'Commitment, participation'
vital for Club Sports teams
Club Sports teams are
getting back into the swing
of things with tryouts, games
Kirsten McEweri
Freelance Reporter
It's official: EMU Club Sports does
n't mess around.
The program is committed to its
sports, its players and to putting to
gether competitive teams.
With that in mind, tryouts have be
gun for some of the clubs. For others,
tryouts are right around the comer.
"We have a few sports that have a
limit on how many people can be on
the roster,"
Club Sports co- „ _ I
ordinator CXIII rl
Sandy Vaughn
said. "For the
majority of our
sports, showing
up and participating means you made
the team."
Men's soccer and ice hockey are
two sports that have limited spots on
their roster. Both clubs have been
holding tryouts this week and will be
gin training soon after the final cuts
are made.
Baseball will be holding tryouts be
ginning Oct. 11 and expects anywhere
from 60 to 80 competitors to attend.
The team, which will consist of 30
players, plays 24 games during the
spring season and competes in the
Northwest Collegiate Baseball League.
Practice begins the third week of
October and continues throughout
the fall, winter and spring terms.
They play a number of varsity pro
grams around the state and will host
a weekend of games at Civic Stadi
um, home of the Class A Eugene
Emeralds. The squad also travels to
Canada, Washington and various
sites around Oregon to play in tour
naments. Last year, the team placed
second in their division, just behind
Western Washington.
"I started playing just because I was
purely interested in playing the game
again,' second-year catcher Jon
Loomis said. "But I stuck with it be
cause I enjoyed the guys and the team
atmosphere."
While some clubs are just begin
ning to hold tryouts, others have al
ready started competing and practic
ing. Men's water polo has its first
match this weekend at the Osborne
Aquatic Facility in Corvallis. The team
practices Monday through Thursday
from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Even though
water polo has begun its fall season,
the team looks for new members on
a continual basis.
Crew is another sport that has be
gun its fall training but is still looking
for new members. The team is a
member of the Pacific-10 Conference
and the Western Intercollegiate Row
ing Association and participates in re
gattas during the fall and spring. This
is where the word "commitment"
comes into play. The crew team trains
at Dexter Reservoir five days a week
and meets at 5 a.m. No experience is
necessary but the ability to commit to
early mornings is a must.
"1 have played a lot of sports, and
crew is probably the most fun and
most intense by far," returning rower
Aaron Brent-Fulps said.
If being outdoors and on the wa
ter is appealing but 5 a m. practices
are not, then sailing is another club
currently recruiting new members.
The co-ed team sails at Fern Ridge
Lake three times a week in the after
noon. The team competes against
other colleges in the Pacific North
west. It owns six Flying Juniors, a
Santana 20, a Lido 14 and a Boston
Whaler. Again, the club welcomes
students of all skill levels.
"I starting sailing because I wanted
to do something new," sailing mem
ber Sarah Higginbotham said I knew
that crew was a huge time commit
ment and I still wanted to be on the
water, just not a 5 a.m."
Tonight, Club Sports will be host
ing an open house in the Fir Room of
the EMU from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Students can visit with the coordina
tors from each sport and find out
when each has scheduled tryouts or
informational meetings.
"We really have every sport imagi
nable," Vaughn said. "We have a lot of
non-traditional sports available and
that is why finding a sport you are in
terested in is so easy."
Those unable to attend the open
house can contact Vaughnin the Club
Sports office, located on the ground
floor of the EMU.
Kirsten McEwen is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
SOCCER
continued from page 15
An Oregon graduate in 1997 and a
two-year volunteer coach thereafter,
Galas has returned to become a Duck
again after serving as an assistant
coach for three years at Florida State.
"Part of it for me was getting Pac-10
experience," Galas said. "Ifyou look at
what the athletic department's done
over the course of the last 10 years, it's
just an exciting time to be a part of
Oregon athletics, and it was an oppor
tunity I couldn't pass up."
Galas focused his coaching on the
goalkeepers while at Florida State
and helped lead the team to two
Sweet 16 appearances in three years.
Now at Oregon, Galas will be able to
work with all aspects of the team, in
cluding recruiting and coaching.
Galas became a father Monday af
ternoon at 1:15 p.m. Mis wife, Anna
Galas, gave birth to their first son,
Caleb Ryan Galas, who was 7 pounds,
12 ounces.
Could the schedule
be any easier? Yes.
The Ducks seem to live on the phi
losophy that in order to be the best,
one must beat the best. That's an ex
planation considering Oregon once
again loaded its schedule with the
best opponents around.
In 2002, the Ducks faced 11 NCAA
tournament veterans from the previ
ous season and 13 teams ranked in
the top-25 at the time. And this year
isn't much easier.
This time around, the Ducks play
10 veterans from last year's NCAA
tournament, including defending na
tional champions Portland, whom
they face off with Friday.
Peters still sticking around
Former Oregon standout Sarah Pe
ters was drafted as the 28th pick in
the fourth round of the Women's
United Soccer Association draft last
February by the San Jose CyberRays.
Yet, mainly due to injuries and
troubles with her back, Peters is back
in Eugene still helping out her team
as a manager. Peters was a goalkeeper
for Oregon from 1999-02, where she
recorded 334 saves in 57 games.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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