■ Duck golf
Men look to keep momentum at ASU event
Meanwhile, the women wrap up their regular season
in Stanford, Calif, at the Peg Barnard Invitational
BY SCOTT I. ADAMS
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REF’ORTER
The Oregon men’s and women’s
golf teams continue closing out the
regular season this week as the men —
fresh off their first-place finish at the
Western Intercollegiate last week —
head to Tempe, Ariz., for the ASU
Thunderbird Invitational played at the
7,037-yard Karsten Golf Course. The
women will compete at the Peg
Barnard Invitational in Stanford, Calif.
— their final tournament before the
Pacific-10 Conference Championships.
The men are riding momentum
heading into this week’s tournament
thanks to strong performances by
sophomores Matt Ma and Jay Snyder.
Ma has three top-five finishes in five
tournaments this season. The Ducks
have finished in the top five in their
past two tournaments and face stiff
competition at the ASU Thunderbird
Invitational; five of the nation’s top 25
teams are scheduled to compete. Aside
from Oregon, the 14-team field
includes a dozen teams west of the
Mississippi River, including No. 2
UNLV, No. 8 Brigham Young, No. 11
UCLA, No. 17 Arizona and host school
No. 15 Arizona State.
California, Colorado State, Hawaii,
Kansas State, Penn State, Pepperdine,
Stanford and Texas Tech will also
be competing.
Representing Oregon will be the
same five golfers who claimed the
Western Intercollegiate title. Leading
the Ducks will be juniors Chris
Dukeminier, Gregg LaVoie and Justin
St. Clair, who finished tied for 39th at
last year’s tournament, in which Ore
gon finished 14th. Snyder and Ma are
scheduled to play as well.
Following a disheartening 12th
place finish at last week’s Ping/ASU
Invitational, the women are set to end
their regular season on the right foot.
Oregon head coach Shannon Rouillard
is sending her usual suspects to com
pete: senior Johnna Nealy, juniors
Erin Andrews and Michelle Timpani,
sophomore Kim McCready and fresh
man Victoria Wenslow. Andrews aims
to continue her streak of top-20 finish
es. The Las Vegas native has finished
ninth, 15th and 16th in the past three
tournaments and is sporting a 76.1
scoring average going into Saturday’s
first round.
Despite their disappointing finish
last week, the Ducks have finished in
the top five of three tournaments this
spring and appear fine-tuned for the
conference championships. They face
four Pac-10 schools this week and a
number of other teams they have com
peted against this season. No. 6 Wash
ington comes into the tournament as
the front-runner of the four ranked
teams included in the field of 14. Other
Pac-10 teams competing include No.
12 Stanford, No. 22 Washington State
and Oregon State.
The tournament is scheduled for
two rounds with 18 holes being played
both Saturday and Sunday. At last
year’s Peg Barnard Invitational, Ore
gon finished ninth. In 2001, the Ducks
finished first.
Red Sox manager Francona
spends team's win at hospital
BY HOWIE RUMBERG
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Chest pains forced
Terry Francona into a hospital
Wednesday. How soon the Boston
manager returns to his team remains
to be seen.
Francona was taken by ambulance
to New York Weill-Cornell Medical
Center in Manhattan after experienc
ing chest tightness in the morning.
He underwent a variety of tests and
then listened on the radio as the Red
Sox rallied for a 7-3 victory over the
Yankees, their first win of the season.
Red Sox spokesman Glenn Geffner
said Francona, who turns 46 on April
22, was scheduled to be transferred
Wednesday night to Boston, where
he will remain under the supervision
of team doctor Thomas Gill.
“We’re pleased he’s coming back
to Boston tonight. He’s still undergo
ing some tests, we understand he has
not had a heart attack,” team
president and chief executive Larry
Lucchino said Wednesday night at
Fenway Park, where the red carpet
ceremony for the premiere of the
movie “Fever Pitch” took place. “The
tests will continue, but the victory to
day I know helped his morale.”
The Red Sox, meanwhile, were off
to Toronto to open a series against
the Blue Jays on Friday.
“Tito has meant so much to this
whole team,” center fielder Johnny
Damon said. “He’s the guy that
would go to battle for you. ”
The Red Sox would not specify
what Francona was tested for or
any results.
General manager Theo Epstein in
formed the team of Francona’s situa
tion in a very brief meeting after the
second Red Sox bus arrived at Yankee
Stadium around 10:30 a.m. He then
went to the hospital and spent the
game with Francona.
Francona took the 8 a.m. bus to
the stadium with Mills and several
coaches and began his routine, even
fulfilling media obligations despite
not feeling well.
“He just felt a little tightness in his
chest,” Mills said before the game.
“He was a little concerned, there's no
doubt. He told me, ‘Don't worry
about me. I'm going to be OK.’”
Francona had experienced chest
pains before — a result of life-threat
ening blood clots that developed
from a knee operation.
Ten days after knee surgery in
2002, he was in Seattle interviewing
for the Mariners’ managing job when
he experienced severe chest pains.
Francona played 10 years in the
major leagues as a first baseman and
outfielder. He had already had 11
knee operations when he went in for
the arthroscopic procedure in No
vember 2002.
Francona also managed the
Philadelphia Phillies from 1997-2000.
Roetman: Long, Gipson out until next week
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speed, there isn’t an offensive
lineman on the Oregon roster (or in
the Pac-10 for that matter) that can
block No. 96.
David Faaeteete — The sophomore
defensive tackle has been impressive
during spring drills, displaying good
technique and a lot of intensity. The
Medford native is fighting to earn the
spot vacated by Robby Valenzuela.
Willie Glasper — The freshman
cornerback is yet another heralded
recruit from De La Salle High School.
Glasper’s talents have caught the
eyes of senior corner Justin Phinisee,
who said the newcomer is certain to
help the Oregon pass defense with
his speed and nose for the ball.
Devan Long — The senior defen
sive end is expected to have the best
season of his career as Oregon’s
biggest pass-rushing threat. Long in
jured his hamstring during the first
day of spring drills, however, and will
likely be out until next week.
Aaron Gipson — Like Long, big
things are expected from the senior
cornerback. After a rough start to his
Oregon career, Gipson has turned
himself into a quality player. He is
also out until next week, though, af
ter injuring the sternoclavicular joint
near his left shoulder.
jonroetman@dailyememld.com
Track: Rupp plans to run in Oregon Invitational
Continued from page 7
“I think I will run in the Oregon
Invitational here in the next few
weeks,” Rupp said. “I think I
might open at Mt. SAC, but the plan
is the Oregon Invitational definitely.
The only question will be whether
I’ll be in an Oregon uniform or
running unattached.”
On Tliesday, Rupp had nothing but
positive things to say about his team
mates and coaches. He also credited
them with making his transition to
Eugene a smooth one.
“Everyone’s been real welcom
ing,” Rupp said. “That’s one of the
things I was worried about coming
in, but everyone’s been really nice
and sincere about it too. It’s defi
nitely helped a lot to have those
guys on the team.”
The three-time TVack & Field News
All-American will also retain his
running coach, Alberto Salazar, in
addition to working with the Duck’s
volunteer distance coach Pat Tyson.
“They are going to work togeth
er,” Rupp said. “Alberto is going to
continue to write most of my work
outs, and he’ll come down a couple
of times per week to watch the real
ly hard workouts. Otherwise, Coach
Tyson is just going to oversee what I
am doing. I know that Alberto and
him have a good relationship.
They’re kind of working together
on this.”
Rupp has been training with for
mer world-class runner Salazar since
graduating high school. Salazar, for
mer Oregon standout, won the New
York City Marathon three consecutive
years from 1980-82. In 1981, Salazar
broke a 12-year world marathon
record with a time of 2:08.13 and was
the last American to capture a New
York marathon title. In addition, he
also captured the title at the 53-mile
Comrade Marathon in South Africa.
“I think Alberto working with
him over the past couple of years has
provided a great foundation of
preparing him for the pressures
he’s about to face,” Tyson said. “I
don’t want to put a lot of pressure on
him, but the fact of the matter is
he knows he’s good. We’re going
to do the best we can in allowing
him to be a typical college kid and al
lowing him to get a degree from the
University of Oregon.”
Rupp is the second of Salazar’s
runners to enroll at Oregon since
the resignation of head track coach
Martin Smith on March 18.
Scott Wall, teammate of Rupp
at Central Catholic, joined the
track team as a walk-on and has also
started attending classes.
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