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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE Information on Laurie Ricou author events online at uobookstore.com Ducks win with pitching Two seniors are suspended, but the Ducks go 3-1 in Texas and improve to 12-5 overall Softball Mindi Rice Freelance Sports Reporter Despite missing two seniors for two games each, No. 25 Oregon continued its impressive start, going 3-1 in the Houston Invitational and improving to 12-5 on the season. Head coach Kathy Arendsen an nounced Friday that seniors Alyssa Laux and Andrea Vidlund would each miss two games during the weekend tournament for a “vi olation of team rules.” Vidlund did not play Saturday, while Laux sat out Sunday’s games. The Ducks began Saturday, playing Texas Tech and using only two hits to win, 1-0. In the third inning, freshman Breanne Sabol hit a single, scoring later in the inning to give Oregon its 1-0 lead. Junior Anissa Meashintubby and freshman Amy Harris combined to shut out Texas Tech. After Texas Tech, the Ducks faced tournament host Houston. The Cougars took an early lead, but Oregon scored four runs with two outs in the third inning on its way to a 6-3 win. Harris earned her fourth save of the season, holding the Cougars scoreless for 1 1/3 innings. Oregon added two runs in the seventh inning. In the Ducks’ first game on Sun day, Oregon gave up another early lead, but scored five runs in the middle innings to beat Kentucky, 5-1. Oregon loaded the bases in the third inning with one out. All three runners scored during the inning, putting Oregon up 3-1. Freshman Beth Boskovich in creased Oregon’s lead with a two run home run in the fourth inning. Harris pitched her third com plete game of the season, tying a career high with eight strikeouts. Oregon closed the tournament with a game against Texas-San An tonio. Oregon scored seven runs but "I'm disappointed that we aren't going home undefeated. UTSA just got hot at the right time." Kathy Arendesen Oregon softball coach the Roadrunners scored five runs in the sixth to win 8-7. “I’m disappointed that we aren’t going home undefeated,” Arend sen said. “UTSA just got hot at the right time.” The Ducks had 12 hits in the game. Harris, the fourth pitcher of the game for Oregon, took the loss and is now 4-3 on the season. The tournament was shortened from six games to four games for the Ducks because of rain. Oregon next travels to Utah to be gin its fifth tournament of the pre season on Friday. Mindi Rice is a freelance writer for the Emerald. Shreve continued from page 7 Athlete award and was selected to the Pac-lO’s All-Academic Honor able Mention Team. In her first sea son, she earned honorable mention honors on the Pac-lO’s All-Fresh man team. Now, more than a hundred games later, McArthur Court has lost a fan favorite. “There’s tears coming; it’s going to be tough,” Shreve said. “I have had some great success here and I can’t complain about that.” Contact the sports reporter atjessethomas@dailyemerald.com. Women's continued from page 7 field, a statistic that is blurred by shooting 25 percent from 3-point land. Oregon was just 2-for-14 on 2 point attempts in the first half. “When you shoot 19 percent, it doesn’t help matters,” Smith said. Defensively, both teams played strong. The Ducks kept Washing ton at a 42 percent shooting clip. The Huskies, meanwhile, kept Oregon from establishing its in side presence, evidenced by just 12 overall points in the paint for the Ducks. “I thought we just came down here and played great defense,” Daugherty said. “That’s what was key.” The game remained close until the last four minutes of the first half. Washington, up 23-18 at the 3:48 mark, went on a 15-5 run to sepa rate itself from Oregon. Dalan and Payne combined to score the last 20 points of the half for Washington, which had pushed its lead up, 38-20, with less than 10 seconds left. Davis, however, made sure Ore gon ended the half on a hot streak by nailing a pull-up 3-pointer as time expired. Contact the sports reporter at hankhager@dailyemerald.com. Freak Inf featuring Tickets at OFAM 687-6526 ; YOUR VOICE GETTING HE/