Sports Editor
Hank Hager
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Wednesday, October 15,2003
Oregon Daily Emerald
SPORTS
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Injured Ducks rest body, mind
during much-needed bye week
Oregon has lost 11 players to
season-ending injuries en route
to a 4-3 record in seven games
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
The biggest hit to Oregon came in the
first quarter of the Ducks opening game at
Mississippi State.
Maloti Ngata injured his left knee in
Oregon's 42-34 win.
Starting with the
first week of fall
FOOTBALL camp, injuries have
- piled on the Ducks,
adding up to 11
players through seven games who are out
for the season. More come and go as their
injuries flare up.
"The number of people who are out
for the season has hurt us more than the
dings and the nicks, because what it's
DUCK
done is probably create some of those
dings and nicks," Oregon head coach
Mike Bellotti said.
In Oregon's 59-14 loss to Arizona State,
the Ducks added two more players who
will sit out at least one week.
Fullback Luke Rowley will not play this
week and may have his season ended pre
maturely due to concussion problems.
Bellotti said wide receiver Kellen Taylor
will not likely play again this season be
cause of a broken left wrist. Taylor must
remain in a cast for six weeks, but it is
possible he could play if Oregon reaches
a bowl game.
Jason Fife sprained his left ankle in the
second half Saturday, but he continued to
play. After taking Monday off from prac
tice, the quarterback was back on the field
Tuesday with a brace on the ankle.
"With the guys we've got out, the
younger guys have to step up and realize
— I mean, (freshman quarterback) John
ny (DuRocher), he's only a couple plays
away before he's thrown into the mix,"
Fife said.
Bellotti has said repeatedly that
DuRocher will redshirt this season unless
circumstances call for him to play. Ihe way
injuries are adding up for Oregon, the two
quarterbacks — Fife and Kellen Clemens
— are at one of the few positions to not
have major upheaval.
"If you have 11 players down, the other
guys are more susceptible to the dings and
nicks because the/re working harder," Bel
lotti said. "We've got to back off a little bit,
but the problem with that is that if you're
not playing well enough to win, you can't
back off."
The Ducks will scrimmage Thursday,
and Bellotti intends to give the team Friday
through Sunday off to help heal.
Turn to FOOTBALL, page 8A
Mark McCambridge Photographer
Kellen Taylor broke his left wrist in Oregon’s loss to the Sun Devils.
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Club Sports Coordinator Sandy Vaughn (center) speaks with Club Sports Executive Committee member Sarah Higginbotham (left) and crew coach
Erin Koenig (right) about advertising issues in the Club Sports office on Tuesday.
Queen of Club Sports
Sandy Vaughn has been with Club Sports for 29
years and has seen the addition of 23 sports
Kirsten McEwen
Sports Freelancer
Watch out, Oregon Athletic Director Bill Moos.
Sandy Vaughn, Oregon's Club Sports coordinator, is catching up.
Unlike Moos, Vaughn does not have million-dollar facilities or
flashy uniforms. Yet she manages to produce, just like Moos,
championship seasons and talented, hardworking athletes.
For 29 years, Vaughn has persistently worked at improving Ore
gon's Club Sports program and has increased participation.
Nearly three decades have passed, and Vaughn has been giving
out die same business card.
"When 1 accepted the job at Oregon there were 12 sports, and it
was primarily male students who participated," Vaughn said. "We
have 35 sports now. It evolved due to women becoming more ac
tive and also non-traditional sports became more popular."
Vaughn grew up in Portland and attended Oregon State. She
spent five years overseas in Korea and Germany and worked for
the United States Army as a civilian running recreation programs.
Ironically, Vaughn's experience overseas is what brought her
to Oregon.
"I found out Uiat Oregon, at the time, had one of the best recre
ation masters programs, so I came here thinking my stay would
not be permanent," she said.
Turn to CLUB SPORTS, page 8A
Young Oregon golfers
finish slow at Invite
to finish in tie for 12th
Mike Sica leads the Ducks by
finishing in 26th place at the
Alister Mackenzie Invitational
By Brian Smith
Sports Freelancer
The Oregon men's golf team returns to
Eugene after a disappointing second day at
the par-71, 6,583-yard Alister Mackenzie
Invitational Tuesday in Fairfax, Calif.
WIEN’S
GOLF
"We could never
quite recover from
our second round,"
Oregon head coach
Steve Nosier said.
"We're still a young team getting our feet
wet and we'll get better as we get more ex
perience, but we're still not playing at the
level we need to."
The inexperienced Ducks did recover
somewhat on Tuesday after finishing 13th
on Monday, shooting a final round 3-over
287 to move into a tie for 12th with Neva
da. The Ducks finished the tournament
with a team score of 868.
Oregon finished 33 shots back from
tournament-host and winner California,
which came back from 14 shots down to
overtake first-day leader Northwestern,
lire Wildcats' lead imploded Tuesday after
Turn to GOLF, page 8A
Oregon soccer comes up big;
despite loss, Cubs will win it all
I know it's only the third week of school, but I feel
the need to ramble.
• Kudos to the soccer team for battling back to
beat Oregon State. Whether it's soccer, football or
competitive lawn mower rac
ing, it feels good to stick it to
the Beavers.
• Chicago fever has taken
over the University. I've seen
more students sporting Cubs
gear in the last two weeks than
I've seen in the past two years.
I'm standing by my Spring
Training prediction (it's been
the same for the last 14 years):
The Cubbies are going to win
the World Series.
• Pedro Martinez tossing 72-year-old Don Zim
mer to the ground Saturday was unprofessional. I
don't care if Zimmer came at Martinez with a knife;
he's 72 and slow. Just get out of the way and go pick
a fight with Karim Garcia or Jorge Posada.
• Good things are in store for the Oregon volleyball
team. Carl Ferreira has the Ducks heading in the right
direction and I sense the sea
son's first Pacific-10 Conference
win is right around the comer.
• Racquetball is a great
workout and a severely un
derrated sport.
• Oregon head coach Mike
Bellotti must have used the
old pregame locker room
cliche — "leave it all out on
the field" — when addressing
i the football team prior to play
ing Michigan. Whatever "it"
was that got the Ducks past the Wolverines was left
somewhere and it's nowhere to be found.
Turn to ROETMAN page 8A
Jon Roetman
Roughing the passer