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DANCE QUARTERLY
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Chanticleers upset Ducks,
end Oregon's streak at 14
Coastal Carolina scored two
runs in the third inning
to upend the Ducks in Florida
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Before the No. 16 Oregon softball
team lost two
consecutive
games for the
second time
this season
Saturday, the
Ducks were in
the midst of a school-record 14
game winning streak.
But Oregon (17-6) suffered a 2-1
loss Saturday to Coastal Carolina in
the Speedline Invitational in Clear
water, Fla., to snap the Ducks' streak.
In the top of the third inning,
Coastal Carolina's Kristina Shep
pard hit a two-run home run. In the
bottom of the inning, Oregon
catcher Jenn Poore scored on a dou
ble by shortstop Breanne Sabol to
cut the deficit.
The Ducks couldn't score again,
leaving four runners on base.
"We just needed a few more time
ly hits," Oregon head coach Kathy
Arendsen said. "But I thought our
players battled until the end and re
ally believed they could find a way
DOCK.
SOFTBALL
to win. It just didn't go our way, but
I'm pleased with how we continued
to fight."
Team USA gave Oregon its second
loss Saturday. It was the first of three
consecutive games the Ducks will play
against Olympic-qualifying teams.
Team Canada faces Oregon in a
doubleheader Wednesday at 1 p.m.
at Howe Field.
Team USA beat the Ducks, 7-0.
Former Arizona pitcher Jennie Finch
and Texas pitcher Cat Osterman
combined for a one-hit shutout.
Left fielder Dani Baird accounted
for Oregon's only hit of the game.
Oregon had kept its win streak go
ing through Friday. The Ducks
opened their day with a 4-1 win
against Jacksonville.
Poore was 2 for 3 with two RBIs
and a home run in the victory. In
fielder Ashley Richards went 2 for 4,
while pitcher Amy Harris pitched a
complete game, allowing three hits
and striking out seven.
"I like the fact that were continuing
to play with intensity and not having
a let down," Arendsen said. "We have
been playing to win and going out
with a lot of fire and confidence."
In the second inning, second
baseman Erin Goodell laid down a
successful squeeze bunt that scored
freshman Ann Marie Topps. In the
fourth, sophomore Beth Boskovich
hit her first career triple to score
Richards. She then scored on Poore's
home run.
The final win in the Ducks' win
streak was a 9-8 victory Friday
against Northwestern.
Goodell hit a single to left field that
scored Topps in the bottom of the sev
enth to give Oregon the victory.
"What a tremendous show of
courage by our team today," Arend
sen said. "We never gave up and
when we were down we continued
to battle. I thought our young play
ers showed great poise and a great
ability to keep fighting."
Oregon was behind 5-0 in the
fourth inning when freshman Suzie
Barnes hit a two RBI single. The next
batter, freshman Kristi Leiter, hit a
three-run home run over the right
field fence — her first career home
run — to tie the game.
In the bottom of the fifth, Oregon
loaded the bases and scored two
runners when Northwestern pitcher
Courtney Foster threw two illegal
pitches, advancing the runners.
After the doubleheader against
Team Canada, Oregon travels to Las
Vegas for games Friday and Saturday
in the UNLV Tournament.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jackson gets top team honor
There wasn't much surprise Sun
day when the Ducks gave out their
top team award.
Luke Jackson was named Ore
gon's most valuable player at the
team's annual banquet after leading
the Ducks in scoring with 21.6
points per game
Jackson is just one of just a hand
ful of players around the country to
lead his team in points, rebounds
(7.3) and assists (4.5) per game. He
ranks second in the Pacific-10 Con
ference in scoring behind Arizona
State's Ike Diogu, is fifth in re
bounds and seventh in assists.
Jackson, who is a finalist for the
Naismith and John R. Wooden
awards, is the only player in Ore
gon's history to post three 500-point
seasons. He scored 540 points this
season, giving him 1,854 for his ca
reer, putting him third on Oregon's
all-time list.
The past two Oregon team MVP's
have gone on to be selected in the
first round of their respective NBA
Drafts. Frederick Jones won the
award for the 2001-02 season and
went 14th overall to Indiana. Luke
Ridnour won the award the next sea
son and was taken 14th by Seattle.
Bryan Bracey won the award in
2000-01 and was selected in the second
round, 58th overall by San Antonio.
Also at the banquet, seniors Jay
Anderson and Andre Joseph shared
the Jesse Nash most improved player
award. Anderson was also named
the John Warren most inspirational
player.
Redshirt freshman Jordan Kent
took home two awards. He was
named the Rear Admiral John Dick
defensive player of the year. He was
also honored with the Harry Ritchie
scholar-athlete award, the second
year in a row he has won it.
Duck track and field
gears up for NCAA
Indoor Championships
Senior Ryan Andrus led a busy day
for the Oregon track and field teams
in Seattle on Saturday.
Andrus earned an automatic invite
to the NCAA Indoor Championships
next week in Fayatteville, Ark. He took
second in the 5,000-meter race at the
NCAA Last Chance Qualifier in the
Dempsey Indoor with a time of 13
minutes, 51 seconds.
The mark was a 16-second personal
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Andrus took home the team's
only automatic mark of the day, but
the Ducks earned six NCAA provi
sional marks in Seattle and Florida.
Junior pole vaulter Hannah
Moore earned a provisional by tak
ing a personal best in the event by
clearing the 13-foot-5-inch mark.
Senior Eri Macdonald ran the 800
in 2:06.75, good enough for first in
the event.
Meanwhile, in Florida at the Fast
Times Qualifier, Eric Mitchum ran a
7.26 in the 55 hurdles, giving him first
and a NCAA provisional mark. Sopho
more Matt Scherer took third in the 400
with a time of 47.25, good for an
NCAA provisional mark.
The NCAA will announce the field
for the championships today. A mini
mum of 15 athletes will compete in
each event with as many as 21 possible
In addition to Andrus, Oregon is
guaranteed to send athletes for three
more events. Freshman Tommy Skip
per will compete in the pole vault,
while junior Magdalena Sandoval
earned an automatic berth in the
5,000. The men's 4x400 relay team —
which consists of Scherer, Travis An
derson, Brandon Holliday and Roder
ick Dotts — will also compete.
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