Sports Editor:
Adam Jude
adamjude@dailyemerald.com
Tuesday, April 30,2002
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NBA: New Jerey at Indiana
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Ducks’ NCAA plans
yet to be determined
■After strong year, the Oregon
women’s tennis team must
wait for the NCAA to announce
v postseason destinations
By Peter Martini
• for the Emerald
All the Oregon women’s tennis team
can do now is wait.
The No. 37 Ducks played well at the
Pacific-10 Conference
Championships dur
ing the weekend and
now wait to see who
they will face in the re
gional round of the
NCAA Tournament.
Freshman Daria
Panova, ranked No.
108 in the country, continued her im
pressive play for Oregon by advancing
to the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Cham
pionships in Ojai, Calif.
Panova struggled early, but defeated
No. 68 Mhairi Brown of Arizona State,
2-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the first round. She
quickly disposed of Washington State’s
Lorena Arias, 6-2, 6-2 in the second
round.
“It was a strong showing for her to
day,” Oregon head coach Jack Griffin
said Thursday after the matches.
Panova lost 6-3, 7-5 to No. 7 Jewel Pe
terson of USC in the quarterfinals.
Peterson knocked off another Duck,
No. 107 senior Janice Nyland, in the
first round, 6-4,6-0. Senior Vickie Gun
narsson and junior Monika Gieczys also
lost first round matches for the Ducks in
TENNIS
the main draw.
In the invitational draw, freshman Es
ter Bak lost 6-1, 6-1 in the first round.
Sophomore Courtney Nagle took Erin
Hoe of Washington to a third set before
losing, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Sophomore Davina Mendiburu beat
Rio del Rosario of California, 6-3,6-2 for
the only first round victory for Oregon
in the invitational draw. She lost to
Megan Yeats of Arizona State, 6-1, 6-4
in the second round.
Nyland, Bak and Gunnarsson picked
up consolation victories for the Ducks.
The team will find out where they
play next on Thursday, when the
NCAA announces the field of 64.
Stanford won the NCAA champi
onship last season.
The Ducks have been playing well
since spring break, winning six out of
seven matches, including wins over No.
49 Louisiana State, No. 34 Florida Inter
national and No. 21 Washington.
“It was a busy month for us and
we were a little worn out,” Griffin
said. “We fought hard this week and
our focus is on the NCAA team
championships.”
Men end season,
but‘should be ranked’
The Oregon men’s tennis team’s sea
son ended on a positive note last week
end at the Pac-10 Championships.
After struggling in the first round, the
Ducks picked up consolation wins that
could help the team’s confidence going
into the offseason.
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Jonathan House Emerald
Courtney Nagle and the Oregon tennis team will find out Thursday if they’ve been invited to the NCAA Tournament.
UO softball squad
hosts Hawaii today
in doubleheader
■ Hawaii travels to Eugene to face Oregon
softball for a two-game set at Howe Field
ON TAP
Who:
vs. Hawaii
By Chris Cabot
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon softball team takes another break from
Pacific-10 Conference play today as it hosts Hawaii
(32-22 overall, 13-7 Western Ath
letic Conference) in a doublehead
er at Howe Field beginning at 2
p.m.
Oregon (22-24 overall, 1-14 Pac
10) is coming off a three-game
weekend in Arizona where the
Ducks won their first conference
game in nearly 13 months over No.
5 Arizona State on Saturday. The
Ducks also lost a game to the Sun
Devils 11-3 on Sunday and a 6-0
contest against No. 2 Arizona.
The Rainbow Wahine are coming off four games
against Portland State during the weekend, where
the two teams each won two games. In Oregon’s
four games against the Vikings this season, the
Ducks are 3-1.
Leading the way offensively for Hawaii is junior
shortstop Kate Judd-, who is batting .360 overall and
.439 in 20 WAC games, including four doubles, five
home runs and 10 RBI in those league games. First
baseman Stacey Porter leads the team with 14 home, r,
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Howe Field
When: 2 p.m.
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Freshman Mari Lyn Petrick and the Oregon softball team will host Hawaii for a doubleheader today at Howe Field.
Elite list of
competitors
grows for
Pre Classic
■The competition lists are already
pouring in for the Pre Classic and
match-ups are already forming
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
Unless you’ve cleared 15-feet in the
women’s pole vault, you’re not going
to be competing at Hayward Field on
May 26.
At least, that’s according to Tom Jor
dan, meet director for the 28th Pre
fontaine Classic Grand Prix.
“It’s a very exclusive club,” he said.
“If you’ve cleared 15-feet, I’ll pay for
you to come from anywhere in the
world.”
Unless, of course, your name is
Becky Holliday. The Oregon junior’s
Duck status makes her the exception,
even if she doesn’t clear the required
mark, Jordan said.
Holliday has cleared 14-1.25 this
season, and her personal best is 14-4.
But Jordan said she might skip the
Prefontaine meet in favor of the
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