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IN BRIEF Jordan Carey admits to drug problem Former Oregon football player Jor dan Carey admitted in a written state ment provided to The Olympian that he was released from the team be cause traces of the active ingredient in pot were found during a drug test for the second time. Drug tests are given to Division 1 athletes twice a year, and since he tested positive once, Carey was sus ceptible for random testing. “1 know that 1 have a substance abuse problem and that I need to work this through to move forward in a positive and healthy way,” Carey said. “Over the summer I worked on making different choices, but I was not successful.” Carey was dismissed from the team Monday for what head coach Mike Bellotti said was a repeated vio lation of team rules. Softball to play two exhibition games Oregon softball hosts Western Bap tist, affiliated with the NAIA, in a nine-inning exhibition game today at 2 p.m. The Ducks finished last sea son No. 11 in the ESPN.com/ USA Softball Top 25 poll. Head coach Kathy Arendsen will begin her third season at Oregon, where she has helped lead the Ducks to back-to-back postseason appearances. Oregon will be returning 12 letter winners, including All-Pac-10 pitch er and 2004 Athens Olympian Ani Nyhus (representing Canada) and honorable mention All-Pac-10 play ers Beth Boskovich and Ashley Richards. The Ducks will be bringing in six new players to the team, including Alicia Cook, Lovena Chaput, Kristi Jorgensen, Lauren Rascon, T.J. Eadus and Joanna Gail. SupP^es * &*5to/n Q,/ * Accessories i $?.*** # C<0*\et’*^S* Motherboards, r 5*V *, %^0^° . Upgrades • ^ P Tj^ . • 'The Competitor" AMD Athlon 2000+ • Gigabyte 7M400M-RZ Micro Board • On-board VIA Video Card • 20 Gig WD 7200 RPM Hard Drive • 256 MB DDR Memory • Mon itor Additional $499*99 "Ultimate"AMD Athlon™ XP2400+ • Gigabyte 7T600-RZ Board • 64 MB GeForce 4 MX-4000 •40GB 7200 RPM Drive • 512 MB DDR Memory • 17”.27SVGA Monitor $849.99 In Partnership with UO Bookstore! 3131 West 11th. 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Denney, originally from Oklahoma, said his teammates made him wear the USC outfit because the Sooners are ranked be hind the No. 1 Ttojans. “I’ve never been so glad to have a USC thing on,” Denney said. National soccer player on local radio US National Women’s soccer team member Abby Wambach will join host John Strong on KWVA 88.1 FM tonight at 6:30 p.m. Wambach and the rest of the soc cer team, fresh off their gold-medal performance in Athens, will be con cluding the first segment of their na tional tour in Portland Sunday. Wambach was named the 2003 U.S. Soccer Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year and currently leads the team in goals. Her 18 goals account for 27.3 percent of the team’s scoring this year. — Clayton Jones Soccer: Gonzaga tough midfield could trouble Ducks Continued from page 11A Lainez has surrendered 17 goals in the first eight games, giving her a 2.35 goals against average. The Ducks were almost doubled up on in shots last weekend against Portland and Portland State (36-21 with Port land holding a 27-7 advantage). Oregon (1-6-1) vs. Gonzaga (7-3) Gonzaga rolls into Eugene on Sun day, off to its best start in program his tory. For the past two seasons the Bulldogs have recorded 18 wins, surpassing the total number of wins over the previous four seasons. The Bulldogs have won four out of their last five and look to continue that trend behind a 19-5 season advantage in goals against opponents. “They have some very talented technical individuals,” Steffan said. “Their strength is probably more in the middle of the field instead of the ends, so they will be a little bit of a different challenge (than Wyoming).” Offensively, the Bulldogs are paced by senior forward Annie Hawkins. Hawkins has five goals and two as sists on the season and during the Bulldogs’ four-game winning streak, Hawkins found the net four times, in cluding a game winner. Freshman striker Heather Horn has also been hot as of late. Horn has recorded a goal in three of the last four games and has also added two assists in that time. Momentum will be crucial to the Ducks as they prepare to enter anoth er tough conference schedule, start ing next week against USC. “We have lost five in a row,” Ore gon freshman forward Kami Kapaku said. “We’re just looking to win.” briansmith@ daily emerald, com Tennis: Panova, Dieskova play in All-American tournament Continued from page 11A and then win some matches and win a couple of tournaments, and we’ll do great.” His teammate, Kost, is also one of the top ranked players in the nation this season. The 22-year-old Kost is ranked the No. 30 singles player in the nation. It is the highest ranking ever in his career. “J want to have my best season... I hope we have the best season as a team, too, because we have only one senior who left. ” Manuel Kost | Oregon tennis player Kost, a native of Kuessnacht, Switzerland, reached his second con secutive NCAA Tournament last spring after tallying an 18-10 singles record. In his final season as a Duck, Kost said he is dedicated to having his finest year ever in Eugene. “I want to have my best season,” said Kost, who earned an All-Pac-10 mention in 2004. “I hope we have the best season as a team, too, because we have only one senior (Chris King) who left.” Also slated to compete in the singles portion is junior Thomas Bieri, who had a 13-16 singles record last season. In doubles, Swinnen and junior Arron Spencer are scheduled to compete after posting a 17-9 record last season. The duo is ranked No. 9 in the country. Women head to California While the men head east, the Ore gon women’s team stays on the west coast and will travel to Pacific Pal isades, Calif., for the 2004 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships , beginning tomor row and ending Oct. 10. The tournament will feature 22 of the top 25 players in the preseason 1TA singles rankings in the singles main draw. One of the top eight seeds in the main draw is Oregon senior Daria Panova. The 22-year-old Panova, who is a two-time All-American and three-time Pac-10 Conference cham pion, is ranked No. 8 in the nation, according to the 1TA. Last season, she tied her own school record of most season victories in sin gles from 2003 when she posted 32 wins. With one more victory, Panova will become the all-time career leader at Oregon, passing Krissy Barger, who had 72 victories from 1991-94. The other Oregon entrant is sopho more Dominika Dieskova, who quali fied for the NCAA Tournament as a freshman last season. Dieskova, who had a 20-17 record in 2004, is ranked No. 51 in the nation. alextam@ daily emerald, com PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER.
