. POTENTIAL
continued from page 7
with a 2-under effort.
'To work hard all year only to be
shattered by one playoff hole,"
Roulliard said. "It shouldn't be easy
to swallow."
Painful, yes. But with no seniors
on the team, the Ducks should be
one of the best teams in the coun
try not only next year, but for years
to come.
The Ducks should be comforted
by the fact that their team had one
of the best seasons ever, despite their
youth.
The Ducks won multiple events
and finished with eight top 10s for
the first time since the 1999-2000
season. The Ducks also got their first
individual medalist honors since
Jerilyn White won the 2001 Peg
Barnard California Collegiate.
Sophomore Erin Andrews captured
the year's first tournament — win
ning the Lady Vandal Fall Invita
tional by seven strokes — while
Timpani captured the Colby Invita
tional in the spring.
The team dropped its scoring av
erage by ten shots from last year.
The Ducks will be helped by the
fact that the five starting players —
junior Johnna Nealy sophomores
Wenslow, Andrews, and Timpani,
and freshman Kimberly McCready,
who all played together in all 10
events will return next year.
Nealy, who is known for playing
well in big tournaments, will anchor
the Ducks as the lone senior.
Wenslow, part deux
For the second time in recent
years, two sisters will compete for the
Ducks next year.
During the break between sea
sons, Oregon signed Victoria
Wenslow to a National Letter of In
tent. Wenslow will follow in the
footsteps of her sister, Therese.
"It will be fun . We can be closer, and
I hope she'll enjoy it," Wenslow said.
"Part of her decision to come here was
mine and I hope she'll like it"
Wenslow describes her sister, a
senior at Malmo Borgarskola
School, as an aggressive player who
looks for birdies at every opportuni
ty. She shot a 78-77 in the Swedish
women's team championships as an
individual and teamed up with
Therese to shoot a 68 in the best
ball format.
"I see her coming in and making an
impart right away with the team that
we already have," Rouillard said. "Vic
toria is going to complement our team
very well. She's a very skilled golfer
who will do well in college golf."
And if this year was any indica
tion, the rest of the team should be
just fine as well.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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Knight Foundation
suggests big NCAA move
HARTFORD, Conn. — In a move that
surprised top college athletic officials, the
Knight Foundation Commission on Inter
collegiate Athletics recommended Mon
day that the NCAA seize control of the Di
vision I-A football postseason system from
the Bowl Championship Series.
The Knight Commission, formed in
1989 to recommend, reform and curb
commercialism in college sports, made
the announcement after meetings in
Washington and after hearing reports on
postseason play, including recent efforts
by the BCS Presidential Oversight Com
mittee and the Presidential Coalition for
Athletics Reform.
Members of the Knight Commission
said the "current governance structure
needs to be substantially altered." But it
did not recommend a playoff system.
"For the overall health of college athlet
ics it is imperative that the NCAA be able
to govern postseason football," said
William C. Friday, Knight Commission
chairman and president emeritus of the
University of North Carolina. "This objec
tive should command the immediate at
tention of the NCAA Board of Directors."
The NCAA governs most champi
onship events. But the 28 Division I-A
bowls are owned and run by private or
ganizations. The BCS, formed in 1998,
oversees the Orange, Fiesta, Sugar and
Rose bowls, which take turns hosting the
national title game.
"(The commission's) position is differ
ent from the one that we hear most often
from other Division I-A institutions and
I-A presidents," Wally Renfro, senior ad
viser for NCAA president Myles Brand,
said in a telephone interview.
The Knight Commission includes 11
former or current university presidents.
Kent State's Carol Cartwright, Michigan's
Mary Sue Coleman and Arizona's Peter
Likins are also members of the Division
I Board of Directors. Commissioners of
the six major conferences essentially run
the BCS, but with greater input from
school presidents in recent years.
John Paquette, Big East associate com
missioner for communications, said
commissioner Mike Tranghese did not
want to comment on the Knight Com
mission's recommendation. Tranghese,
the outgoing BCS chairman, was attend
ing Big East meetings in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
— Ken Davis
The Hartford Courant (KRT)
Santoro takes
record-long match
PARIS — Two days, six hours and 33
minutes of tennis and, at the end, tears of
relief from the winner, Fabrice Santoro.
The little French veteran, one of the
few players on tour who hits double
handed off both sides, sat in his
changeover chair after defeating Amaud
Clement, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 3-6, 16-14,
and let it flow before placing a towel over
his head.
Then he rose, saluted the crowd, which
had long ago gotten to its feet to exalt the
two warriors, and exited, looking eerily as
fresh as if he had just gone on court.
"You need will. You need experience,
obviously. But it's a tiny difference in any
case who wins. A few centimeters. You al
ways need someone to win a match and
today it was my turn. You have to be
brave and what I did in the last game, it
takes a lot of courage and will," he said.
Serving for the match, Santoro was
down love-40 before reeling off five con
secutive points to send Clement into a
deeply unhappy mood.
Told later that they had set a Grand
Slam record by playing six hours and 33
minutes, Clement snapped: "I really
don't care about it. Frankly, I don't give a
damn. Do I get a medal? If I'm not get
ting anything, I'm not interested."
When the two men left the court be
cause of darkness on Monday night, it
was 5-5 in the fifth set and they had al
ready played four hours and 40 minutes.
— Charles Bricker
South (Florida SuihSentineMKIJT)