Tennis plays in last chance to end streaks
The Oregon men and women
will play in their final regular
season games this weekend
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Freelance Sports Reporter
Both the men’s and women’s
Oregon tennis teams are heading
into their regular-season finales this
weekend with losing streaks and
hopes of joining the field of 64 for the
Sports brief
Golf set for Stanford
The Ducks look to assert them
selves this week as they head to Stan
ford for the U.S. Intercollegiate tour
nament in their final competition of
the season before heading to the Pa
cifie-10 Conference Championships.
The Ducks will play 36 holes Satur
day beginning with an 8 a.in. shotgun
start and conclude the tournament
with 18 holes on Sunday at the 6,786
yard, par-71 Stanford Golf Course.
The 16-team tournament field in
cludes No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 11
UCLA, UC Irvine, California, Long
Beach State, San Diego State, Pacif
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from a student’s perspective, there
are other priorities.
Priority 2: Wraparound student
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around Oakley shades were in the
‘90’sV Yeah, wraparound floor seat
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Priority 3: Build it at Williams Bak
ery. Not because of its proximity to
campus, but because it will make
NCAA Tournament.
“This is a must-win if we’re going
to have any shot at the tournament,”
men’s head coach Chris Russell said.
The Duck men are ranked 65th in
the nation, but a win over No. 13
Washington at home this weekend
could propel them into position to
join the nation’s elite.
Thirty of the 64 spots are clinched
with conference championships and
the Ducks’ 0-6 record in Pacific-10
Conference play will make it difficult
to squeeze into the tournament.
Despite losing six in a row and 10 of
ic, Texas A&M, Washington State,.
Portland, San Diego, Santa Clara,
San Jose State, Fresno State and
host Stanford. Individually, six play
ers in the top 50 will play along with
two currently ranked in GolfWeek
Magazine’s top five.
Oregon finished fourth in last
year’s U.S. Intercollegiate, led by
then-sophomore Mike Sica, who at
the time carded a career-low 67, ty
ing Oregon teammate and then-jun
ior Chris Carnahan in the final
round. Carnahan finished the tour
nament 11th overall.
Oregon begins postseason play
with the Pac-10 Championships
April 28-30 in Glendale, Calif.
—Scott Archer
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the horrible bread-smell problem!
But above all, we need to remember
to keep the naming of the new arena
simple, concise and meaningful, so it
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their last 11, the Ducks will be looking
to close out the season strong against
their biggest rival, Washington.
“I hope the guys are excited,” Rus
sell said. “We’ve played fairly well at
times and had some close matches.”
The last time the Ducks battled the
Huskies was in Seattle on Feb. 28,
and the Ducks fell, 6-1.
The Ducks are 1-10 against ranked
opponents this year, but their objec
tives have been very clear.
“We need to be very disciplined,”
Russell said. “We need to do what we’re
supposed to do from start to finish. ”
Harris
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Conference competition — are a
sight. A1.20 ERA stands at fourth best
in a single season by a Duck freshman.
If Harris finishes the season with an
ERA lower than 1.79, she will have the
lowest single-season eamed-run aver
age for a Duck pitcher in nine years.
“Coming in as a freshman 1 really
didn’t know what to expect,” Harris
said. “I knew that playing in our con
ference was going to be a big step —
especially from high school ball —
and I think our whole team has ad
justed real well.”
Harris — it seems — has adjusted.
Her record sits at 10-9 after picking
up two wins against Portland State
on Wednesday.
With only the 26 appearances and
20 starts under her belt, Harris is also
three strikeouts shy of breaking into
Oregon’s top-10 career strikeout list.
Her total of 110, with at least 13 games
left for the Ducks this season, is third
all-time for single-season strikeouts by
a freshman.
In addition to her low ERA and high
strikeout total, the 19-year-old has six
complete games and four saves.
Harris, of course, knows games
depend on the entire team, not just
the pitcher.
“We’re really confident in our abil
ity,” she said. “I think we’ve done a
really good job this year and proved
The men play at the Student Ten
nis Center on Saturday at noon.
The No. 38 women close out their
season on the road versus No. 25 San
Diego State on Friday and No. 63 San
Diego on Saturday.
The Ducks have been devastated
by injuries all year, but have man
aged a 10-13 overall record and are
3-7 inPac-lOplay.
“We’re finally getting healthy,”
head coach Nils Schyllander said.
“All six people need to show for us on
the same day.”
The women share in the men’s
woes over the last week, as they have
dropped 10 of their last 11 and need
victories this weekend to keep their
playoff hopes alive.
“This is our tourney,” Schyllander
said. “If we play well this weekend it
should put us over the hump.”
Sophomore Daria Panova, ranked
17th in the nation, has led the squad
with a record of 14-8 and may com
pete in the individual portion of the
NCAA Tournament no matter what
happens in San Diego this weekend.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Amy Harris file
Born: Amy Harris on Dec. 7,1983
in Eugene.
Before Oregon: ted North Eugene High
School to three 4A Championship games
— winning 1-0 in 2000. First-team All
American honoree in 2002.
Oregon: As a freshman, leads Duck
pitchers with 1.20 ERA and 110 strikeouts.
Harris
a lot of people wrong. We’re pretty
confident going against the Beavers
—we beat ‘em pretty bad last time.”
The 10-2 win against Oregon State
in Corvallis matched Harris against
Beaver pitcher Monica Hoffman.
Hoffman, a junior, and Harris
pitched against each other in the 1999
and 2000 Oregon 4A Championship
games. Hoffman’s team — Portland’s
Central Catholic — won the 1999
game 1-0, while Harris and the High
landers took a 1-0 win in 2000.
“It was fun to see later on in our
careers how we matched up,” Harris
said of the March 15 game against
Oregon State.
The two will undoubtedly face
each other again today or Saturday
as Oregon hosts the Beavers.
Harris and the Ducks will have
plenty of crowd support in the games
at Howe Field — or at least a certain
loyal fan base.
“It’s really cool (that my family is
here), because every game I know
they’re going to be there,” Harris said.
“A lot of girls on our team don’t really
get that opportunity to have their fam
ily show up to every game. ”
Harris’ mom, not her dad, is the
athletic influence for Harris and
her sister.
“My mom did track in high
school,” Harris said. “My dad never
did any sports.”
Harris’ mom, Doris, also coached
her in 12-and-under and 14-and
under leagues.
“I’ve had quite a few good pitching
coaches,” Harris said. “My mom
knows a lot about pitching because
she’s been to every one of my pitch
ing practices.
“I still ask her for help
sometimes.”
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