Wrestlers improve, but lose
Oregon finishes its road
swing 0-3, but finds some
positives during the trip
By Scott Archer
Freelance Reporter
Improvement.
That's a word Oregon can use after
its latest road trip.
day, a day after it lost to Stanford for
the first time in nine years.
The Ducks lost to the Aggies 24-18,
which was an improvement from the
31-6 loss to Stanford the Ducks en
dured the night before.
The loss dropped the Ducks to 1-7
overall and, more importantly, 0-3 in
the Pacific-10 Conference.
"We wrestled better tonight," head
coach Chuck Kearney said. "We still
have a lot of things to work on. We are
asking a lot of our wrestlers to wrestle
Oregon en
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tered the
weekend with
a match
against UC
Davis on Fri
out of weight class because they are
just overmatched and oversized."
Oregon entered the match receiv
ing a string of strong individual per
formances from Luke Larwin. That
didn't even seem to go right Friday
night. Larwin lost 11-7 to Mike Font
of UC-Davis in the 165-pound
weight class.
Jake Leair won his third-straight
dual match. Leair defeated Evan Hen
drix 10-8 in the 197-pound class. Leair
now stands at 6-9 overall and 3-5 in
dual matches this season.
Jason Harless beat Cesar Correa, 6
1. Sophomore Chet McBee won in
the 184-pound class, beating Frank
Richmond 9-8, followed by freshman
Cody Parker, who beat fellow heavy
weight Michael Clarkston, 14-8.
After Parker's match, the score
stood at 9-8 with five matches to go.
Oregon stayed in Davis, Calif., after
the dual meet with the Aggies, for the
Aggie Open on Saturday.
The Ducks had five wrestlers place
in the tournament. Larwin finished
second in the 165-pound class after a
loss to Iowa's Mark Perry, 8-1. Larwin
finished the day 4-1 to improve his
team-leading record to 21-8.
Leair followed up his strong per
formance from the day before to fin
ish third in his respective 197-pound
class with a 4-1 finish in the tourna
ment. Harless started the tournament
well, going 3-0, but had to forfeit his
last two matches. He finished sixth.
"We got some wins early on, wres
tled with some emotion and went on
a roll and made some good improve
ments," Kearney said. "We're real
pleased with what we saw and this
will help up spring board through the
rest of the season."
Oregon also received a promising
showing from sophomore Jacob
Boyles, who placed third on the day
with a 4-1 record.
The Ducks will finally get to return
home after more than a month on the
road. Oregon will host Fresno State
this Friday, followed by a match with
Cal State-Bakersfield on Jan. 25.
Scott Archer is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
SPORTS BRIEF
Oregon's indoor season
gets underway
The Oregon men's and women's
track and field indoor seasons finally
got underway Saturday, and the
Ducks began in fine fashion.
The Oregon women's team earned
one NCAA provisional qualifier, two
indoor bests, four winners and 18
Mountain Pacific Championships
qualifiers at the Husky Indoor Preview
in Washington's Dempsey Indoor.
Junior Magdalena Sandoval led all
collegiate athletes in the 3,000-meter
race after a 12-second personal best of
9 minutes, 33 seconds. It was the
team's only NCAA provisional mark
as Sandoval finished third.
Senior Amanda Brown opened
her final season with two wins in the
long jump and triple jump. Brown
was marked at 18 feet, 8 1/4 inches
in the long jump and marked a per
sonal best of 39-9 3/4 in the
triple jump.
The Oregon men's unit had equal
success, accounting for 17 Mountain
Pacific Championships marks, six
Pac-10 marks and five wins.
Junior transfer Leon Watson won
both the long jump (24-1 1/2) and
the triple jump (50-8). Sophomore
Ryan Flaherty won the 800-meter run
(1:52.09) and senior James March
threw 54-6 to win the shot put.
In the field, Oregon's high-jump trio
of sophomores — Jeff Lindsey (second,
6-10 3/4), Teddy Davis (fifth, 6-8 3/4)
and freshman Bobby Owen (sixth, 6-8
3/4) — earned Pac-10 invites.
Oregon's largest recruit of the off
season, freshman Tommy Skipper,
cleared 16-10 3/4 in the pole vault.
Skipper finished third overall and
second among collegiates behind re
turning NCAA indoor champ Brad
Walker of Washington and two-time
World Championships qualifier Pi
otr Buciarski.
— Jesse Thomas
PAC-10
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returns to form, she will make a big
impart this year."
Freshman Monica Hoz de Vila also
claimed the Fight III Consolation title
after defeating Chris Martinez of
Washington State by default.
Other Pac-10 teams are starting to
take notice of a healthy Oregon squad
after a disappointing last season that
was decimated by injuries.
"(They have) a lot of depth with the
new players (Schyllander) has added
this year," Washington head coach
Patty McCain said. "With the experi
ence and talent of Panova and Court
ney Nagle, they will be a force to be
reckoned with."
Oregon will begin playing dual
matches Jan. 24, when it plays host to
Sacramento State.
Transfer makes impact
Markus Schiller transferred from
Auburn and arrived on campus just
two weeks ago. In his first tournament
as a Duck, he has already made a
strong impression on the coaching
staff after winning the Corvallis John
and Phil's Tournament at the Timber
Hills Racket Club.
Schiller defeated Oren Montevassel
from Bell Canyon, Calif., in straight
sets, 6-3 and 6-4, to claim the cham
pionship.
"I am very pleased with Markus,"
head coach Chris Russell said. "It was
really a big-time win. He is really go
ing to help us out."
The Oregon men will start dual
matches on Jan. 25 as they host Santa
Clara at the Student Tennis Center.
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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