Ducks ‘execute/ move into fifth in Washington
Oregon shot a second-round 304
to move into fifth on Tuesday
Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon women's golf team put itself into
uncharted territory on Tuesday.
_ The Ducks find them
| ■ selves fifth after climbing
_jL.iT*'’ four spots up the leader
board from Monday and
- are poised for their first
top-five finish ever at the Edean Ihlanfeldt In
vitational, played at the par-72, 5,953-yard Sa
halee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.
A top-five combined finish, with a win at
the Lady Vandal Fall Invitational earlier, would
keep the Ducks flying high in the early stages
of the season.
"We held it together today and then watched
the field fall behind us," Oregon coach Shannon
Rouillard said. "We're executing all the things we
talked about going into this tournament, and I
couldn't be prouder. It was fun to watch today."
The highest flyer of them all, sophomore Erin
Andrews, shot a 1 -over 73 Tuesday. Andrews, a Las
Vegas, Nev., native who won last week's Lady Van
dal Fall Invitational in Moscow, Idaho, was tied for
12th overall with a 5-over 149. She helped the
Ducks shoot a second-round team score of 304,
which was the fourth-best round of the day.
The Ducks are chasing four other teams. Cali
fornia leads the way with the Golden Bears
dropping seventeen shots after posting a tour
nament record 3-under 285 on Monday. They
are currently holding a scant one-shot lead over
Arizona and UCLA, which shot second-round
scores of 293 and 295, respectively.
USC, which is trying to win its fourth-consec
utive Ihlanfeldt title, shot 308 on Tuesday and is
10 strokes back heading into Wednesday.
As for the rest of the Ducks, freshman Kim
berly McCready, playing in only her second col
legiate tournament, shot a second-round 75 and
is tied for 15th overall at 7-over. Sophomore
Therese Wenslow was tied for 28th overall with a
10-over 154, and junior Johnna Nealy was tied
for 46th at 158. Michelle Timpani, playing as an
individual, is also tied for 46th.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
HARRIERS
continued from page 7
The Ducks continue to train hard
and have also added busy academic
schedules to their load.
All-American junior Ryan Andrus
was selected to the First Team All
America Academic squad a year ago,
and looks to continue balancing aca
demics and athletics while maintain
ing his 4.0 grade point average.
Fellow All-American harriers Brett
Holts and Logsdon received similar
academic honors. Both were selected
to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Aca
demic honorable mentions along
with senior Noel Paulson.
The Championship Equation
In order for the entire team to make
the NCAA Championships, several cri
teria must be met. The easiest way
would be for the teams to place second
in their respective regions.
If a team fails to do that, at-large
points can be accumulated from vari
ous races throughout the season. As
suming the team meets the point
mark, it can then be invited to the
NCAA Championship. A provisional
bid is given to teams that fared well
against other ranked teams.
If a team is in jeopardy by failing
to lock up a top-two finish in its re
gion, then it must beat other teams at
its regional championship and in
other head-to-head competitions to
accumulate at-large points.
The Oregon men's team was invit
ed last year with an automatic bid af
ter finishing second in its region be
hind National Champion Stanford.
The women last made the NCAA
Championships after receiving
enough at-large points to be admit
ted in the 2000 season.
Rankings Part II
While Oregon remains eighth in
the men's cross country poll — a
drop from its pre-season number five
ranking — the team is making little
of its ranking, good or bad.
“It's nice to be ranked high," said
Logsdon, “But it doesn't matter that
much. It's not like football where you
need to be ranked high enough.
"Once the gun goes off everyone is
the same."
Oregon is chasing defending Na
tional Champion Stanford and is
picked to finish second by many in
the Pac-10 Conference, with Arizona
State as its next closest competitor.
"Arizona State is, on paper, the
third best team (in the Pac-10)," Logs
don said. "They were ranked 13th in
the most recent poll, and is our near
est competitor from behind."
Oregon will see many of the same
teams it faced off against at the Roy
Griak Invitational in its next meet,
the Pre-NCAAs, and is hoping fer
some redemption.
"We have to make sure we have
enough at-large points, so we don't
have to worry about qualifying for
nationals," Logsdon said. "Hopeful
ly we can get some revenge on teams
(in the Pre-NCAA meet) from (the
last race)."
Scott Archer is a freelance reporter for
the Emerald.
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