Panova leads Ducks for Pac-10 victory
I ne uregon women
triumph to take the first
game of the Pac-10 season
By Alex Tam
Freelance Reporter
In an emotional and spirited dual
match, the 42nd-ranked Oregon
women pulled off a 5-2 upset victory
over No. 18 Arizona State at the Stu
home in the program and continues
the Ducks' undefeated winning
streak to start the season.
DUCK
TENNIS
dent Tennis
Center.
The win is
the first
against the
Sun Devils at
Oregon head coach Nils Schyllan
der said he is impressed with the way
his team is playing and snatching up
the first game in conference play.
"(This win) is huge," Schyllander
said. "It's the first time we beat Arizona
State in front of our fans. We played
great. That was total team effort."
Oregon (7-0 overall, 1-0 Pacific-10
Conference) won two of the three
doubles matches to earn the first
point of the dual contest. The Ducks
improved their doubles record to 18
3 for the year.
At the No. 1 position, the team of
junior Daria Panova and senior
Courtney Nagle led the way when
they beat Lauren Colalillaand Kady
Pooler 8-2.
However, the singles portion of the
match established the tone for the rest
of the night as the Ducks took four of
the six singles contests.
Panova cemented the win for Ore
gon in a thrilling three-set match
when she defeated Joslynn Burkett,
the Sun Devils' No. 1 player ranked
50th in the nation, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.
Things did not look good from the
start when Burkett took the first set
and led the second, 2-0. Right after,
Panova took two break points away to
come back to win the set and won the
match when Burkett hit long along
the baseline in the third.
At the No. 2 position, freshman
Dominika Dieskova won her sixth
singles match of the season as she eas
ily handled first-year Vana Thomas in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
"1 played well," Dieskova said.
"(Thomas) was very tough. I played
my game, I stayed aggressive and went
to the net very often. My serve was
very effective."
In another exciting match, senior
Davina Mendiburu took care of fresh
man Wendy Pilecka in a third-set
tiebreaker 6-4, 5-7, (10-2) at the No.
4 position. Mendiburu held onto her
perfect duals singles record and im
proved her overall record to 14-1.
"I played pretty good in the first
set," Mendiburu said. "She put more
pressure on me (in the second set),
but I pulled it out in the end."
Oregon continues action when
they host No. 34 Arizona Saturday at
noon in the Student Tennis Center.
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
Ducks slip three spots to 16th in Hawaii
The Ducks look to make a run
at the top ten with a charge
in Friday’s round at Waikoloa
By Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon men's golf team con
tinued to struggle Thursday at theTay
lorMade/Waikoloa Intercollegiate,
held at the par-72, 7,074-yard
_ Waikoloa
Kings' Course
in Waikoloa,
Hawaii. De
- spite bettering
their first
round score by four strokes, the Ducks
slipped three spots into 16th place af
ter a second-round team score of289,
which gives them a two-day total of
583.
In spite of falling into 16th, the
Ducks stand poised to make a move
into the top ten if they can put togeth
er a solid third-round on Friday. Ore
gon trails the trio of schools tied for
ninth place by only four strokes, and
if the Ducks play a spectacular round,
they could possibly jump into the top
five. Arizona State and Arkansas, cur
rently tied for fifth, lead the Ducks by
only twelve.
Recovering from hometown jitters,
freshman and Hawaiian native Matt
Ma posted the biggest turnaround of
the day for the Ducks. Ma turned
around a tough first-round 77 into a
team-leading 1-under 71 second
round, which moved him up into a
tie for 64th. Sophomore Kyle John
son, the highest Duck individual, shot
an even par-72 in the second round,
bettering his first-round total by one.
Johnson is tied for 40th overall, with a
1-over total of 145. The Ducks top
man of the first day, Gregg LaVoie,
slipped to a tie for 48th after a second
round 74, leaving him with an overall
total of 146. After finishing in the top
20 for the first time in his career,
Hawaii has proven to be unkind for
freshman Dustin Pewarchuk. Pe
warchuk shot a second-round 73, put
ting him into a tie for 69th with a two
day total of 149.
The tournament leader, fifth
ranked Georgia Tech, cooled off from
their blistering 16-under total posted
in the first round. The Yellow Jackets
shot a second-round 291, 19 strokes
higher than their 272 yesterday. Both
fourth-ranked UCLA and UC Davis
now sit only two strokes back, after
they shot second-day totals of 283
and 281, respectively. Washington
carded their second-straight 283 for a
two-day 566 and fell a spot into
fourth. Arkansas and No. 8 Arizona
State are tied for fifth at 571. Southern
California is in seventh with a 574,
followed by Stanford with a 578. The
trio of teams tied for ninth at 579 in
clude TCU, Nagoya Commerce
(Japan) and Pepperdine.
The first-round individual leader,
Georgia Tech's Nicholas Thompson,
surrendered his first-round lead by
shooting a poor second-round score
of 77, 13 strokes worse than his first
day performance. Thompson fell into
13th place with a 3-under 141. Sitting
atop the leader board is UC Davis's
Scott Gordon, who posted a second
round 6-under 66, finishing with a
overall score of 136. Gordon sits two
shots clear of the field.
The final round tees off Friday at
6:45 a.m.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
SPORTS BRIEF
Wrestling takes mat
against Oregon State
The Oregon wrestling team
makes its last home appearance of
the season Sunday at 2 p.m., when
the Ducks face the Beavers in this
season's second Civil War match.
Oregon (1-11 overall, 0-6 Padfic
10 Conference) hosts Oregon State
(10-6, 6-2) at McArthur Court for
the Ducks' fourth home meet of the
season.
In the first Civil War, Oregon
State scored 16 consecutive points at
the end of the dual meet for a 23-18
victory.
The Ducks' victories during the
match were redshirt senior Jason
Harless, redshirt sophomore Joey
Bracamonte, redshirt freshman
Cody Parker and true freshman
Cyle Hartzell.
After offseason back surgery, Har
less has built a 13-6 record at the
133 weight dass in his final season
as a Duck. He leads Oregon with 30
team points in dual meets and has
a career-high four pins this season.
Redshirt junior Luke Larwin and
redshirt sophomore Chet McBee are
the only other Ducks with more
than ten victories. Larwin is 22-10 at
165 this season while McBee has a
13-11 record at 174.
— Mindi Rice
WIN
continued from page 7
"I think the girls just did a great job
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right time."
Gunderson had a career night as well
with 13 points and 7 rebounds in 26
minutes on the court. She made her
first three-point shot since Dec. 6 and
added three assists.
"I thought those two just did an out
standing job at both ends," Smith said.
"I thought they played very tough.
(Eleanor) just really gave us some of
fensive ignition.
"(Gunderson) went to her strengths
offensively. Her shot selection was per
fect. She hit a three for us, she got peo
ple out and went by them, she got a
couple offensive board and that's
Kedzie Gunderson at her finest. Those
two were real important lynchpins for
our team."
Oregon gave everyone on the bench
minutes on the court Thursday. Fresh
man Cicely Oaks scored two points in
four minutes playing in her sixth game
this season, while sophomore Yadili
Okwumabua added two points and
two rebounds in seven minutes.
Benz led the Cougars with 17 points
while guard Jessica Perry scored 11 and
Stratton added 10.
Mizusawa, Oregon's transfer junior
from California's Saint Mary's College;
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Oregon’s Kedzie Gunderson scored a career-high 13 points in the Ducks’ victory.
moved up another place in the Oregon
record books with an eight-assist per
formance against the Cougars. She is
now No. 4 ail-time on Oregon's single
season assists list with 154.
The Ducks have a day off today be
fore they host Washington at 2 p.m.
Saturday at McArthur Court.
"I think we have more to prove to
ourselves (than to Washington on Sat
urday)," Smith said. "We know that
we're a better team than we were a
month ago."
In January, Washington beat Oregon,
95-50, on the Ducks' trip to Seattle.
"We definitely owe them a big one,"
Gunderson said. "They crushed us the
last time we played them. We're defi
nitely looking to come in, defend our
home court and give them a run."
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