Sports briefs
Women’s tennis
searching for Pac-10 win
The No. 60 Ducks are running out
of chances to win a Pacific-10 Con
ference match for the first time in
two years.
The last time the Oregon
women’s tennis team beat a Pac-10
opponent was Feb. 20,2000, against
Arizona. The Ducks, 7-7 (0-6 Pac
10), will try to end the streak this
weekend in Los Angeles beginning
today against No. 15 USC. USC is 7
4 (1-2 Pac-10) this season, with all
of its losses coming to top-20 teams.
“The conference is really tough,
but I know we are good enough to
compete,” said head coach Jack Grif
fin, whose team has been outscored
38-4 in conference play this season.
“We haven’t been playing well and
that has led to the one-sided scores. ”
Griffin and assistant coach Nils
Schyllander spent much of Monday
working with the players individu
ally on the outdoor tennis courts.
“They need to get used to playing
outdoors and battling the ele
ments,” Griffin said. “Because of
weather, we haven’t been able to
practice much out here.”
Oregon plays No. 8 UCLA on Sat
urday. The Bruins are 8-1 (3-0 Pac
10), losing only to No. 10 Texas. No.
4 Sara Walker and No. 5 Megan
Bradley lead a strong UCLA lineup
that features four ranked players.
The Ducks are running out of op
portunities to earn a conference victo
ry. After this weekend, they only have
two conference matches left. They
play at home against Washington on
April 20 and Washington State on
April 21 to finish the Pac-10 season.
Men host Sacramento State
The Oregon men’s tennis team is
coming off one of its best weekends
in program history.
The No. 66 Ducks swept three
ranked teams on the road in New
Mexico last weekend and host
Sacramento State today before hit
ting the road again.
“We are playing really well in sin
gles right now,” head coach Chris
-
Russell said. “It was impressive to
go down there and win a few. ”
No. 95 freshman Manuel Kost
and junior Oded Teig lead Oregon
at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, but it’s
been the bottom of the lineup that
has helped the Ducks lately.
“We’ve been getting great produc
tion out of the guys throughout the
lineup,” Russell said. “That’s very
important when you’re playing some
of the better teams in the country. ”
—Peter Martini
for the Emerald
Softball travels to Vegas
The Oregon softball team heads to
Las Vegas this weekend for a four
game tournament where the Ducks
feature the best record of all the teams.
In addition to the host team of
UNLV, who is 10-13, the 11-7 Ducks
will face Boston College (3-10) and
Notre Dame (5-7). Because all the
teams will not face each other, there
will be no winner determined.
Hitting the road again for one last
weekend before a 14-game stretch
where they will remain in the state
of Oregon, the Ducks are coming off
a five-game weekend in Utah where
they finished 3-2.
Highlighting the Ducks’ offensive
attack is Andrea Vidlund with a
.426 batting average. Sophomore
Anissa Meashintubby is heading
the pitching squad with a 4-2 record
and a 2.05 earned run average.
— Chris Cabot
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