Sports Editor:
Hank Hager
hankhager@dailyemerald.com
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Oregon Daily Emerald
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along right now to help
the Ducks in the secondary
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Turn to LEARN, page 10
Getting a life lesson
Junior George Yioulos serves as both the coach and coordinator for the Club Sailing team
Courtesy Elliot Asbury
George Yioulos and the Club sailing team gear up for the Spring Championships this weekend at Cascade Locks.
By Kirsten McEwen
Freelance Reporter
ro years ago, Oregon's Club sailing
team was struggling. Iheir boats were
A in poor shape, the team was scattered
and George Yioulos' dream of building a
first-class sailing team was facing failure.
This past Saturday, at the sailing Club's
Spring Open House, no one could have
guessed Yioulos and the sailing program
had just begun its campaign to re-ener
gize the team. The team was upbeat, or
ganized and skilled. They were astound
ed that more than 50 people had traveled
to Fern Ridge Reservoir to see what they
were all about.
Today, the sailing program is clearly
going somewhere and the finger can be
pointed at Yioulos. His dream is finally
in action.
"George is the martyr of our team,"
sophomore Jennifer Dorner said. "He is
the sole reason we even have one."
Yioulos, a Novato, Calif, native, became
interested in the "most underrated college
sport in America" when he was 14 years
old. At Marin Catholic High School, Yiou
los sailed competitively for two years, and
Turn to LESSON, page 8
Ducks 7th after two days in Arizona
The Ducks’ hope for a NCAA
Regional bid is still alive going into
the final round of the Pac-10's
By Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
The Oregon men's golf team found themselves
going in the wrong direction Tuesday.
Despite getting a pair of 71 's from sophomore
Justin St. Clair and freshman Matt Ma, the Ducks
_ dropped a spot, finishing
™ _ seventh after the third
iwlErir S round of the Pacific-10
Championships in
Marana, Ariz.
"We finished 13-over
today, we didn't do what we wanted on the
course," Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said.
"We had a couple of 71 's, but unfortunately we
had to take some high numbers."
Players seemed to be adjusting to the lengthy
par-72, 7,435-yard Gallery at the Dove Mountain
course. The third round had 20 players shoot
even par or better, but only a couple of Ducks ex
perienced the course's good graces.
More importantly, the Duck's 13-over 273 did
nothing to bolster Oregon's slim chances at a
NCAA West Regional bid.
"The number we had was disappointing,"
Nosier said. "We are just giving away too many
strokes. It's a difficult course, but we are making it
harder than it actually is. It's more target golf than
we are used to. At home, if you miss the fairway
you can just hit it out of the trees. Here you might
have to go back to the tee."
The hope for a top-five finish entering the
third round is still a reality, however. The Ducks
trail No. 18 California by just five strokes, and
fifth-place Southern California by 12.
St. Clair anchored the Oregon squad by con
tinuing his impressive play of late, firing a 1-un
der 71 to tie with fellow teammate Matt Ma for
the low round of the tournament for the Ducks.
St. Clair recorded three birdies and two bogeys
and moved into 13th at 2-over 218.
"I think 1 played pretty consistently today," St.
Clair said. "I left a few putts out there, but I
Turn to SEVENTH, page 12
Harris steps up with shutout start against Arizona
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Danielle Hickey Photo Editor
Sophomore Amy Harris has pitched sparingly this season after being the No. 1 pitcher in Oregon’s 2003 campaign her freshman year.
Amy Harris, last season’s standout
pitcher for the Ducks, picked up last
year's momentum with Sunday’s
performance against Arizona
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Collegiate softball is a game of pitching.
While the rest of the sport obviously comes
into play, if a team has a dominant pitcher — like
Arizona's 32-1 Alicia Hollowell — she can run an
entire season.
In 2003, Amy Harris, the freshman pitcher who
was a standout at North Eugene 1 ligh School, ran
Oregon's show from the
circle. She started 35 of
Oregon's 56 games during
the season and pitched
188 total innings. Ore
gon's No. 2 pitcher, Anissa
Meashintubby, threw just 99 innings in 2003.
After an injury to her pitching hand kept Harris
DOCK
SOFTBALL
out of fall practices and delayed her return in
Turn to SHUTOUT, page 9