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Beth Boskovich (21) has a .280 batting average this season and leads the Ducks with three home runs and nine RBIs.
SOFTBALL
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Last season, the tournament fields
were pretty muddy and well-used, ac
cording to Arendsen. The tourna
ment's 11 teams play on city-owned
fields for the weekend.
In last weekend's Fiesta Bowl Tour
nament, senior catcher Jenn Poore led
the offense with an 8 for 16 weekend.
Transfer pitcher Ani Nyhus went 2-1
during the tournament to improve
her record to 4-2.
"We kind of were up and down,"
Poore said. "When our pitching was
on, our hitting wasn't. When we got
people on, we didn't get them
around. Overall, it went pretty well
— we beat some teams we needed
to beat."
The Ducks won their tournament
opener Friday against then-No. 14 Cal
State Fullerton, 10-1, but then lost two
consecutive games — an 8-3 loss to
then-No. 15 Texas A&M and a 3-1 loss
to Ohio State. Oregon came back Sat
urday afternoon and beat Cal State
Northridge, 6-1, and carried the mo
mentum into Sunday with a 4-1 vic
tory against then-No. 11 Texas.
The Fiesta Bowl Tournament was
Oregon's first opportunity to have the
entire pitching staff available. Sopho
more Amy Harris made her first ap
pearances of the season, picking up
an 0-1 record and four strikeouts in
three appearances.
"It's good to get back out there be
cause it's been so long," Harris said. "I
was ready for it."
The Ducks face just one ranked
team this weekend after playing three
top-25 teams in Arizona. Regardless
of rankings, the Ducks know they
need to find their game for an entire
day — not just one game. Part of their
inconsistency stems from many play
ers switching positions in the
offseason. The other main factor in
Oregon's struggling focus is having
such a young team. Although the
Ducks have 11 returning players, they
have six newcomers, including Nyhus
and outfielder Suzie Bames.
"I think at first, everybody was try
ing a little too hard," Poore said.
"They weren't being themselves. Now,
they've found what their roles are go
ing to be on the team and they're do
ing a real good job."
It's the first of three trips to Califor
nia for the Ducks, who also travel to
UCLA and make a trip to California
and Stanford.
The Campbell/Cartier Classic is
held every year in memory of former
San Diego State softball players Su
sanne Campbell and Karin Cartier.
Campbell and Cartier lost their lives
in a car accident during the 1991 soft
ball season.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
TENNIS
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tough with all their talent this year.
We're looking forward to the
fight."
The Ducks dropped both contests
with Washington last season, but with
their renewed and impressive play so
far, the women are viewing this match
as a way to prove that they are legiti
mate contenders in the conference
and in the country.
"We look at that as an opportuni
ty," Schyllander said. "We feel like we
match up pretty well (with them)."
Men head to California
The 59th-ranked Oregon men (6
1) want to build a new winning streak
after suffering their first loss of the
year against Boise State last Friday.
They came back the next night to de
feat Denver, 4-3.
"(We) let one get away against
Boise State, but the guys played hard
and stuck together," Oregon head
coach Chris Russell said. "We should
be riding some mojo into this week
end because the guys came together
so well to close the Denver match."
The Ducks will compete against
UC-Santa Barbara (3-4) today and
No. 22 Oklahoma State (3-0) on
Saturday in Santa Clara, Calif.
Junior Sven Swinnen is becoming
one of the top players for Oregon as
he is just two wins away from entering
the program's top-ten career wins list.
Santa Clara head coach Marty Davis
said that his team's depth has been a
key asset this season and he hopes it
will be an advantage for his squad.
"We will have to play our best
match of this young season to com
pete with the Ducks," Davis said.
"Hopefully, we'll be inspired playing
at home and be able to draw energy
and motivation from our fans."
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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WOMEN
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there every day, you've got to be driv
en, you've got to get loose balls.
Those are the little things that make
a big difference.
"... We've got to get back and play
what 1 consider Oregon basketball
and that's tough, in the trenches,
down and dirty, don't care what the
score is — you're going to give this
University and this team your best
and that's not happening with the five
people we have on the floor."
Oregon grabbed a 13-9 lead seven
minutes into the first half on a three
pointer by Davis. Arizona State re
sponded with nine straight points,
including a jump shot by guard Ky
lan Loney that gave the Sun Devils
an 18-13 lead.
Arizona State scored 11 of the
next 19 points to take a 29-21 half
time lead.
Loney lead the Sun Devils with 14
points, while forward Kristen Koves
dy added 11.
Smith said the Ducks need to give a
better effort in their remaining games.
"We have three games left in this
season and we need five players that
are going to come out and put aside
all of the little differences that are
making this season difficult," Smith
said. "It's really easy to go through the
season when you have a winning
record but it's difficult to hang in
there (whenyou're losing)."
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
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