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Rivalry more them just
a game for UO’s Taylor
Amy Taylor will get to see
a friend when the Huskies
invade McArthur Court
Women’s notes
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
With three Oregon women’s bas
ketball players hailing from the
state of Washington, games against
the Cougars and Huskies on Thurs
day and Saturday, respectively,
loom large.
After all, they’d like nothing better
to beat them, and besides, wins
would go a long way toward a better
seeding at the Pacific-10 Conference
Tournament in March.
But for Shoreline native Amy Tay
lor, it is a chance to see a friend.
TVaveling with Washington on Sat
urday will be Kayla Burt. The soph
omore, from Arlington, Wash., is
lucky to be alive after teammates
helped resuscitate her on New Year’s
Eve when she suffered from a life
threatening heart ailment. She was
later diagnosed with Long Q-T Syn
drome, an inherited condition that
affects the electrical conduction sys
tem in the heart.
Needless to say, her career was
over from that point. And while Tay
lor has already seen Burt this season
— when the Ducks visited Washing
ton on Jan. 23 — it will be a special
meeting for the two.
“She was really becoming a great
player and it was just taken away
from her in a day,” Taylor said. “It
just puts things in perspective and
helps me look at life differently. I ap
preciate everything I have and I love
her to death. It makes me have a
new view on our rivalry with Wash
ington. It makes me look more fond
ly at it, and just not as much as ‘We
have to beat them.’
“That’s not the most important
thing, you know.”
The two met, Taylor said, when
they were attending a basketball
camp sponsored by Adidas. After
spending five days together, the two
became good friends, even though
they lived 45 minutes apart.
In Washington’s 79-60 win over
Oregon earlier this season, Taylor
helped make the game respectable
by pitching in five points on 2-of-5
shooting in 25 minutes of play.
“It was amazing to go up there,”
Taylor said. “For one, just to be
around my family and then just to
see her. It almost brought tears to
my eyes just to see how happy she is.
How she is still there for her team
mates. After the game, even though
we lost, I just wanted to let her know
I loved her and I was supporting her
no matter what.”
Taylor said the Huskies have
made Burt a student-coach on head
coach June Daugherty’s staff. In ad
dition, she will be on scholarship for
the duration of her time with the
program.
Back in the
swing of things
Junior Cathrine Kraayeveld re
turned to the Ducks on Saturday,
and proved to the Pac-10 that Ore
gon may not be a team to meddle
with the rest of the season.
In 23 minutes of play, the forward
pitched in seven points and grabbed
nine rebounds.
“I don’t think any of us expected
her to play that much,” sophomore
Kedzie Gunderson said. “Coming in
to play 23 minutes and nine re
bounds is awesome. It was nice to
have her come in and be such a part
of the team.”
, , It was Kraayeveld’s first game ac
Adam Amato Emerald
Amy Taylor (20) will meet old friend Kayla Burt when Oregon meets Washington.
tion since Dec. 22, and afterwards, she
predicted she would probably be sore.
"(Burt) was really
becoming a great
player and it was just
taken away from her
in a day. It just puts
things in perspective
and helps me look
at life differently.
I appreciate everything
I have and I love
her to death."
Amy Taylor
Oregon guard
So, after a day off Sunday and prac
tice on Monday, how does she feel?
“I feel pretty good,” she said. “I
didn’t really get sore. That was really
big for me to have that confidence
that it’s going to be OK even after I
play a game.”
The true test for Kraayeveld
comes this week. The contest
against Oregon State was tough —
Kraayeveld hit the floor a couple of
times — but two games within three
days can test the body. And to make
matters even more interesting, she is
from Kirkland, Wash.
“I think I’ll be all right,” she said.
“It’s just every day it gets better with
practicing and pushing myself. My
body has done really well — better
than I thought — with getting back
into shape.”
It’s a mixed-up
conference
You’ve got two dominant teams at
the top of the Pac-10, and two more
not-so-dominant teams in the cellar
of the conference. That’s a pretty
good recipe for balance.
The Ducks are right in the middle
of things, tied for sixth place with
Oregon State at 6-8 in Pac-10 play.
Arizona State is a half-game back,
while the Ducks and Beavers are just
one game behind fifth-place USG.
Before last season, finishing sixth
or seventh in a conference wouldn’t
matter much, especially because the
NCAA Tournament wouldn’t touch
one of those teams. But with the Pac
10 Tournament, seeding is vital.
That is, the sixth-place team plays
one less game to reach the final than
the seventh-place squad.
“Right now, that is a definite goal,”
Gunderson said. “We want to stay in
the top six so that we don’t have to
play that game and that will give us
a better run for the tournament.”
Contact the sports reporter
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