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Chris Christoffersen is one of two Oregon starters who won’t be back next season.
Men’s
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Crosswhite end their stints as red
shirts next season. And further
down the road, the Ducks will
have the athleticism of Jordan
Kent, a senior at Churchill High
School and the coach’s son, who
has stated he will run track next
season before joining the basket
ball team in 2003-04.
But before looking too far for
ward, the Oregon team members
will simply bask in the glow of all
the accomplishments from this
“Idon’tthinkl have ever,
ever, been around a team
like this before.”
Ernie Kent
head coach
men’s basketball
historic season.
And perhaps the most historic
accomplishment, according to the
Ducks, is the sense that a true team
was forged at McArthur Court dur
ing the 2001-02 season.
“I don’t think I have ever, ever
been around a team like this be
fore, where young people are just
completely submitted to winning
and coming together as a team and
playing with such a tremendous
amount of heart and courage,”
Kent said. “We’ll be down for a lit
tle bit, but we need to stop and sit
back, reflect and celebrate some of
the things we have gotten done
this year.” So that’s where
they’ll begin.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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Go back to Wisconsin. After most
of the media pests have cleared out,
after all the questions, Luke Rid
nour sits against a locker, head
bowed. Freddie Jones sits lodged
into a corner, the back of his head
pressed hard against the cold metal
and a blank expression on his face.
The always-upbeat Chris Christof
fersen answers questions in a low
monotone. Luke Jackson is barely
audible when he speaks, despite
the near-silence in the room.
It is this mentality that will get
the Ducks back to this position in
the future. The idea that no matter
how far they go, it won’t be far
enough until a National Champi
onship banner hangs in the Mac
Court rafters to accompany the
1939 championship.
Ernie Kent said the Ducks got so
close to the Final Four they could
practically taste it. Maybe that taste
will turn into a full-blown appetite
for winning that will put Oregon
into the national picture in the
same way the football team is now
consistently dominating the
national scene.
When the Ducks lost that game at
Minnesota on Dec. 10, their disap
pointment turned into resolve and
they promptly went 22-6 over their
next 28 games.
Now, disappointment must turn
to resolve again if Oregon is to
make it back to the Elite Eight
and beyond.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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Oregon State sophomore Monica Hoffman held Oregon batters hitless in a 1-0 victory over
the Ducks on Tuesday. It was Hoffman’s third no-hitter of the season.
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Peterson led the inning off by draw
ing a walk. She was advanced to sec
ond by Jessica King’s sacrifice bunt.
Senior Jenni Jodoin drove Peterson
in with a hard-hit double to
right-center field.
Oregon State managed to load the
bases following Jodoin’s double with
a walk and a single, but the Ducks es
caped any further damage on the
scoreboard by picking off the two
Beaver runners on the comers when
they strayed off their bases after a
pitch temporarily eluded Poore.
Hoffman was steady throughout
the ballgame, striking out seven,
and only once needed to rely on an
outstanding play in the field to pre
serve her no-hitter. In the Oregon
half of the third, Haij hit a quick
grounder up the middle, but second
baseman Brynnen Guthrie ranged to
her right, backhanded the ball and
tossed it to Jodoin at first for the final
out of the inning.
“I wasn’t having too many prob
lems with too many of my pitches,”
Hoffman said. “I felt like I had really
good control. (The Ducks) had really
good swings — they fouled off a lot
of really good pitches. Usually I can
throw my changeup more effectively,
and they really waited back on that. ”
Despite losing the last three games
to Oregon State, Rincon is encour
aged by how his team is playing.
“We’re right there,” he said. “For
us to battle the No. 14 ranked team
in the country, it says good things
about us as well. I feel like our kids
are ready to win in this conference.”
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.