Women's
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combined for 37 points to help drop Gal to 8
15 overall and 4-10 in conference play.
“We’ve been in this position too many times
and came up short,” Egeland said. “We all said
we are winning this game. We weren’t panicking
or anything. We were just ready to get it done. ”
Although they got it done Thursday, Stan
ford came to town Saturday and blew the
Cougars out of the water by 43 points.
Cardinal far from inhuman
Stanford tossed the Cougars around Satur
day, but Washington State can thank Wash
ington for that.
The Cardinal released their anger on the
Cougars after losing 92-68 to the Huskies
Thursday. It was the worst Stanford loss in a
Pac-10 game since 1991.
Washington (19-5, 11-4 Pac-10) had every
reason to be angry after being humiliated by
the Arizona schools the week before.
The Huskies earned revenge after losing
their first game of the season to Stanford,
and moved to 12-0 at home.
“Our mission was to come out in this game
and play a lot more physical on the defensive
end,” Washington head coach June Daugherty
said. “We tried to take Stanford out of their
comfort zone offensively. The number one
thing was that we had to be physical and out
rebound them. That mission was definitely
accomplished.”
Polk is becoming ridiculous
Arizona center Shawntinice Polk is becom
ing rather selfish, as she just earned her third
Pac-10 Player of the Week honor of the season.
In the Wildcats’ defeats of the Washington
schools last week, Polk averaged 21 points,
eight rebounds, three blocks, 1.5 assists and
1.5 steals.
And it was her 16th double-double of the
season, which set a new Arizona single-season
record. And her 50 blocks on the season are
just three away from tying the school record.
And she is only a freshman. This is getting
ridiculous.
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Courtesy Washington State Media Services
Washington State's Bianca McCall led the Cougars to their first win in 45 games Thursday.
USC head
coach Henry
Bibby called
Arizona State's
Ike Diogu (5)
the'best player
in the Pac-10.'
Adam Amato
Emerald
Men's
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Pac-10 hasn’t had more than three teams in
the rankings at one time this season.
Go-go Diogu
After Arizona State and their star freshman,
forward Ike Diogu, pummeled USG on Thurs
day, Trojan coach Henry Bibby called Diogu
the “best player in the Pac-10.”
“He gets my vote for MVP,” Bibby said. “The
kid is unstoppable.”
Diogu was certainly unstoppable against
USG. He missed only two shots and scored 26
points in the Sun Devils’ 108-78 win. Diogu is
the top-scoring freshman in the Pac-10, aver
aging 18.8 points per game.
But is Diogu MVP-worthy? We’ll find out when
the awards are dished out after the season.
Contact the sports editor
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Hoodoo Ski Bowl toward the end of fall
term. With the weather not cooperating,
the Ducks trained only twice — during
the first week of winter term — before
their first race Jan. 11.
“The snow has definitely not been coop
erating,” student club coordinator Jason
Graybeal said.
Despite their lack of preparation, the
Ducks have experienced success this year
as the men’s and women’s teams qualified
for the regional tournament this weekend
in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
The women, led by sophomore Lind
say Davis, came in fourth place in the 15
team Northwest Conference of the Unit
ed States Collegiate Skiing and
Snowboarding Association. Davis fin
ished third in the conference individual
ly, including a first-place finish in the gi
ant slalom Feb. 9 at Schweitzer Mountain
in Sandpoint, Id.
The men’s team improved on a ninth
place finish from last year with a fifth-place
finish this season. The men are led by their
senior duo of Graybeal and Colby Gail.
Gail, who is from Park City, Utah, holds
the No. 1 position for the Ducks and said
he is looking forward to the weekend.
“I just want to ski the way I know I can
ski,” Gail said.
Gail has been skiing competitively for 11
years and grew up in an environment where
skiing is a monster.
“Skiing is the biggest thing in Utah,”
Gail said. “It’s like high school football.”
Gail recently finished a year-long re
hab of a torn medial collateral ligament,
suffered last year while skiing for the
Ducks. Despite only skiing since Decem
ber this year, he finished first in the giant
slalom Jan. 11 at Brundage Mountain in
McCall, Id.
Graybeal, who has been skiing for 10
years, stressed the importance of practice
when it comes to being a successful skier.
“Usually, someone can’t just start ski- .
ing and be good,” Graybeal said. “It takes
years of practice. You’ve got to have
the drive.”
Graybeal said he takes pride in the fact
that the ski team is the longest-running club
sport at Oregon.
Sophomore Dylan Fournier, the No. 3 ski
er for the men, said emotions and fun are
two vital components to being a successful
competitive skier.
“We’re the loudest team on the hill,”
Fournier said. “That’s why I ski, to
have fun.”
“We have a really fun team,” said senior
Aubrey Kimble, the No. 2 skier for the
women. “We all get along really well.”
Kimble, who spent 11 years skiing for
the Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Founda
tion, is in her first year at Oregon.
Skiing is a sport for athletes who have a
passion level rivaled by few. This is no dif
ferent for the Ducks.
“I’ll be skiing for the rest of my life,”
Fournier said. “I’ll be doing it until my
body won’t let me.”
Well, as long as there’s snow.
Jon Roetman is a freelance writer
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