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Ducks host games in Eugene
for first time in two seasons
Club baseball hosts its
first game of the season
Saturday at Civic Stadium
against Western Washington
By Kirsten McEwen
Freelance Reporter
For the first time in two years, Ore
gon's Club baseball team will have
the chance to play a league game on
its home field.
On Saturday
and Sunday,
the Ducks will
play three
games — a
doubleheader
on Saturday
and one game
on Sunday — at Eugene's Civic Sta
dium against Western Washington,
one of their toughest competitors in
league play. Oregon will begin pLay
at 11 a.m.on both days and is look
ing forward to finally having home
field advantage.
After playing six-straight games on
the road during spring break, Ore
gon will try to play off the momen
tum it gained after going 5-1 against
Central Oregon Community College
and Evergreen State.
Oregon battled Central Oregon
Community College in Bend on
March 20 and 21. The Ducks lost
their first game 11-8 but quickly re
bounded and won the second game
of the doubleheader 4-1. In the final
game of the three-game series, Ore
gon's offense took over as it beat
Central Oregon by its widest margin
of victory, 12-5.
"The COCC game was a whole
team effort," JayTlougan said. "Every
one was playing good defense."
Club
Smurfs
Travis Chock led Oregon all week
end in a number of categories, as he
recorded nine RBIs, four stolen bases
and hit two home runs in only three
games.
The Ducks finished off the break by
traveling to Olympia, Wash., to com
pete against Evergreen State on March
27 and 28. Oregon hoped to end its
weeklong break in the same fashion it
began it: winning games.
"We have been
going out there
and everyone has
been contributing
and we've just
been getting the
job done "
Matt Mensik
Club baseball pitcher
The Ducks did just that as they
outscored Evergreen State by double
digits in all three games. Oregon
outscored Evergreen State 40-2 over
all, winning its first game 12-0, its fi
nal game of the doubleheader 13-0,
and then its lone game on Sunday by
a score of 15-2.
Oregon played flawlessly on both
offense and defense and saw impres
sive pitching by Matt Mensik and
Tlougan.
"Jay and Matt both pitched no-hitter
complete game shutouts," coordinator
Jon Loomis said.
Tlougan, a Jackson Hole, Wyo., na
tive, said the series was a testament to
"how well the team works and com
petes together."
Mensik, who had 12 strikeouts
against Evergreen State, agreed that
the team's wins have been a combi
nation of strong teamwork and col
laboration.
"We have been going out there and
everyone has been contributing and
we've just been getting the job done,"
Mensik said.
After Oregon's debut at home this
weekend, the Ducks will play at Vol
cano Stadium in Keizer on April 10
and 11 against Central Oregon Com
munity College.
Another
top-ten finish
Nine Club racquetball players
traveled to Fountain Valley, Calif., to
participate in the 32nd USAR Na
tional Intercollegiate Champi
onships on March 24 through 27.
Both men and women represent
ed Oregon on the team's spring
break trip, and when the final results
were tallied, the Ducks finished 10th
overall in the Division I bracket and
12th overall out of the 45 universi
ties in the tournament. The women's
team finished ninth overall.
"It was a great experience," Alexis
Karlson-Martini said. "Many of our
seniors talked about wanting to ap
ply to graduate school just so they
could come back next year."
The tournament was a national
qualifier for the USA Racquetball
Team and the top male and female
winners of the tournament were in
vited to join the USA Team after plac
ing first. As many as 271 participants
entered in the tournament to vie for
a spot on the team.
Kirsten McEwen is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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their dreams.
Jackson said he wouldn't do that
again. He wouldn't stay at home
when he could have fun winning
more games on the road. Even if it
were a one-and-done in the 2003
NCAA Tournament and an NIT ap
pearance this season, it showed Ore
gon's program is for real.
Yet, it would be easy to remember
Jackson for his last game. The image
permanently burned into the pupil
of him sitting on the bench, his
head buried in his hands, only his
hair visible.
Yeah, that would be the easy thing
to do.
Whatever it takes, make sure not
to do that. Remember him for the
dunks, the hair flapping as he drove
to the basket or his strut as he
walked to the bench after draining a
three-pointer.
Remember him for the leaning three
pointer with 20 seconds left that tied the
game against Colorado. Remember
how he scored the final six points of the
game against Notre Dame
Think about the time he suffered a
deep laceration to his right ring fin
ger against Washington last season.
Then remember he came back to
score 27 points against UCLA a week
later even though the injury required
13 stitches.
In the end, it turned out that the
loss of Luke Ridnour to the NBA did
have a direct effect on Oregon's
NCAA Tournament hopes. Jackson,
after all, couldn't do it all alone,
even though he tried numerous
times this season.
The two were perfect for each oth
er; a balance that drove the Ducks to
postseason success.
If Aaron Brooks doesn't go down
for 10 games, maybe Oregon goes to
the NCAA Tournament. Maybe Jack
son makes the final 10 for the John R.
Wooden award instead of being cut
from the list prior to the game against
the Wolverines.
The final loss was the end for Jack
son, but also the beginning. The be
ginning of what could be an incredi
ble career for the player that made
Oregon basketball what it is today.
With that will come challenges for
the Creswell native, most he proba
bly will be prepared for. He will be
tested and his true mettle will solve
those issues.
We all know what Jackson could do
at the college level.
Now it's time to see what he can do
on the biggest stage.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.