Oregon women take sixth at Willamette Invite
Magdalena Sandoval paces
Oregon as the team finishes
sixth at the Willamette
Invitational in Salem
Scott Archer
Freelance Reporter
It wasn't quite dejd-vu, but it does
n't get much closer.
Oregon cross country traveled
north to Salem on Saturday, compet
ing in the 19-team Willamette Invita
tional at Bush Park.
For the second time in as many
weeks, the Ducks were led by Mag
dalena Sandoval. And for the second
DUCK
CROSSCOUNTRY
time in two weeks, Sandoval finished
second overall.
Oregon finished sixth in the race
— one of the few differences between
Saturday's race
and the Sun
dodger Invita
tional held two
weeks ago,
where Oregon
finished fourth.
1 lowever, similarities existed.
Senior Eri Macdonald again fin
ished second on the Ducks' team.
Macdonald finished with a time
of 17 minutes, 39 seconds, for
14th overall.
Sandoval was the first collegiate
finisher at the Willamette Invita
tional, finishing in 16:50. The sen
ior was outpaced by Margaret Butler
of Kajaks Track Club —a repeat of
the Sundodger Invitational. Butler
beat out Sandoval the previous
weekend as well.
"Magdalena is continuing to im
prove every race she gets under her
belt" head coach Mamie Mason said
in a press release. "Each race she gets
progressively stronger."
But what was different?
For starters, Sandoval was the only
scoring Oregon runner to finish in
the top 10. The next-best finisher af
ter Sandoval and Macdonald was
sophomore Haripurkh Khalsa, who
finished 60th overall.
The Ducks had two runners in the
top 10. Laura Harmon finished sixth
overall, but the senior ran unat
tached, nullifying her score.
"Eri didn't have as strong a race,
while Haripurkh had the race of her
collegiate experience being third on
our team," Mason said. "Overall, it
was a good team effort."
Marquette claimed the title on Sat
urday, finishing two points ahead of
Nevada. Portland came in third, fol
lowed by UC Davis and Santa Clara.
Oregon finished nine points behind
Santa Clara.
Sandoval and Macdonald have a
chance to catch their breath before
they head to the Pre-NCAA Invita
tional in Cedar Falls, Iowa, home of
Northern Iowa. The Pre-NCAA meet
will be held on Oct. 18. Northern
Iowa also plays host to the 2003
NCAA Championships, slated for
Nov. 24.
"We'll throw in a pre-nationals
race for Eri and Mag so they can get
experience against top-notch individ
uals," Mason said.
Oregon will return to action as a
whole on Nov. 1 at the Pacific-10
Conference Championship in Pull
man, Wash.
Scott Archer is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
TENNIS
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the Jack Taylor Classic in Boise, Idaho,
on Friday.
On the men's side, Bieri won his first
and second round matchups before
falling in the third round on Saturday
at the Icy 1 Iot/ITA All American pre
qualifiers tournament in Chattanooga,
Tenn. The Switzerland native easily de
feated his first-round opponent,
Arkansas'Talley Parker, 6-3 and 6-1. In
the second round, Bieri had no trouble
in taking down his opponent Illinois
State's Guillermo Gomez, 6-2 and 6-1.
Bieri sustained a shoulder injury
during his third round matchup;
however, which subsequently affected
his play and ended his run in the tour
nament. Lousiana-Lafayette's fresh
man Evgehni Corduneau beat Bieri in
straight sets, 6-4 and 6-0.
"It was a pretty close First set,"
Oregon assistant coach Ross Duncan
said. "Unfortunately (the injury)
seemed to affect his performance in
the second set. Overall (Corduneau)
was a good player."
Bieri will pair up with junior
Manuel Kost on the doubles side in
the main draw on Thursday in Chat
tanooga. Kost enters his third season
for the Ducks and is ranked No. 31 in
the nation — the highest ranking of
his college career. The men's team will
participate at the Bulldog Classic in
Fresno, Calif., starting on Oct. 10.
Alex Tam is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
ARENA
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that houses underground parking, 23
levels of office space and a 10-screen
movie theater.
Williams said a precise cost has
not yet been set for the University's
arena, but he did say it should cost
between $90 and $130 million to
finish the project. A small group of
donors — led by Phil and Penny
Knight and Pat Kilkenny — have
provided the funding.
"What people need to remember
is that this is a process," Williams
said. "You don't start this with all
the answers."
Frohnmayer outlined four advan
tages to using Howe Field as the site,
including the field's proximity to
campus; the ability to integrate the
new arena with McArthur Court; the
fact it is owned by the University and
the possibility to resolve parking
complications in the area.
"Actually, for the first time it will
help us address some of the parking
issues that affect the larger publics of <
the University for all kinds of pur
poses," Frohnmayer said.
While not saying how the Univer
sity will address those concerns,
Williams said he hopes the facility
will combine with a parking struc
ture of some kind, and a parking
garage is a prime possibility.
In 1998, the University did a sur
vey regarding the possibility of put
ting a garage on campus. It found six
possible sites, including one located
at East 18th Avenue and Onyx Street
next to Howe Field. According to
those findings, the site could accom
modate a two-level garage and add
approximately 670 parking spaces.
Howe Field has been home to
Oregon softball since 1987. It was
built in 1936 as a baseball facility
but was converted to a softball field
more than 50 years later.
The softball facility will have to be
moved from its current location, al
though a new site has yet to be an
nounced. Moos said he hopes to
start working on finding that site im
mediately, adding that the softball
team will have to find a place to play
during the arena's construction.
"The relocation of the softball fa
cility has been addressed already,"
Moos said. "We would like to start
on that project as soon as possible
after the upcoming softball season
so it will be ready for the following
spring. We will probably utilize an
other facility at a high school or
somewhere for the non-traditional
season in fall."
In April 2003, the University se
lected seven sites as potential homes
for the new arena. Those included
Williams' Bakery, land near the pro
posed new federal courthouse and
two sites in Glenwood near the
Willamette River, among others.
Built in 1926, McArthur Court
hosted its first game on Jan. 14,1927.
The court is still expected to host Ore
gon volleyball and wrestling once the
Dan Williams,
University vice
president for
administration,
looks at a potential
plan for the new
basketball arena
on Saturday.
Construction
on the arena is
planned to begin
no later than July
2004 at Howe Field.
Lauren Wimer Emerald
new arena is finished, and plans also
call for student use
"I only hope we embrace Mac
Court," Kent said. "There is a part of
me that is saddened because of what
this (place) means to the communi
ty and the University. We have been
able to use this building in a very
positive way.
"We have an opportunity now to
build a new arena, and I can tell you
that already just the thought of the
opportunity to go on the road and
talk about this to incoming recruits
— to sell them on the possibilities of
what's coming down the road — has
already greatly enhanced not only
our basketball program but our re
cruiting as well."
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Sophomore Carlie
Ashcraft (center)
celebrates with
teammates after
her go-ahead goal
in Oregon’s 3-2
victory over Weber
State on Sunday.
Mark McCambridge
Senior Photographer
SOCCER
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shots and three shots on goal in the first 45
minutes, Oregon continued to snuggle to
find the back of the net.
Weber State (2-7-2) was able to capital
ize in the 38th minute of the first half
when midfielder Anna Neisen snuck one
past Lainez amid a crowd of people
around the goal.
In the second half, Oregon came alive.
Redshirt sophomore Nicole Garbin sac
rificed her body to jump-start the Ore
gon offense.
While going for the ball, Garbin was
involved in a collision, causing a person
al foul call on Weber State that gave Ore
gon a penalty kick in the 63rd minute of
the second half.
Senior Lindsey Werdell took the kick for
Oregon and drilled the ball into the right
comer of the net to give the Ducks a 1-1 tie
and their first goal since Sept. 14.
"We definitely needed to score those
goals today to get the whole mindset of
having confidence in order to compete
next week," Garbin said. "We felt like we
had to go out even harder in this game to
get the results."
Just 85 seconds later, Mintz delivered a
15-yard pass to an open Carlie Ashcraft,
who faked out her defender and gave Ore
gon a 2-1 lead from nine yards out.
After Valadez scored Oregon's final goal,
Weber State made one final charge in the
83rd minute.
Mintz tried to clear the ball by passing it
to freshman goalkeeper Emily Marrer.
When Marrer kicked the ball, she drilled
Wildcat defender Ashley Wood in the
chest, causing the ball to bounce toward
the goal. This allowed Wood to bring We
ber State within one.
With six minutes left, the Wildcats
couldn't tie the game.
The Ducks outdid the Wildcats in two of
fensive categories. The Ducks recorded 21
shots in the game, compared to Weber State's
four and recorded four more comer kicks.
Oregon also received 12 fouls to Weber
State's 11.
Among the positives, Oregon can take
solace in finally using opportunities it cre
ated after going five straight games with
out a goal.
"It was good to create chances and then
finish them," Steffen said. "We got a little
more spark, a little bit more life up front,
and part of that was our fitness."
Oregon also played host to Portland
over the weekend. The Pilots defeated the
Ducks 1-0 on Friday night.
Oregon played more than 78 minutes
of solid defense, keeping the contest
scoreless before Portland midfielder
Lindsey Huie delivered a blow from 19
yards center.
"She's a great player," Mintz said after
Friday's game. "It was just basically all of
us trying to get a handle on her and dou
ble team her. It was a matter of us playing
team defense because one-on-one there's
no chance against her."
Oregon begins conference play against
rival Oregon State in Corvallis on Saturday
at 3 p.m.
Contact the sports reporter
atjessethomas@dailyemerald.com.