IN BRIEF
Ducks well-represented
at NCAA Championships
Ten Oregon athletes will compete in
the 2005 NCAA Indoor TYack and Field
Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.,
today and Saturday. Sophomore pole
vaulter Tommy Skipper leads nine
men and one woman in the event
hosted by the University of Arkansas.
Skipper, the 2004 NCAA runner
up, has posted the highest collegiate
indoor mark of the year (18-6 3/4)
and is the favorite entering the event.
Junior Jon Derby enters the competi
tion with the NCAA’s 14th-ranked
mark (17-6 1/2).
In the 400 meter, junior Matt
Scherer (45.95 seconds) and senior
Kedar Inico (46.41) have the nation’s
second and 12th best time, respec
tively, and both look to medal.
Also competing for an NCAA gold is
senior long jumper Leonidas Watson.
The St. Louis native is ranked second
with his season-best jump of 25-11.
In the 60 meter hurdles, junior Eric
Mitchum heads into the meet with the
season’s fifth best time, 7.74 seconds.
Competing in the 3,000-meter
event is senior Eric Logsdon. The
Canby, Ore., native is ranked ninth in
the event (7:54.29) and is only six
seconds behind the leading entry.
Representing the women, senior
cross country All-American Laura
Harmon will be running in the 5,000
meter. Harmon’s time of 16:18.56 has
her seeded 15th.
Also competing for the Ducks are
junior Ryan Voge in the heptathlon
and the men’s 4x400 meter relay
team, which has TVavis Anderson, In
ico, A.K. Ikwuakor and Scherer.
— Beau Eastes
Women's tennis faces
Boise State and Princeton
For the second straight week,
Oregon will be pitted against a for
mer tennis affiliate of head coach
Nils Schyllander.
Last weekend, the Ducks captured a
victory over Schyllander’s college ten
nis head coach, Mark Tichenor, when
the Ducks defeated Boise State 5-2.
Schyllander played for Tichenor at
Northern Arizona, where he earned
the team’s MVP award and was
named athlete of the year in 1995.
This week, the Ducks (10-2,1-1 Pa
cific-10 Conference) will host their for
mer assistant coach Kathy Sell and her
Princeton (3-3) team at noon on Sun
day at the Student Tennis Center.
Schyllander downplayed the close
ties in both matches.
“It’s just another match,” Schyllan
der said. “They are both two special
matches, in a way, but also it’s all
business, and Princeton is hopefully
another ‘W’ for us.”
Oregon’s 10-2 record is the team’s
best start since the Pac-10 merged
women’s tennis into a nine-team
conference in 1997. The Ducks will
also try to continue their strong play
at home after having lost just once in
eight home dual matches.
Alex Tam
NCAA: Team practicing for
potential first-round game
Continued from page 7
is also a definite consideration.
ESPN’s bracketologist Charlie
Creme gives Oregon the number sev
en seed in the Tempe Region, with a
first round matchup against Louisiana
Tech from the Western Athletic Confer
ence on March 19 in Seattle.
“I think regionally it would be nice
to stay in the Northwest,” Smith said.
“It would create excitement for the
tournament if you had a local team,
and we’re pretty local. But really, our
preference takes second priority to just
getting into the tournament.”
Not all predictions concur though.
As of March 5, according to Col
legeRPI.com, Oregon is the 10th seed
in the Chattanooga Region with a first
round matchup against Boston College
in Knoxville, Tenn.
Wherever the Ducks may be head
ing, the big point is that they should be
going somewhere.
“I feel like we should (have a lock
on a bid),” Kraayeveld said. “We feel
that we’ve done well this year and that
we should be picked for the tourna
ment, and we have a lot of confidence
that will happen.”
Oregon’s resume includes two wins
against top-25 Rating Percentage Index
teams — top-ranked Stanford (27-2
overall, RPI No. 7) and Arizona State
(22-8, No. 21). The Ducks have also
beaten three other teams with an RPI
above 50, including USC (19-10, No.
34), Arizona (19-11, No. 42) and
George Washington (22-8, No. 38).
Oregon also defeated Miami, who has
an RPI of 51, earlier this season.
Oregon suffered only one loss to a
team with an RPI ranking under 100 —
its 81-57 defeat against Washington.
The Ducks will find out their tour
nament fate Sunday at a “parings par
ty” at Mac Court, where the team and
500 fans will watch ESPN’s one-hour
selection show at 2 p.m. The doors will
open a 1:30 p.m., and fans will receive
free soda and popcorn.
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