Oregon head coach
Steve Nosier
compared John Ellis
(pictured) to Ben
Crane when he was a
Duck. Crane recently
won his first
PGA Tour event
Danielle Hickey Emerald
Golf readies for NCAAs
Oregon heads to Oklahoma
for the NCAA Championships
after a four-year hiatus
Golf notes
Scott Archer
Freelance Sports Reporter
Oregon is headed into uncharted
territory next week when the team
heads to the NCAA Championship
May 27-30 at Karsten Golf Course
in Stillwater, Okla.
The Ducks earned the automat
ic berth after staving off Texas-El
Paso by one stroke to finish in the
top 10 and clinch a berth in next
week’s championship.
However, at least one current
Duck was on the roster when Ore
gon made its last NCAA Champi
onships appearance in 1999. Se
nior Chris Carnahan was then
just a redshirt freshman, and Ore
gon was led by Ryan LaVoie,
brother of current freshman
Gregg LaVoie, and current PGA
member Ben Crane.
Oregon’s PGA ties
Although Oregon hasn’t won any
NCAA Championships in the histo
ry of the program, several former
Ducks are currently representing
the program well.
Former Duck Ben Crane, who
was on the last Oregon team that
made it to the NCAA Champi
onships, won the PGA’s BellSouth
Classic earlier this year. Crane
also has won the 2001 Gila River
Classic and the 2000 Wichita
Open. Crane most recently earned
his spot on the 2003 PGA Tour af
ter tying for second at the 2002
Byron Nelson Classic.
Class of 1982 graduate Eric John
son also represents the Ducks on
the tour, along with Thomas Shaw,
who was a 1960 All-American.
And who could forget Portland
native and former Duck Peter Ja
cobsen, who is in his 27th year on
the tour.
Currently, Oregon senior co
captain John Ellis is competing in
the U.S. Qualifying tournament.
Oregon head coach Steve Nosier
has compared Ellis to Crane, how
ever, only to mention that Ellis is
a better player then when Crane
was a senior.
No-nonsense Nosier
He isn’t as well known as Mike
Bellotti, Ernie Kent or even Bev
Smith, but Oregon men’s golf
head coach Steve Nosier has dis
tinguished himself among Ore
gon’s greatest coaches. Nosier is
serving his 11th season at the
Duck helm after he graduated
from Oregon in 1959. He earned
the 1997 Pacific-10 Conference
Coach of the Year award and has
guided the Ducks to seven
straight NCAA Regional tourna
ments and three NCAA Champi
onships appearances.
After graduating from Oregon,
Nosier was commissioned as the
2nd Lieutenant in the Army. Af
ter seven and a half years of ac
tive duty where he earned
the rank of captain, Nosier re
turned to his hometown of Eu
gene and began his involvement
in the Oregon golf community.
Nosier is seeking his first NCAA
Championship as a head coach
next week.
Scott Archer is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Tennis
continued from page 7
the conditions,” Panova said Tues
day in an interview with gator
zone.com. “It wasn’t as hot today as
yesterday. I couldn’t believe how hot
it was yesterday.”
No. 15 Panova made short work of
Gal’s Christina Fusano, winning in
straight sets in a match that lasted a
little less than two hours. No. 25 Fu
sano beat Panova in the quarterfi
nals of the preseason ITA Regionals
in October but didn’t have enough
to take the Ducks’ No. 1 Tuesday.
“She plays really hard for me and
leaves the ball,” Panova said. “I just
tried to make as many balls as I
could and wait for my shot to kill.”
Panova takes on No. 8 Jewel Pe
terson of Southern California today.
Peterson took down North Caroli
na’s Marlene Mejia in straight sets to
advance to the round of 16.
“I feel really good,” Panova said.
“I play the girl from my conference
again, and I know her, so I’m just go
ing to go out and play.”
Peterson bested Panova in the
only other time they’ve been
matched up this year. The March
bout went three sets with Peterson
closing it out 3-6, 6-1,6-1.
Panova will be looking to contin
ue her 11-match tournament win
ning streak in her first time as the
underdog in these NGAAs.
In a match that lasted less than an
hour and a half, the Duck duo of Na
gle and Panova beat No. 7 Kendall
Cline and Aniela Mojzis of North
Carolina in straight sets.
“(Nagle and Panova) are a good
team and they should have been
seeded in this tournament,” Mojzis
said. “We were slightly sluggish, and
they weren’t.”
No. 33 Nagle/Panova take on
Florida’s Alexis Gordon and Julia
Scaringe for an opportunity to ad
vance to the quarterfinals today.
The Gator squad struggled to a
three-set victory over San Diego
State’s Indra Erichsen and Silvier
Tomier in their first round match.
The Ducks are optimistic about
their chances.
“I thought we played really well to
day,” Panova said. “We gpt off to a slow
start, but we rebounded and played
stronger as the match went on.”
The Florida tandem is coming off
an NCAA Team Championship and
has a home court advantage against
the Ducks.
Weather calls for temperatures in
the mid-80s in Gainesville and the
mid-70s in Athens tomorrow. Both
sites for the NCAA Championships
are expecting 70 percent humidity
and a chance for rain.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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