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Ducks take on Pac-10 foes
Softball travels to California
for the first of three weekends
on the road to face the
Golden Bears and Cardinal
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
The time has finally come for the
No. 15 Ducks to begin the heart of
their Pacific-10 Conference season.
Oregon (27-8 overall, 1-0 Pac-10)
heads to sunny California to play
the No. 3 Golden Bears on Friday
and the No. 11 Cardinal on Saturday
and Sunday.
It is the first of three consecutive
weekends when the Ducks play Pac
10 games on the road. The following
weekend Oregon travels to Corvallis
for two games, then the Ducks play
Washington and UCLA on April 16
through 18.
"We're certainly more used to be
ing on the road than we are to being
at home," head coach Kathy Arend
sen said. "I don't think the road is
an issue."
The Ducks are certainly no
strangers to playing on the road. Of
the 35 games Oregon has played this
season, only seven have been at the
Ducks' Howe Field.
One game of that seven was Ore
gon's conference opener. The Ducks
opened Pac-10 play on March 26,
hosting Oregon State in the first of
three regular season meetings be
tween the teams.
In the midst of a week of home
games for Oregon, the Civil War was
the most emotional for players,
coaches and fans.
The Beavers came to town and
brought the rain. The weather alter
nated between heavy showers and a
light mist for most of the seven in
nings, not helping along the speed of
the game.
first inning. Oregon State answered
back with six of its own in the top of
the second. Oregon added one run in
the second, but when the Beavers
scored two more runs in the third, the
Ducks got discouraged.
Oregon found a groove with three
consecutive singles in the bottom of
the seventh, eventually putting to
gether a ten-batter, six-run inning to
earn the 9-8 comeback win.
"I think we needed (this win),"
pitcher Ani Nyhus said after the Ore
gon State victory. "I think that there's a
lot of people who are doubting who
we are and think that last year was a
fluke. I wasn't here last year, so I have
a whole lot to prove."
Most recently, the Ducks are com
ing off a doubleheader sweep of Port
land State on Wednesday.
Oregon won the first game, 5-2, be
hind the bat of junior third baseman
Ashley Richards and the pitching of sen
ior Anissa Meashintubby and Nyhus.
DUCK
SOFTBALL
The Ducks
took an early
lead against
the Beavers,
scoring two
runs in the
bottom of the
Richards went 3 for 4 with three
RBIs in the game. Meashintubby
pitched five solid innings, allowing
just two runs and earning the victory.
Nyhus relieved Meashintubby for the
final two innings, striking out two of
the six batters she faced.
In the second game, catcher Jenn
Poore scored the Ducks' lone run with
a home run in the sixth inning. It was
enough to carry Oregon as Nyhus
threw a complete-game one-hitter, al
lowing the only hit to the first batter
she faced and striking out 12.
Nyhus has thrown a no-hitter and
a one-hitter in her past two starts,
against Utah State and Portland
State, respectively.
"We just need two good, quality
wins in to make sure that we're
strong throughout," Poore said be
fore the Portland State games. "It
will really help us out when we go
down (to California). Those are two
good teams we're going to play this
weekend."
All eight of the Pac-10 softball
squads are ranked in the top 25 na
tionally in the NFCA/USA Today
poll. Arizona State is the lowest
ranked at No. 24, while No. 1 Ari
zona, No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 Cali
fornia top the list.
"I think Pac-10 is very easy to get ex
cited for," Arendsen said.
First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
on Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m.
on Sunday.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
Tennis hosts top-ranked teams
The Oregon women’s
tennis squad travels to
California while themen
host two Pac-10 teams
By Clayton Jones
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon men's tennis team looks
to rebound and enjoy the comforts of
home for the first time in almost a
month. The men take on Arizona
schools, while the women's team travels
to California to battle San Diego, San
Diego State andllilsa this weekend.
The men's team, coming off losses to
No. 9 Stanford and No. 34 California
last week, will face No. 21 Arizona today
and No. 37 Arizona State on Sunday.
Head coach Chris Russell expects his
47th-ranked Ducks to return to form.
"We're
hopeful we
can play the
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__ we did against
Washington,"
said Russell. "These are both
winnable matches, but neither team
gives away much so we have to be pre
pared and come out energized and
create breaks for ourselves."
The doubles matches, according
to Russell, are key for the rest of the
da/ s matches.
"Our doubles energy needs to be
high if we expect to win," said Russell.
"It sets the tone for our singles play."
Arizona (11-6 overall, 2-5 Pacific
10 Conference) comes into the
match having won its past three by a
combined score of 19-2. The Wild
cats will be led by 64th-ranked
sophomore Roger Matalonga, who
has a 16-5 singles record and a 15-3
doubles record with his partner, jun
ior Colin O'Grady.
Sunday's opponent, Arizona State
(7-8,1-7), is coming off a loss to rival
Arizona but has won three of its last
four matches. Though it has a 1-7
conference record, its lone win came
against fifth-ranked UCLA.
The women's team travels to San
Diego on the tails of a three-match
winning streak with hopes to improve
its record-breaking year.
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