Panova wins Pac-10 title
The tennis teams struggle in California, but
Daria Panova wins her second Pac-10 title
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Freelance Sports Reporter
Duck sophomore Daria Panova won the women’s sin
gles tennis Pacific-10 Conference Championship this
weekend in Ojai, Calif.
Panova, ranked 20th in the nation, completed the
Pae-10 Tournaments sweep with this weekend’s
victory and the Indoor Championship in January
as well.
“She played a great match,” head coach Nils Schyllan
der said. “Just a high level throughout the match.”
The Pac-10 is often considered the most competitive
conference in the nation with six teams in the top 25.
Panova’s road to the championship was no easy task as
she defeated the No. 6 and No. 7-ranked players in the na
tion in back-to-back matches as well as two other players
in the top 100.
Panova dropped both No. 6 Emilie Scribot of Arizona and
No. 7 Raquel Kops-Jones of California in straight sets.
“This is really exciting for her,” Schyllander said.
The rest of the No. 41 Ducks couldn’t quite get into the
rhythm that Panova did as they struggled in their second
round match-ups.
In the top flight, Duck sophomore Ester Bak fell to
eventual finalist Kops-Jones, 6-2, 6-3, and freshman
Jamie Marshall lost to No. 5 Adria Engel of Arizona
State, also in straight sets despite sending the second
set to a tiebreaker.
In doubles, only Bak and Anna Leksinska were able
to get out of the first round of the invitational draw by
defeating Washington State’s Zsofi Fodor and Zorana
Roganovic, 8-4.
Bak/Leksinska exited in the second round after suffering
an 8-2 loss to Dianne Hollands and Kelly Perry of Arizona.
The No. 66 men also struggled this weekend.
After failing to get a singles player past the second
round in either draw, the Ducks moved on to doubles with
the same result.
Thomas Bieri and Manuel Rost were the only Duck
duo to win a match as they defeated Cal’s Conor Niland
and Balazs Veress. Bieri/Kost fell to Whi Kim/Paul
Warkentin of Arizona, 8-6, in the quarterfinals.
Duck doubles No. 1 Sven Swinnen/Oded Teig fell to
r
Adam Amato Emerald
Daria Panova completed an unprecented double by
winning Pac-10 individual titles indoors and outdoors, the
latter coming Sunday in Ojai, Calif.
Cal’s Patrick Briaud/John Paul Fruttero, 8-1.
In the invitational draw, the Duck senior-fresh
man combination of Jason Menke and Arron
Spencer received a bye in the first round, but
dropped their quarterfinal match 8-4 to UCLA’s
Chris Lam and Chris Suparol.
Saturday, the Dueks were able to advance three sin
gles players to the second round of the back draw
bracket. Swinnen and junior Chris King won matches
in straight sets, and Spencer took one in three.
Aside from Panova and possibly Kost, who have a
chance to participate individually in the NCAA
Tournament, both the men’s and women’s seasons
have most likely come to an end.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer for the Emerald.
Golfers struggle,
finish Pac-lOs last
Sophomore Johnna Nealy
continues her impressive
play through the final round
Golf
Scott Archer
Freelance Sports Reporter
Playing in the same town where
it opened the season on such a
positive note, things took a strik
ingly different turn for the Oregon
women’s golf team at the Pacific
10 Conference Championships.
The Ducks opened their season
with a fourth-place finish at the
OSU/Shanico Invitational. Seven
months and many tournaments lat
er, Oregon again found itself in Cor
vallis for the Pac-10 Championships,
but under different circumstances.
With possible postseason implica
tions on the line, Oregon struggled in
what could potentially be its last
tournament of the year.
Oregon finished the tourna
ment 10th overall, compiling a
three-day total of943, after shoot
ing its best round Friday with a
312 and then slipping in Satur
day’s final round at 315.
Oregon was led by sophomore
Johnna Nealy, who finished the
tournament tied for 12th overall,
shooting a 226. No other Duck pro
vided support for Nealy as the sec
ond-best Duck finish of the tourna
ment was freshman Therese
Wenlow’s 36th-place finish after
shooting a three-day total of 236.
Finishing closely behind was fresh
man Erin Andrews and her 22-over
238. Freshman Michelle Timpani
finished 54th overall, followed by
sophomore Jess Carlyon at 55th.
No. 8 California earned its first
ever Pac-10 title after posting a 28
over 892. Vikki Laing, who earned
the individual Pac-10 title after
shooting an even-par 216, led Cal
ifornia. No. 6 Arizona, which had
won five of the last six champi
onships and was the defending
champion, finished five strokes
behind California for second
place. Following second-place Ari
zona was No. 13 UCLA, No. 5 USC
and Arizona State.
The next tournament Oregon
might appear in is the NCAA West
Regionals, assuming the team earns
a berth after finishing the season
with several poor performances.
Duck men begin
Pac-10 play
The Oregon men’s golf team
travels down to Glendale, Calif.,
today to begin play in the Pac-10
Championships at the par-72,
6,736-yard Oakmont Country
Club course.
The Ducks will send their No. 1
player, senior John Ellis, who has six
top 10 finishes for the season. Senior
Chris Carnahan, who is the No. 2
golfer, is competing in his fourth Pac
10 Tournament, while junior Mike
Sica is currently Oregon’s No. 3
golfer. Freshman Gregg LaVoie and
redshirt freshman Kyle Johnson
both are making their Pac-10 de
buts, along with junior Jimmy
White. The Ducks finished fifth over
all in last year’s Pao-10 Tournament.
Oregon begins play at 8:18 a.m.
and is paired with Washington.
Scott Archer is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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