SETTLING
continued from page 7
"I saw a girl that was very talented,
that had the type of character that I
look for in an individual," Rouillard
said. "She has a good attitude. She is
a hard worker and is very much a
team player. She fit well into what
we were looking for."
With the journey to Oregon came
the hardships that most freshman
have to endure. The cruel thing
about golf is that personal struggle
will end up finding a way to express
itself on the course.
"I couldn't get fully acclimated (to
being at Oregon), because I was try
ing to be here and be at home, and
it really affected me emotionally and
my golf," Andrews said. "I"knew I
was making mistakes, and I didn't
know how to fix it. It was very disap
pointing."
The fun of golf for Andrews was
disappearing. She lost the desire to
practice, becoming overly critical of
every shot, letting her emotions rule,
and in turn, she felt like she was
excluding herself from her
teammates.
"Last year I really felt like I could
not become attached to the team be
cause the way I was playing and me
emotionally," Andrews said.
The relationship with her family
suffered as well. Having always been
a close-knit group, she found herself
getting into fights with the biggest
influence on her game — her father,
Robert.
"It was hard because I wasn't play
ing well, I didn't want to practice
and we seemed to be fighting a lot,"
Andrews said. "It was hard because I
knew (my family was) supporting
me, but I always felt like I let them
down when I went out and played.
But they were always there for me,
even though they were upset."
As a result, Andrews struggled
through her freshman season. She
competed in eight tournaments
with her highest finish, a tie for
29th, coming at last year's Duck
Invitational.
"Last year, if she were to get upset
about a shot, you could tell," team
mate Michelle Timpani said. "You
could tell if Erin was playing bad by
her posture, the look on her face and
''Erin has really let the
clubs do the talking for
her. She has dropped
her scoring average
almost five shots from
her freshman to her
sophomore year."
Shannon Rouillard
Oregon head coach
by her actions."
"Every time I was on the course, I
felt like it was life or death," An
drews said.
A different perspective
Andrews came back for her soph
omore season with an entirely dif
ferent attitude and outlook on her
game.
She enjoyed golfing during the
summer, where she made it to the
second stage of qualifying for the
U.S. Women's Open, and she also
played in the United States Amateur.
Being able to patch things up at
home, Andrews found the confident
and talented game that she had been
known for previous to her freshman
year. She took home the individual
title in the first tournament of the
year, the Lady Vandal Invitational in
Moscow, Idaho, which helped the
Ducks to their first team title since
2000.
"I think it was really all mental,"
Andrews said. "I seem to have a to
tally different attitude and approach
to my game, and so my game fell
into place."
Rouillard agrees.
"Erin has really let the clubs do
the talking for her," Rouillard said.
"She has dropped her scoring aver
age almost five shots from her fresh
man to her sophomore year. And it's
not like she dropped it from a 90 to
a 85. She has taken her 79 average
and dropped it to a 74, which is
tougher to do because as your scores
get lower, it becomes difficult to
shave shots off."
Andrews' clubs certainly have
done the talking this year, and they
are continuing to talk in a dominant
way. She has finished in the top 21
in each of the four tournaments she
has played this year, and with one
more individual title, her ranking
could possibly vault into the top 25,
which would make her a strong All
American candidate.
"I think she has it together more,*
teammate Therese Wenslow said. "It
took her a while to figure the whole
freshman thing out. She has learned
to take care of herself as golfer."
Andrews will look to capture that
title today as the Ducks open their
spring season on their home course at
the Duck Invitational on the grounds
of the Eugene Country Club.
"The game has become more fun,
more enjoyable for me," Andrews
said.
As it should be.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
SETBACKS
continued from page 7
position. Swinnen and Spencer
moved to 10-1 on the season.
At the No. 2 position, junior
Manuel Kost and sophomore
Thomas Bieri won their eighth dou
bles match together by defeating
Aleksey Zharinov and Brian Lipins
ki, 8-5. The Ducks' Chris King and
Markus Schiller lost at the No. 3
spot, 8-6.
The men's ability to take the first
dual match point has been indica
tive of their play later in their singles
contests. Russell said his players
need to realize that starting off a
match well is important for them as
a team and for their psyche.
"Every match we have lost, we've
lost the doubles point," Russell said.
"They've got to see that maybe they
don't bounce back well after losing
the doubles point."
The Ducks came back to tie up the
match at 1-1 when Bieri frustrated
Ticer in a straight set victory, 6-2, 6
3, at the No. 3 position. Bieri im
proved his singles record to 6-4.
At the second position, Kost bat
tled a cold that had plagued him all
week. His opponent, 59th-ranked
Chris Wettengel, took advantage to
hand Kost his second straight singles
loss, 6-1, 7-5.
"He attacked and saw (the edge),"
Kost said! "He made me run from
corner to corner. I didn't know what
else to do."
Oregon evened up the score at 2-2
behind Swinnen's triumph over
Aleksey Zharinov, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), at
the No. 1 position. Swinnen's con
sistency has been a bright spot for
the men the whole year in compil
ing a 20-2 overall record.
With three matches left to play,
the Ducks could not conjure two
more victories for the win. Senior
Chris King was upended at the sixth
position in three sets to freshman
Brian Lipinski, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, to give
Minnesota a 3-2 lead.
The Golden Gophers sealed the vic
tory when Andres Osorio beat Ore
gon sophomore Markus Schiller, 6-3,
7-6 (7-3). Schiller complained to offi
cials in the second set when Osorio's
heavy grunting broke his own con
centration during play. However,
Schiller said afterwards that Osorio's
style did not bother him.
"I wasn't really affected by that,"
Schiller said. "But he was very tough
and made a lot of balls. He came up
with some good shots and impor
tant points."
The men will have next weekend
off and hope to use that time to
work on their individual games,
Russell said.
"As a team, they've got to do what
ever they can to get more fired up
and more focused," he said.
California blues
The Oregon women lost their fifth
straight dual match after being up
ended by UCLA 6-1, on Saturday.
The lone win came from junior
Daria Panova, .who overcame
UCLA's 13th-ranked Jackie Carleton
in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).
Despite winning just three dual
match points in their last five match
es, the women remain confident
about their play, Oregon head coach
Nils Schyllander said.
"We competed really well ... in
every match (against UCLA)," Schyl
lander said. "Some of the scores
don't reflect that but we have a real
positive feeling coming out of this."
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
LOSS
continued from page 7
Oregon (14-15) remained within
striking distance until the 9-minute
mark of the second half when
Chelsea Wagner's three-pointer
from the right corner cut the Cali
fornia lead to 59-49. The Golden
Bears (12-16) closed the game on a
23-8 run, which saw the Ducks go
more than eight minutes without a
field goal.
Oregon received limited produc
tion from its leading scorer and
If.-.'.
rebounder Andrea Bills, who spent
most of the game on the bench in
foul trouble. The junior center
played six minutes in the first half
after picking up two early fouls. Bills
finished with four points and one
rebound in 15 minutes.
Bills was the focal point of the
Ducks' offense in the regular season
finale against California, scoring a
career-high 22 points and grabbing
10 rebounds in a 77-62 Oregon win.
Friday, however, her aggressiveness
was limited by foul trouble and an
ankle injury she had been nursing
all week.
Oregon head coach Bev Smith
said Bills played as hard as she could
based on the circumstances.
"I would like to compliment (Bills)
too," Smith said. "This young lady
didn't practice all week. I thought she
gave us what she could with what she
had. She's a real warrior."
California came out fired up from
the opening tip and never let up.
The Golden Bears routinely out-hus
tled the Ducks to loose balls and
outrebounded Oregon, 40-29. After
the game, California players said
there was plenty of emotion built up
from last Saturday's loss to Oregon.
"I think last Saturday had a lot to
do with (us being fired up)," Williams
said. "We know we should have and
could have won that game."
Oregon, on the other hand, came
out flat. The Ducks fell behind early
and couldn't shoot themselves back
into the game. Oregon shot 2 of 13
from three-point range and had more
turnovers (16) than assists (10).
Eleanor Haring was a bright sport
for Oregon, tying a career-high with
18 points. The freshman forward
also grabbed a team-high seven re
bounds and dished out a career-best
four assists.
"The loss is pretty disappointing,"
Haring said. "They just got an early lead
and we had to play catch-up all night."
All-Pac-10 guard Nihan Anaz
recorded her first career double-dou
ble for California, scoring 14 points
and dishing out 10 assists. Renee
Wright finished with 16 points and
Williams added 15.
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