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that her pitching showed improve
ment from her loss at the hands of
Stanford on Friday.
“Lindsey had good command of
the pitches; however, (California)
did a good job of laying off some of
the pitches that we’d like to see
them enticed, too,” he said. “She’s
going to be better in the second half
of the Pac-10 season than she is
right now.”
Leading the game 3-0 after six
innings, California capitalized on
a costly Oregon error to tally their
four in the seventh. With one out
and a runner on first from a
Meashintubby walk, the Bears’
first baseman Veronica Nelson hit
a hard groundball to Alyssa Laux
at second, which could have been
an inning ending double play, but
Haij dropped Laux’s toss. The
next four California hitters
r reached on a walk and three con
secutive hits.
The Bears’ No. 9 hitter Kristen
Bayless finished the game l-for-3
with a walk and two runs scored.
She led off the third inning with a
drive that bounced otf the top of the
left field fence, narrowly missing a
home run. The next batter, Kaleo
Eldredge, drove her in with a single
to right.
Sunday’s seven-run differential
was the first time in all of the
Ducks’ six Pac-10 losses that they
lost by more than two runs. It was
also the fifth time (third in the Pac
10) that an opposing pitcher has
shut them out.
“As a unit, we need to regroup,”
Rincon said. “It is going to be an
uphill struggle. It doesn’t get any
easier with every team, but I’m still
impressed with the girls’ attitude
and their desire to compete. Today
just happened to be one of those
days when we gave Cal a couple of
breaks, and they capitalized on us
big time.”
In the Friday contest against
Stanford, four costly errors plagued
Oregon and the offense, although
effective, was not enough to catch
the Cardinal. In the game, Haij hit
3-for-4 with a home run that tied
the game in the fifth. Stanford
scored two in the sixth to pull
ahead. Laux, who finished 2-for-4,
drove in Erin Goodell in the sev
enth, but that lone run was all the
Ducks could muster.
Saturday’s contest featured a
home run by Laux, her first of the
season, but the Bears’ two runs in
the first and one in the sixth were
enough for the win.
The last time Oregon won a game
in their conference was on April 1,
2001, against Arizona State.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Adam Amato Emerald
Shortstop Lynsey Haij is congratulated by head coach Brent Rincon after her sixth-inning home run Friday against Stanford.
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NCAA provisional mark with a
vault of 17-6 1/2.
“I didn’t feel on today but I hung
in there, and that gives me confi
dence that I can still put up decent
marks when I don’t feel it physical
ly,” Woods said. “There were a lot
of good vaulters that were affected
by the swirling winds, so I can’t re
ally be disappointed even though I
wanted to go higher.”
Woods hit his first two heights —
including the 17-6 1/2 height — on
his first vault each time, but failed
on three attempts at 17-10 3/4. He
finished fifth in the competition.
The Ducks were also in action
Friday. Triple-jumper Fuluso Ak
inradewo jumped well past his
season best with a leap of 49-7,
good enough for eighth place
overall. The jump improved his
Pac-10 mark and moved him clos
er to the NCAA-provisional dis
tance of 51-6 1/4.
More pole vaulters competed on
Friday, with Cody Howell and Ja
son Slye taking third and fifth, re
spectively, in the vaulting “B” sec
tion. Both vaulters leaped heights
of 16-8 3/4, and both were outdoor
season bests for the two Ducks.
Both vaulters qualified for the Pac
10 Championships with the vaults.
A full contingent of Oregon ath
letes will return to action in the
Washington Dual meet next week
end at Hayward Field. The head-to
head matchup with the Huskies
will be the second outdoor home
meet of the season for the Ducks,
and is one of only three remaining
home meets. The Washington Dual
will start at noon Saturday.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at pete rhockaday@dailyeme raid .com.
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