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Softball
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tensive showing in the two games
combined for Oregon. Her 2-for-3
effort in Game 2 followed a per
fect first game output of 3-for-3
with four RBIs and a run scored.
In her third at-bat in Game 2, Pet
rick hit a deep drive that was
tracked down by Portland State’s
center fielder Whitney Olson. The
flyout broke Petrick’s streak of
five consecutive hits.
“It felt good,” Petrick said. “I
guess it was just one of those days
when you are seeing the ball well.”
“We got a big boost from (Pet
rick),” Rincon said. “She’s a kid
that we are beginning to count on
more and more.”
As they had done on Monday in
the first game of a doubleheader at
Portland State — which the two
teams ended up splitting — the
Ducks came out hot offensively
against the Vikings’ star pitcher
Morgan Seibert in Game 1.
Oregon tallied one run in the
first inning, two in the third and
four in the fifth. Seibert lasted
through four and one-thirds in
nings allowing six runs off eight
hits. She struck out two and
walked none. Megan Herscher re
lieved Seibert in the fifth and
gave up three hits and one un
earned run.
Oregon’s combined pitching at
tack of Anissa Meashintubby and
Lindsey Kontra allowed four hits,
two walks and one run while strik
ing out seven.
“We got good pitching again to
day,” Rincon said. “It was nice to
get all the pitchers some work go
ing into a big Pac-10 series at Ari
Jonathan House Emerald
Oregon center fielder Amber Hutchison follows through with her home run swing in Game 2
of Wednesday’s doubleheader between Oregon and Portland State.
zona and Arizona State. These
games today were a nice tune-up
(for the trip to Arizona) and were
really competitive. We showed
some composure and to come
from behind in (Game 2).”
After losing 12 straight, Oregon
has now won three of its last four
games. The Ducks, heading into a
three-game weekend in Arizona
against No. 2 Arizona and No. 5
Arizona State, are looking for
their first Pac-10 win in more
than a year. The Ducks’ last con
ference victory was against Ari
zona State on April 1, 2001.
“We’re excited,” Petrick said.
“We battled and came up with two
good wins.”
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Woods
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faster and better in his second col
legiate season.
“He can be an 18-6-plus guy in
college for sure,” fellow vaulter
Cody Howell said. “In the next two
years, he’s going to be one of the
top couple of vaulters in the
NCAAs.”
Ironically, the talented pole
vaulter with the strong Oregon ties
almost missed the Hayward Field
experience altogether. Woods won
state pole-vaulting championships
his junior and senior years and
came out of high school as the No.
2 vaulting recruit in the nation.
Though his parents are both Ore
gon alumni and he comes from a
town rich in Oregon track history
— Coos Bay is the birthplace of the
legendary Steve Prefontaine —
Woods said he didn’t want to join
the sagging program in Eugene.
“There was no way I was going
to come to Oregon,” Woods said.
“It’s not because I didn’t like (for
mer head coach Bill) Dellinger. I
got a chance to meet him and he’s
a great guy, but the program did
n’t seem to be going in the right
direction.”
But then Woods got a call from
new head coach Martin Smith on
the first defy of recruiting. Then
coach Smith called again and
preached about the new direction
the program was headed. Then
coach Smith called again when
Woods broke his leg playing foot
ball his senior year, and coach
Smith told the young vaulter that
Oregon still wanted him.
“They made it an easy choice,
really,” Woods said.
Now, Woods sees himself as
part of'an Oregon track and field
revolution. He thinks the Ducks
are close to starting a track dy
nasty once again, and last sea
son’s ninth-place finish at the
NCAA Championships was only
the beginning.
“Now that the program’s taking
Trevor Woods
Sophomore pole vaulter
Hometown: Coos Bay {Marshfield H.S.)
This season: Personal-best 18 feet, 1/2 inch vault
(currently fourth nationally) at Washington Dual, April 13.
2000-01: Fourth-place finisher at Pacific-10 Conference
Championships with 17-3 vault. No-heighted at NCAA
Championships.
Before Oregon: Finished third at 2000 U.S. Junior World
Championships after winning Oregon state titles in 1999
and 2000. Ended senior season ranked fourth nationally.
Quarterback for state semifinalist Marshfield football team, and earned
Midwestern League Co-Offensive MVP honors for football senior season.
off, it’s kind of like you’re waking
a sleeping giant,” said Woods, who
then invoked the image of a suc
cessful college football team.
“Look at Miami. They were good
for a while, then they went down
the tubes a little bit, and now that
people see they’re coming back,
everyone’s going to start flocking
there. That’s what’s going to hap
pen here, everyone’s going to want
to come here.”
Woods is just the athlete to
start that revolution. Humble yet
optimistic, talented and enigmat
ic, he embodies all the character
istics of a successful athlete. His
willingness to learn has enabled
him to grow as a vaulter, and he
has improved with each season.
In high school he vaulted 16-8,
then moved up to 17-4 last sea
son, and now has joined the elite
18-foot club.
The sophomore’s next goal is 19
feet, a height that could qualify
him for his ultimate dream, the
Olympics.
"When I think about the
Olympics, I think, ‘OK, I’m an 18
footer right now’,” said Woods,
holding his hands 12 inches apart.
“I’ve got to get one foot in two
years.”
Woods also realizes the
Olympics are a dream and he re
mains humble about his chances
on the world’s biggest stage. But if
the words of his teammates are any
indication, he has already come far
in his time at Oregon.
“Ever since he’s come in here,
he’s developed his strength,” fel
low vaulter Jason Slye said. “He’s
developed his explosiveness and
his technical skills.”
Slye and Howell are members
of a pole-vault crew that has be
come close to Woods in his time
at Oregon. Woods said that all the
vaulters consider themselves
equal when they step onto Hay
ward Field, no matter the indi
vidual results. Howell, who in
jured his hand, will not compete
at the Oregon Invitational this
weekend, but the rest of the
vaulting crew will be there.
The Oregon Invitational is one
of only four meets left for Woods
before his return trip to the NCAA
Championships in late May. While
the NCAA meet is far off, Woods
holds it in the back of his mind.
“Ultimately an NCAA Champi
onship would be huge, that would
be awesome,” Woods said.
“He’s definitely determined to
go back there,” Slye said. “He has
a good chance of going in there
and winning the whole thing.”
Maybe then Woods could collect
another newspaper for his back
pack, a sports page for celebration
instead of motivation.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.