Hadzic’s victory
keeps UO tennis
from advancing
Davina Mendiburu can't
come away with Oregon’s
fourth point as Washington
takes the match in Seattle
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
The Oregon women's tennis team
had a moderate weekend of success in
Seattle, narrowly losing to No. 10 Wash
ington a day after winning its first-round
match against No. 31 New Mexico.
The Ducks, ranked 32nd in the na
tion, had Washington on the ropes but
Dinka Hadzic took a three-set match
from Oregon's Davina Mendiburu, 6
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Ducks' season.
Mendiburu was up 6-5 at one point
in the final set, but could not pull
away for the victory.
Strong singles play from the Ducks
set up the rubber match between
Mendiburu and Hadzic.
No. 12 Daria Panova lost to
33rd-ranked Claire Carter, 7-5, 6-1,
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but Courtney Nagle and Anna
Leksinska overtook their opponents
in straight sets.
Nagle, unranked this season, took
down No. 64 Erin Hoe, 6-1, 6-4,
while Leksinska took care of Saskia
Nauenberg, 6-1, 7-5. Panova won her
doubles match with Nagle, 8-4, over
Carter and Dea Sumantri.
The Washington duo, however,
bounced back. Carter evened up the
score with Panova in singles and
Sumantri, ranked No. 17, did the
same, defeating No. 71 Dominika
Dieskova, 6-2, 6-2.
Mendiburu and Ester Bak earned
Oregon's first point of the afternoon,
closing out their doubles match, 8-6,
over Mugette Ahn and Nauenberg.
That gave the Ducks two wins in
three attempts in doubles play.
The second round match came after
the Ducks defeated New Mexico, 4-3,
on Saturday. Oregon again earned the
first point by taking two of three dou
bles matches, then wins by Panova,
Nagle and Mendiburu propelled the
Ducks into the next round.
"It was a great match," Oregon
head coach Nils Schyllander said.
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MEN
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time came in mid-April at the Mt.
SAC Relays (13.53).
"It really helped having the Bruins
around me at the start," Mitchum
said. "1 knew what was expected from
me, and it kept me focused on the
race itself and not the pressure. 1 got
out a little slow but then had a good
middle part of the race and just fin
ished it off from there."
Skipper continued his brilliant
freshman campaign Friday by setting a
new outdoor season best (first, 18 feet
3 1/4 inches) in the pole vault. The
Sandy native was tested by UCLA's Yoo
Kim early, but pulled away with first-at
tempt clearances at 17-11 1/4 and 18
3 1/4 to win by 8 inches.
"1 wasn't my best early in the pole
vault, but once I got in the flow, things
started feeling a lot better," Skipper said.
"Having Andy (Young) and Trevor
(Woods) out there doing well and
cheering you on was also really special,
and the crowd added an extra energy."
Woods, a two-time All-American,
finished fifth (16-11 1/2). Young
missed his personal best by an inch en
route to a 12th-place finish (16-5 1 /2).
Oregon senior Adam Jenkins just
missed successfully defending his Pac
10 javelin title, finishing second to Ari
zona's Matt Wagner (233-4). Jenkins'
top throw of 227-4 was good for third
on the Oregon all-time list.
"1 had a bad first two attempts, so
Lance (Deal, Oregon throws coach)
and 1 agreed to use a half approach to
make it simpler, and that worked re
ally well," Jenkins said. "That got my
spirits back up and back in the com
petitive mental framework. From
there, as I got closer to Wagner, that
made it easier to give me confidence
and I started thinking I actually had a
chance to get him."
The Oregon 4x400 relay team of
Travis Anderson, Brandon Holliday,
Kedar Inico and Matt Scherer finished
second (3:03.49) to Arizona State while
setting a 2.51 second school record.
Holliday, who entered with the
Pac-10's top time in the 400 hurdles
(51.08), finished fourth (50.52) de
spite running the fastest time of his
career. LICLA's Brandon Johnson won
the event with a time of 48.85.
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WOMEN
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the Oregon Twilight two weeks ago.
junior Sarah Malone did not meet
her goal in the javelin throw, which she
expected to win. Malone placed sec
ond, earning her best mark, 171-5, on
her first throw. Itie Newberg native lost
to her rival and 2001 NCAA Javelin
Champion Inga Stasiulionyte from
Southern California, who threw 181-11.
Malone hopes to improve on her
marks during the NCAA West Region
al in two weeks.
"1 was hoping to win it, but you
have to give credit to Inga because
she's a great competitor, and you have
to have your best day to beat her,"
Malone said. "She also throws really
well when there's no wind, while I
love headwinds. I'll go back to the
drawing board and be ready to give it
another go at regionals."
In the sprints, junior Sofie
Abildtrup battled a hamstring injury
to take fifth in the 400 meters with
the second fastest time in her career
at 53.22 seconds.
Abildtrup said the adrenaline from
competing at the Pac-10 Champi
onships kicked in and her injury end
ed up not being too much of a factor.
"I felt great (Friday), but (Saturday)
my hamstring tightened up and 1 was
a little worried," Abildtrup said.
"Once 1 got to the track, I got excited.
It started feeling better and 1 knew 1
was ready to give it a go."
Abildtrup returned to anchor the
4x400 relay unit that finished seventh
overall in the event with a season-best
time of 3:42.23.
The women will go to the NCAA
West Regionals in Northridge, Calif.,
in two weeks with an opportunity to
later compete at the NCAA Champi
onships in June.
Smith said the women have a
bright future ahead of them.
"1 think this season has been a great
foundation as we continue to build
both (the women's and men's) pro
grams," Smith said.
Contact the sports reporter
at alextam@dailyemerald.com.
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