Civil War hits the mats
Oregon and Oregon State face
off in the 99th wrestling Civil
War in Corvallis on Sunday
Wrestling
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
The Beavers are going Duck-hunt
ing Sunday.
While the basketball teams play
their Civil War on Saturday, the
wrestling squad looks to Sunday in
Corvallis as its opportunity to sweep
the Beavers on the mat this season.
Sophomore Shane Webster, No. 11
in the nation at 174, leads the Ducks
with a 24-4 record. Webster is the
only Oregon wrestler to compete at
174 this season, as well as the only
Duck ranked in Intermat’s poll.
Seniors Tony Overstake and Casey
Hunt will wrestle in their last Civil War.
Overstake, wresding at 149 this sea
son, has an 18-7 overall record. Hunt,
at 141, is 12-9 on the season. Both
Overstake and Hunt dropped down a
weight class this season.
Three other Ducks have joined the
three leaders in their possible quest for
a place in the NCAA Championships.
Redshirt junior Jason Harless, redshirt
sophomore Luke Larwin and sopho
more Martin Mitchell have all shown
improvement recendy.
Mitchell, with eight pins this sea
son, has the second-highest total pins
at his weight class.
Harless, although he missed the
California trip with a knee injury, is
14-11 on the season.
Larwin has won three straight
matches to move his season record
to 18-16. All 16 of his losses, though,
have come by decision. A loss by de
cision means the wrestler lost by
eight points or less.
Oregon and Oregon State opened
Luke Larwin (top)
has shown
improvement
recently, heading
into Sunday's
Civil War.
Adam Amato Emerald
the dual meet season in December at
McArthur Court. The Beavers started
out strong — winning the 157 and
165 weight classes to take a 6-0 lead.
Webster earned Oregon’s first
points of the match with a decision.
Oregon State kept rolling, however,
taking three-straight matches —184,
197 and heavyweight. All three match
es were lost by decision, giving the
Beavers a dominating 15-3 lead.
Mitchell controlled his opponent
early, and held Brett Phillips, earning
the pin at two minutes and 28 sec
onds into the 125 match. Mitchell’s
pin gave the Ducks six points, mak
ing the score 15-9, Oregon State.
Harless followed at 133, earning a
decision with a 10-6 win.
At 141, Hunt fought for a 6-3 de
cision. Hunt’s victory tied the
match at 15 with one weight class
still to wrestle.
Overstake and Oregon State fresh
man Tony Hook matched up at 149.
Hook took control early, but Over
stake came back quickly and domi
nated. He won the 149 match 9-3,
and the Ducks won the dual 18-15.
The meet against the Beavers (9-8,
7-2) and Wednesday’s dual against
Portland State (4-12,0-7) are the only
things remaining between Oregon and
the March Pac-10 Tournament.
For now, the Ducks (7-10 overall,
5-3 Pac-10) must contend with the
evenly matched Beavers.
Oregon State is listed in the “other
teams” section of Intermat’s most re
cent rankings — a place Oregon has
spent much of the season. Heavy
weight Andy Bowlby is No. 10 in the
nation. Three Beavers — Matt Ellis at
165, Jake Huffman at 174 and Jed Pen
nell at 184 — are in the “wrestlers to
watch” for their weight classes.
Oregon, for the first time this sea
son, is not listed in the top 25 or in
“other teams.” Webster is No. 11 at
174. Mitchell at 125, Harless at 133
and Overstake at 149 are all listed as
“wrestlers to watch.”
The Beavers will close their season
by honoring former Oregon State
wrestling coach Dale Thomas. At half
time, a banner will be unveiled for his
616 dual wins as Beaver head coach.
The Ducks and Beavers take to the
mat at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Ducks free-fall in tournament
Oregon drops 13 places as its
second-round woes continue
Golf
Scott Archer
Freelance Sports Reporter
For the second tournament in as
many weeks, Oregon had a poor sec
ond-round performance to drop out
of the top 10 and fall near the bottom
of the standings.
The Oregon men’s golf team strug
gled in the second day, falling 13
spots to finish in 19th in the Taylor
Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate tour
nament. The Ducks had a team score
of 291 Thursday on the par-72,
6,594-yard Kings Beach Golf Course.
Oregon opened the tournament
Wednesday with a team score of 288,
good enough for a sixth-place tie af
ter the opening round.
Currently, Oregon’s total score
from the first two rounds of the three
round tournament is 579.
Oregon’s real bright spot from the
first round of play was junior Mike
Sica, who was tied for 12th after the
opening round. However, Sica strug
gled for a 76, giving him a total of 146
for the first two rounds, and he dove
from 12th overall to 70th. Senior
Chris Carnahan continued his con
sistent play, as he is in the same spot
in the standings (21st) as he was
Wednesday. Carnahan shot a 71 yes
terday after an opening-round 70,
leading the Ducks with a score of 141.
Freshman Gregg LaVoie carded a 72,
a one-stroke improvement from
Wednesday, and finds himself 60th
overall with a score of 145.
Senior John Ellis matched his to
tal from day one, finishing again with
a score of 74, placing him 84th over
all. He is followed by junior Jimmy
White, who improved by eight
strokes with a second-round 75.
White is 119th overall.
Leading the field is Pacific-10 Con
ference power and No. 12 UCLA,
which currently holds a one-stroke
lead over No. 3 Texas Christian.
UCLA, which improved by 12 strokes
from the first round, has a team score
of 555, 24 strokes ahead of the
Ducks. Individual leaders include
Texas Christian’s junior Adam Meyer
and senior Adam Rubinson. Meyer
holds a two stroke lead over team
mate Rubinson for the 1-2 spots on
the leaderboard.
If Oregon — which had a steak of
four-straight top-10 finishes before
last week’s 14th-plaee finish in the
Ping-Arizona tournament — hopes
to continue its top-10 finishes, it will
have to better the competition by 12
strokes Friday.
The Ducks wrap up the third and
final round today, before taking a two
week break, followed by a trip to
Westlake Village, Calif. Oregon will
compete in the Southwestern Invita
tional March 3-4.
Scott Archer is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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