Football returns to practice field with questions
Adam Amato Emerald
Scott Vossmeyer (10) is one ot several quarterbacks looking to fill the shoes of departed
quarterback Joey Harrington, who will likely be drafted in the NFL this season.
■The Oregon team that finished
the season at No. 2 needs to fill
holes as it begins spring training
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
Just when you thought you could
catch your breath, back comes foot
ball.
The year of the Duck continued
Tuesday when the Oregon football
team began the first of 15 practices
this month, which will be capped
off with the annual intrasquad
Spring Game on April 27 at PGE
Park in Portland.
After leading the Ducks to their
most successful season in program
history in 2001 — an 11-1 record
and a No. 2 season-ending ranking
— Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
must now find a replacement for
NFL-bound quarterback Joey Har
rington, who led the team to 27
wins in the last three seasons.
“That will be everyone’s focus,”
Bellotti said of replacing Harring
ton. “We need to not just find out
who No. 1, is but who No. 2 and
No. 3 are, because there will be an
open competition.”
Junior Jason Fife, Harrington's
backup last season, is Oregon's only
returning quarterback with playing
experience, as he took snaps in
three games over the last two sea
sons. The 6-foot-4, 216-pound Fife
will battle redshirt sophomore
Scott Vossmeyer and redshirt fresh
man Kellen Clemens for the top
quarterback spot.
“Certainly if we started today, Ja
son Fife would be the guy,” Bellotti
said. “But he'll be challenged. I
think Scott Vossmeyer is better, and
Kellen Clemens has some things
going for him that I think is going to
make it a very interesting chal
lenge.”
Junior running back Onterrio
Smith and senior wideout Keenan
Howry will be the Ducks’ top re
turning offensive threats. Splitting
time with Maurice Morris, Smith
rushed for more than 1,000 yards
last season. Howry, a third team
All-American punt returner, is on
pace to become Oregon’s all-time
leading receiver.
“Probably if you looked at
pound-for-pound who's the best
performer on the football field, it
would be hard to find a better play
er than Keenan Howry,” Bellotti
said. “In my mind, he's the con
summate performer because he gets
everything out of his size, his speed
and ability.”
Defensively, the Ducks return
seven starters and an experienced
defensive line from last year’s Pa
cific-10 Conference champion
team. The major void will be to fill
the cornerback positions left by de
parted seniors Rashad Bauman and
Steve Smith.
“With the exception of Stevie
(Steven) Moore, our corner position
is very raw,” Bellotti said. “I think
we have talent there, but it is inex
perienced talent. There are a lot of
prospects, but we've got to find the
proven players.”
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Women’s tennis finds needed success on East Coast swing
■The women upset the No. 22
team in the country while
the men struggle on the road
By Peter Martini
for the Emerald
After losing six straight match
es and dropping out of the nation
al rankings, the Oregon women’s
tennis team traveled to the East
Coast with hopes of turning its
season around.
It did.
The Ducks beat three teams last
week, including an upset victory
over No. 22 Florida International.
They lost two out of three dou
bles matches but won four sin
gles matches to defeat the Golden
Panthers, 4-3.
Oregon sophomores Courtney
Nagle and Davina Mendiburu upset
No. 27 Anneliese Rose and Cristina
Campana of FIU, 8-4, for the Ducks’
only doubles win.
The addition of freshman Daria
Panova allowed head coach Jack
Griffin to adjust the lineup. Panova
lost 6-4,6-3, but played at No. 1 sin
gles, which allowed the other play
ers to compete at lower levels than
they had earlier in the season.
Senior Janice Nyland, junior
Monika Gieczys, senior Vickie
Gunnarsson and Nagle won match
es as the Ducks earned their most
important victory of the season.
“It’s a great win for us. They just
beat a top-10 team (No. 9 Ten
nessee) last week,” Griffin said. “It
will be huge when it comes to
NCAA Tournament time. It was an
unbelievable team effort.”
Earlier in the week, Oregon beat
South Florida, 6-1, winning all six
singles matches.
“We really took it to them in sin
gles,” Griffin said.
Oregon started the week with a
4-3 victory over Central Florida by
winning all three doubles match
es and three singles matches.
Gieczys and Gunnarsson led the
Ducks and finished a combined 6
0 on the trip. Panova is 2-1 in her
short Oregon career.
The Ducks improved to 10-9
overall (0-8 Pacific-10). The team
will travel to Louisiana State on
April 13 and Tulane on April 14.
On the following weekend, Oregon
will wrap up the season and search
for its first Pac-10 victory against
Washington and Washington State.
Men struggle in Pac-10 play
The Oregon men’s tennis team
brought an 11-2 record into a week
long California trip and met its
toughest competition of the season.
The No. 62 Ducks went 1-3, in
eluding two Pac-10 losses, over
the week. No. 5 Stanford and No.
20 California shut out Oregon to
drop the Ducks’ record to 12-5 (0
2 Pac-10).
Against the Golden Bears, the
Ducks lost all six singles matches
and three doubles matches. Oregon
freshman Manuel Kost, junior
Oded Teig and sophomore Greg
Dubourdieu won their first sets, but
were unable to earn victories.
They played worse against the
Cardinal, with only Dubourdieu
forcing a third set.
Oregon began the trip with a 6-1
loss to No. 74 Santa Clara. The
Ducks lost two out of three doubles
matches with Kost and sophomore
Chris King winning 8-4. Dubour
dieu won his singles match, 3-6, 6
3, 6-4, to score the only point for
Oregon in the contest.
“They were better at the details
than we were,” head coach Chris
Russell said. “They made fewer
mistakes.”
Oregon beat Pacific, 6-1, before
starting the Pac-10 season. They
won five out of six singles match
es and all three doubles. Teig won
4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles to
lead the Ducks.
The Ducks will play next on Fri
day and Saturday at home against
Arizona State and Arizona. The fol
lowing week, they host Southern
California and UCLA before finish
ing the season at Washington on
April 20.
“We played better today,” Russell
said after the loss to California.
“But we’re looking forward to play
ing at home.”
Peter Martini is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
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