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Ducks open play at lacrosse tourney.


Byline: The Register-Guard

Oregon's women's lacrosse Women's lacrosse is a popular version of lacrosse, a team sport of Native American origin played with netted sticks that are used to throw, catch and shoot a small rubber ball into the opponent's goal.  team opens play in its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I.  tournament with a game at noon today against UC Davis in Moraga, Calif.

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

The Ducks (5-10, 1-4 MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ), won three of their final four games, including a 9-7 victory over Ohio to end the regular season.

If the Ducks win, they will face No. 1 seed Stanford in Friday's semifinals. A loss will put Oregon into Friday's fifth-place game against the loser of the Saint Mary's-Denver game.

Katie McMahon scored 60 goals for UC Davis (9-7, 2-3 MPSF), which defeated Oregon 11-9 on March 6. Jen May leads the Ducks with 38 goals this season.

Oregon earns slot in

women's tennis tourney

Oregon earned its second straight berth in the round of 64 in the NCAA NCAA
abbr.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
 women's tennis tournament, the school announced Wednesday.

The Ducks earned the No. 2 seed in a regional hosted by Stanford. They will open with a match against No. 3 seed Fresno State, and the winner will face the winner of a match between Stanford and Army for a berth to the Sweet 16 draw in Athens, Ga.

The Ducks reached the regional final last year before losing 4-3 to Washington.

LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC.

1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's.
 hires new

women's soccer coach

Lane Community College has hired Shane Dasher dash·er  
n.
1. One that dashes, especially the plunger of an ice-cream freezer.

2. Sports The ledge along the top of the boards of an ice rink.
 as head coach for its new women's soccer program, the school announced Wednesday.

Dasher, 29, has 10 years' coaching experience, including six years at the high school level in Cleveland and the past three years throughout the world with Ambassadors In Sport.

Dasher is accepting resumes from assistant coach applicants, as well as inquiries from potential players.

Dasher replaces Jon Kiester, who was named LCC's coach in March, but later quit to take another position.
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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:May 5, 2005
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