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Bruins, Trojans visit Eugene,
expect to 'hammer' Ducks
The Ducks will host the top
Pac-10 teams in hopes
of pulling off an upset
By Clayton Jones
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon men's tennis team will
be fighting to put itself into position
for an NCAA Tournament berth when
it faces two of the top four teams in
the country in UCLA and Southern
California at home Friday and Satur
day, respectively.
"There is a sense of urgency for us
to get in the NCAA team tournament
because right now we're on the bub
ble," Oregon head coach Chris Russell
said.
Oregon is ranked No. 46 in the
country and, with 34 at-large bids
available for the 64-team NCAA Tour
nament, the Ducks could put them
selves in a favorable position with an
upset over either USC or UCLA.
Fourth-ranked UCLA travels into
town today, led by the No. 6 player in
the country, Tobias Clemens. The Bru
ins got a boost last week when junior
Luben Pampoulov made his Bruin de
but. Pampoulov was a No. 1-ranked
junior player in his homeland of Aus
tria and breezed to two straight-set vic
tories in the No. 2 singles position
against Stanford and California.
UCLA brings a deep team to Eu
gene and is on a five-match winning
streak, outscoring its opponents 33-2.
All the Bruins' singles players are
ranked, with the exception of Pam
poulov, and Russell said that will
make it a tough match for the Ducks.
"Their depth and experience give
pect to drop the hammer on us."
However, Russell believes if his
team comes out with the right frame
of mind, they can pull off an upset.
"If we have the mentality that this
is a great opportunity to pull of an
upset and play with enthusiasm in
stead of trying to play outside our
selves, I think we'll have a chance,"
Russell said.
The Bruins did lose to Arizona State
this season, a team that the Ducks de
feated last week.
"Our doubles teams have been
playing well and if we can get on
them early, you never know what will
happen," Russell said.
Russell doesn't expect that his top
MEN’S
TENNIS
them an ad
vantage," Rus
sell said.
"They're confi
dent coming
in here and ex
two singles players, 35th-ranked Sven
Swinnen and 88th-ranked Manuel
Kost, will be intimidated.
"Swinn and Manu have won
against top-10 players and know what
it takes to win these kind of matches,"
Russell said.
The Ducks face an even bigger chal
lenge Saturday when they face third
ranked USC. The Trojans come with a
16-2 record, their best start since their
1994 national championship season.
USC also has a deep arsenal, with
five singles players ranked in the top
100. Leading the way for the Trojans
is 23rd-ranked senior Adriano Biasel
la. Biasella has gone 14-4 this season,
including victories over UCLA's
Clemens and Stanford's llth-ranked
Sam Warburg.
The Ducks are 0-9 all-time against
the Trojans, but almost pulled out a
win the last time USC came to town
in 2002, losing 4-3.
"We are going to have to come out
with our A-game and play to win if
we want to be successful against
USC," Russell said. "We don't expect
them to give us anything and have to
play with the mentality that we have
nothing to lose."
Clayton Jones is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
CONFIDENT
continued from page 7
Joining Donovan in the 400-meters
is junior Sofie Abildtrup, who is seek
ing to enter Oregon's all-time list in
the event. She missed 10th place over
all by .06 seconds with a time of
54.76 in early March.
Donovan said that the arrival of Pa
cific-10 Conference foe Washington
only adds to the excitement of the
meet. The West Linn native also said
that her team is prepared alter already
experiencing the feel of a home meet at
the Oregon Preview three weeks ago.
"We love it when UW comes down
here because it's at our home track,"
Donovan said. "It's kind of like a ri
valry for us. We're ready to put all the
points out there on the board and just
get it done."
Junior Bree Fuqua is another Duck
looking to do well in her two events
— the shot put and discus throw.
Fuqua, a transfer from Wisconsin,
achieved an outdoor season best of 50
feet, 11 1/2 inches in the shot put at
the Texas Relays last weekend. Howev
er, she will face a tough group of com
petitors that includes Minnesota jun
ior Alean Frawley, who leads the field
with an outdoor personal best of 53-5
1/2 in 2003.
Fuqua said she has been pleased
with her results so far during the
spring season. Fuqua, who holds in
door and outdoor shot put records at
Wisconsin, is working with new
throwers coach Lance Deal to im
prove her results.
"This outdoor season, I was kind of
unsatisfied," Fuqua said. "The shot
put actually went pretty well and the
discus has been OK. We changed a
few things in the shot put to kind of
get back."
In the javelin, Oregon anticipates
having little worry about winning the
section behind redshirt junior Sarah
Malone. Malone, who holds Oregon's
school record at 179-7, said that she
has dianged her training routine dur
ing the past week so she doesn't expect
to break any records this weekend.
J
Her strongest opponents are Wash
ington's Megan Spriesterbach and
sophomore Tiffany Zahn. Spriester
bach temporarily held the Huskies'
school record for the javelin two years
ago with a mark of 158-3. Zahn, who
attended the same high school as
Malone in Newberg, is a former Ore
gon 4A state champion.
Regardless of that, Malone is confi
dent that she can pull out the victory.
"It's not going to be a huge compe
tition for me," Malone said. "My plan
is just to go out and win. I don't think
I will have any problem."
Contact the sports reporter
at alextam@dailyemerald.com.
UNEXPECTED
continued from page 7
have to schedule a time and I'm used
to just walking in there."
Watson's transition was made a lit
tle easier when he met Oregon team
mate Roderick Dotts. The two had
several things in common and hit it
off instantly. Dotts grew up 10 min
utes east of Watson in East St. Louis,
111. While the pair didn't know each
other growing up, they share the same
accent and clothing preferences.
Senior hurdler Brandon Holliday
has had to take Watson and Dotts to
Portland on several occasions to meet
the duo's shopping needs. Both are
admitted shopaholics who love buy
ing shoes and bright, baggy clothing.
Watson and Dotts have helped
each other adapt to the other surprises
in Eugene, besides the lack of shop
ping outlets, that come with the tran
sition into a new environment.
"Me and (Watson) bonded real fast"
Dotts said. "We can relate to each other
and spend a lot of time together.
"It was weird meeting the hippies.
We don't have that in St. Louis at all."
In the field, Watson quickly
garnered respect at the Division I lev
el. He earned All-American status in
the long jump (25-2 1/2) during the
indoor season and won his outdoor
jumping debut in the long jump (25
4 1/2) during the Jim Click Shootout
inTuscon, Ariz.
He will compete in the long jump
and the triple jump in tomorrow's
Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward
Field. It will be his second appearance
at Hayward after winning the 100-me
ter dash (10.88) during spring break's
Oregon Preview.
During his remaining time at Ore
gon, Watson would like to continue
working toward being one of the na
tion's best in the long jump and the
triple jump along with getting his de
gree in psychology.
Finding a way to adapt to life in Eu
gene would also be a plus.
"(Watson and I) go to the parties
here but we don't really feel 'em a lot,"
Dotts said. "The/re not really fun. We
go mostly to talk about how boring it
was. It's just a different type of atmos
phere, but we're getting used to it."
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemeraid.com.
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