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preseason tournaments, junior
transfer Ani Nyhus stepped into the
role of Oregon ace with early-sea
son dominance.
Now Nyhus has been the Ducks'
(34-12 overall, 8-4 Pacific-10 Con
ference) go-to pitcher, with 141.2 in
nings pitched, and Harris and
Meashintubby are behind her with
72.2 and 80 innings pitched, respec
tively.
Sunday's 1-0 victory against No. 1
Arizona was Harris' day to shine,
however. The sophomore returned to
her freshman form, pitching 5.2
scoreless innings against a team that
is No. 2 in the nation for runs per
game. Harris struck out five batters
and allowed three hits.
"It felt great (to be pitching),"
Harris said Sunday. "Especially to
day, to have this many people here
and to have my family and friends
watching. Just to come out, no
nerves, and beat the No. 1 team in
the nation. You can't ask for any
thing else."
After Harris allowed two runners
on base in the sixth, Nyhus entered
the game in relief.
"It was more of a situational
change that they made than that
Amy came out," Nyhus said Sunday.
"That girl could have gone 14 in
nings, she was throwing so well. Amy
pitched incredible for us today."
That opinion was the consensus
among teammates and coaches, who
were happy to see I larris return to form.
"I thought Amy 1 larris was spectac
ular," Oregon head coach Kathy
Arendsen said Sunday. "Maybe her
best game as a Duck. She threw 97
pitches.
"I would have loved Amy to get
that win," Arendsen continued. "She
deserved it."
Rare victory
The biggest thing that Oregon
showed the Pac-10 with its 1-0 victo
ry against No. 1 Arizona is that no
school in the nation's top conference
is unbeatable.
"This is huge," Nyhus said. "We've
beat every team in the Pac-10 now,
and I think — along with coming out
of (the Pac-10 season) ready to go to
regionals and the world series — that
was one of the goals for everyone."
Against the Wildcats, Oregon is
now 9-64 all-time, including the split
Saturday and Sunday.
Winning again
Arendsen and the Ducks are three
victories shy of matching last sea
son's total of 37. With two more
Pac-10 wins, Oregon will match last
season's 10-win conference record
and earn double-digit Pac-10 victo
ries for the seventh time in confer
ence history.
Oregon's top Pac-10 record is its
13-7 campaign in 1989. The Ducks
finished 54-18 that season, the only
year that Oregon has participated in
the Women's College World Series.
Small step from a big win
After a 2-1 weekend that included
a victory against No. 1 Arizona, the
Ducks moved from No. 12 to No. 11
in the NFCA/USA Softball poll re
leased Tuesday.
Around the Pac-10, most schools
either kept their ranking from the
previous week or shifted only one or
two spots in the poll.
Arizona stayed at No. 1 with all 20
first-place votes. No. 4 UCLA and No.
5 California kept their rankings, while
No. 7 Stanford moved up one spot
and No. 8 Washington fell two places.
The Ducks are not far behind Wash
ington, with 40 points separating the
country's No. 8 and No. 11 programs.
Oregon State stayed at No. 16 and
Arizona State, the only Pac-10 pro
gram not ranked in the top 25, did
not receive any votes.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@daiiyemerald.com.
SPORTS BRIEF
BCS ‘Plus One' game
still up in air
PI IOENIX — lust as the concept of
a post-bowl championship game ap
peared to be gaining momentum, the
plan was met with resistance Tuesday
at the Bowl Championship Series
meetings.
BCS Chairman Mike Tranghese ac
knowledged a divide in opinion
among the 11 conferences for a "Plus
One" model that would call for five
BCS bowl games plus a final game for
all the marbles.
"I don't think it's a dead issue,"
Tranghese said, "but 1 don't want to
give the impression that this is where
we're headed, either. It's not an issue
being embraced by all the confer
ences. And there are some confer
ences that are pretty adamantly op
posed to it."
— Teddy Greenstein
Chicago Tribune (KRT)
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