The victory was nice, but now the 27th-ranked Oregon men’s golf team wants something else: a winning streak.
Ten days after winning their first tournament since the spring of 1999, the Ducks will look to keep their success going at the PING/ASU Thunderbird Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
Oregon will play the same par 72, 7,027-yard Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., that the Duck women competed on last weekend.
The Ducks will face a field that includes nine top-30 teams, including Pacific-10 Conference rivals No. 12 Southern California, No. 15 Arizona State and No. 25 Arizona.
“We are going to be playing against an abundance of high-ranked teams,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosler said. “This will be a great experience. Hopefully, we will be able to rise to the occasion.”
The probable starters for the Ducks are senior Matt Genovese, junior Aaron Byers, sophomores John Ellis and Chris Carnahan and redshirt freshman Mike Sica.
As for the Oregon women’s golf team, it will make a shorter visit to Stanford, Calif., for its final tune-up before the Pac-10 Championships.
The Ducks will compete in an 11-team field at the Peg Barnard Collegiate on Friday and Saturday. The tournament, which will take place on the par 72, 6,154-yard Stanford Golf Course, will feature host No. 5 Stanford, No. 32 Washington and No. 40 California.
The list of starters for the women include senior leaders Jerilyn White and Dawn Berry, junior Kathy Cho, sophomore Megan Heckeroth and redshirt freshman Lacy Erickson.
Oregon is hoping for a solid outing to carry itself through the remaining nine days after this weekend and into the Pac-10 Championships in Tempe, Ariz.