Ducks face top teams
in Hawaii tournament
Oregon men’s tennis kicks off
the 2003 calendar year in the
Kona Invitational
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Freelance Sports Reporter
The Oregon men’s tennis team
is heading to Hawaii this weekend,
hut it won’t he all pineapples and
palm trees.
The Ducks are competing in the
Kona Invitational against three
teams that are expected to he in the
top 20 in the nation when the rank
ings come out next week.
“We’re excited,” head coach
Chris Russell said. “There is noth
ing better than to play some of the
best schools right off the bat.”
The Invitational begins Saturday
and consists of mock dual meets
against Illinois, Texas A&M and
Wake Forest.
The Ducks start against Illinois, a
team with four players in the pre
season top 100, including No. 6
Amer Delic. Individual scores will
be kept, but team records will not
be affected.
"We have our hands
full, but it's going to be
great tennis for us.
We're playing against
some of the best
schools in the country"
Chris Russell
Men's tennis head coach
After starting the tournament
against an Illinois team that likely
will be ranked second in the nation,
the Ducks match up against a Texas
A&M team that has two players
among the best 85 in the NCAA.
As if that weren’t enough, the
Ducks take on Wake Forest Mon
day. The Demon Deacons boast a
roster with two top-100 athletes,
including No. 28 David Lowenthal,
who won the USTA Futures Tour
nament in November.
“We have our hands full, but it’s
going to be great tennis for us,” Rus
sell said. “We’re playing against
some of the best schools in the
country.”
The Ducks haven’t played com
petitively since the Futures Tourna
ment, but they are hoping to gain
some momentum going into the
regular season dual meets.
“This is exactly what we’re look
ing for in terms of getting all these
matches in before we play our team
season,” Russell said.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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Women's
continued from page 9
The Ducks shot 45 percent them
selves in the first half, yet only
made it to the foul line twice, mak
ing just one.
The second half would be much of
the same for the 3,861 fans at
McArthur Court, as Cal quickly
jumped to a five point lead. But after
a time out, Oregon went on an 8-0
run to lead 50-47 with 11:16 to play.
The point differential would not
get wide until Cal made some bad
turnovers, and with a poor shot se
lection, Oregon converted on a 6-0
run and eventually led 64-58.
Cal refused to go away easily, and
fought its way back into the game to
bring the teams to a 65-65 tie with
just 1:46 to go.
Then Steen went to the line for
Oregon and gave the fans a sigh of
relief, and a 67-65 Duck lead with
just 24.6 seconds left.
The Golden Bears then faltered
under pressure, as sophomore
Kristin Iwanaga tripped trying to re
ceive the inbound pass, which re
sulted in an Oregon steal. Steen
went to the line again to give Ore
gon a four point lead.
Cal had its final chance after
making a transition basket with 14
seconds left, and Steen made one
from the free throw line to finish the
scoring at 70-67.
“This is the easiest shot you can
take on the court,” Steen said when
asked what was going through her
head with the game on the line.
Oregon finished the night shoot
ing 46 percent from the field and 53
percent from the foul line. Fresh
man Carolyn Ganes led Oregon
with 18 points, followed by sopho
more Andrea Bills who added 13
points and eight rebounds.
The Bears’ shooting frenzy did
not continue in the second half, as
they only shot 38 percent to finish
at 53 percent from the field. The
Bears committed 21 turnovers to
Oregon’s 13, which Cal head coach
Caren Ilorstmeyer considered a de
ciding factor.
Cal junior Nihan Anaz led all
scores with 22 points, followed by
junior center Timea Ivanyi, who went
8-for-8 from the field for 17 points.
Oregon continues its homestead
as No.6 Stanford (10-1, 2-0 Pac-10)
comes to town Saturday night to
face the Ducks, at 7 p.m. at
McArthur Court.
Oregon will get quite the chal
lenge from the tough Cardinal
squad, though the Ducks have won
three of the last four in Eugene.
Contact the sports reporter
atjessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
Cal
continued from page 9
of our team,” Horstmeyer said. “We
just need to build on that.”
Though it’s an athletic club that
can shoot well from outside or give
the ball to its post players, Califor
nia has had problems defensively
this season. That didn’t tend to be
the case against the Ducks.
The Golden Bears began the
game in a full-court press, but
switched to the half-court variety
midway through the first stanza.
They would stay in that defensive
scheme for most of the game, even
tually switching back to the full
court toward the end.
That defensive pressure allowed
the Golden Bears to grab 25 defen
sive rebounds, although they
forced just 13 Oregon turnovers.
The Ducks averaged 19 turnovers
per game entering the contest.
“We played great defense,” Anaz
said. “There was a big crowd and
away games are always hard.”
Yet, it was Smith and senior Alis
sa Edwards who praised Califor
nia’s offense after the game.
“They’re a very tough team,” Ed
wards said. “They have guards that
can penetrate and shoot and they
have posts that can shoot. They’re
going to be a good team and they’re
going to play well in the Pac-10.”
“Certainly their offensive display
was very good with Ivanyi, and
that’s going to make them grow and
make them a stronger team offen
sively where they need some help,”
Smith said.
Looking for the best way to sum
up California’s turnaround from
last season? Just ask Horstmeyer to
comment on California’s play to
ward the end of the game despite
falling behind.
“A year ago, our team would’ve
just folded,” she said.
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Men's
continued from page 9
A Cardinal sin
The Ducks’ first Pac-10 road trip
does not get any easier.
Stanford (10-4, 1-1), which de
feated Oregon State, 57-54, Thurs
day, hosts Oregon at 2 p.m. Satur
day at Maples Pavilion.
In five tries with the Ducks, Kent
has never won at Maples. Oregon’s
last win at Stanford was on Jan. 13,
1986 — by a score of 83-69 — a
streak that spans 17 games.
Oregon nearly broke that streak
last season, but a long three-pointer
by Tony Giovacchini with four sec
onds left sent the game into overtime.
The Ducks eventually lost 90-87.
Only three Cardinal players who
scored in that win over the Ducks#
are on this season’s roster. Guard
Julius Barnes leads Stanford with
14.3 points per game, while forward
Josh Childress averages 14.3 points
and 7.2 rebounds.
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at adamjude@dailyemerald.com
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