Oregon falls, rises at Thunderbird Invite
The Ducks shoot a tourney
best score Saturday but fail
to overcome Friday’s
tourney-worst second round
Golf
Scott Archer
Freelance Sports Reporter
If only the Oregon men’s golf team
could choose which rounds it wants to
score and which it wants to forget, the
Ducks could be world-beaters.
However, at the ASU Thunderbird
Invitational, it does not work that way,
nor does it in any other events.
After a tournament-high round on
Friday, the Ducks shot a tournament
low on Saturday in the third and final
round of the invitational. Oregon fin
ished the round with a 14-under 274,
tying its season low with a tournament
total 859 at the par-72, 7,037-yard
Karsten Golf Course.
Oregon senior John Ellis teamed
with freshman Greg LaVoie to shoot a
combined 212 after three rounds, good
for a 32nd-place tie. LaVoie had the
best tournament outing in his young
career, along with his career-best sin
gle-round score after he shot a 68 in his
final round.
Senior Chris Carnahan weathered
a tough second-round outing, improv
ing by 11 strokes in the final round and
earning his season-best single-round
score with a 67. Also contributing for
the Ducks was redshirt freshman Kyle
Johnson, who finished the tourna
ment with a 216, and he tied at 53rd
overall. Junior Mike Sica carded his
season best with a 67 in the third
round, placing him in a tie for 71st. Ju
nior Jimmy White continued the
streak of hot play in the third round,
recording his season-best single round
score of 71, landing him in a tie for
92nd overall.
“We really played well today,”
coach Steve Nosier said. “We fin
ished off well, which will help our
confidence. The kids have to be
happy with themselves.”
Oregon, struggling with inconsis
tency throughout much of the spring
portion of its 2002-03 season, shot the
worst second-round score of any team
in the 19-team field, nullifying Satur
day’s final round scores and making a
top-10 finish highly unlikely. Friday’s
second-round performance earned
the Ducks a 19th-place finish going
into the final round before the Ducks
were able to climb four spots.
Arizona State, which hosted the
two-day tournament, set a touma
ment record, shooting 40-under par.
The Sun Devils earned the tourna
ment crown with a team score of 824.
USG finished eight strokes behind to
claim second, followed by Pepperdine,
Texas Christian and Oklahoma.
David Shultz of TCU earned the in
dividual award after shooting a 15-un
der par 201, placing him three strokes
ahead of second place finisher, USC’s
David Oh.
The Ducks have one week off before
heading to Stanford to partake in the
U.S. Intercollegiate April 19 and 20.
Scott Archer is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Football
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said. “I was a litde disappointed in the
intensity and the enthusiasm.”
Kellen Clemens, battling Jason Fife
for the starting quarterback spot, con
nected on eight passes in 13 attempts
for 102 yards. He led the Duck offense
to its first scoring drive of the game in
the third series of the afternoon, con
necting on a 44-yard pass with Taylor
for the score.
That came after he connected
with Taylor on a 9-yard catch along
the sideline.
“I threw the ball OK,” Clemens
said. “It wasn’t outstanding by any
means, but I’m not going to lose much
sleep over it. I’m satisfied, but we need
to get better.”
Clemens received a rough shot
from linebacker Ramone Reed to
ward the end of the scrimmage after
the signal-caller was late getting rid of
the ball. He got up slowly, but was OK.
Fife, on the other hand, was 5-of-l 1
for 57 yards. He directed a 14-play
drive late that ended up with Jared
Siegel’s 32-yard field goal. On the
drive, Fife was 4-of-7 passing, con
necting for 43 yards. He may have led
the offense to a touchdown on the se
ries, but on second and goal from the
5-yard line, Taylor fumbled the re
verse, pinning the Ducks into a third
and-15 situation.
Defensively, Oregon was able to get
to the quarterback five times, led by
Quinn Dorsey’s two sacks. Darius
Sanders, Junior Siavii and Victor Fil
ipe were each also able to wrap up the
quarterback.
For Dorsey, the scrimmage was an
affirmation that he is getting back to
an optimum playing level after sitting
out last season.
“I felt all right,” he said. “I myself
was a litde tired. I don’t know. It was
just a weird day, because the whole
defense was down. I knew I was tired,
but I did my best to get up and do what
I could.”
Safety J.D. Nelson led the defense
with seven tackles, while Keith Lewis,
praised by Bellotti after the scrim
mage, had four.
But just like their offensive coun
terparts, the defense also could have
done much more.
“We had some bright spots,” Dorsey
said. “We did some good things, but we
made some big mistakes. ”
Bellotti also praised the play of run
ning back Chris Vincent. The fresh
man ran eight times for 41 yards, and
scored a touchdown on a one-yarder
to end the practice. He sits fourth on
the positional depth chart after red
shirting last season but is looking to
move up that list.
“I feel comfortable learning the of
fense,” he said. “I’m catching on well.”
Keith Allen started off the second
series of the scrimmage in impressive
fashion, gaining 31 yards on a reverse.
Fife then connected with Tim Day for
14 yards, setting up a first and 10 at
the defensive 25-yard line.
Under pressure, Fife then threw
an incomplete pass, and on the next
play, Terrence Whitehead was
stopped for a 1-yard run by line
backer Jerry Matson. Dorsey then
grabbed Fife for a sack, a 4-yard loss.
That set up a 45-yard field goal at
tempt for Siegel, a kick he promptly
missed wide left.
Oregon practices again Tuesday
and Thursday this week before anoth
er scrimmage Friday.
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less than a month.
“That’s what it’s all about, that
team competition,” Stiegeler
said. “We did our job today.”
But besides winning Pac-lOs,
the Ducks are also trying to qualify
for the NCAA Championships.
Oregon athletes scored six new
NCAA-regional qualifying marks
Saturday, including Kent in the
long jump, Foluso Akinradewo in
the triple jump, Mitchum, Santia
go Lorenzo and Brandon Holliday
in the 400 hurdles and Eric Logs
don in the 1,500.
Oregon’s next home meet will be
the Oregon Invitational on April
26. A handful of Ducks will head to
California this weekend for the Mt.
San Antonio College relays.
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Becky Holliday can't quite clear the bar in her final attempt.
Women's
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McEwen and Becky Holliday were left to
pace one another. The duo eased their way
over 13-5 1/4 and then 13-11 1/4. McEwen
then missed all attempts at 14-31/4.
Holliday cleared her second attempt of 14-3
1/4 but missed all three chances at 14-6 1/4,
which would have allowed her to break her
own school record.
“I wasn’t technically sound and I have to
make every jump as perfect as I can,” Holliday
said of her final attempts. “I’m excited to be
over 14.1 want to be consistent over that.”
Also in the jumps, senior Amanda Brown
hit 19-4 1/4 to win the long jump, with An
drus following in second at 18-2 1/2. Senior
Jenny Brogdon tied Colorado’s Anna Magle
at 5-7 in the high jump but had fewer misses
to take the victory.
In the triple jump, Minnesota’s Shani Marks
soared to a mark of 44-101/4, the top jump in
the college ranks this year. Marks also passed
the Gopher school record by more than a foot.
On the oval, the 400 and 800 were Oregon’s
final victories of the afternoon. Senior Janette
Davis hit a personal best of 54.11 in her first
competition in the 400 this outdoor season.
Macdonald out-sprinted Washington rival
Courtney Inman in the final stretch of the 800
to win at 2:07.40. The time for Macdonald was
a five-second improvement of her season best
and the fifth fastest time in the NCAA this out
door season.
“I’ve been really bad this season until
now,” Macdonald said. “My strategy was to
stay with Courtney and my job was to not let
her get too far ahead.”
In front of4,579 fans, the women earned 13
regional marks and 16 Pacific-10 Conference
qualifying marks in just the second meet held
at Hayward Field this season.
In the final team results, Washington fin
ished in third with 149 points and Colorado
took fourth at 100.
After a successful weekend at home, Ore
gon will now set it sights on the Mt. San Anto
nio College Relays, which begin Wednesday in
Walnut, Calif.
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