SPORTS BRIEFS
Golf tournament canceled
The Oregon women's golf team will
wait a little longer to open its 2004
spring season. The Pinehurst Challenge,
hosted at the Pinehurst Resort in Pine
hurst, N.C., was canceled due to bad
weather. Heading east, the Ducks found
themselves hampered by several inches
of snow that recendy fell on the 5,926
yard, par-72 course in recent days.
The Ducks squad of Johnna
Nealy, Therese Wenslow, Erin An
drews, Kimberly McCready and Jes
sica Carlyon never got the chance to
have their first-ever round at Pine
hurst No. 8. The snow forced the
cancellation of Friday's round.
While teams were hopeful play
could continue Saturday and Sun
day, the course conditions ultimate
ly were the deciding factor in cancel
ing the second and third rounds.
The Ducks will start the season on
home turf with the Duck Invitation
al on March 8-9 in Eugene.
— Brian Smith
Ducks claim NCAA marks
Redshirt junior Leonidas Watson
and sophomore Eric Mitchum record
ed personal-best performances for Ore
gon on Saturday during the third and
final day at the Mountain Pacific
Championships at Washington's
Dempsey Indoor.
Watson won the triple jump with a
distance of 52 feet 10 1/4 inches, top
ping her previous best by 2-2 1/4.
The jump easily met the NCAA
provisional mark of 51-2 1/4 and
just missed the NCAA automatic
mark of 53-5 3/4.
California's Bruce Giron placed sec
ond with a 51-9.
Watson's mark moved him to fourth
all-time for Oregon, a list topped by
Spencer Williams'53-11 1/4 in 1989,
Latin Berry's 53-10 1/4 in 1989 and
Gregg Bleakney's 53-9 3/4 in 1998.
Only eight collegiate athletes have
jumped farther than Watson's 52-10
1/4 in 2004, paced by Auburn senior
Leevan Sands mark of 55-10 1/4.
On the track, Mitchum finished
second in the 60-meter hurdles with
a time of 7.81 seconds, 0.01 of a sec
ond behind Washington State's Matt
Mason. Mitchum's time gave him
sole possession of the Oregon
record after sharing the mark with
former outdoor All-American Micah
Harris (7.85).
Mitchum's previous best of 7.85
placed him 15th on the national
qualifying list last week. The
Calumet City, 111., native's 7.81
would place him in 10th, with Mis
sissippi's Antwon Hicks leading the
way with a 7.66. Normally, the top
16 hurdlers are invited to the NCAA
Championships.
On the women's side, redshirt
senior Amanda Brown lead the
Ducks with a personal best in the
triple jump.
Brown's mark of 41-5 3/4 was
good enough for third place, two
spots behind Washington State's
Blessing Ufodiama.
Brown topped her previous best
(40-8 3/4) by nine inches.
— Jon Roetman
CLINCH
continued from page 7
lasting more than seven minutes. The
Ducks outscored the Golden Bears 27
12 during the next 11 minutes to take a
36-29 halftime lead.
Oregon's defense did a quality job of
forcing California into taking tough
shots. The Golden Bears entered the
contest shooting 43 percent as a team
but were limited to a 38 percent clip
Saturday.
The Ducks switched to a zone de
fense in the second half, pushing Cali
fornia's offense out near the perimeter.
The Golden Bears struggled with their
outside shooting and couldn't string to
gether enough baskets to stay close in
the final minutes.
California guard Nihan Anaz, who
entered Saturday averaging 14.5 points
per game, was held to four points on 2
of 12 shooting.
The 5-foot-9 senior from Istanbul,
Turkey scored 17 points on 6 of 13
shooting in the season's first meeting —
a 61-57 California win.
Oregon also controlled the boards
Saturday, outrebounding California
40-35. The Ducks grabbed 12 offen
sive rebounds, leading to 16 second
chance points.
It was the Golden Bears who regu
lated the rebounding battle in the sea
son's first meeting, outrebounding
the Ducks 43-33.
Oregon head coach Bev Smith said
the Ducks needed to batde inside, two
nights after the Golden Bears grabbed
50 rebounds against Oregon State.
"(California) is going to go to the
boards," Smith said. "They had a
number of boards against (Oregon
State). I think our team really wanted
to play for ourselves."
The Ducks also got a season-high 13
points from senior guard Kayla Steen,
who played in her final game at
McArthur Court. Forward Kedzie Gun
derson added 12 points, while Mizu
sawa added 10.
Williams lead California with 15
points, while Gregory finished with 12.
Contact the sports reporter
atjonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
RICE
continued from page 7
percent from the ffee-throw line and
contributed five steals and 20 assists.
Steen wasn't the largest presence off
the Oregon bench, but she still made
her mark.
"It's also what Kayla does when
people can't see it," Smith said after
Saturday's victory. "In practice, the
communication, the care, the passion
that she has. It's real unfortunate that
we don't have her for another couple
years, she is the consummate team
player and a very fine Duck.
"She is a Duck that we think defines
what it is to be an Oregon Duck."
Perhaps Smith should petition the
Webster's Dictionary board to add an
entry. Smack between "Oregon" and
"organ" on page 423 of the paperback
version:
Oregon Duck: gritty, determined,
vocal leader, battles back. See also:
Kayla Steen."
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com. Her
opinions do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.
Need a ride to
the airport?
Get anywhere in
western Oregon
■ Eugene
■ Portland
■ Roseburg
junctioncity.com/tours
866-998-2450
998-2450
Erik R. Bishoff Photographer
Andrea Bills scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Saturday.
Tp /i r l/i ~T v\ • T^e lsrae^ Constructi°n °f
XCciC/f/ Xrl# tl?e Wall in tl?e West Bank
Tuesday March 2nd • 7pm-9pm • Willamette 100
Featured documentary, “Straddling the Fence."
Insight from the University's top professors and authors in Islamic, Middle East, and
Geographical Studies:
Dr. Shaul Cohen
Author of "An Absence of Place: Expectation and Realization in the West Bank," his
work on ethnicity and territory concentrates on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Dr. David Frank
Winner of the first biennial Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism for his
acclaimed "Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian
Symbol Use.”
Dr. Timothy Gianotti
An internationally recognized scholar and
Sponsored by the
UO Cultural Forum
current project, "Struggling for God."
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Student
Groups!
Advertise in the Emerald call 346-4343 or
place your ad online at
www.dailyemerald.com
Opportunity for the campus community to present oral and
written comments on proposed amendments to the course
fees and program fees.
Special Fees
and Fines
Fee Book
Academic Year 2004-05
March 2nd
and March 5th,
3:00 PM
214 Friendly Hall
Proposed Fee Book is available online at
http://wilhelm.uoregon.edu/ORM/feeapp
Questions: Donna Chittenden, 346-3044,
Office of Resource Management
Recruitment Notice:
Seeking jour University of Oregon faculty members to
volunteer for the First Annual
Charles O. Porter National Debate Tournament.
The debate and awards ceremony to be televised:
March 9, 2004, 7-9 p.m.
University of Oregon
William Knight Law Center Building Rm. 175
(Across the street from Hayward Field track stadium)
1515 Agate St.
018367
Four University of Oregon faculty members are needed
for two two-person teams to debate both sides of the
following resolution:
Resolved that the United States Congress should impeach the United
States Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O’Connor, Clarence Thomas, and Anthony
Kennedy for their intervention in the 2000 Presidential Election.
The public as well as faculty, staff, and students from Eugene School District 4J, Lane
Community College, Linn-Benton Community College, and the University of Oregon
have been invited to attend to our democracy by engaging in this formal academic
debate called: The First Annual Charles O. Porter National Debate Tournament.
Please volunteer to join a debate team with
another faculty member of your choice.
Contact Debate Director Chris Crew at
541-342-8370.
Disclaimer: The Oregon Democratic Party Committee to Investigate Impeachment of the
Rehnquist Five is independent from and not sponsored or necessarily approved by the
Oregon Law School.