Season finale looms for Oregon
Oregon women’s golf
concludes its regular season
schedule as it heads to the
Ping/ASU Invitational
Scott Archer
Freelance Sports Reporter
In what amounts to the final regu
lar season competition for the Ore
gon women’s golf team, the Ducks
will have one more look at familiar
foes beginning today.
The real test of the season occurs
from April 24 through 26 at the Pa
cific-10 Conference Championships.
In the meantime, Oregon heads
south to participate in the 16-team
Ping/Arizona State Invitational. Par
ticipants will complete 18 holes each
day of the three-day regular season
concluding the tournament at the
par-72, 6,183-yard Karsten Golf
Course in Tempe, Ariz.
The Ducks will feature five play
ers, headlined by team-leading fresh
man Therese Wenslow, who current
ly holds a 76.9 season stroke
average. Also heading south will be
sophomore Johnna Nealy, with Ore
gon’s second leading average at 77.8,
followed by freshmen Michelle Tim
pani with an 80.4 stroke average. Ju
nior Lacy Erickson follows closely
with an 80.6 average, and sopho
more Jaime Seefried is at 83.2.
“We’re coming off a difficult tour
nament, but we’re more familiar
with the course at Arizona State and
I fully expect us to play better,” head
coach Shannon Rouillard said.
“Three of the five we have compet
ing have experience on the Karsten
course, and I really expect that we
will play up to our capabilities this
weekend.”
Oregon is coming off a surprising
down week after finishing 17th over
all in last week’s UCLA/Pioneer Elec
tronics Classic in Santa Clarita,
Calif. One week prior, Oregon collec
tively shot its best round of the sea
son in the final round of the Oregon
Duck Invitational.
The Ducks will get one final look
at its conference competitors as No.
5 USG, No. 6 Arizona, No. 9 Califor
nia, No. 16 UCLA, No. 17 Washing
ton, Arizona State, Oregon State and
Stanford are all expected to compete
in Tempe. Three of the four top-10
teams in the tournament hail from
the Pac-10.
After the conclusion of the tourna
ment, Oregon takes three weeks off
before heading to the Pac-10 Confer
ence Championships, set to be held
April 24-26 at Trysting Tree Golf
Course in Corvallis.
Scott Archer is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Track
continued from page 9
The final event, the 1,5(X), saw
Lorenzo needing to run miracle time
for a courageous comeback victory. He
needed to beat Smith by 11 seconds
and his all-time best of 4:21.84 was just
less than a second faster than Smith’s.
Lorenzo was paced through the
entire event as fellow teammate
Andy Young blocked the wind and
carried him through at 4:32.58, only
eight seconds ahead of Smith.
“All of the credit in the 1,500
goes to Andy,” Lorenzo said. “I
came in thinking that a time of 4:35
would be great, so to go 4:32 is all I
can ask for. He kept me going and
gave me a shot to win.”
As for Young, the sophomore fin
ished 11th overall in his 10-event de
but with 6,948 points, which easily
met the Pacific-10 Conference qual
ifying mark of 6,800.
Young won the final event after pac
ing Lorenzo in 4:30.16 and leading
start to finish. The Newberg, Ore., na
tive also posted personal bests in the
110 hurdles at 14.39,15-9 in the pole
vault and 170-10 in the javelin.
“Santiago and Andy had outstand
ing efforts; you couldn’t have asked
for better openers,” Oregon assis
tant coach and decathlon mentor
Bill Lawson said.
In other action, the all newcomer
— junior Adam Bailey, and fresh
men Ryan Flaherty, Tomas Finol,
and Jan Olszowsky—group finished
seventh for the Oregon men in the
4x800 relay at 7:36.83. Oregon also
saw freshmen Matt Scherer and Eric
Mitchum finish fourth and second in
their respective heats with both
notching Pac-10 qualifying marks.
In women’s action, senior Jordan
Sauvage earned a personal best in the
hammer at 191-4 and finished fourth
among Thursday’s 25 entrants.
In today’s action, the third of the
event, Mitchum will compete in the
110 hurdles for the men with sopho
more Derek Strubel in the triple
jump. On the women’s side, Sauvage
will compete in the discus with sen
ior Heather Murtaugh in the 100.
Contact the sports reporter
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Sports brief
Oregon football gears
up for 2003 season
The Oregon football team begins
its preparation for the 2003 season
Saturday at its first spring practice of
the year.
The Ducks are the last Pacific-10
Conference team to begin.
NCAA rules stipulate that teams
may practice a maximum of 15
times during the spring. The Ducks
will have their annual spring game
on May 3 at Autzen Stadium. The
game is slated to begin at 12:30 p.m.
The Ducks return 14 starters
(eight offense, six defense) from last
season’s team that finished 7-6 over
all and 3-5 in Pac-10 play.
Among those returnees is quarter
back Jason Fife, who is expected to
battle Kellen Clemens for the start
ing position. Sarnie Parker, who led
the Ducks with 49 receptions, in
cluding eight for touchdowns, also
returns for his senior season.
The defensive line duo of Igor
Olshansky and Haloti Ngata,
who combined for 16 sacks last
season, return.
The Ducks will look to replace
running back Onterrio Smith and
tight end George Wrighster, who
both entered the draft after their
junior seasons.
—Hank Hager
Softball
continued from page 9
bottom, while Stanford and Cal are
both 1-2 in the conference.
Oregon has already surpassed
its stolen base total from the en
tire 2002 season. With 25 steals —
and only three in Pac-10 play —
the team easily made it past the
total of 20.
All eight Pac-10 teams are still
ranked in the ESPN.com/USA Soft
ball Top 25. Oregon dropped one
spot to No. 20, while Cal stayed
steady at No. 6 and Stanford moved
from No. 9 to No. 11.
In the NFCA/USA Today poll,
Oregon State dropped out of the
rankings to mark the first time since
the Ducks entered the poll on Jan.
29 that all eight conference teams
are not ranked.
The Ducks return to Oregon on
Sunday to prepare for five home
games next week. Portland State
comes to town for a doubleheader
— and Oregon’s home opener —
on Wednesday afternoon, while
Washington and UCLA visit over
the weekend.
Contact the sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
Tennis
continued from page 9
Chris Stewart in doubles.
After losing at home last weekend
to No. 7 California and No. 6 Stan
ford, the Ducks are looking to get
back to the form that previously
earned them a 6-3 record at home
and 8-7 overall.
The No. 33 women head to Mal
ibu, Calif., on Saturday in a match
against No. 67 Pepperdine.
The Ducks hope to end their
three-match losing streak against a
Pepperdine team with strong sin
gles players at the top. No. 46 Na
talie Braverman and No. 51 Char
lotte Vernaz lead the Waves and
will most likely battle the Ducks’
Daria Panova, ranked 15th, and
No. 40 Courtney Nagle. The Ducks
have been riddled with injuries in
their last three matches, but have
remained focused.
“It’s crunch time,” head coach
Nils SchyHander said. “We want to
make a run at the NCAAs. That has
been the goal all year.”
Optimism remains high as the
Ducks push to make the NCAA
Tournament.
“We are starting to get healthi
er,” Schyllander said. “It’s tough.
We really need those that are
healthy to step up.”
Sunday, the Ducks visit No. 75
Loyola Marymount in the second
road match of the weekend.
The Ducks will try to improve on
their record of 10-11 as they are be
low the .500 mark for just the sec
ond time all season.
“We just need to get healthy,”
Schyllander said. “And we need to
have a good week of preparation.”
Plus, a change of venue and a lit
tle sun don’t hurt either.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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