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IN BRIEF Tennis teams find success at regional tournaments The Oregon men’s tennis team continued its success at the Wilson/ITA West Regional Cham pionships in Berkeley, Calif., Monday. Senior Sven Swinnen, ranked 12th in the nation, advanced to to day’s final in the singles main draw after defeating California’s Daniel Sebescen, 6-3, 6-1, in the quarterfi nals and 5th-seed Lennart Maack of Cal in a three-set semifinal thriller, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. “This was a huge effort for Sven,” Oregon interim head coach Ross Duncan said. “His style is to wear the opponent down and ap ply a lot of pressure. Opponents get very frustrated playing Sven. He now has a great shot to win the tournament.” However, fellow senior Manuel Kost was ousted from the tourna ment by Portland’s Matt Loucks in a tough three-set match, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-3. In doubles, juniors Thomas Bieri and Markus Schiller moved onto the semifinals with their victory over Eric McKean and Jon Wong of Stanford, 8-3. The Oregon duo lost in the semifinals to Cal’s No. 2 seed Patrick Briaud and Conor Niland, 8-4. On the women’s side, the Ducks traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Wilson/ITA women’s regionals. Sophomore Dominika Dieskova had an impressive showing after reaching the quarterfinals of the singles main draw. However, Dieskova, who was seeded 10th, was upended by No. 1 seed Alice Barnes of Stanford in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4. On the doubles side, Dieskova and senior Daria Panova lost to Courtney Jantz and Lucia Sainz of Fresno State, 8-6. In the singles consolation brack et, senior Ester Bak fell to Santa Clara’s Catherine Cochrane, 6-3 and 7-6. The Oregon women’s team fin ished the tournament with a 10-7 singles record and a 2-3 doubles record overall. — Alex Tam Women's golf heads to Hawaii for three-day event The women’s golf team will conclude its fall season in Kapolei, Hawaii, as they compete in the Kent Youel Invitational scheduled from today to Oct. 27 at the par-72, 6,139-yard Kapolei Golf Course. Teams competing in the tournament will play 36 holes to day and the remaining 18 on Wednesday. Tournament participants include a cornucopia of Pacific-10 Confer ence schools, including No. 3 UCLA, No. 6 Arizona State and Oregon State. The tournament will also feature No. 25 Oklahoma, the defending national champions. Others competing in the field of 15 will be Boise State, UC Irvine, Cali fornia State Northridge, Colorado, Denver, Fresno State, Indiana, San ta Clara, Southern Illinois and host Hawaii. Oregon head coach Shannon Rouillard feels the tournament will be a golden opportunity for the Ducks to wrap up the fall season on a high note. “We’ve been playing well enough each week to be in con tention,” Rouillard said. “We can use that positive momentum as we go into our off-season training.” Representing the Ducks will be senior Johnna Nealy, juniors Erin Andrews and Michelle Timpani, sophomore Kim McCready and freshman Victoria Winslow. — Scott J. Adams Premier Travel 1011 Harlow ! 747-0909 .Student Travel Expefts STUDENT ID SPECIALS • Show Your Student ID • Order by Number North Campus 579 E. Broadway 686-1166 South Campus 2870 E. Willamette 1 Medium Pizza! $7.99 - One Medium 12" 1-Topping Pizza $10.99 - Two Medium 12" 1-Topping Pizzas Valid on Pan, Thin ’N Crispy® or Hand-Tossed Crust Limited Delivery Area. Delivery Charges Apply. 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Offer Expires December 28,2004 V 2004-05 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE November 7 Basketball Travelers (EX) 14 Western Oregon (EX) 19 Idaho State 22 New Mexico 27 @ Marshall December 4 Vanderbilt (Rose Garden) 11 ©Illinois 14 Bethune-Cookman 18 @ Fresno State 22 Winthrop 28 Portland 31 USC January 2 UCLA 8 Oregon State 13 ©Washington 15 ©Washington State 20 Arizona 22 Arizona State 27 @ California 29 @ Stanford February 5 @ Oregon State 10 Washington 12 Washington State 17 ©Arizona 19 @ Arizona State 24 California 26 Stanford March 3 @USC 5 @UCLA 1012 Pac-10 Tournament 17-20 NCAA 1st & 2nd rounds 24-27 NCAA Regionals April 2-4 NCAA Final Four Basketball: Lincoln returns to shooting guard position continued rrom page y Taylor also showed off his ability to hit from the perimeter by knocking down 3 of 4 three-point attempts. “I’ve been struggling with my shot the first couple of practices, so I’ve re ally been focusing,” Taylor said. “I try to just think about making shots be cause 1 know that they’ll eventually start falling again.” Freshman forward Maarty Leunen also had a strong performance, scoring 12 points, grabbing four rebounds and playing solid defense. 1 “I made a couple of shots here and there and played pretty good defense,” the Redmond native said. “There’s a lot 1 can work on, but for the first scrimmage of my college career I think I played pretty well.” Junior Brandon Lincoln returned to l his normal position of shooting guard this season and quickly proved he is i comfortable. The Portland native scored 23 points and connected on 4 of i __ 5 from behind the arc. During one short burst late in the second period, Lincoln knocked down a three-pointer, hustled back on de fense to steal a Kenny Love pass near midcourt and connected on a another three-pointer just seconds later. “(Lincoln’s success) is a matter of him moving over to his natural posi tion and getting the ball out of his hands and not having to play point guard,” Kent said. “He is allowed to run up and down the floor and basical ly spot up and shoot the ball. ” Overall, the teams combined to shoot 53 percent from the floor, knock ing down 55 of 103 shots. Players struggled from the foul line, however, connecting on only 17 of 28 free throws. Freshman guard Malik Hairston scored 16 points, and junior forward lan Crosswhite added 15 points. jonroetman@dailyemerald.com ?l -——— J Hockey: New players contribute to Ducks' successful early season Continued from page 9 series with Washington, is a team goal, secondary to winning the Pac-8. Fagliano couldn’t remember the last time the Ducks held the cov eted chalice. Also helping with the Ducks’ strong start is the emergence of newcomers. “We’ve got some great new fresh men,” Tornabene said. Five freshmen made the roster, in fusing some new blood into a team filled with upperclassmen. The main obstacle in the Ducks’ quest for the Pac-8 title looks to be Cal. The Ducks face the Golden Bears on Nov. 5 and 6 in Berkeley, Calif. “We’re really excited,” said Mike Roley, a sophomore defenseman from Portland. Roley had three as sists in each of the Ducks’ wins this weekend. With victories against Stanford, combined with their earlier season defeats of Gonzaga (5-4, 2-1), the Ducks became the only undefeated Club team on the West coast, accord ing to Tornabene. Oregon plays its home games at the Lane County Ice Arena at the Lane County Fair Grounds. The Ducks first two 1-5 Cup games against Washington start at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Bean Eastes is a freelance reporter for the Daily Emerald Smith: Red Sox's comeback keeps the Soothsayer's reputation afloat Continued from page 9 The sad part is I can still count the total number of columns I have written without having to take off my shoes. “That’s brutal,” my colleague Jon Roetman would say. I don’t really know if this could be considered burnout since five columns is nothing considering I only have to write one per week. Burnout happens about column 500 or 1,000, not five. I shouldn’t dread wandering around the office with a foam foot ball. I shouldn’t need to pick some body’s brain. I know, maybe I could start writing next week’s column. Get a head start. Except I don’t have an idea for next week either. As a sidebar, Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly wrote a column kind of similar to this, so 1 expect some mail and a fairly hefty lawsuit sometime next week. Better yet, maybe I’ll just print his column and call it mine. There. Next week’s column idea, solved. As a final note: My original intent for the column this week was to lav ish myself with high praise and rich rewards for correctly picking the Red Sox to win in seven against the Yan kees. And yes, I cringed and wavered when they were down 3-0, but in the end and in print I stated the Red Sox would win. So until I make another incorrect prediction in print, I shall be referred to as the Soothsayer of the Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Desk. briansmith@dailyememld.com
