Perfect break pushes women
while men seek consistency
Sica fires a career-low round
to help Oregon’s men take
second place in California
By Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon women's golf team
made it a perfect four for four during
spring break.
The Ducks took home the team title
at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational,
played at the 5,801-yard, par-71 Rancho
Canada East Course in Carmel, Calif.,
for the fourth time in as many tries —
previously win
DUCK
ning in 1997,
1999, and
2000.
The final
round of the
'tournament saw most of the fireworks.
After finishing the first round tied for
10th, helping the Ducks to the open
ing day lead, sophomore Michelle
Timpani stole the show. She and UC
Riverside's Lindsay Snowden fired sec
ond-round 71s, giving them both a
tournament score of 146. Timpani
and Snowden faced off in a sudden
death playoff, ending with Timpani
capturing her first individual title of
her collegiate career on the sixth extra
hole of the day.
"(Michelle) played very confidendy
and relaxed, " Oregon head coach
Shannon Rouillard said. "She main
tained her composure the entire way. It
was a thrill to be a coach in that situa
tion and exciting to watch Michelle
come through with the win under the
circumstances."
Coming through, or more aptly,
breaking out, is what Timpani has
been doing. Her sudden surge, starting
with a tie for ninth at the Duck Invita
tional and her win at the Colby, has
given her the only top-10 finishes of
her career. Her previous bests includ
ed a couple of 42nd-place finishes at
the 2003 Lady Vandal Invitational and
the 2002 OSU/Shanico Invitational.
Junior Johnna Nealy improved on
her career-best seventh-place finish at
the 2004 Duck Invitational by carding
a final-round 75 to give her a 148 total,
good for a tie for fourth. Sophomore
Therese Wenslow faded in the final
round after shooting a 79, falling into a
tie for 11th. Freshman Kimberly Mc
Cready finished in a tie for 15th with a
75-77-152. Sophomore Erin Andrews
finished with a 81-78, earning a tie for
43rd. Junior Jess Carlyon finished tied
for 53rd, while seniors Katie Cunning
ham and Jamie Seefried finished with a
165 and 177, respectively.
The Ducks will look to capture their
third team title of the year, a feat last ac
complished in 1996, when they travel
to PING/ASU Invitational, held at the
Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.,
from April 2 through 4.
Consistency leads
men to second
Home seems to be the best medi
cine for the Oregon men's golf team.
Plagued by inconsistency through
out the year, the Ducks used home
course knowledge to shoot three
rounds of solid golf to finish second
at the 2004 Oregon Duck Invitation
al, held at the par-72 Shadow Hills
Country Club in Junction City on
March 22 and 23.
The Ducks finished with a team to
tal of 867, sue strokes behind champi
on San Diego State.
Senior Mike Sica finished with a ca
reer-best tie for fourth, at 1-under 215,
capped by a second-round 66, a ca
reer-low. Freshman Dustin Pewarchuk
also finished in the top 10, with a
ninth-place 218, for his best finish as a
Duck. Sophomore Justin St. Clair tied
for 11 th at 219, while sophomore Kyle
Johnson led the Oregon second team,
finishing in 13th with a 221.
Individual honors went to San
Diego State's Jeff Hansen, who fin
ished with a 5-under 211.
The Ducks will compete next in the
ASU Thunderbird Invitational April 9
10, in Tempe, Ariz.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
HAGER
continued from page 9
In the 1,000th game at Mac Court,
Oregon fed off that energy and ran
away to South Bend, Ind., where the
Ducks promptly defeated Notre Dame
Against the Patriots, the scoreboard
was again swaying and press row was
rocking just as hard.
As the season wound down, Jackson
quipped that it would be tough to sit
in the third and fourth levels of
McArthur Court. No, not because the
view is less than desirable but because
of the fear of what would happen if the
place started moving too much.
A collapse, maybe?
Somehow, it didn't happen.
"It got loud," Oregon guard Andre
Joseph said after the Ducks defeated
George Mason. "It wasn't as loud as
last game. Last game was loud. It was
up there, though."
For the record, the Ducks drew 7,461
fans against Colorado. They sold out
McArthur Court against the Patriots.
What may be most impressive, how
ever, is the downright ability of those
in attendance to lend support to the
Ducks wi th a sense of maturity.
In a year where collegiate crowds
have come under increasing fire for
their lack of manners and respectabili
ty when it comes to opposing teams,
Mac Court fans, namely the Pit Crew,
have become that issue's symbol.
More than once they've been known
to curse at and offer derogatory sugges
tions to opposing players. Worse, those
comments often make the airwaves.
But when ESPN2 came to televise
the games against the Buffaloes and
Patriots, something seemed to change
within the Pit Crew — for the better.
Colorado's David Harrison said he
found out his mom was "promiscu
ous" during the Buffaloes' loss. Aside
from that, nothing but positive com
ments came from both teams.
"I love your arena, it's a great envi
ronment and Oregon played like
that," George Mason head coach Jim
Larranga said.
"It was a great crowd, they served as
a sixth man on the court," Colorado
head coach Ricardo Patton said the
week before. "It is a tough place to play
and it is a great college atmosphere."
The game against George Mason
came just days before Maryland ac
knowledged it has the right to police
fans who become unruly or wear
clothing that has "vulgar messages."
Terrapins' games against Duke and
North Carolina have gotten out of
hand this past season, bringing this
new-found report to light. Some of
these games, as it has been reported on
ESPN and various newspapers, could
have paralleled what opposing teams
have had to suffer through this season.
So think about next season. Think
about what happened at Maryland. Re
member what it was like when the
Ducks played the Buffaloes and Patriots.
Remember all of that and keep the
act clean.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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