UO tennis takes to the road,
seeks NCAA tournament bid
The Oregon men and women visit
Washington and California, respectively,
in search of cementing postseason bids
By Clayton Jones
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon women's tennis team travels to California
for the third time in four weeks to solidify an NCAA Tour
nament berth Saturday, while the Duck men will be fight
ing for their NCAA postseason lives against an angry pack
of Huskies in Washington.
The Oregon men's tennis team defeated the Huskies in a
nonconference dual match earlier this season in Eugene,
but Oregon head coach Chris Russell believes Washington
will be gunning for the Ducks.
"We're going up there with a big red target on our
backs," Russell said.
Oregon's victory over the Huskies marked only the fifth
win in 112 tries against Washington. With that win, Oregon
goes to Washington confident it can pull off the upset.
"We know how to beat Washington now," 88th-ranked
"I hope he (Russell) lets me play Vlaski again," Kost said.
"I've beaten him four times in my career and I feel confident."
Oregon junior Sven Swinnen enters Saturday's match
having lost one match in the last two months. Swinnen,
ranked 35th, has won 10 of his last 11 singles matches, in
cluding a win over No. 6 Tobias Clemens of UCLA. Swin
^*nen defeated freshman No. 42 Alex Slovic during the
Ducks' prior out against Washington.
"The whole season is going pretty well for me and I
think people will be going after me now," Swinnen said.
Washington "lost for the first time in Eugene in a long
time and I'm sure they want revenge."
Oregon's main concern at this point is getting into the
NCAA Tournament, and Russell believes this match is the
team's chance to show the tournament committee it belongs.
"If the team wants to be playing in May, this is their chance to
make a statement to the NCAA Selection Committee," Russell
said. "The Washington match couldn't be a better opportunity."
DUCK
TENNIS
Manuel Kost said. "We need to be
prepared and come out with the
same energy level."
Kost gave the Ducks the win over
Washington in their last matchup,
defeating No. 9 Alex Vlaski.
Danielle Hickey Photo Editor
Manuel Kost will compete for the Ducks Saturday in Washington.
Women look to solidify position
The Oregon women's tennis team is peaking at the right
time and looks to finish the season strong in California
against Long Beach State and Pepperdine.
'These matches all have postseason implications and we
just need to keep our momentum going, "Oregon head coach
Nils Schyllander said.
Oregon has won five of its past six matches and hopes to
continue its steady play.
"We're in a great position and just need to stay focused and
play one match at a time" Schyllander said.
The Ducks' strong play has put them into position to con
tend for an NCAA tournament berth.
"We can't think about that right now," Schyllander said.
"That's out of our hands and we need to concentrate on these
next two matches."
Freshman Dominika Dieskova comes in with the hot
hand for the Ducks, winning six of her last seven matches.
She has also moved herself into a tie for third-place on the
single-season win list at Oregon with 18.
The road trip also marks the last regular season matches
for senior Courtney Nagle.
"This is a big weekend for Courtney because it's her last
regular season matches and she's starting to get healthy and
play some good tennis," Schyllander said.
Clayton Jones is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
FINAL
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"It helps to push you."
Holliday and A.K. Ikwuakor will
compete in the 400 hurdles Sunday Ik
wuakor finished third in the 110 hurdles
(14.39) at the Pepsi's, just behind Travis
Brandstatter of Minnesota (14.37).
Ryan Andrus will compete in the
10,000 meters for Oregon on Friday.
The Orem, Utah native's personal best
of 29:11.04 came during the 2003
NCAA Championships.
The senior transfer from Wisconsin,
who was also a 2002 cross county All
American, is coming off a sixth place fin
ish in the 1,500 (3:49.64) at the Pepsi's.
Oregon will also compete in the
4x400-meter relay. Potential relay
members include Travis Anderson,
Scott Lamb, Kedar Inico and Holliday.
The quartet finished second (3:11.38)
at the Pepsi's.
Inico, a transfer from Barton Com
munity College in Great Bend, Kan.,
anchored the quartet during the Pepsi's
and the Texas Relays.
Anderson is coming off a win in the
400 (47.04) at the Pepsi's, while Lamb,
a junior transfer from Mt. Hood Com
munity College, is a former NWAACC
champion in the 400.
Other Pacific-10 Conference
schools expected to compete at the
meet are Arizona, Arizona State,
UCLA, Stanford, Washington State
and Southern California.
While several Oregon athletes are
competing at the Mt. San Antonio Col
lege meet, the Ducks will send fresh
man Travis Ramme to the Long Beach
Invitational to get some extra work in
the 100 and 200 this weekend.
A Eugene native, Ramme was one of
the area's top sprinters coming out of
Sheldon High School in 2003. He
placed in the 100 (fourth, 11.08), 200
(third, 22.09) and anchored the 4x400
(3:21.16) state champion in the 2003
4A Oregon state championships.
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
SCRIMMAGE
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there really isn't anybody so we've
got to stay in there to take all the
reps."
In the secondary, Keith Lewis and
Steven Moore are currently preparing for
the upcoming NFL Draft. Justin Phinisee
and Marley Tucker return as starters.
Add up all of that, and the defense
has lost six starters from last season's
team. The Ducks are set to return five,
but only three are playing prominent
roles during the spring.
FYI
Bellotti said the Ducks will practice
for up to an hour and a half Saturday
before the actual scrimmage. From
then on, Oregon will participate in the
scrimmage, which is expected to last
anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour.
In other words, not much will
change from last week's workout.
"Some of the things we learned
from the first scrimmage, hopefrilly
the mistakes we made, I want to
remedy those," Bellotti said. "I want
to correct them."
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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