Road losses pile up for Oregon tennis
The No. 58 men lost their third
and fourth matches in a row in
Arizona and the No. 33 women
dropped tenth of the last eleven
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Freelance Sports Reporter
The Oregon men’s and women’s
tennis teams continued to strug
gle, with losses that extended their
losing streaks to four and five
matches, respectively.
The No. 58 men lost to No. 52
Arizona, 5-2, on Friday in Tucson,
Ariz., and fell short against No. 40
Arizona State, 4-3.
Duck sophomore Manuel Kost,
ranked No. 92 nationally, was the
most consistent player for the men
with victories against Whi Kim of
Arizona and No. 125 Pirn Van Mele
from Arizona State.
The Ducks were able to win all
three of the top singles spots
against the Sun Devils, but could
n’t manage a victory in doubles.
Ducks Sven Swinnen and Oded
Teig, ranked No. 42 nationally in
doubles, both won their singles
matches, but fell to Clinton Letch
"We actually
competed better today
We just
need to get a little
better at the bottom
of the lineup."
Chris Russell
head coach
er and Chris Stewart. Stewart had
been ranked as high as No. 21 in
doubles with his old partner, Olivi
er Gharroin.
“We actually competed better to
day,” head coach Chris Russell
said. “We just need to get a little
better at the bottom of the lineup.”
The No. 33 women dropped
their fifth match in a row and 10th
of the last 11 against No. 54 Pep
perdine and Loyola Marymount.
The lone victories for the Ducks
on Saturday came from No. 15
Daria Panova over Pepperdine’s
Charlotte Vemaz, No. 51 in the na
tion, and No. 40 Courtney Nagle
beating Merve Asimgil. No. 27 Nagle
and Panova also teamed up to get
the only doubles win for the Ducks.
Sunday, the Ducks fell to Loyola
Marymount, 4-3, despite winning
the doubles point and numbers
one and three in singles.
Panova dropped Edit Pakay in
straight sets and senior captain
Monika Geiczys handled Diana Vi
nis, also in straight sets.
“There were some good individ
ual matches out there,” head
coach Nils Schyllander said. “We
need everybody to show up on the
same day as a group. We just need
to do it across the board.”
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Adam Amato Emerald
Amy Harris (above) and Andrea Vidlund combined for eight strikeouts late in Oregon's extra-innings win over Stanford.
Softball
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just need to be more consistent and
string together strong offensive games
in back-to-back appearances.”
Oregon’s two hits came from Vid
lund and senior Janell Bergstrom.
Both teams only walked two batters
each during the game.
The Ducks faced off against the
Bears again Sunday, managing one
run in a 4-1 loss.
California opened the scoring with
one run in the second on a throwing
error.
The Ducks came back in the top of
the third. Freshman Breanne Sabol
hit a two-out single, and both Laux
and senior Amber Hutchison followed
with walks.
Freshman shortstop Beth
Boskovich hit a single to left field, al
lowing Sabol to score from third base.
Laux was thrown out at home at
tempting to score from second, end
ing the inning.
Harris pitched 4 2/3 innings,
striking out three batters and earn
ing the loss. Junior Anissa Meash
intubby relieved Harris, facing the
last seven batters. Harris is 6-8 on
the season after starting all three
games over the weekend.
California and Oregon met in the
championship game of the National
Invitational Softball Tournament ear
lier this season. California came away
with the 6-0 win in that game.
Oregon opens its home season on
Wednesday afternoon in a double
header against Portland State. The
games were rescheduled after rain
and wind postponed them from
March 15. The Ducks then host
Pac-10 rivals Washington and
UCLA for three games on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
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Title game provides
intriguing matchups
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Two seniors vs. a freshman. A fast
paced offense against a zone. Perhaps
no two programs in college basketball
are as diverse as Kansas and Syra
cuse. Still, when the two teams
square off tonight at the Louisiana
Superdome, they’ll be battling for the
same thing: a national championship.
Point guard: Aaron Miles vs. Ger
ry McNamara. With 18 points Satur
day against Marquette, Miles fell just
two points short of a career high.
He’s also cut down on his turnovers
and has developed confidence in a
once-shaky outside shot. A feisty
freshman, McNamara is the team’s
leading three-point shooter (34.6
percent). He’s also a player you don’t
want to foul, hitting 90.9 percent of
his free throws.
Advantage: Syracuse.
Shooting guard: Kirk Hinrich vs.
Kueth Duany. Even after averaging
23 points in his last two games, don’t
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best for last. KlTs top defender, Hin
rich may end up guarding Carmelo
Anthony before all is said and done.
Duany is Syracuse’s only senior
starter. His 6-foot-6-inch frame
makes it difficult for perimeter
shooters to get open on the wing.
Advantage: Kansas.
Swingman: Keith Langford vs.
Carmelo Anthony. Langford is known
for playing well in NCAA Tournament
games, but he’s never faced a chal
lenge this stiff. The 6-foot-8-inch An
thony is 4 inches taller than Langford.
Anthony lit up a similar-sized player
(Texas’ Royal Ivey) for 33 points Sat
urday. It might be wise for KU use a
bigger body like 6-foot-9-inch Nick
Collison or 6-foot-6-inch Bryant Nash
to defend Anthony.
Advantage: Syracuse.
Power forward: Nick Collison vs.
Hakim Warrick. A first-team All
American, Collison is probably the
best post player in the country. ‘Nuff
said. Warrick is Syracuse’s second
leading scorer (15.1) and rebounder
(8.7). He benefits from Anthony’s
talent because he often finds himself
open when Anthony attracts the
help defense.
Advantage: Kansas.
Center: Jeff Graves vs. Craig
Forth. Now, more than ever, the Jay
hawks need one of Graves’ sporadic
flashes of brilliance. He’s a strong,
physical defender — but not always
a “smart” defender. He’s also an un
derrated passer. Forth is a servicea
ble center who averages only 17
minutes a game. He usually gives
way early to Jeremy McNeil.
Advantage: Kansas.
Coach: Roy Williams vs. Jim Boe
heim. Williams has already turned in
the greatest coaching job of his 15
year career. But it will be even
greater if he concocts a way to stop
Anthony. Boeheim’s Orangemen
have won their five NCAA Tourna
ment games by an average of 10.1
points. So he hasn’t needed much fi
nal-minute strategy. Either way, one
of these legendary coaches will win
his first national title.
Advantage: Kansas.
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