The Oregon women’s golf team swings back into action early next week as it looks to continue its impressive start to the spring portion of its 2002-03 season.
Oregon is coming off its most impressive single round of golf in last week’s Duck Invitational, where the team shot a season best 299. The Ducks claimed seventh overall at the tournament, which was played in Junction City. Next up for the Ducks is the UCLA Bruin Classic, which will be played at Santa Clarita, Calif. The three-day tournament will be played March 24-26.
The Ducks will be led by freshmen Therese Wenslow, who is coming off the third top-10 finish of her young career. The Bruin classic is one of only two tournaments left for the Ducks before the Pacific-10 Conference Championships begin April 24. The Ducks finished eighth overall in last year’s Bruin Classic, led by current sophomore Jess Carlyon, who shot a career-low final round 71 to finish the tournament fifth overall. Pepperdine was last year’s tournament champion, while UCLA finished second in the 16-team field.

Men host Duck

Invitational
The Duck men’s golf team will host its annual Oregon Duck Invitational, March 24-26, at the Eugene Country Club. Oregon hasn’t played since early March when it traveled to Westlake Village, Calif., and finished tied for 13th overall at the Cleveland Golf Classic. Senior John Ellis shot a final-round 67 to tie for eighth overall, his fifth top-10 finish in seven tournaments this year.
Oregon won last year’s tournament with a one-stroke victory over Washington State. Senior Chris Carnahan finished the tournament in fifth place and was followed by Ellis, who finished tied for 11th overall.
Oregon has received strong play from freshmen Gregg LaVoie this season, but LaVoie struggled in his last outing, finishing tied for 54th in the Cleveland Golf Classic. Oregon has three more tournament appearances before it heads to the Pacific-10 Conference Championships April 28-30. Oregon will head to the Western Intercollegiate less than one week after competing in the Duck Invitational.