SPORTS BRIEFS
Hoz de Vila to
represent Bolivia
Oregon freshman Monica
Hoz de Vila was named to the
Bolivian National Tennis Team
on Tuesday in preparation for
the 2004 Fed Cup, set to take
place April 23 through 26 in
Campinas, Brazil.
Hoz de Vila, a La Paz native,
and Bolivia will play against
Chile, Jamaica, Bermuda and
Trinidad and Tobago in the
Americas Zone Group II. rFhe
winner advances to the Americas
Zone Group 1.
"It is a great honor for Monica
to represent the Oregon program
and (an) even bigger honor for
her to represent her country,"
Oregon head coach Nils Schyl
lander said. "This will help her
development as a tennis player
and give her a chance to play
quality competition."
Hoz de Vila is 11-6 overall this
season and 4-1 in duals. She also
holds a 4-1 record in doubles play.
The Fed Cup is the female ver
sion of the Davis Cup, "the
largest international team com
petition in world sport," accord
ing to the tournament's Web site,
www.daviscup.com.
— Hank Hager
Oregon gets first
Pac-10 honor
The Pacific-10 Conference
named Oregon junior Sofie
Abildtrup as the Women's Track
Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
Abildtrup helped Oregon win
the Pepsi Team Invitational on
Saturday at Hayward Field. The
Fredericksberg, Denmark native
won the 400-meter race in 54.49
seconds, which gave her a Pac-10
and regional qualifying mark.
The time also placed her ninth in
Oregon history in the event.
After Abildtrup heard about the
honor, given to one athlete on the
track side and one to the field
events section, she said she did not
know how to react at first.
"1 didn't even know (the Pac
10) did that," said Abildtrup,
who is a first-year Duck.
However, Abildtrup later real
ized the importance of earning
the award personally and for
her team.
"There are, as far as 1 know,
pretty good athletes in the Pac
10," Abildtrup said. "So I'm
pretty honored to get that tide."
Abildtrup won the 200-meters
this past Saturday with a time
of 23.94, taking the event by
0.71 seconds.
Ending the afternoon, the jun
ior ran the final leg of the
women's 4x400 relay team, lead
ing the Ducks to the victory.
Abildtrup also anchored the
team's 4x100 relay team, which
placed third.
After the Pepsi Invitational
meet, the Oregon coaches told
their rising star they were proud
of the way she competed in all of
her events.
"My coaches told me that they
were pleased that I did so well,"
Abildtrup said. "They were just
very optimistic (about my per
formance)."
Abildtrup becomes the sixth
Oregon track and field athlete to
take home conference honors in
the past three seasons. She joins
Santiago Lorenzo (decathlon,
2003), Brett Holts (steeplechase,
2003), Adam Jenkins (javelin,
2003), Trevor Woods (pole vault
2002) and Sarah Malone
(javelin, 2001).
Also honored Tuesday by the
Pac-10 were UCLA's Dan Ames
(men's field), Arizona State's
Domenik Peterson (men's track)
and the Bruins' Sheena Gordon
(women's field).
— Hank Hager and Alex Tam
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BUMPS
continued from page 7
me. We hold each other accountable."
In the outfield, players have a few more
seconds for reaction time, although they of
ten have more ground to cover. Infielders
can't depend on each other to back them
up — if an infielder misses a ball, the next
closest player is likely an outfielder.
The errors that have plagued Oregon re
cently have ended up in key situations — a
missed throw that would have ended an in
ning or a misplayed bunt that would have
saved a run — giving the errors a more di
rect effect on the game.
"You try not to (be waiting for the next
one), but sometimes that's just the way it
goes," Goodell said. "We all know that we
all have the potential to be the best defen
sive team there is — we have the talent and
we have the potential — but sometimes
you just get in that mode where it goes
back to the confidence thing. When one
thing goes wrong, you start to question
your ability even though you know you
have the ability."
As a team, Oregon's fielding percentage
is .955. Opponents are fielding .966 against
the Ducks.
Sharing the burden
Oregon's success this season has come
behind the bats of the team rather than a se
lect group of hard-hitters.
The Ducks' top three hitters — Poore, Ash
ley Richards and Kayleen Hudson — are each
4 for 45 in Oregon's past five games. Despite
the slump for the Ducks' leading hitters, Ore
gon went 3-2 in those five games.
"'They're frustrated probably more than I
am," Oregon head coach Kathy Arendsen
said. "That's part of the game, that you go
up and down. They had some hot streaks
where the ball must have looked like a
beach ball to them, and right now it proba
bly looks like a golf ball."
This season, Poore leads the Ducks with a
.339 average. Richards is second, hitting
.336 and Hudson is hitting .323, rounding
out the top three.
Still climbing the hill
Oregon finished its first Pac-10 series of
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Shortstop Breanne Sabol is one of three players who returned to starting positions in the
infield. Both the first and third basemen are new starters this season.
the season Saturday when the Ducks
wrapped up the three-game battle
with Oregon State with a 2-1 record.
"Oregon State is a very good ball
club," Arendsen said. "We're very
thrilled about (the series win). It was
one of the goals we set this year."
Although the Ducks have finished
one conference series, most of Pac-10
play remains ahead. Oregon opens its
series against Washington on Friday
and UCLA on Saturday. The following
weekend, the Ducks face Arizona and
Arizona State for the first time this
season to hit the halfway mark of the
Pac-10 season.
Contact the senior sports reporter at
mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
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