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■ Women's lacrosse
Attacker
Jana Bradley
(28) leads the
Ducks with
eight goals in
four games.
Oregon looks
for its first win
of the season
Saturday
against
Colgate.
Kate Horton | Photographer
Inexperienced
Oregon to tackle
veteran Colgate
The Ducks, who feature 23 freshman, have yet
to win a game in their first season as a varsity sport
BY BEAU EASTES
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
The Oregon women’s lacrosse team
looks for its first victory along with
continued improvement from its
young roster in Saturday’s 4 p.m.
home game against defending Patriot
League champions, Colgate.
“These freshman have so much to
learn about the college game,” head
coach Jen Larsen said about the
23 players on her squad in their first
year out of high school. “They’re tak
ing in little by little.”
The Ducks (0-4 overall, 0-3 Moun
tain Pacific Sports Federation) face a
Red Raider team (3-1, 1-0) loaded
with talent and experience. The Patri
ot League’s 2004 Coach of the Year
Katrina Silva’s team returns its top
two scorers and the reigning Patriot
League Defensive Player of the Year,
goaltender Sue Bielamowicz. Junior
midfielders Katie McVeigh (51 goals,
22 assists) and Kelly Winning
(42 goals, 13 assists) lead a team that
is picked to repeat as Patriot League
victors after going 13-7 last year.
Colgate, who only lost one athlete
from its 2004 squad, is coming off a
13-5 victory at Villanova on Sunday
and will travel to St. Mary’s, California
and Stanford in the week following its
stop in Eugene. The Red Raiders ad
vanced to last year’s NCAA tourna
ment, but lost in the first round to
then-No. 1 ranked Princeton.
Oregon, which lost a heartbreak
er, 11-9, Sunday against UC Davis,
will be led by attacker Jana Bradley
(8 goals) and midfielder Jen May
(4 goals, 12 caused turnovers). Ore
gon will play without freshman
midfielder Alison Leiner because of
a broken foot.
While the Ducks have yet to notch
their first victory, they have shown
constant improvement, which is vital
to the team, according to the first
year coach.
“Everyone’s had such a great learn
ing curve, and that’s just going to con
tinue,” Larsen said. “It’s reassuring
that I walk off the field and know
we’re going to be able to improve in a
week’s time, where not every team has
that capability.”
After being blown out by second
place MPSF finisher Stanford, 19-6, in
their season opener, the Ducks came
within two goals of knocking off last
season’s third-place finisher, UC Davis,
only three weeks later.
“This team is going to have a full
out improvement each week,” former
All-American Larsen said.
One area certain to see positive
gains from the Ducks’ last game
is penalties. Oregon committed
32 fouls, and had three yellow cards
and one red card in the league loss
to UC Davis.
The Ducks’ game against Colgate is
the second in a four-game home stand.
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