■ Duck tennis
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
Senior Sven Swinnen, seen here last season, is in the final 16 at the ITA West Men’s Regionals
Sunday. Swinnen entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed.
Dieskova, Kost
and Swinnen win
in tournaments
Doubles contenders Dominika Dieskova and Daria
Panova move on to the quarterfinal round for women
BY ALEX TAM
FREELANCE REPORTER
After slightly disappointing efforts in
the first tournaments of the preseason,
the Oregon tennis teams have bounced
back with improved play this weekend
at the Intercollegiate Tennis Associa
tion Regional Championships.
The finalists in the singles draw and
the champions in the doubles draw of
the tournament advance to the ITA Na
tional Intercollegiate Indoor Champi
onships in Ann Arbor, Mich., at the
University of Michigan Nov. 4.
The Oregon men traveled to Berke
ley, Calif., for the ITA West Men’s Re
gional, where two players advanced
to the round of 16 on Sunday.
Senior Sven Swinnen, who entered
the tournament as the No. 2 seed, de
feated Francisco Zepponi of Santa Clara
in an easy straight set victory, 6-1 and
6-3, to move on to the sweet 16 round.
Swinnen, who has been ranked as
high as 12th nationally as a singles
player this preseason, recovered to play
well this weekend after he was upset in
the first round at the ITA/All-American
tournament earlier this month.
“He hasn’t been at his best, but he
will definitely be there soon,” said
head coach Ross Duncan.
Another Duck who has performed
well in the tournament is senior
Manuel Kost. The fourth-seeded Kost
moved on to the round of 16 when he
upended fellow Pacific-10 Conference
rival Patrick Briaud of California in two
sets, 6-3 and 6-3.
In another strong effort, junior
Markus Schiller almost became the
third Oregon player to make the round
of 16. Schiller, a Frankfurt, Germany
native, had to retire from his singles
match against Washington’s Chris Pal
manshofer in the third set because of
an injury. After losing the first set,
Palmshofer won the last nine games
until Schiller had to bow out, 5-7, 6-0
and 3-0 (retired).
The Oregon women traveled to Palo
Alto, Calif., for the ITA West Women’s
Regionals and saw one of their players
get closer to the quarterfinals.
Sophomore Dominika Dieskova,
seeded No. 10 in the tournament, ad
vanced to the round of 16 after beating
Pac-10 foe Monica Weisner of Califor
nia in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4.
One of the weekend’s surprises oc
curred when Oregon senior Daria
Panova was ousted by Stanford fresh
man Whitney Deason in two sets, 6-4
and 6-0. Panova, who was the No. 2
seed, is one of the top singles players
in the nation, having won three Pac-10
women’s singles championships dur
ing her collegiate career.
On the doubles side, duo Dieskova
and Panova moved on to the quarter
final round after defeating Washing
ton’s Saskia Nauenberg and Tara
Simpson 8-1 in the round of 16.
Both the women’s and men’s ITA
regional tournaments end Hiesday.
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
Harrington hopeful following
Lions' first away win in 3 years
Detroit Lions continue impressive road performance
as they win for the third time in three away games
BYTOMCANAVAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The
road to respectability for the Detroit
Lions has been ... the road.
How ironic for a team that went
three years and an NFL-record 24
games without winning away from
Motown.
Joey Harrington threw two touch
down passes, and Chris Cash made a
crucial diving interception in the end
zone late in the first half to lead the Li
ons to a 28-13 win over the New York
Giants on Sunday.
“I feel like we can go in anywhere
and play and compete,” Harrington
said after the Lions (4-2) won for the
third time in three road games this
season.
“That’s the type of attitude you
have to have as a team, as a con
tender,” Harrington added. “We’re
right in the thick of things. We’re not
going to say this is good enough; we
can be a contender next year because
we are young. We’re going to give it a
shot and keep playing and hopefully
things will fall for us.”
Kevin Jones scored on a 2-yard
run, and Artose Pinner iced the game
with an 8-yard touchdown run as De
troit snapped a four-game winning
streak for the Giants (4-2).
The loss also showed that even
new coach Tom Coughlin could not
change the Giants’ woes after bye
weeks. New York has lost four
straight, eight of nine and 13 of 16
since the NFL started giving teams
weeks off in 1990.
“1 can’t blame it on the bye week,
that’s a cop-out,” Giants defensive
end Michael Strahan said. “If you
don’t make plays, you don’t win. We
didn’t have any enthusiasm. We had
it, let it go, and the Lions picked it up
and never let go of it.”
Harrington, 18 of 22 for 230 yards,
threw an 18-yard pass to rookie Roy
Williams in the first quarter and a
two-yarder to Reggie Swinton late in
the fourth for touchdowns.
After linebacker Alex Lewis batted
away a fourth-down pass to Jeremy
Shockey deep in New York territory,
Pinner sealed the victory.
Kurt Warner and Tiki Barber com
bined on a 62-yard screen pass for a
touchdown, and Steve Christie kicked
field goals of 19 and 25 yards for the
Giants, whose offense lacked near the
Detroit end zone.
The Giants, whose winning streak
was based on getting turnovers, lost
the takeaway battle 2-0, with no play
hurting more than Cash’s interception
in the final minute of the first half.
Cash, who started at left corner
back for Fernando Bryant, made a
diving interception off a lazy pass by
Warner with 39 seconds to go and
New York ahead 10-7.
The interception came after Warn
er completed six passes to move the
Giants from their 6-yard line to the Li
ons’ 11. Warner avoided a sack on the
interception, but he threw the ball to
a wide open Amani Toomer. Cash
closed to make the interception.
“That was huge,” Lions defensive
end James Hall said. “It took points
off the board going into the half and
kept the game close.”
Cash, who described his plays as
“great,” had chased Toomer all the
way across the field in making the in
terception.
Warner said he lofted the ball too
much over a defender.
“It could have been a huge mo
mentum swing for us and really put
us in control,” said Warner, who com
pleted 23 of 34 passes for 270 yards.
“It was a game we should have had,
but we made some mistakes.”
The Lions took the lead early in the
second half on Jones’ first TD run and
never lost it.
Detroit, limited to five first downs
and 125 total yards in a loss to Green
Bay last week, scored on a 10-play,
70-yard drive on the opening series of
the game. Harrington connected on
three third-down passes, capping the
drive with a pass to Williams. It was
the rookie's fifth touchdown catch.
The Giants tied it in the closing sec
onds of the first quarter when Barber
scored on the screen pass that started
with the back running into center
Shaun O'Hara. Rookie receiver Ja
maar Taylor had a big block.
Christie put New York ahead 10-7
seconds after Ron Dayne was stuffed
on a third-and-goal from the Lions 1
yard line.
Jones gave the Lions a 14-10 lead
on their opening series of the second
half. He had runs of 22 and 20 yards
before scoring to cap the five-play, 68
yard drive.
Christie got the Giants within a
point with his 25-yarder with 8:18 to
go. It capped a 14-play, 76-yard drive
in which Warner drove New York to
the Lions 13. Three plays netted six
yards and that led to the field goal.
Seahawks dive 25-17 to Arizona
despite new addition Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith has a record-performance day as the
Arizona Cardinals overtake the Seattle Seahawks
BY BOB BAUM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEMPE, Ariz. — Emmitt Smith
had a record-breaking day. Jerry Rice
was barely a factor.
Their fates matched those of their
teams in the Arizona Cardinals’ 25-17
victory over the Seattle Seahawks on
Sunday.
Smith sealed the win with a 23
yard touchdown run, a play that put
him over the 100-yard rushing mark
for the 78th time in his career — to
break Walter Payton’s record.
Rice, acquired by Seattle from Oak
land on Tuesday, had one catch for 10
yards.
The game marked the first time in
20 years that the NFL’s career yardage
leaders in receiving (Rice) and rush
ing (Smith) opposed each other.
“He’s one of the best, and 1 just
wanted to pull him aside and say
congratulations,” Rice said. “You
know, he’s still doing it.”
Smith wasn’t the only Cardinals
player with a record performance.
Arizona’s Neil Rackers was good
from 50 yards and twice from 55
yards to tie Morten Andersen’s record
for most field goals of at least 50
yards in a game.
“1 just hit them the same,” Rackers
said. “They could have been 20
yarders. The way the ball flies out
here, you just want to hit the ball
smooth, and it will go.”
Gerald Hayes blocked a Seattle
punt for a safety to put Arizona in the
lead for good after the Seahawks ral
lied from 13 down to go ahead 17-16.
“We were bad today. 1 don’t know
how else to day it,” coach Mike
Holmgren said. “I’m embarrassed
about how we executed offensive
football. ”
A victory Sunday would have giv
en Seattle sole possession of first
place in the NFC West.
Matt Hasselbeck completed just 14
of 41 passes and was intercepted four
times.
“You can put all the blame on me,”
he said. “I was just bad. I feel like 1 re
ally let my teammates down today. I
really have no answers. I just could
n’t get it going. I don’t know why. I
don’t know what the deal was, but it
was my fault.”
Smith gained 106 yards in 26 car
ries, his second 100-yard effort in
three games. He talked about playing
with a young team trying to turn a
franchise into a winner.
Arizona (2-4) led 16-3 after Rack
ers’ 50-yarder in the third quarter.
The Cardinals hadn’t played since
blowing a 16-point lead with 5 min
utes left in regulation in San Francis
co two weeks ago — and they almost
let this one get away, too.
Shaun Alexander’s 34-yard run
helped set up Hasselbeck’s 1-yard TD
pass to Darrell Jackson to cut the lead
to 16-10. Then Ken Lucas intercepted
Josh McCown’s overthrown pass and
returned it 21 yards for a touchdown
to put Seattle up 17-16.
Arizona forced the Seahawks to
punt from their 12, and Hayes broke
loose from the outside to block Don
nie Jones’ attempt. Rouen sprawled
out on the field to knock the ball out
of the end zone for a safety and pre
vent a touchdown, and the Cardinals
led 18-17 with 8:50 remaining.
The Seahawks had the ball three
more times, but couldn’t move. Du
ane Starks’ interception gave Arizona
the ball on the Seattle 24 and, on
third down, Smith slipped through
for the touchdown that made it 25
17.
McCown completed 22 of 36 pass
es for 212 yards and a touchdown.
After Renaldo Hill intercepted Has
selbeck’s pass at the Seattle 43, Mc
Cown lofted a 25-yarder to Larry
Fitzgerald, who made the catch de
spite good coverage for an early 7-0
lead.
Arizona later gambled on fourth
and one at the Seattle 37. McCown
faked a running play, but was sacked
by Chike Okeafor for an 11-yard loss.
The turnaround led to Brown’s 54
yard field goal.
Rackers did Brown a yard better on
Arizona’s next possession, clearing
the crossbar by about 5 yards to make
it 10-3.
On Seattle’s first play after the sub
sequent kickoff, Calvin Pace deflect
ed Hasselbeck’s pass and Karlos
Dansby intercepted at the Seahawks
40. That set up Rackers’ second 55
yarder, a line drive that cleared the
crossbar by no more than 2 yards.
Smith’s 26-yard run set up Rack
ers’ third field goal, from a mere 50
yards in the third quarter.