'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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