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Kraayeveld tears ACL, is out for the season
The senior forward will likely
have surgery in several weeks
to repair the ACL in her right
knee injured on Tuesday
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
Oregon senior Cathrine Kraayeveld
tore the anterior cruciate ligament in
her right knee during Tuesday's prac
tice at Morse Event Center, located at
Northwest Christian College.
The 6-foot-4 forward is expected to
miss the remainder of the season as a
medical redshirt, head coach Bev
Smith said Wednesday. Kraayeveld
injured her knee while making a cut
during drills. The All-American can
didate was leading the team in
points per game (17.2), rebounds
per game (8.6), blocked shots (16)
and three-pointers made (11).
"We were doing a post drill, and 1
just went to cut and (my knee) locked
on me and it kind of gave way,"
Kraayeveld said. "I don't know how to
explain it. I was going, and all of the
sudden I was on the ground."
Kraayeveld said she considered
trying to play, but didn't want to risk
further injury. She will likely have
surgery in a couple weeks after the
swelling subsides. Rehabilitation for
this type of injury generally takes 4
to-6 months.
She also missed 13 games last season
with a staph infection in the same knee.
Despite being sidelined, Smith said
Kraayeveld will still play a major role
in the team's success in maintaining
her role as a senior leader.
"We're certainly going to miss her,
but she's going to be fine — she's alive,
she's well, she's healthy and she's go
ing to be a part of our team," Smith
said. "She's not going to be able to
contribute like she has on the floor,
but 1 think it opens up a great oppor
tunity to step up and certainly our
younger players to develop.
"She's a great leader. That is why I
think we're a great team; because we
have great leadership from Cathrine."
Kraayeveld said being forced to sit
out 13 games last season is helping
her deal with Tuesday's ACL injury.
She added that she wants to stay up
beat and help the team keep a posi
tive attitude.
"I'm doing pretty good,"
Kraayeveld said. "It's kind of like the
situation last year when 1 was out. 1 try
not to get too down about it because
that would affect my teammates. 1 just
try to keep my head up about it and
take it how it is."
With arguably their best player
out for the season, the rest of the
Ducks will need take their games to
a higher level. Carolyn Ganes will
take Kraayeveld's spot in tonight's
starting lineup against Portland. The
sophomore was thrust into action
last year during Kraayeveld's 13
game absence. She responded last
season by averaging 10.9 points per
game en route to Pac-10 All-Fresh
man team honors.
"Obviously I'm not going to be
able to completely replace Cat; 1 don't
think anyone really could," Ganes
said. "I'm just going to try to help
make it a little bit easier for everyone
out on the court. 1 think everyone's
ready to pick up the pace."
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Guard Brandi Davis posted her only career double-double last season.
Oregon travels north to Portland
for test against intra-state rival
The Ducks face a 1-2 Pilots team tonight in
Oregon’s second road game of the season
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
With one starter injured but having a deep bench to help
compensate, Oregon takes to the road for a 5:15 game tonight
at University of Portland's Chiles Center.
Although their leading scorer, Cathrine Kraayeveld, is out
with an injury, the No. 20 Ducks (5-0) are in the midst of their
best start with head coach Bev Smith at the helm.
"(We're) very excited, but we've just got to keep it going, keep
playing as hard as we can and not get too cocky about the 5-0,"
center Andrea Bills said.
To continue their streak, the Ducks will have to account for
lost production — offensively and defensively — with the in
jury to the senior forward.
Kraayeveld leads the team with 8.6 re
bounds per game, but the Ducks are at
a loss for her rebounds and 17.2 points
per game this week. She injured her
right anterior cruciate ligament in lues
day's practice, and an MR1 that after
noon showed it was tom. She will likely be out for the season,
but a re-evaluation will be made on her injured knee early next
week.
"I don't know if you replace Cathrine, that's very difficult,"
Smith said. "1 think we have very good depth. We have very
good chemistry and we have very confident young women who
are looking at this as an opportunity."
Sophomore Carolyn Ganes is expected to start in place of
Kraayeveld. Ganes is averaging six points per game and 3.4 re
bounds per game. She scored four points and added three re
bounds in the Ducks' most recent game.
Oregon is coming off its second-consecutive tournament
championship after the Ducks grabbed an 83-78 victory
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against North Carolina State on Saturday in the Oregon Classic.
While a surge led by guard Kayla Steen put them ahead in
the second half, the Ducks were out-rebounded, 39-25, by a
taller Woltpack team.
Oregon has been out-rebounded in one other game this sea
son, in a 76-67 win against then-No. 9 Louisiana State.
"We've worked on rebounding still," Smith said. "We have
to become much better on finishing plays and we've got a lot of
emphasis again on that area and we just have to make sure
we're showing up with our guards rebounding because that's
been a problem."
Oregon's two starting guards, Corrie Mizusawa and Brandi
Davis, have a 4.4 rebounds per game average this season.
Regardless of who is on the court for Oregon, the Ducks
know they have their work cut out for them against a Pilot team
that beat the Ducks, 77-73, two years ago, the last time the
teams faced off at Chiles Center.
"It's going to be about us and making sure we play how we
know we need to play," forward Kedzie Gunderson said. "(We
have to) make sure that we play at our level and not down to
the level of our competitor."
The Pilots (1-2) got their first win of the season Tuesday
when they beat Western Oregon, 58-41. Senior forward Khalila
O'Rielly-Williams led Portland with 17 points and added five
steals, four rebounds and two blocked shots.
Portland out-rebounded the Wolves, 41-38, on Tuesday with
guard Whitney Grant leading the way with six rebounds.
"We've really been focusing on rebounding the last couple
days in practice," Gunderson said. "(Portland's) going to be our
opportunity to come back and prove to ourselves that we can
be a strong rebounding team."
In practice, the Ducks have been addressing their need for re
bounds. Offensively, they're hitting 46.6 percent of their field
goal attempts and 66 percent on free throws, making for a 69.2
points per game average. The team has held opponents to 60
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THG appears not to affect collegiate sports community
THG, a new ‘designer steroid’ in
the professional sports world, is
not being tested for by the NCAA
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
A newly discovered steroid, known as
THG or tetrahydrogestrinone, has been a
headlining controversy in the profession
al track and field sports world, but so far
has no concrete ties to collegiate sports.
That's according to athletes and experts
who are associated with collegiate sports.
Several professional athletes have been
subpoenaed recently to appear before a
federal grand jury in San Francisco after
being identified as customers of the Bay
Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO).
BALCO has been a main focus of the jury
for selling THG.
Professional athletes that have tested
positive forTHG include shot putter Kevin
Toth, middle-distance runner Regina Ja
cobs, European 100-meter champion
Dwain Chambers and hammer thrower
John McEwen, according to the San Jose
Mercury News.
"I don't agree with what they've done,"
Oregon javelin thrower Adam Jenkins said.
"Even like creatine or any performance-en
hancing drug — anything like that is
somewhat of cheating yourself."
The NCAA conducts year-round testing
in football and track and field. Testing is
also conducted at postseason champi
onship events for all sports. The tests in
clude looking for steroids, diuretics and
urine manipulators, although the NCAA
does not test forTI 1G.
"We currently are not testing for TIIG,
but we are in the process of working out
Peter Roby
Director,
Northeastern
University Center
for the Study of
Sport in Society
the procedures to include that in our drug
testing," said Mary Wilfert, NCAA program
coordinator for health and safety in a Nov.
18 teleconference.
TUG was described as a "new chemical
entity" by Dr. Don Catlin of the Olympic
Analytical Laboratory at UCLA in an arti
cle on http://www.ESPN.com.
Catlin was unavailable for comment.
TI1G has been classified as a "designer
steroid." According to Catlin, it has the
characteristics of an anabolic steroid. The
NCAA lists anabolic steroids as one of
many banned drugs in collegiate sports.
"The NCAA tests for steroids in both its
year-round and championship testing pro
gram," Wilfert said. "In our list of NCAA
banned substances we identify some spe
cific steroids, and we also identify related
compounds so that any others that aren't
specifically detailed on the list are also
considered banned."
Anabolic steroids are synthetic versions
of testosterone. Such steroids are used in
medicine to treat certain illnesses, but ath
letes use them illegally to build muscle
mass.
Peter Roby, director for the Northeastern
University Center for die Study of Sport in
Society, said there is "probably already an
issue" in collegiate athletics with T11G.
Yet Roby believes there are probably
fewer reasons for college athletes to engage
in such activity because they don't deal
with the money issues involved in profes
sional sports.
At one time, TI1G was undetectable.
Originally, when tested, TUG disintegrat
ed in dried urine samples, but Gatlin was
able to find a new process that keeps 11IG
from disintegrating, ESPN.com reported.
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