2008 Woodie Awards
Sports
Making the grade?Oregon's athletic department ranked 97th out of 115 universities in gender equityby Doug BonhamAccording to a group of researchers at Penn State University, Oregon's athletic department isn't quite making the grade in terms of gender equity. Oregon finished 10th in the Pacific-10 Conference and 97th out of 115 schools judged in the Gender Equity Scorecard, which rated Division I colleges and universities on their rates of female student athlete participation and, more importantly, funding. |
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Ducks oust Boilermakers at homeWomen beat Purdue 4-3, while the men split their two matches against New Mexico and Northern Arizonaby Andrew Nemec | Freelance ReporterThe Oregon women's tennis team played host to its first of three Big Ten opponents this season, and was able to get a statement win behind a gutsy singles performance by junior Carmen Seremeta. |
Wrestling is being cut, but do you (or I) really care?In my opinion | Three To Winby Jeffrey DransfeldtWhen the Oregon wrestling team ends its final season, I'll be the first to say sayonara. Goodbye. See ya. Nice knowing you. Many students on campus likely share my opinion. Ask nearly any student what they think about wrestling, and the reply will border on ambivalence. |
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Oregon evens record with three wins in Las Vegas tourneyDucks come from behind to beat San Jose State in extra innings Sunday at Louisville Slugger Classicby Jeffrey DransfeldtThe Oregon softball team took extra innings, but found a way to emerge victorious from the finale of the Louisville Slugger Classic in Las Vegas last weekend. |
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Club hockey takes out Trojans for Pac-8 championshipOregon beats USC 5-1 in tournament finale, will now travel to Oakland for regional tournamentby Andrew GreifAs if it could have ended any other way. For the third straight season, Oregon and USC met in the final of the Pac-8 Conference tournament. The Trojans not only beat the Ducks in each of the previous two title game tilts, they won in overtime shootouts. This time, though, Oregon made sure there were no dramatics. |
Ducks claim eight provisional marks on weekendBoth the men's and women's mile relay teams qualify for indoor championships in Arkansasby Bryn JanssonTwo Ducks came within one second of breaking the four-minute mile barrier at Saturday's Husky Classic in Seattle, settling instead for regional qualifying marks. Freshman Matt Centrowitz passed most of the field in the final lap, finishing fourth in 4:00.26, just off of the NCAA automatic qualifying standard of 3:59. |
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