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SPORTS BRIEFS
Duck tennis players
get academic praise
Six Oregon tennis players were
honored by the Pacific-10 Conference
on Friday for their academic efforts
this year.
Juniors Sven Swinnen and Manuel
Kost were named to the second team
to pace the Oregon men. Swinnen
earned a 3.36 grade point average in
pre-business administration, and Kost
was named to the team because of a
3.40 in business administration.
Four women were named. Juniors
Ester Bak and Daria Panova also were
named to the second team. Bak is an
accounting major and earned a 3.57
GPA, while Panova, an economics
major, carried a 3.38.
Sophomore Anna Leksinska and
senior Courtney Nagle earned Pac-10
honorable mention praise.
Oregon golfers earn five
The Oregon golfers weren't far be
hind their tennis counterparts on Fri
day, taking home five Pac-10 academ
ic honors.
Sweden native Therese Wenslow
placed as one of six members on the
Pac-10's first-team all-academic.
Wenslow, who took home a CoSIDA
Academic All-District VIII At-Large
second team nomination on Thurs
day, earned a 4.02 GPA — the highest
among players on the first two teams
— in business administration.
Senior Katie Cunningham, junior
Jamie Seefiried and sophomore
Michelle Timpani all earned honor
able mention honors. Seefried's men
tion marks the third season in a row
that the Spokane, Wash., native has
earned an honorable mention bid.
California senior Sarah Huarte,
who won the national championship
last week, was named to the honor
able mention squad.
Redshirt freshman Dustin Pe
warchuk was the lone nominee for
the men, taking a second-team men
tion after posting a 3.77 GPA in pre
business administration.
To be eligible for a Pac-10 academic
award, a student-athlete must have at
least a 3.0 GPA and be a starter or sig
nificant contributor.
— Hank Hager
HAGER
continued from page 7
anything but. However, all of the fans
of Pacific-10 Conference teams should
be thankful this time of year.
Remember the 1990s? For those
who have forgotten what happened
then, look no further than the black
and gold of Colorado.
Back then, the Pac-10 considered ex
panding to 12 teams. They flirted with
the idea of adding Colorado and Texas
to the lineup, which most likely would
have split the conference into two divi
sions.
But Colorado and Texas turned
down the offers, instead becoming in
stitutions in the Big 12.
Back then, it may have been a sign
that the Pac-10 was down on its laurels,
a forgotten piece of the major college
puzzle. But now, if anything, there
should be signs of relief coming from
the Pac-10 offices in Walnut Creek,
Calif.
Texas was and is pivotal. The Long
horns would have helped open up the
Texas market stretching the conference
further east from its farthest point in
Tucson, Ariz.
Texas is a national power in football
and baseball — hey, it could have made
Fifth Annual Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives
Essay Contest
Reading
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7 p.m. Thursday, June 3, 2004 -- FREE
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge
1468 University Street, University of Oregon
Opening remarks by contest judge Brian Doyle, editor of Portland Magazine and
author of Leaping: Revelations and Epiphanies. Readings by this year’s winners.
Open Category: Michele Taylor, Melissa Hart and Martha Gies
Student Category: Emily Moore and Susan Pesznecker
the Pac-10 an actual 10-team confer
ence in baseball — and is climbing up
the ranks in Oregon, mirroring the
fashion in which Oregon has done.
But then there's Colorado.
A number of women came forward
with allegations of rape and sexual as
sault in the last couple of months. Play
ers were allegedly taken to strip clubs
during the time they were recruited. Sex
was allegedly offered to these same re
cruits, some of which played integral
roles on Buffalo teams that prior to this
year, challenged for conference titles.
Had Colorado migrated to the Pac
10, the conference could have been
right in the thick of things.
Granted, the Big 12 has been left rel
atively untouched since the whole or
deal started a few months ago, and
there's no reason why the conference
should be indicted in that whole mess.
Member institutions provide a sort of
living advertisement for their confer
ences, but realistically, no leagues can
govern enough to ensure no major inci
dents happen.
In other words, it's up to the pro
grams themselves to maintain a level of
decency and dignity.
But there's nothing in the mess that
should make anyone think positive
thoughts.
Would Colorado have brought na
tional attention to the Pac-10 on the
football field? Sure The Buffaloes, after
all, played Oregon in the 2001 Fiesta
Bowl. They got trounced, but still pro
vided one of the feel-good team stories
of the year.
Would Colorado have helped the
Pac-10 get more notice in the Denver
area? Sure. Any inroads into a major
metropolitan area is never a bad thing.
Would Colorado have provided the
Pac-10 with more headaches than it's
worth? Based on what's happened in
the most recent months, without a
doubt.
The Pac-10 is kind of like the quiet
kid who never comes out and plays; it
believes it's got the talent and the teams
to do well. Its teams may not always be
national powers, may not challenge for
national championships in the major •
sports and may not be tops when it
comes to tradition.
But each program within is part of,
a major academic university and gen
erally acts in the best interests of its
students and its athletes.
I'll take that any day.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
SERIES
continued from page 7
takes that had occurred in Wednesday's
10-1 loss to No. 1 Colorado State. The
Ducks knew they needed to score more
runs and improve their defensive game
if they wanted to capture their first-ever
win at the NCBA World Series.
Again, Oregon faltered in the first in
ning. Pitcher Jordan Shaw gave up a
three-run home run to Central Michi
gan's Jacy Uamois. 1 larnois' 425-foot
we needed."
After Oregon's losses to both Col-’
orado State and Central Michigan,
Ficek said Oregon's "inexperience and
nerves" might have played a factor in
both games.
"We spent a lot of time and energy
trying to get here, and we couldn't re
cover fast enough to be ready in time
for the World Series," Ficek said.
Even though Oregon will go home
without a win after their debut,
Loomis said the team will be better
The biggest thing is that we now know what we need
to do differently.... In the past, teams needed two or
three or even four tries before they won a game. A lot
of teams have gone 0-2 and then have come back
and won a national championship."
Jon Loomis
Oregon catcher
home run gave Central Michigan a
commanding 4-0 first-inning lead.
'The first inning and the home run
took the wind out of our sails," catcher
Jon Loomis said.
From then on, the Ducks could not
find their offensive and pitching
threats that carried them past the 2003
NCBA National Champions, Weber
State, in the Northern Pacific Regional
Tournament last month. Even with
hits from Loomis, first baseman Jeffrey
Douglas and right fielder Brad Ficek
that put two runs on the board in the
second inning, Oregon never came
within two runs of Central Michigan.
Despite the Ducks' three-run rally
late in the seventh and final inning,
Central Michigan's pitchers got the
best of Oregon, Douglas said.
"We didn't do a good job of taking
pitches," Douglas said. "We let him
play his game and we didn't get the hhs <
prepared for next season. Although
the team's goal was to make a decent
showing in Bradenton, Fla., Loomis
said it is important to keep in mind
that most championship teams have
struggled in past years before they ex
perience success at the World Series.
"The biggest thing is that we now
know what we need to do differently,"
Loomis said. "In the past, teams need
ed two or three or even four tries be
fore they won a game. A lot of teams
have gone 0-2 and then have come
back and won a national champi
onship."
Colorado State — Oregon's first
round opponent — beat North Car
olina State in the championship game
Monday, 8-1, and was crowned the
2004 NCBA National Champions.
Kirsten Mcpwen is a freelance reporter
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