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Home swing at Mac Court
brings UO new fortunes
Oregon hopes its return
to McArthur Court this
weekend will bring better
results than in past weeks
By Scott Archer
The Oregon wrestling team will fi
nally return to McArthur Court this
weekend.
gene. Cal State-Bakersfield will be at
Mac Court Friday in a 7 p.m. match.
Fresno State follows with a 5 p.m.
match Sunday.
It's been a long trip for the Ducks,
who haven't wrestled in front of
friends and family since a match
against No. 1 Oklahoma State on
Dec. 14.
The road in between hasn't been so
kind to the Ducks, but Oregon hopes
to turn its fortunes around.
The advantage of hosting a match
Freelance Reporter
DUCK
WRESTLING
Oregon wel
comes Fresno
State and Cal
State-Bakers
field to Eu
is the mere fact that there is no
traveling involved.
"The big thing about wrestling at
Mac is that it gives us one more day of
preparation because we aren't having
to travel," head coach Chuck Kearney
said. "We are excited about wrestling
in front of family and friends. It al
ways gives you a boost with the at
mosphere. (The wrestlers) are looking
forward to it; (the coaches) are look
ing forward to it."
Must win
One of the biggest cliches in sports
is a "must win."
Oregon is coming home from a trip
where the Ducks won just one of their
matches. That was against Air Force in
a tournament on Jan. 9.
In wrestling, must-win situations
do not happen often.
"Well, the (Pacific-10 Conference
tournament) and the National Tour
nament are must wins," Kearney said.
Other than that, Oregon isn't faced
with too many must-win situations
that will make-or-break its season.
While this season's team is 1-7, and
0-3 in conference play, the record
shouldn't take anyone by surprise.
Kearney made a conscious decision
at the beginning of the season that
several key contributors would red
shirt the season, setting up a quality
team for next year.
Part of Kearney's challenge this year
is getting his wrestlers to not get too
down on themselves.
"The first thing they need to realize
is that they are not inventing this
problem," Kearney said. "Everybody
that has ever wrestled in their careers
has gone through what they're going
through right now.
"It's not them, it's just where they
are at, at this point. In this situation
we're at right now, it is tough. It's
tough to sustain it and it's tough to do
the hard work and do the things you
have to do to be successful when you
are struggling with results."
Nevertheless, Kearney and the
squad still have expectations for
themselves, something they hope will
come to fruition this weekend.
"We want to win this weekend,"
Kearney said. "Winning makes
things exciting."
Scott Archer is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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