■ Women's basketball
Oregon unhinges
in 24-point defeat
to foe Washington
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
Oregon’s bus broke down en route
to Seattle, but it was when the Ducks
reached Bank of America Arena that
their wheels came off.
Without senior Cathrine
Kraayeveld, sidelined for the first time
this season with an inflamed left el
bow, Oregon (16-7 overall, 9-5 Pacific
10 Conference) fell to Washington
81-57. The 24-point loss was the
Ducks’ worst all season.
The loss re-established the impor
tance of Kraayeveld in Oregon’s start
ing lineup, as she is the team’s leading
scorer and rebounder with 15 points
and nine boards per game.
“We would have liked to play Ore
gon with her there, but it wasn’t meant
to be,” Washington head coach June
Daugherty said. “It didn’t change any
thing that we were going to do.”
Washington trashed Oregon’s hopes
of a Northwest-school sweep and
snapped its four-game winning streak.
The Huskies improved to 11-14 overall
and 7-8 in the Pac-10 without the serv
ices of its best offensive player, junior
forward Kayla Burt, for most of the
game. Burt suffered a broken nose
12 minutes into the first half during a
physical rebounding play with Oregon
center Andrea Bills.
Sophomore guard Cameo Hicks
picked up the slack for the Huskies by
scoring nine of her 14 points in the sec
ond half. She shot 6 of 12 from the
floor and recorded game-highs with
eight rebounds and four steals. Fresh
man guard Dominique Banks con
tributed 13 points.
Taking the place of Kraayeveld,
freshman Kristen Forristall made her
eighth start this season and was Ore
gon’s only bright spot, converting her
first seven field goals to notch a career
high 19 points on 7 of 10 shooting — 3
of 5 from three-point range.
The score was tied on four occa
sions in the first half, and Oregon
grabbed its only lead of the game,
16-14, at the 13:44 mark on a three
pointer and a jumpshot from Brandi
Davis. The senior guard scored seven
points — all in the first half — on 3 of
14 shooting.
The Huskies started with a 12-0 run
in the second half to put the game
away on 5 of 5 shooting. Forristall end
ed Oregon’s drought with a three
pointer and two layups.
Washington then started a 14-0 scor
ing spree with 12:33 remaining that
spanned nearly eight minutes, during
which Oregon coughed up three
turnovers and missed 11 field goal at
tempts, allowing the Huskies to build
a 30-point lead at 75-45 with 4:48 left.
Both teams shot around 38 percent,
but the Ducks didn’t box out and got
clobbered on the glass. Oregon center
Jessica Shetters grabbed a team-high
7 of 36 total rebounds. Washington
hauled in 49 total and won the battle
on the offensive glass, 24-11.
stephenmiller@ daily emerald.com
Lacrosse: Ducks started 11 freshmen in loss
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before the half, scoring its last goal of
the period with 39 seconds left on the
clock to make the score 10-4.
Scoring in steady bursts, Stanford
went on another eight-goal run in the
second period to push the score to
18-4 with 10:51 remaining. Following
Stanford’s fourth goal of the half at
the 17:29 mark, officials kept the
game clock running due to lacrosse’s
10-point “mercy rule.”
The Ducks added two late scores
— one by freshman Jana Bradley
and another by midfielder May —
bringing the final score to 19-6 as
Stanford also found the net again in
the closing minutes.
Despite the lopsided score, the
Ducks saw the contest as a stepping
stone to future success.
“It was awesome,” Killian said.
“This is just gonna make us better.”
“It’s a growing process, and we’ve
got to take some steps,” Oregon head
coach Jen Larsen said. “I’m glad we
took a step forward today.”
Oregon started 11 freshmen along
with senior goalkeeper Louisa
Dorsch. No player on the Duck roster
had any varsity collegiate experience
before Saturday’s battle.
“I wish we would have played a
little bit better, but there was some
good, positive stuff. We’ll go up
from here,” said Dorsch, a former
Oregon club player. “We were strong
in some areas, and others we need
to work on.”
Several Ducks noted the break
down in the defense’s “second slide,”
or second rotation, near the goal as
an area that needs improvement.
“They were getting easy dump
downs and shots on goal,” May said.
More important than finding out
weaknesses and strengths for the
Ducks was obtaining actual
game experience.
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Freshman defender Cara Mead (18) and freshman midfielder Jen May (12) collide with a
Stanford attacker during the Ducks’ inaugural game Saturday.
“We gained confidence, knowing
we can play with a team like this.”
May said.
May, who scored the first point in
Oregon lacrosse history, and Killian
led the Ducks with two goals each.
Stanford sophomore Elizabeth Piselli
led all players with five goals.
Oregon (0-1 overall, 0-1 Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation) has a two
week break before flying to Denver
for a pair of games. The Ducks will
face the host Pioneers on Feb. 25,
followed by Northwestern on Feb. 26.
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