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Tim Bobosky Photographer Oregon senior Julie Jaime, seen here earlier this season, is one of two reserves to see a large amount of playing time with the Ducks this „ season. The Ducks wrap up their 2004 Pac-10 campaign by hosting Stanford and California for three games this weekend. CONSISTENT continued from page 7 offensive kick — scoring five or more runs in eight games that month. Oregon is currently in a slight of fensive slump after being shutout — 5-0, 1 -0 and 3-0 — in Arizona during the weekend. When the Ducks do well offensive ly, catcher Jenn Poore and third base man Ashley Richards lead the way. Poore leads the team with the .323 batting average while Richards leads the team with a .531 slugging percent age. Recently, Oregon has recovered its inconsistent defense and solidified the infield with extra practice and a dose of confidence. Other than a five error hiccup Sunday, the defense has gotten off the roller coaster it had been on earlier this season. Another part of Oregon's attack is the frequent use of reserves. While four players — Poore, Richards, desig nated player Beth Boskovich and shortstop Breanne Sabol — have start ed all 54 games, reserve players Julie Jaime and Ann Marie Topps have each played in a majority of Oregon's games this season. The most consistent facet of this season's Oregon team has been the pitching. Oregon's top pitcher — Ani Nyhus — recently became the fifth Duck to win 20 games in a season. The Ducks' team earned run average is 1.71. Career K's Three of Oregon's four current pitchers have pitched their way into Oregon's career top 10 list for strike outs. Senior Anissa Meashintubby has worked her way up to No. 5 on the list, with 82 strikeouts this season on top of her 228 last season. Sophomore Amy Harris, who last season set Oregon's single-season strikeouts record with 180, has added 84 strikeouts this season to put her at No. 6 on the list. Nyhus has jumped onto the list during her first season as a Duck. She has struck out 172 batters this season, putting herself at No. 9 on the list. Desert disasters Looking at recent history, the state of Arizona has not been kind to the Ducks. In the past five seasons, Ore gon is 2-13 at Arizona and Arizona State, with both wins against the Sun Devils. Since the Ducks' last winning record in Arizona — they went 4-0 in 1989 — they are 10-45 in the desert, with all 10 wins against Arizona State. This past weekend was the first time this season that the Ducks lost three consecutive games. Regional revealing The 64 teams selected for the NCAA Division I Softball Regionals will be announced in a selection show Sunday. The show will be shown on ESPNews, beginning at 5 p.m. Oregon is eligible for five of the eight regional locations — at host schools Baylor, Michigan, Nebraska, Georgia and Florida State. Arizona, UCLA and Stanford will host their own regionals. Pac-10 schools are not eligible to participate in a regional at another Pac-10 site. Ducks head coach Kathy Arendsen was unavailable by phone Tuesday. Contact the senior sports reporter at mindirice@dailyemerald.com. hRFfiON MIIY FMFBAI n your in dependent student newspaper Game 2 beckons Flyers, Lightning Philadelphia evened up the conference final series at one apiece with a 6-2 victory on Monday By Ray Parrillo Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) PHILADELPHIA — Ken Hitch cock began by talking about horse racing, advising his questioners to plop their cash down on Smarty Jones to win Saturday's Preakness. "Don't even bother betting place or show on Smarty," the Flyers' coach said Tuesday. "I don't think there's any doubt he's going to win." Inside stuff, maybe? "Yeah. I talk to horses. Sometimes the wrong end." From thoroughbred racing, the news conference segued into the best-of-seven Eastern Conference fi nal between the Flyers and Tampa Bay, which the Flyers locked up at one game apiece with Monday's 6-2 blowout at the St. Pete Times Fo rum. The series resumes on Thursday night at the Wachovia Center, where the Flyers, who on Tuesday were giv en a day away from practice, happen to be 6-0 during the postseason. The segue seemed appropriate. If the first two games of the series have suggested anything, it is that the Fly ers are quite willing to engage the Lightning in the high-speed, high risk approach that launched Tampa to the top of the conference during the regular season. This may seem outrageous to any one familiar with Hitchcock when he coached the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup in 1999 by demanding that his players adhere to a button down, cautious system that empha sized defense, defense and more de fense. Boring, but remarkably effective. According to Hitchcock, he didn't want to play the game that way, but, he said, "We didn't have the foot speed and we certainly didn't have the mobility on the back end (de fense) to play this way." In the Flyers, Hitchcock believes he does have the speed and mobility to go stride for stride with Tampa Bay. So after a grinding second round series against Toronto in which each foot of ice was chal lenged, and after five straight losses to the Lightning that included the 3 1 setback in Game 1, Hitchcock de cided a change had to be made. A change of mind-set. "Sometimes, when you play against a team like Tampa, you want to play conservative. We want to go the other way," Hitchcock said. "We want to play with some risk. We want to take chances, and hopefully it'll pay off. It did (in Game 2). Our thought process changed a little bit. We couldn't continue to play the same way we were because we weren't getting enough goals." If the Flyers and Lightning contin ue this match race all the way to the finish line, it will be a welcome change in an era when the NHL can use a little octane in its game. Hitch cock said the Lightning's hell-bent style of play reminds him of the way the Edmonton Oilers played when they dominated the league in the 1980s. "Neither one of these teams is playing with a conservative mind set," he said. "We're all kind of going for it. It's good for the fans, and it's good for the game." For the Flyers, the reward for their risk-taking was an astonishing five odd-man rushes in the first period of Game 2. In a blink, they were in front, 3-0. John LeClair scored his first goal of the postseason less than two minutes after the opening face off when his shot from a tough an gle went between the legs of goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. "I should stop that shot," said Khabibulin, who was pulled early in the second period after giving up four goals, the first three on four shots. © 2004, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. CLASSIFIEDS To place an ad, call (541) 346-4343 or stop by Room 300 Erb Memorial Union E-mail: classads@dailyemerald.com Online Edition: www.dailyemerald.com Room 300, Erb Memorial Union, P.O. Box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 Horoscope by Linda C. Black Today's Birthday (May 12). Your friends are trying to teach you something that you'd be wise to learn. You may think that you already know it, but practicing with a team helps. If you really apply yourself this year, you can advance to a whole new level. The exam comes when you realize the lessons are costing too much. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21 -April 19) _ Today is a 5 _ What things are really worth fighting for? 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