Canada throttles Oregon on Pape Field
Adam Amato Emerald
Freshman Jessica Fetzer and the Ducks fell to Canada 7-0Tuesday night
The Ducks scrimmage with
the Canadian under-19 team
and walk away without a goal
Soccer
Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Pap6 Field played host to interna
tional competition Tuesday night.
The Oregon women’s soccer team
scrimmaged with the Canadian un
der-19 National Team as the Ducks
fielded next year’s squad in competi
tion for the first time.
As the day faded into night, the
bright lights of Pap6 Field shone on
only one team; the Canadians easily
won, 7-0.
The Canadian team dominated
from the beginning and had nine
comer-kicks on the night. But play
ing against an accomplished squad
that has played in the under-19
World Cup, Oregon had quite a
mountain to climb.
“It’s the first time out for us, and
again, this is against their national
team — very accomplished play
ers,” Oregon head coach Bill Stef
fen said. “It was a first run-through
for us, and we are more focused on
the development of the players
rather than the result.”
Team Canada had it all together
from the start and took the lead off
of the first goal by Kathleen John
stone. Less than 10 minutes later,
Kara Lang connected on a goal for
Canada, shortly after Oregon jun
ior Lindsey Werdell received a yel
low card.
Then Canada’s Caroline Vail
lancourt converted off a header,
and Katie Thorlakson also scored
for Team Canada before the first
half ended. Oregon’s defense got
much more attention than the of
fense, but the Ducks did have two
corner-kicks.
The second half proved no bet
ter for Oregon, as Lang scored
again with a bullet to the back of
the net to give Team Canada a 5-0
lead. Approaching the end, it was
all Leigh Quinlan for the Canadi
ans as she scored the team’s final
two goals.
Oregon did have the opportunity
to give every player a chance to take
the field, and sophomore
Domenique Lainez also had her first
opportunity as a goalkeeper since
the 2001 season.
The Ducks clearly struggled in
their first outing, even though they
were a national-caliber team. And
Steffen said that there were a few
positives but work still needs to be
done before the spring.
“We got better as the match went
on,” Steffen said. “The first time
out the speed of play is always a
concern. At times, our choices
were a little bit panicky, and we
made some choices that put us
back under pressure — but that is
part of doing this.”
The Canadian team will be
training in Eugene through the
weekend and will play Washing
ton on Thursday at 4 p.m. on
Papg Field. Team Canada will also
host Washington State on Satur
day at 3 p.m.
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said. “It’s about how hard we play and
if we execute what we need to do.”
Oregon’s next two games against
USG, which is tied with Oregon, and
UCLA, which is two spots up the ladder,
allow the Ducks to determine their own
destiny entering the tournament.
The Ducks have proved they can
play with any team over the course of
the season and now can’t wait for the
games this time around. And if histo
ry does repeat itself, another
Women’s National Invitational Tour
nament title wouldn’t be anything to
complain about.
Defense wins
basketball games
With the exception of the downfall
against Washington, Oregon’s defense
has been evolving.
The Ducks recently held Arizona
State, Gal and Washington State to just
52 points, which is the fewest amount
of points an opponent has scored
against Oregon this season. The Ducks
held each opponent under 40 percent
shooting, for the fifth, sixth and seventh
times this season.
“We realized we have to stop people
on the defensive end if we want to win
games or even be in competition in the
game,” sophomore Andrea Bills said.
“We know we can score on offense, but
defense makes our games and defense
gets offense going.”
With Oregon stepping up its level of
play and taking better care of the ball,
the defense has followed in the recent
success. Junior Cathrine Kraayeveld re
turned to the court recently, and her 29
blocked shots, which would rank fifth
in the Pac-10 if she had played in
enough games, has allowed for some of
the newfound defensive success.
“Everybody just got together and said
we need to play defense,” Edwards said.
“People are stepping up and taking
pride in what they do on defense.”
Recent endeavors
A few of Oregon’s players have been
making strides to improve their games.
Not only are they making assaults on the
record books, but it has allowed for Ore
gon to come closer to a winning season.
Sophomore Brandi Davis has drained
50 three-pointers this season, ranking
her sixth on the school’s career single
season list. Davis needs to drop only
four more to pass senior Shaquala
Williams for fourth.
Sophomore Kedzie Gunderson has
done a 180-degree turn on her ball-han
dling skills since the start of the season.
In the first 12 games, Gunderson had
12 assists and 31 turnovers, but in the
last 13 games, she has accounted for 29
assists and 21 turnovers.
Freshman Carolyn Ganes needs to
only maintain her 11.7 scoring average
to make the highest mark for a fresh
man since Brianne Meharry in 1997-98.
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