Tennis ends season with tough losses
Both teams drop close
matches as Oregon says
farewell to career victories
leader Oded Teig and others
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Sports Freelancer
The final weekend of the Oregon
tennis regular season came to a
close with the same results as many
of the matches this year — solid
play by the Ducks, who just barely
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continued his success in the ham
mer, finishing third among NCAA
athletes at Mt. SAG during his reign
as Pacific-10 Conference Field Ath
lete of the Week.
In earlier action this weekend,
Jason Hartmann notched an NCAA
automatic mark in the 10,000 and
missed his personal best by only six
seconds by finishing second in
28:52.03. The mark was significant
for the redshirt junior because it
was one of only a handful of 10,000
races he’ll run before the NGAAs.
Back on the women’s side, Jenny
Brogdon jumped to a season best
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of our game was real strong.
“My guess is the game yesterday
is going to be very much like what
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tackling a litde bit, especially on wrap
ping up and bringing them down.”
Oregon hits the field on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday this week
before the team’s third scrimmage
fell short of victory.
The No. 65 men lost to No. 13
Washington, 4-3, on Saturday at
home despite big victories in both
doubles and singles play.
The Ducks managed only one
victory in the three doubles
matches on Senior Day, but the
win came from the junior/senior
duo of Sven Swinnen and Oded
Teig against the No. 33-ranked
team in the nation.
In singles, Duck sophomore
Manuel Kost, ranked 63rd in the na
tion, toppled No. 10 Alex Vlaski in
straight sets, making a case for a bid
and finished second at the Mt. SAG
high jump on Saturday. Amanda
Brown, normally a long jumper, hit
a good distance and took second in
the triple jump.
“Amanda continues to show us
that she’s a consistent 40-foot
triple-jumper,” Heinonen said.
In earlier action on the women’s
side, junior transfer Abby Andrus
continued her assault on Oregon’s
record book in only her first year
as a Duck. She finished first in the
Long Beach Invitational 400 hur
dles on Friday, putting her sixth in
Oregon history in the event. Also
in that event, sophomore Kyla
Mellott finished second and
earned her first-ever NCAA mark
these Oregon-Oregon State games
will be — these 2-1 and 5-4 games
— where you see a lot of emotion
and just great competition.”
The Ducks host Nevada in a non
conference doubleheader on Tues
day. Oregon needs to win one of the
of the spring on Friday. The Ducks
will look to further the progress
they’ve made in the past week.
“I think we made quantum leaps
(last) week,” Bellotti said. “The last
three practices, in my mind, we’ve
come to grips with what the effort
was necessary to be good. We’re
to the individual portion of the
NCAA Tournament.
In his last home match as a Duck,
Oregon career victories leader Oded
Teig was unable to tally one more
win despite taking the first set. Teig
fell to No. 26 Matt Hanlin and ends
his Oregon career with 69 singles
victories, five more than second
place holder Lee Kimer.
Senior Jason Menke’s Oregon reg
ular-season career also came to an
end this weekend. Menke finished
with 46 Duck wins.
The No. 38 women dropped two
matches in San Diego v both by a
as she qualified for the NCAA
West Regionals.
Both Oregon squads will return
home this weekend for the first of
two consecutive home meets. This
weekend’s meet is the Oregon
Invitational.
“As a team, we’re eager to get
home,” Heinonen said.
The Oregon Invitational will kick
off on Thursday with the first events
of the decathlon and heptathlon,
which will both conclude on Friday.
The bulk of the athletes will com
pete Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The Ducks will stay in Eugene for
the Oregon Twilight on May 3.
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two games to guarantee a .500
record for the season and a chance
for a bid to postseason play. The first
game begins at 2 p.m.
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practicing to become the Pac-10
champions. In the past couple of
years, I’ve talked about defending
the Pac-10 championship. It’s a dif
ferent mindset. It’s a different idea.”
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score of 4-3.
On Friday, No. 25 San Diego State
jumped out to a 1-0 lead after win
ning two of three doubles matches.
The Ducks bounced back by
dominating the lower spots, taking
straight-set victories with freshman
Jamie Marshall at No. 4, freshman
Julie Merle at No. 5 and sophomore
Ester Bak at No. 6.
The Ducks were unable to get a
single point from their top three sin
gles players.
“It was a really tough loss for us,”
head coach Nils Schyllander said.
“We had our chances out there, but
the double probably cost us. We felt
like we played well enough to win.”
On Saturday, the Ducks lost their
final regular-season match to No. 63
San Diego by a score of 4-3.
Senior captain Monika Geiczys
came away with a straight-set victo
ry in her final match, beating Tara
Livesay, 7-5,6-3.
Both the men and women will
compete in the Pac-10 Champi
onships this week beginning Thurs
day in Ojai, Calif.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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Luke Ridnour (left) will try out for various NBA teams next month while Luke
Jackson (right) will spend the offseason preparing to lead next year's Oregon squad.
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better sense of how he truly stacks
up to the rest of the draftees.
Jackson, meanwhile, technically
has until May 12 to reverse his de
cision not to enter the draft early,
but the forward said he’s made up
his mind.
“I felt like the NBA would be an
option for me, but something that’s
important to me and my parents is
a good education,” Jackson said. “I
decided it’s best for me to stick
around and graduate.”
Jackson said he will likely finish
up his remaining credits and gradu
ate by the end of next basketball
season, allowing him to fully con
centrate on pre-draft preparations
next spring.
Although Ridnour insisted he is
leaving his options open, Jackson
spoke as if Ridnour had already
jumped ship.
“It’s going to be tough to play with
out him,” Jackson said of Ridnour.
“We’re going to miss him on and off
the court. It’s kind of sad to have him
leave, I wish him the best.”
But Ridnour said he still hasn’t
made a final decision.
“The option of coming back is still
not out of it,” Ridnour said.
Ridnour said he doesn’t yet
have a target pick in mind to aid
his choice. But he said he might
come up with a number at some
point; if he’s projected higher
he’ll enter the draft, or, if lower,
he’ll pull out.
Oregon head coach Ernie Kent
said draft projections can often be
misleading, especially with the
amount of foreign players entering
the draft.
“You can kind of throw the
numbers out the window when it
comes to the draft,” Kent said.
“My job is to kind of be their agent
right now.”
Kent said he’s, in a way, excited
about the hype surrounding Rid
nour’s possible departure to the
NBA. He said it’s a sign of an im
proving program, comparing Ore
gon’s situation to the situations
faced by many “elite” teams
every year.
The rest of the Oregon players, as
well, said they’re excited for Ridnour.
“It’s a time to rejoice, to be
happy for these guys,” point
guard James Davis said. “They
represent everything that’s gone
right with our program in the past
few years.”
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