Valadez shines against ASU. Arizona: UO takes split
Oregon defeats Arizona,
but loses to Arizona State in
weekend games that could
be vital for an NCAA bid
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
The Oregon women's soccer team
earned its ninth record-breaking win of
the season this weekend, and it was all
done on the shoulders of one Duck.
Freshman forward Andrea
Valadez
scored three
goals over the
weekend, in
cluding both
in Oregon's 3-2 loss to Arizona State
on Friday and the lone goal in the 1
0 win over Arizona on Sunday.
"1 felt good this weekend," Valade;
said. "I knew 1 needed to come ou'
flying today and put my chances awa)
when 1 had them. I think we came oui
strong, and one goal was all we need
ed to win the game."
Valadez led the Ducks in shots or
goal with two and shared the tearr
lead of three shots with sophomore
forward Mele French. Valadez's single
goal against the Wildcats came in the
50th minute of the second half wher
she connected from five yards left of
a six-yard mn from the comer of the
box. The assist came from redshin
sophomore Nicole Garbin.
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Valadez's third score on Sunday
raised her season total to seven, which
places her second-best all-time
among Oregon freshmen. She sits
only two behind Erin Anderson who
set the record in 1996.
"It was a great weekend," Valadez
said, "and the whole team felt excited
and prepared coming in. We knew to
day would be an important win, so it
was nice to be able to help get a win.
My parents also made the trip, so it
was nice to share it with them."
Sophomore goalkeeper Domenique
Lainez also posted an impressive per
formance, despite dealing with a wrist
stress fracture for the third straight
week. Lainez posted her third shutout
of the season and her second Pacific-10
Conference shutout of her career
against the Wildcats.
"Coming into today's game we had
so much energy and ambition to fi
nally win on the road knowing that it
was crucial to win die game going
into next weekend," Lainez said on
Sunday. "We were able to pull it off. It
was definitely a difficult win."
Oregon (9-9 overall, 3-4 Pac-10) led
the game in shots, holding a 12-9 lead
over Arizona and edged the Wildcats
in shots on goal, 7-4. Arizona held the
advantage in comer kicks (5-3), saves
(6-4) and fouls (10-9).
"We went in and we did what we
needed to do," Oregon head coach
Bill Steffen said. "Our depth and our
maturity really carried us against a
good team, and beforehand we
stressed how important it was for each
player to give us everything they had
when they were on the field."
The Ducks didn't have such success
in their game against Arizona State,
where they fell in the final minutes af
ter trading goals with the Sun Devils.
Valadez again led Oregon with her
two scores; yet it wasn't enough in the
loss of Oregon's final road trip.
Oregon struggled early when Ari
zona State's Elizabeth Bogus scored
from 12 yards out just eight minutes
into the game. The Ducks felt that
lapses in the defense hurt them early.
"We had some minor mental break
downs that the other team executed
on," Lainez said. "It was a very physical
game on Friday. All three goals that were
scored on Friday, they were just minor
mental breakdowns on our part."
Valadez's first goal came at 37 min
utes, 49 seconds — unassisted on a re
bound off the goalkeeper — and she
scored again from 20 yards out at
56:18 off an assist from sophomore
defender Carlie Ashcraft.
With the game tied at two, Arizona
State's Manya Makoski scored in the
77th minute to give the Sun Devils
the game-winning goal.
Oregon returns home this week for
their final week of action in the regu
lar season, facing USC on Friday and
UCIA on Sunday. Both schools are
NCAA veterans.
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HARRIERS
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"Magdalena and Eri ran great up front.
It was a tough course, but a great one
with lots of ups and downs and no flat
sections. Our runners went out pretty
conservatively because of the course's
difficulty — certainly not one that
catered to the mentally weak."
Both the men's and women's teams
have a week off before heading to the
NCAA Western Regional in Portland
on Nov. 15.
Scott Archer is a freelance sports
reporter for the Emerald.
BACKUP
continued from page 9A
Three went to James, the fourth went
to Shelton Sampson, who ran an 8
yard sweep to the right side of the field
for a touchdown.
Paus completed his first three pass
es for 44 yards. On his seventh pass at
tempt, he found Charles Frederick for
a 10-yard touchdown, Paus' first
touchdown pass of his Husky career.
In the fourth quarter, Paus found
an open Reggie Williams for a 63-yard
touchdown.
"It was a lot of fun (to get my first
touchdown)," Paus said. "I like get
ting excited. I'm a very upbeat player
— especially when we're doing things
and getting in guys' faces. Just being
able to throw that pass and have it
caught and run into the end zone
makes it easier for me."
Paus didn't seem fazed by playing
for an entire half. He went in at the
beginning of the third quarter and
everything flowed for the Huskies.
On Paus' first three drives, Washing
ton scored two touchdowns and a field
goal. In the fourth quarter, he led the
Huskies to two additional touchdowns.
"It feels good to get in there again,"
Paus said. "I was having a lot of fun
out there."
Paus finished 5 of 8 for 117 yards
and two touchdowns. In the first half,
Pickett went 11 for 21 for 97 yards.
Pickett's injury came on a bootleg at
tempt toward the end of the second
quarter when he took a hard hit. In the
locker room at halftime, Pickett told the
trainers he couldn't remember any
thing about the first half of the game.
After the game, Washington head
coach Keith Gilbertson said Pickett
had a headache, was a little nauseous
and had a loss of memory of the first
half he played in.
"I thought Cody was still going to
play because Cody's a tough, tough
guy, he can probably play through most
anything," defensive lineman Terry
Johnson said. "It was real surprising to
see him go out, but it was very encour
aging to see Casey Paus to go in there
with so much poise. He was leading
those guys in the right direction."
Paus is the No. 2 quarterback for the
Huskies. No. 3 quarterback Isaiah Stan
back has taken more reps as receiver
than quarterback
"Depending on how Cody is doing
and how he recovers, (the backup com
petition) is something we are going to
have to go back and re-evaluate,"
Gilbertson said. "But I thought Casey
played an inspired game tonight. I
thought he was sensational."
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OREGON
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Kenny James, Shelton Sampson
and Casey Paus proved to be more
than adequate replacements for the
Washington offense. James — who
had only been named the starter a few
days before the game, when it was ap
parent Alexis could not play — be
came the first running back to rush for
more than 100 yards in a single game
against the Ducks this season.
James finished with 104 yards on
18 carries, and Sampson scored three
touchdowns. Sampson, almost a side
note name before the game started,
ran for 131 yards on just six carries.
"The key to our running game was
blocking, good blocking," Washing
ton head coach Keith Gilbertson said.
"The guys up front blocked very well.
(James and Sampson) did a nice job
of running the football."
Pickett started the game, but did not
come in at the start of the second half
because of a head injury he suffered in
the first half. Paus came in for Pickett in
the second half and delivered 117 yards
through the air on 5 of 8 passing, in
cluding a 63-yard touchdown strike to
wide receiver Reggie Williams with
11:54 left in the fourth quarter.
"When we came in at halftime, the
trainers said that Cody couldn't re
member anything about the first half
of the game he had played," Gilbert
son said. "So, we said, That's it, we
have to make a change.'*
James and Sampson were the cata
lysts for a Husky offense that broke
four plays of 50 yards or more, all in
the second half. James started that
string with a 56-yard run on the first
Washington drive, which set up Samp
son's second touchdown of the game.
Williams then caught the 63-yarder,
which helped vault him to 130 receiv
ing yards on the day. He finished with
seven catches a year after burning the
Ducks (5-4 overall, 2-3 Pacific-10 Con
ference) for 14 catches and 198 yards.
Oregon quarterback Kellen
Clemens fumbled the ball with 10:56
left in the fourth quarter, allowing
Greg Carothers to return the ball for a
55-yard touchdown return.
"We were just executing better (in
the second half)," Williams said. "In
the first half we didn't have the ball that
much. In the second half we took ad
vantage of every opportunity we got. *
Sampson ended Washington's (5
4, 3-2) offensive day with a 77-yard
touchdown run with 6:38 left in the
fourth quarter.
"They caught us in a couple of
blitzes and took advantage of our de
fense," Oregon safety Marley Tucker
said. "Those exposure plays killed us.
Up until the second half we were con
trolling the game, we were controlling
the ball, and we were up. Then it took
a turn for the worse."
Mistakes and penalties cost Ore
gon. Washington didn't receive a
penalty until the fourth quarter.
Oregon was charged with 10 penal
ties for 75 yards, compared to just two
for 25 yards for the Huskies.
"Penalties are the most infuriating
thing about this game," Bellotti said.
Clemens ended the day with 14 of
24 for 230 yards passing. Jason Fife was
2 of 5 for 16 yards. He did, however,
run the ball six times for 42 yards.
Both, though, were pressured
throughout the game. Washington
recorded seven sacks and picked off
one Clemens pass.
"We didn't execute very well in the
second half," Clemens said. "Wash
ington did a good job of sustaining
momentum."
"I was disappointed that we didn't
throw more catchable passes," Bellotti
said. "I don't know if that was the ele
ments or just the pressure of Washing
ton. A couple of times we had people
open and didn't get them the ball."
Clemens did get the ball to his re
ceivers early, highlighted by an 85-yard
touchdown strike to Demetrius
Williams. Clemens was pressured from
the right and lofted a pass to Demetrius
Williams, who had beat Washington's
Sam Cunningham. He ran unabated to
the end zone for an early Oregon lead.
Sampson ended a 17-play scoring
drive for Washington with a one-yard
plunge at the 12:09 mark of the sec
ond quarter for his first touchdown of
the night. The Huskies had started on
their own 17-yard line, and had just
one play of 20 yards or more.
Oregon linebacker Marcus Miller
most likely tore his ACL during the
game, Bellotti said, and cornerback
Rodney Woods also suffered a stinger.
"Even if you're not the starting guys,
you've got to step up and make plays,"
Oregon linebacker Kevin Mitchell said.
That about sums it up.
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