UO starts with Georgia Tech
The Oregon men look to ride
momentum this weekend
By Alex Tam
Freelance Reporter
DUCK
TENNIS
Momentum and confidence from big
wins or long winning streaks can carry a
team to further success.
The men currently have momentum
_and confidence
after coming off
a rare upset over
No. 18 Wash
- ington this past
Sunday, while
the women are searching to return to
their early top season form.
The 45th-ranked Oregon men (7-2
overall) defeated the Huskies for only the
sixth time in 113 matches and look to ride
that momentum heading into play this
weekend against No. 51 Georgia Tech to
day and No. 27 Minnesota on Sunday.
Oregon head coach Chris Russell
said the upcoming matches are anoth
er chance for his team to defeat a cou
ple of historically strong squads from
top conferences.
"This weekend will be another great
challenge and opportunity," Russell said.
"Both schools are traditionally in the
NCAA Tournament and we know that
we have to keep getting better if we want
to be there."
The Ducks' three Switzerland natives
have cemented the top three spots in the
singles lineup. Juniors Manuel Kost and
Sven Swinnen and sophomore Thomas
Bieri make up that trio and have a com
bined 21-5 in dual match singles this
year. Kost leads the group with an 8-0
record and is coming off an upset over
Washington's Alex Vlaski, who is current
ly the No. 3 singles player in the nation.
Minnesota (3-3) will be the toughest
test this weekend and is lead by senior
Aleksey Zharinov. The fourth-year Gold
en Gopher is 4-2 in singles this season
and was ranked as high as 38th in the
country during the preseason.
Minnesota head coach David Geatz
said his team's doubles is a concern and
is an area that the Ducks have excelled in
by winning 21 of 27 doubles matches so
far this year.
"We expect (Oregon) to be a great
team and especially tough to beat at
home," Geatz said. "We will need to play
a very good match to be competitive
with them."
Women in LA.
The Oregon women (9-3 overall, 2-2
Pacific-10 Conference) look to break
their current three-match losing streak
when they take on two more nationally
ranked schools.
The 23rd-ranked Ducks travel to Los
Angeles to face No. 13 USC today and
llth-ranked UCLA on Saturday in a
stretch that sees the women play the next
month in California.
Oregon head coach Nils Schyllan
der said his team will need to step up
their play after not winning any sin
gles or doubles matches last weekend
and put themselves in position to
pull out an upset.
"We know that if we play well, we can
compete at the highest level," Schyllan
der said. "The desire is there — we just
need to make sure that the execution is
there as well."
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
SPORTS BRIEF
Ducks win two in Florida
Sixteenth-ranked Oregon soft
ball extended its winning streak to
a school-record 12 games Thursday
with two victories in the Speedline
Invitational in Clearwater, Fla.
The Ducks (15-4) started their
day with a 6-0 win against Rutgers.
After a 30-minute break, they
played Temple and picked up a 6-2
win for Oregon's First 12-game
winning streak in school history.
"I like the way that we are contin
uing to play with confidence," Ore
gon head coach Kathy Arendsen
said. "We have the feeling that we
are going to win when we play and I
think we're playing very good soft
ball right now. The biggest thing is
for us to continue to get better and
continue to improve"
Anissa Meashintubby and Lind
sey Kontra combined to pitch a
three-hit shutout of Rutgers for
Oregon's first win Thursday.
Shortstop Breanne Sabol was 4
for 4 against the Scarlet Knights and
designated player Beth Boskovich
was 2 for 3. Catcher Jenn Poore was
1 for 4, with three RBIs.
Meashintubby improved to 6
1 on the season with a five-in
ning effort.
In Oregon's second game of the
day, a 6-2 victory against Temple,
the Ducks were again led by
Boskovich, Poore and Sabol.
Boskovich was 2 for 3 with two
RBIs, while Poore was 2 for 2 with
two runs scored. Sabol went 1 for
1 with a walk. Julie Jaime went 1
for 3 with two RBIs in the game.
In the second game, Amy Harris
and Kontra combined for a two
hit effort. Each pitcher gave up one
hit. Harris struck out five to earn
the victory, moving her record to
2-1 this season.
Oregon continues tournament
play today with a game against
Jacksonville and a game against
Northwestern. The Ducks play
Coastal Carolina and Team USA
on Saturday.
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