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O c to b e r 17, 2001
SPORTS
Miami in Charge at Top
of USA TODAY/ESPN Poll
A RLIN G TO N , Va. - After No.
2 F lo rid a's last-second loss to
A uburn, M iam i grabbed co n ­
trol o f the top ranking in the
U SA T O D A Y /E S PN T op 25
C oach es’ Poll released. T he
No. 1 H urricanes earned 48 o f
60 first-place votes and 1,449
points in the poll. T he G ators,
w ho were ju st four points away
from the top spot in last w eek’s
rankings, fell to No. 7. O k la­
hom a, w ho dom inated K ansas
38-10, m oved up one spot to
No. 2. R ounding out the top
five are Nebraska, VirginiaTech
and O regon.
Capriati is New No. 1
,
JenniferC apriati finally landed
w here her talent could have
taken her long ago - at No. 1.
She begins her reign as the
n ew to p -ra n k e d p la y e r in
w om en’s tennis, com pleting a
sp ectacu lar co m eb ack from
personal problem s that put her
career on hold in the 1990s.
M artina H ingis lost the top
spot w hen she tore a ligam ent
in her right ankle and quit d u r­
ing a sem ifinal against Lindsay
D a v e n p o rt at th e P o rsc h e
G rand Prix in Filderstadt, G er-
m any. H ingis needed to beat
D avenport to stay at N o. 1,
w hich the 20-year-old Sw iss
player held for 209 w eeks, the
last 73 in a row.
Beavers Steam-Roll
Arizona State
Ducks on Roll With Three Straight Road Wins
looking for victim no. 7 as they
return to Autzen Stadium in Eu­
gene on Saturday, Oct. 20 to face
Stanford.
Improvement is the key, the theme,
and what the Oregon coach Mike
Bellotti and staff are demanding ev­
The University of Oregon Ducks
football team has taken three
straight road gam es to establish
some realness about who they are
as a national contender. They beat
Utah by 17 points, Arizona by 35
and California by 41 and are now
ery week. They drive the point home
throughout the week, and lately it has
been paying off on Saturdays.
Oregon has scored 111 points
in its last two gam es. Its defense
has forced 10 turnovers in the
same tim e span.
Tyson TKOs Nielsen
C O P E N H A G E N , D enm ark -
M ike Tyson needed six rounds
before stopping Brian N ielsen,
the longest fight the form er
h ea v y w eig h t ch am p io n has
had since losing to E vander
H olyfield five years ago. Tyson
bloodied the D ane in the sec­
ond round and knocked him
dow n in the third. But N ielsen
fought gam ely until the referee
finally ended the fight because
o f his sw ollen left eye. Tyson
im proved to 49-3 w ith tw o no
. decisions and 43 KOs. N ielsen
dropped to 62-2 w ith 43 KOs.
Peninsula Little League
Sets Agenda
Peninsula Little League is seek­
ing parent and com m unity vol­
unteers to help w ith the 2002
Little L eague season. Board
positions and team coaching
positions are available. T hose
interested are asked to subm it
a statem ent o f interest, express­
ing yourqualifications. no later
than Friday, Oct. 19 to P enin­
sula Little L eague, P.O . Box
11581; Portland. O R. 97211.
A pplications are available at
the PeninsulaC om m unity C en­
ter, 700 N. Portland BIvd.
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James Newsome (right), Oregon State's star wide-reciever,
surprises Arizona defender in the end zone as he catches a
pass from OSU quarterback Jonathan Smith.
S aturday, O regon Sate got their first w in since they beat N ew
M exico State 27-22 on S ept. 8. T he victory snapped the B eavers’ (2-
3,1-2 Pacific-10Conference) tw o-gam e losing streak and all but ended
the W ildcats' chances o f contending for a conference title.
T he Beavers o f old m ust have pulled out their gam e notes and
review ed w hat m ade them the Fiesta Bowl cham pions earlier this
calendar year.
T he team s defense w as crisp and hard hitting - forcing repeated
turnovers, w hich the B eavers capitalized on for field position and
eventually points. Ken Sim onton looked like the Ken Sim onton o f old.
w ith over 100 yards rushing and a touch dow n that put him in the
record books as the all-tim e P a c -10 leading scorer.
Estes’ Closing 63
Secures Las Vegas
Triumph
LAS V EGAS - Bob Estes came
from five shots off the lead with
a final-round 9-under 63 to win
the Invensys Classic. It w as the
second win o f the year for Estes,
who w atched T om Lehm an and
Rory Sabbatini miss putts to tie
on the final green. Lehm an and
Sabbatini were a shot back at 29-
under 330 total in the five-round
event. D avis Love III closed
w itha61 totake fourth place tied
with Scott M cCarron at 332.
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