Sports Editor:
Hank Hager
hank hager@dailyemerald.com
-Oregon Daily Emerald
SPt ?;
Best bet
NFL:
Pittsburgh at San Francisco
6 p.m., ABC
Monday, November 17, 2003
Oregon defense
stymies Bruins
The Ducks' defense allowed two field goals and a
touchdown in Oregon’s 31-13 win in Pasadena
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Oregon won the coin toss before the game and deferred to
the Bruins, who chose to receive the ball to start the game.
It was a statement of the Ducks' faith in their defense —
and it was right on target Saturday.
Oregon held UCLA to two field goals in the first half and a
touchdown with 12 seconds left in the game en route to a 31
13 Duck victory in the Rose Bowl.
"I'm very pleased with our defense today," Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti told KUGN 590 AM after the game. "They
played extremely well. Those guys are warriors in there."
The Ducks guaranteed their lOth-consecutive winning sea
son — matching a school record — by improving to 7-4 over
all and 4-3 in the Pacific-10 Conference.
The first drive of Saturday's game at the Rose Bowl was
indicative of the defensive play to come
for Oregon.
UCLA (6-5 overall, 4-3 Pac-10) start
FOOTBALL ec* a 10'Yard holding penalty and a
- 1-yard loss on a rush by Bruins quarter
* back Drew Olson, setting up a 2nd-and
21 situation. Under pressure, Olson threw a pass that Duck
linebacker Jerry Matson snagged at the 22-yard line and ran in
for his first touchdown.
That all happened in the opening 72 seconds of the game.
Oregon continued to make its presence felt by scoring
on three of its first four drives with Kellen Clemens start
ing at quarterback.
With 6:20 remaining in the first quarter, Clemens found
Sarnie Parker for a 40-yard touchdown pass, extending
Oregon's early lead to 14-0.
The Bruins answered with their first points on a 36-yard
field goal by Justin Medlock. On the following kickoff,
Oregon junior Kenny Washington returned the ball 97 yards
for a touchdown. It was the fourth-longest kickoff return in
* Oregon history.
"I was running, and it just opened wide up," Washington
told KUGN. "The first thing I was thinking was: 'Don't let the
. kicker get you,' because that's what happened last week. After
1 got by him, I was like, This might go.' That was kind of sur
real. It hasn't sunk in yet."
The Ducks held their 21-3 lead into the second quarter,
then increased it to 24-3 on a Jared Siegel field goal.
The 51-yard field goal was Siegel's longest of the season,
and tied him for Oregon's individual career record for most
Turn to FOOTBALL, page 9
Courtesy The Daily Bruin
Kenny Washington (20) returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown
Saturday in the first quarter of Oregon’s 31-13 victory against UCLA. The
Ducks improved to 7-4 this season with the win.
Ducks dominate No. 9 LSU
Oregon upsets the No. 9 Lady
Tigers to win the Women’s
Sports Foundation Classic; the
Ducks are now 2-0 this season
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
It might be early in the season, but the
Oregon women's basketball team made a
statement this weekend.
The Ducks defeated Valparaiso on Sat
urday and No. 9 LSU on Sunday to win
the Women's Sports Foundation Classic
at McArthur Court.
Sunday's 76-67 win over the Tigers was
sparked by aggres
sive defensive play.
After taking a 5-4
lead at the 18
minute, 48 second
mark of the first
half, the Ducks never trailed against a
team that advanced to the Elite Eight in
last year's NCAA tournament.
"It's not so much what we did today, it's
how we did it," Oregon head coach Bev
Smith said. "We played defense the way I
think we're capable of playing defense. I
think (the win) gives us a great founda
tion to build on for the rest of the year."
Senior Cathrine Kraayeveld was a key
factor toward Oregon's defensive pressure.
She finished with nine rebounds and
three blocks and was one of the main rea
sons LSU shot 41.4 percent for the game,
including 29.7 percent in the first half.
Oregon built a second-half lead that at
one point reached 21 points after several
consecutive three-pointers from Kraayeveld.
The 6-foot-4 forward finished with 26
points — including 5 of 11 from three-point
range — putting her on her way to being
named the tournament's MVP.
"I thought (Oregon) took us out of
the things we wanted to do," LSU head
Turn to UPSET, page 9
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Cathrine Kraayeveld was named tournament MVP, leading the Ducks with 51 points.
Corrie Mizusawa and Andrea Bills were both named to the all-tournament team as
well. The Ducks upset No. 9 L.SU on Sunday to go 2-0 to start the season.
Ducks get momentum from upset
It's been three years since Oregon
started the season 2-0.
That season the Ducks made the
NCAA Tournament in March 2001.
"I don't think we've been 2-0 like
this before," senior forward Cadirine
Kraayeveld said Sunday.
What Kraayeveld means is that
record of 2-0 came with wins against
2003 NCAA Tournament teams. That
includes a 76-67 domination of No.
9 LSU on Sunday after a 60-47 victory
against Valparaiso.
With a strong starting five and in
juries doing anything but slowing
Mindi Rice
The girl and the game
down these Ducks, Oregon's claim of
the Women's Sports Foundation Clas
sic's championship may give the
team the momentum it needs for a
successful 2003-04 campaign.
Whatever the task was, the Ducks
took the challenge — defending a 5
foot-4 point guard Saturday against
Valparaiso, playing a physical South
eastern Conference team that pushed
a defensive press at the end or playing
the last eight minutes of Sunday's vic
tory with no shot clock directly on top
of the basket.
They even bought into the experi
mental three-point line and trape
zoidal key that may go into effect for
the 2004-05 season. They combined
Turn to RICE, page 9
Sandoval takes ninth at Western Regional
The Oregon men claim fifth
at Regionals while the women
finish ninth; both now await
word on NCAA Championships
By Scott Archer
Freelance Reporter
Every week the stakes get a little higher
for senior Magdalena Sandoval.
Every week the senior responds with a
top-10 finish.
Saturday was no different for Sandoval.
She finished ninth in the 2003 NCAA
Western Regional Championships in
Portland. The finish will most likely qual
ify the senior for the NCAA Champi
onships next weekend.
As a team, the Oregon women fin
ished ninth overall and will await word
from the NCAA
M 1 $***> m-sgr today on whether
IL# the team quali
CROSS COUNTRY fied for the ncaa
_ Championships
with enough at
large points accumulated throughout
the season.
Oregon needed a second-place region
al finish to guarantee a team spot in the
championships.
Sandoval's time of 20 minutes, 48 sec
onds makes it likely she will receive an in
dividual invite.
Four individuals automatically qualify
out of the regional if their teams fail to
make it. Sandoval finished behind just
two other individual-only invites; Iryna
Vaschuck of USC finished sixth overall
and Cal's Bridget Duffy finished eighth.
However, three other individuals
ahead of Sandoval — Amy 1 lastings and
Anna Masinelli of Arizona State, and In
gvill Makestad of Washington — should
earn at-large invites with their teams.
Turn to HARRIERS, page 8