team dips
its record to 8-5 after going 1 -2
against the Razorbacks
By Chris Cabot
Oregon Daily Emerald
With a win and two losses in
Arkansas during the weekend, the Ore
gon softball team now stands at 8-5
overall.
Playing the Razorbacks for the first
time in team history, the Ducks
dropped the first game on Saturday, 5
1, then came back in the afternoon to
win 3-0. In the Sunday contest,
Arkansas picked up an 8-5 win to im
prove its record to 13-6.
Oregon claimed the lead twice early
in the rubber game of the weekend, but
the Razorbacks’ resilient bats helped
them battle back. Two Oregon runs in
the first inning were bettered by five
Arkansas runs in the second, and then
three Oregon runs in the third were
matched by three from the Razorbacks
in the bottom of the inning.
Rachel Talley (7-1), who also pitched
the first game of the weekend, earned
the win for Arkansas, while Oregon’s
Connie McMurren dropped her record
to 1-3 in the loss.
Sophomore Anissa Meashintubby
(4-0) relieved McMurren in the second
inning and allowed only one earned
run in four and one-third innings. In
her previous outing during the second
game of the three game set, Meashin
tubby pitched five and one-third of
scoreless ball, combining with McMur
ren for the 3-0 shutout.
Offensively, the Ducks struggled in
the first game of the weekend, picking
up only two hits off Talley and striking
out seven times. The lone run in the
game came on an Andrea Vidlund
home run — her fourth of the season
and 16th of her career, which places
her ninth all-time in Oregon history.
Vidlund also picked up two RBI on
Sunday and knocked in the third run
in the Ducks’ win. The other two runs
in the 3-0 victory came on a first-inning
homer by Lakeesha Eversley.
Oregon head coach Brent Rincon
was pleased with patience Oregon
showed against two Arkansas pitchers
in the second game of the weekend.
“We were a lot more focused and
played with more emotion in the sec
ond game,” he said. “We were more se
lective offensively and once we did
that, we made them pay for it.”
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Men’s track team finishes 4th in Arizona
■Trevor Woods and Micah Harris
lead the Ducks with first-place
performances over the weekend
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
It was the Pacific-10 Conference’s
kind of day Saturday at the Mountain
Pacific Championships in Flagstaff,
Ariz.
But more important for the Oregon
men’s track and field team, it gave a
glimpse of what is to come.
The Ducks finished fourth overall
with 73 points, behind first-place
UCLA, then Washington State and Ari
zona. Fellow Pac-10 rivals Stanford
and Arizona State couldn’t escape Ore
gon’s shadow.
Utah State, Cal State Northridge,
Long Beach State and UC-Riverside
also competed in the meet held at
Northern Arizona University’s Walkup
SkyDome.
Oregon sophomore pole vaulter
Trevor Woods took first place in the
event, winning by four inches over Ari
zona’s Kevi Opalka. Woods, a Coos Bay
native, raised his personal best in the
competition to 17 feet 9 3/4 inches, a
NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Meanwhile, senior Cody Howell fin
ished at 17-1 3/4, and junior Jason Slye
came in at 16-8.
Off the football field, junior sprinter
Sarnie Parker took third in the 60 final
at 6.68 seconds, only 0.02 seconds
slower than his Friday mark of 6.66.
Junior Micah Harris took first in the
60 hurdles, lowering his personal best to
7.85. Coming up behind him was fellow
Duck Terry Ellis. The junior placed
third, only 0.02 seconds behind second
place finisher Jeff Hunter of Arizona.
In the triple-jump, junior Foluso Ak
inradewo came in second at 49-7. He
finished only .04 inches in front of
UCLA’s Juane Armon. Duck freshman
Derek Strubel placed 10th at 47-11/2.
Not to be forgotten, junior Simon Ki
mata took fifth in the 400 sprint at
47.39, just missing the NCAA provi
sional mark of 47.25.
Oregon’s 4x400 relay team ended the
meet in third place, and finished with a
season best of 3:11.14, behind only
UCLA and Stanford.
The Oregon women did not compete
Saturday, but juniors Becky Holliday
and Niki Reed took third and fourth on
Friday in the pole vault. Both cleared
the NCAA automatic of 13-7 1/4.
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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Oregon trailed by as much as 19 in the second half, but
Cathrine Kraayeveld hit a three-pointer with 2:05 to play to cut
Washington’s lead to 79-71. From there, though, the game be
longed to Giuliana Mendiola.
The Washington sophomore guard sank 15-of-17 free throws
and scored a career high 31 points against the Ducks.
“When I am out there I am pretty confident in myself,” Men
diola said. “If I have the shot I am going to take the shot or I look
for my teammates. I just try to create whatever is best for our
team and what puts us in a position to win.”
The Huskies jumped the gun for an early 9-1 lead, but Ore
gon bounced back with a 14-6 run to tie the game at 15 with
12:51 to play in the first half. The rest of the half, however, was
all Washington, as it used a 30-18 run to take a 45-33 lead into
the break.
Washington shot better than 57 percent in the first half, com
pared to Oregon’s 39 percent shooting.
1 hey just came out m the hrst halt and shot the lights out,”
Williams said. “We know that they are a team that shoots the
ball and when they get on a roll like that it is tough to get them
stopped. They got off to a good start and we were playing catch
up the whole game.”
Washington’s 88 points were its second most in a Pac-10
game this season.
“We must have got a little bit lost in that bus ride from Pull
man,” Smith said of the five-hour trip to Seattle. “Defensively,
we just weren’t there.”
Oregon freshman center Andrea Bills recorded the first dou
ble-double of her career with 16 points and a career-high 11 re
bounds. Williams also added 16 points.
Kraayeveld, a Kirkland, Wash., native, had a rough home
coming as she scored just four points on l-of-7 shooting.
The Huskies took advantage as four players scored in double
figures.
“We played a phenomenal game on defense and offensively
it was exciting to see us shoot the ball that way,” said Washing
ton head coach June Daugherty, who led the Huskies to the
Elite Eight last year. “We got a lot of mismatches, we were able
to post up our guards, and we got Oregon on their heels a little
and took advantage of the foul situation.
“Obviously we like to save our best for last.”
The last will come Saturday at Mac Court, where the Huskies
last won on Jan. 23,1993.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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