■ Duck tennis
Swinnen, Panova
head team efforts
in championships
Men's 'mixed bag' of performances leaves questions
concerning their upcoming Michigan tournament
BY ALEX TAM
FREELANCE REPORTER
The Oregon men's and women’s
tennis teams will compete in their re
spective regional championships
with an opportunity to move on to
one of the nation’s premiere
collegiate indoor tennis tournaments.
The Oregon men will travel to
Berkeley, Calif., to play at the
Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Asso
ciation West Men’s Regional Cham
pionships that runs through Tliesday.
Oregon men’s interim head coach
Ross Duncan said he has been
pleased with some of his players’
efforts in the first couple of
tournaments. However, he said there
have also been some disappointing
performances from some players,
whom he would not identify.
“We’ve been a mixed bag, but we
have had a lot of promising results,”
said Duncan. “There were (also)
guys who haven’t done as well.”
Senior Sven Swinnen is one of
the Ducks looking to bounce back
after being upset by Boise State’s
Luke Shields in straight sets at the
1TA All-American tournament
earlier this month.
Duncan said Swinnen had been
battling a cold the past couple
weeks, which could have slowed
him down.
A surprise in the early going for
Oregon has been the play of
Vladimir Pino, who is entering
hissecond season as a Duck. Pino,
a native of Stockholm, Sweden,
made it to the quarterfinals at the
Bronco Classic tournament in Boise
two weeks ago.
“He’s been practicing really
well,” Duncan said. “He has a good
idea what he’s doing. He showed
up in a little bit better shape. 1 think
that’s been a major factor.”
The Ducks will be without the
junior Arron Spencer. Duncan said
Spencer, who had shoulder surgery
this summer, will not play due to
precautionary reasons.
On the women’s side, the Ducks
will make the trek to Palo Alto, Calif.,
for the Wilson/ITA Northwest
Women’s Regional Championships.
Oregon senior Daria Panova
isslated to hold one of the top
singles seeds in the tournament. In
doubles,Panova and sophomore
Dominika Dieskova will pair up as
the No. 3 seed.
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
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Oregon junior Cristan Higa will shoulder most of the offensive load this weekend in lieu of Mele French, who received a red card against
Oregon State Friday. French will return to the line-up to face Washington.
Soccer: Oregon battles Washington teams
Continued from page 9A
conference poll but currently sit in a
tie for third with Southern California.
The Cougars are coming off their
first sweep in school history of the
two southern California schools,
USC and No. 6 UCLA.
Washington State’s junior goal
keeper, Katie Hultin, shut out both
schools, posting nine saves against
UCLA, which has already recorded
35 goals this season. The shutouts
earned her Pac-10 Player of the
Week honors for the second time
this season. Hultin is currently
ranked second among Pac-10
keepers in shutouts (6), shutouts
per game (.46), saves (65) and
saves per game (5.00).
“They have had some mixed
results,” Steffen said of the Cougars’
up and down season. “They have a
great goalkeeper and a good defense.”
Oregon (3-9-1, 0-3) vs.
Washington (10-3-1, 1-2-1)
No. 7 Washington’s 1-2-1 record
in the Pac-10 is deceiving.
The Huskies are in the top five in
the conference in nearly every
major category, and one of their
losses was a drumming against No.
6 UCLA last weekend.
The Huskies completed non-con
ference play with a 9-1 mark, tying
the 2000 school-best non-confer
ence record.
Washington is fifth in points (68),
goals (26) and goals per game (1.86).
“They have one player, Tina
Frimpong, who is very dangerous,”
Steffen said. “But we need to be
aware of the entire team, not just
Tina.”
The senior is on the verge of
becoming the most prolific
offensive player in school history.
Frimpong scored her 35th career
goal last week against USC to move
past current UW assistant coach
Tami Bennett, who had 34 from
1997 to 2000.
She also holds the school record
in game-winning goals with 15.
Frimpong, the 2003 Pac-10 Co
Player of the Year, has 79 total
points in her career.
Oregon will open the weekend
today at 7 p.m. against Washington
State.
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Baseball: First World Series since 1987
Continued from page 9A
Biggio made contact with
Suppan’s fourth pitch, hitting a
no-doubt drive to left. At 38, it was
the kind of big hit he hoped for much
earlier in his career.
Jim Edmonds of St. Louis
prevented a big inning with the type
of catch that's made him a six-time
Gold Glove winner. Shaded toward
right-center, he raced back into the
left-center alley and made a headlong
dive to rob Ausmus with two runners
on. Clods of grass kicked up as
Edmonds' knees hit the ground, and
he slid several feet on his stomach.
When Edmonds came up in the
bottom of the second with his
grass-and-dirt stained uniform, he
had a few fun words with Ausmus at
the plate.
After taking away a couple of runs,
Edmonds was charged with an error
that gave back a run in the third.
Beltran walked with one out, stole
second and tagged up on Jeff
Bagwell's fly ball. Edmonds' strong
throw arrived simultaneously with
Beltran at third base, and the ball
skipped into the dugout.
Edmonds was charged with the
error that allowed Beltran to trot
home. It was a tough error, ending St.
Louis’ record streak of 12 straight
postseason games without a mistake,
dating back to 2002.
Suppan put down a perfect
suicide-squeeze bunt that pulled the
Cardinals to 2-1 in the third. Womack
hustled for a lead-off double, running
at will on Biggio’s weak arm in left,
and moved up on a grounder.
On the first pitch, Suppan bunted
to the right side and the Astros' only
play was at first base.
Notes
The Cardinals became the first NL
Central team to reach the World
Series. It was the only division with
out an appearance. Hall of Famer Red
Schoendienst threw out the first ball.
He managed the Cardinals to the
1967 World Series title against Boston
and is currently a special assistant.
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