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SOFTBALL
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In the top of the fifth, Arendsen played the
odds and brought Nyhus in to relieve Harris
after the Wildcats got two on base with two
outs. Nyhus came in to face Mackenzie Van
dergeest after Vandergeest struck out the first
two times she faced Nyhus on Saturday. The
odds worked in Oregon's favor as Van
dergeest popped up to catcher Jenn Poore on
the first pitch she saw.
Nyhus remained in the game, striking out
two and allowing two hits in the final two in
nings. She picked up the win to improve to 19
8 on the season. The start for 1 Iarris was her sec
ond in the Pacific-10 Conference this season.
'Today I just went out and decided to forget
about the name on the uniforms," Harris said.
"Each team, on any given day, could beat any
team in the Pac-10. Ihere's no sense going out
there and being afraid of anyone. The pres
sure's on their shoulders — they're Arizona,
they7re No. 1 in die nation, their goal is to beat
us and we just didn't let that happen today."
The win against Arizona came on the heels
of a loss to the Wildcats on Saturday. After Ny
hus opened the game with two strikeouts, first
baseman Wendy Allen hit a solo shot into the
batting cages past the right center field wall.
Poore led off the bottom of the inning with
a line-drive home run over the center field
wall to tie the game at one.
Arizona and Oregon traded strikeouts for
three innings before the Wildcats put together
a two-out, five-run rally in the top of the fifth.
The Ducks couldn't answer, giving Arizona the
6-1 victory in front of a packed Howe Field
crowd of 1,016.
Oregon opened its weekend with a 1-0 win
against Arizona State. The only run of the
game came in the bottom of the second.
Right fielder Kayleen Hudson hit a two-out
double and scored when Sun Devil first base
man Kari Reidhead misplayed a routine
throw from a teammate on a ground ball hit
by Kristi Leiter.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
Sophomore
Amy Harris
(right) pitched
a gem before
switching with
junior transfer
Ani Nyhus in
the fifth inning
on the way to
the No. 12
Ducks' 1-0 vic
tory against
No. 1 Arizona.
Danielle Hickey
Photo Editor
WOMEN
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in the event with a mark of 160-5. Af
terward, however, Hoxmeier ex
pressed disappointment with her ef
fort, saying she hoped for higher
marks coming in.
"I wasn't feeling as good as in prac
tice," Hoxmeier said. "I'm never satis
fied. I've been wanting to throw 164
for a couple weeks."
Ihe women went on to continue
their strong showings through the twi
light session of the meet after the break.
The first event of the evening saw
more personal records fall in the
hammer throw. First-year Ducks
Megan Kriz and Katie Kersh gained
more than a foot on their bests, de
spite placing fourth and sixth in the
event, respectively.
Kersh climbed up to sixth all-time
in Oregon history with her throw of
174-11. Kriz, a transfer from Portland
r
State, earned a mark of 184-01, which
moved her into third all-time.
Kriz, whose sister Rachael is also a
member of the Oregon track and field
team, said she had a tough week of
practice going in and felt unsatisfied
after the Invite.
"I didn't feel very good coming into
it," Kriz said. "My first two warm-ups
were in the cage. (My PR) was all
right, but it didn't go far enough."
In other field events, redshirt junior
and former All-American Sarah Mal
one dominated her competition again
in the javelin with a mark of 174-5. The
throw was almost 10 feet more than
the second-place finisher, Sherbrooke
Club's Dominique Bilodeau.
Malone is not only one of the top
javelin throwers in the country, but is
ranked among the best in the world.
Her Oregon record of 179-7, achieved
at the Texas Relays earlier this year, is
the third best mark in the nation and
also places her 26th in the world
among throws in 2004.
However, the Invite's late start —
around six in the evening — had an
effect on Malone as she said she felt a
little slow with her delivery but was
helped out by the strong winds.
"Overall, I did good," Malone
said. "It was good conditions, great
crowd, but it was a little late for me. I
enjoy throwing in headwind, so I
used it to my advantage. I know a lot
of the girls struggled with it, but I
don't mind it at all."
Other notable showings included
redshirt sophomore Sara Schaaf and
redshirt junior Taylor Bryant earning
Pac-10 qualifers and new personal
bests in the 1,500-meters with times
of4:38.04 and 4:38.06, respectively.
"The women need to continue tak
ing another step up in the next three
weeks (heading into Pac-10s),"
Smith said. "And they've been pretty
consistent doing that."
Contact the sports reporter
at atextam@dailyemerald.com.
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