Sports brief
Softball home opener
postponed
No. 22 Oregon has to wait another
month to play on its home field.
Thursday’s doubleheader against
Portland State was postponed be
cause of weather conditions.
The softball team opens Pacific
10 Conference play Saturday in Cor
vallis. Oregon (16-6) faces No. 17
Oregon State (19-9) at 1 p.m. The
Ducks and the Beavers are the two
lowest-ranked Pac-10 schools in the
top 25. All eight conference schools
with a softball program are ranked
in the poll, including No. 1 UCLA.
The Ducks will open at Howe
Field on Wednesday, April 9 in the
rescheduled doubleheader against
Portland State. The following week
end, Oregon hosts Washington and
UCLA to open Pac-10 play at home.
—MindiRice
Pac-10
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second, extending its lead to as
many as 12 points.
But UCLA somehow came back on
the top team in the land. The Bruins
cut the lead to six points with 9:03 left
in the game on a Dijon Thompson
dunk and free throw. Four minutes
later, Thompson hit a three-pointer
with 5:49 left to cut the lead to three.
The teams traded baskets until
the end. Arizona’s Salim Stoudamire
hit two free throws with 11.1 sec
onds left to put the Wildcats ahead
by three. That’s when Young hit his
insane jumper to send the game into
overtime. In the extra session, Ari
zona’s Jason Gardner missed four
three-pointers, setting the tone for a
lackluster Wildcat performance, and
the Bruins capitalized for the win.
UCLA advances to face Oregon
in today’s semifinal, set to tip off at
6:15p.m.
USC topples Stanford
Desmon Farmer was upset he did
n’t make the All-Pac-10 Team. USC
% saw two upsets earlier in the day.
So, naturally, USC went out and
upset Stanford, 79-74.
The Trojans, behind Farmer’s 24
points, jumped out to a lead midway
through the first half and never re
linquished it en route to the third
straight upset of the Pac-10 Tourna
ment’s opening day.
“I feel bad (Farmer) didn’t make All
Pae-10,” USC coach Henry Bibby
said. “But he played great tonight.”
The biggest shot of the night came
from Rory O’Neil, who hit a three
pointer with 1:13 left to make the
score 77-74 in favor of USC.
In the closing seconds, Stanford
failed to capitalize on several oppor
tunities to pull even or overtake
USC. With less than 30 seconds left,
Stanford’s Josh Childress missed a
three-pointer, Nick Robinson missed
the putback and USC’s Errick
Craven was fouled. But he missed his
third and fourth free throws in a row
to give Stanford hope. On the other
end, Julius Barnes missed a three
pointer and USC went on to win.
No seed lower than a No. 2 has
ever won the Pac-10 Tournament.
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Ray Young hit a big three at the end of regulation to send UCLA-UA to overtime.
But with No. 1 Arizona and No. 2
Stanford now knocked out, that will
happen this year.
In Thursday’s nightcap, No. 3
California became the only top
seed to survive, as the Bears blew
out Oregon State, 69-46.
The first game of today’s action tips
off at 6:15 p.m., while the second game
will tip off at 8:45 p.m., or half an hour
after the first game ends. Both games
will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Track
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has posted a mark of 14-1 3/4, an
improvement from her mark at last
year’s championship of 13-7 3/4.
McEwen trails her teammate by
half an inch at 14-11/4. Riley will join
the squad in her NCAA debut after
scoring a personal best of 13-3 1/2 in
last weekend’s provisional qualifier.
“I expected to qualify, but it’s still
really exciting to find out for sure,”
Riley said. “I’ve been over 13 feet
much more in practice this year
compared to last year, so I knew it
was coming, and the good thing is
that there’s still more there.”
In 2002, the men posted a best
ever ninth-place team finish where
as the women took 46th overall.
Parker, Holliday and McEwen all re
turn a year stronger, faster and high
er to lead Oregon to the top.
Contact the sports reporter
atjessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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