Tennis anticipates 2004
Both Duck teams are optimistic
about their chances for next
year's season, despite a
disappointing finish to this one
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Sports Freelance Reporter
Many of the gpals for the 2003 Ore
gon tennis season were not met. Nei
ther the men nor the women made it
to the NCAA Tournament as a team,
and both suffered through injuries
and two of the toughest schedules in
the nation.
The men’s and women’s tennis
teams have one more thing in com
mon. They both have good reason
to be optimistic about next year.
The women finished the year
with a record of 10 victories and 15
losses and went 2-6 in Pacific-10
Conference play.
“We started out really hot,”
head coach Nils Schyllander said.
“Unfortunately, we had some in
juries and couldn’t finish how we
began the season.”
The most notable of those in
juries was the loss of junior Davina
Mendiburu for the entire season to
an anterior cruciate ligament tear.
Mendiburu has been rehabili
tating her injury and looks to so
lidify a more experienced squad
next season.
The Ducks lose senior captain
Monika Geiczys as the only casual
ty to graduation from a team that
boasted three freshmen and two
sophomores that received signifi
cant playing time.
One of those sophomores is Pac
10 Player of the Year Daria Panova.
Panova set the Duck record for sin
gles victories in a season, won both
the Pac-10 Indoor and Outdoor
Championships and teamed up with
junior Courtney Nagle to earn All
American honors in doubles.
“We’ve proved we’re very good,”
Schyllander said. “The sky is the lim
it for next year’s team.”
On the men’s side, Duck hopes
for next year are running high,
despite the departure of two sen
ior leaders.
Oded Teig, the Oregon career sin
gles victories leader, leaves the
Ducks with 69 wins and a much im
proved program from when he first
stepped foot in Eugene.
“Oded’s individual success shows
how far this program has come,”
head coach Chris Russell said. “He
did what he did at the top against
the toughest four-year schedule this
program has had.”
The Ducks also lose the experience
of Jason Menke. Menke finishes his
Oregon career with 47 singles victo
ries and a degree in sports marketing.
The men finished with a record of
8-12 and were unable to muster a
Pac-10 victory for the second year
in a row.
“There was some disappointment
this year,” Russell said. “But there
was also a lot to be gained.”
The Ducks welcome back Manuel
Kost next year for his third year of
collegiate tennis. Kost finished the
year ranked 51st in the nation and
appeared in the first round of the
NCAA Championship Tournament.
“We have a tremendous nucleus
returning next year,” Russell said.
The Ducks will look to Sven
Swinnen and new senior leader
Chris King to step up, as well as
promising second-year players
Thomas Bieri and Arron Spencer.
Spencer began his Oregon career
with a seven-match winning
streak while Bieri showed marked
improvement from the No. 4 spot
all season.
The Ducks also welcome new re
cruit Vladimir Pino. Pino is ranked in
the top 10 in the 18-and-under divi
sion of his native Sweden.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Golf
continued from page 9
worse out of the first 18. However,
per NCAA rules, the Ducks were
able to drop the highest score of
the day, which was Ellis’ — a 20
over par 292.
As a team, Oregon shot a com
bined 35-over 323, which placed
the team at the very bottom of
the leaderboard along with San
Diego State.
The lone bright spot for the
Ducks was junior Mike Sica, who
most recently gained celebrity for
his hole-in-one during the NCAA
Regionals. Sica shot a 1-over 73
including an eagle on 18, placing
him tied for 13th after the open
ing stanza of golf.
“This is by far the hardest
course that I’ve ever played and,
as a team, we had some problems
out there,” Sica said.
The Ducks also received strong
play from senior Chris Carnahan,
who barely trails Sica after an
opening round 4-over 76, tying
him for 44th overall.
True freshman Gregg LaVoie
shot a 14-over 86, and redshirt
freshman Kyle Johnson rounded
out the Duck scoring with a 16
over 88.
Oregon is playing on its tough
est course of the season, and it
showed Tuesday. Three Oregon
golfers shot four-over par on the
par-three No. 7 hole, digging the
team into a hole it couldn’t escape
from for the rest of the day. Odd
ly enough, it was true freshman
LaVoie who, along with Sica,
parred No. 7 for the Ducks. Hole
No. 7 is a 200-yard par- 3, and, ac
cording to the course Web site, is
only the sixth-most challenging
hole on the course.
“I’m very disappointed, and I
know the guys are very disap
pointed,” Oregon coach Steve
Nosier said. “It is a very difficult
course, but I think we are capable
of a more reasonable score in re
lation to par.”
Leading the 30-team field of the
best in college golf is host Okla
homa State, North Carolina State,
Clemson and Auburn, who are all
tied with an 11-over 299. Individ
ually, Lee Williams of Auburn
holds a one-stroke lead over Chris
Stroud of Lamar University and
Oliver Wilson of Augusta State, at
3-under 69.
The Ducks hit the course again
today for the second-round of the
four-round NCAA Championships.
“We can’t go home and cry in
our pillows,” Nosier said. “I think
we can learn from what happened
today, and we’ll just have to suck
it up and improve over the next
three days.”
Scott Archer is a freelance writer for
the Emerald.
Hockaday
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