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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1982)
Volleyball squad to host Cal, San Jose By Doug Levy Ot !h« Emerald Notre Dame will not be the only nationally-ranked team in Eugene this weekend The Oregon women's vol leyball team will take on 18th-ranked California on Friday night and 12th-ranked San Jose State Saturday night, and coach Chris Voelz is op timistic about her team's chances "I see no reason why we can't give Cal and San Jose a good show, play them tough and maybe even pull off an upset," Voelz said "San Jose State and Cal are both beat able teams,” she added This will be the first trip to Oregon for Cal and San Jose State Both matches will begin at 7:30 p m at Mac Court Oregon is coming off a split last weekend in the Bay Area With only seven players, the Ducks rebounded from a loss to Santa Clara to defeat San Francisco and up their record to 2-4 in the NorPac confer ence Cal comes to Eugene behind the lofty credentials of Syvie Monnet The 6-0 junior was a 1981 AIAW All-Amer ican, and she is among the conference leaders in blocks, hitting percentage and kills per match. The Bears were listed 13th in last week's rank ings, but they dropped to number 18 after losses to San Jose State and fourth-ranked Photo by David Corey Coach Chris Voelz will try to rally her forces this weekend when the Ducks host California and San Jose State in NorPac volleyball competition at Mac Court Stanford California was second in the BYU Invitational, while Oregon finished eighth San Jose State, meanwhile, has made a complete turna round from its 14-16 record of 1981 The Spartans are 12-5 this year, owning wins over ninth-ranked Texas, Cal, 15th-ranked Nebraska and Washington (twice). However, Voelz has certain ly not shown an attitude of backing down to the big guns from the Bay area "I never think we can't beat anybody,” she emphasized “I always go into a match thinking we can win." Voelz was pleased with the Ducks' practices this week. "As a team, we've showYi improvement Our transitions have been quicker, and we've been playing through points better '" In addition, Voelz feels her young team has made steady progress throughout the season "The kids have shown good pro gress,” she said, "and just because we've had a few set backs, they shouldn’t let it af feet them " Oregon has another plus with the return of Shaunna Koenig, who has missed 11 matches with a hand injury. Koenig practiced for the first time Thursday; and Voelz is unsure if she will start or not Ronda Dalthorp and Barb Lutz, both suffering from sprained ankles, will miss this weekend's matches, although Voelz is hoping both can re turn for next week's matches against Washington State and Washington Timbers’ sale fails PORTLAND (AP) — Portland businessman James Horne withdrew his offer to purchase the Portland Timbers Thursday in a move that could signal the demise of the financially-trou bled North American Soccer League franchise The team's owner, Louisiana Pacific Corp., said it would proceed with dissolving the franchise effective Nov 1 The remaining franchises in the league will get a chance to ob tain Timbers' players in a dis persal draft next week Louisiana-Pacific Chairman and President Harry Merlo said Horne had agreed to purchase the Timbers for $1 million on Aug 30. Later, Horne asked for an extension while he reorgan ized his assets to meet North American Soccer League requirements Those requirements included a $500,000 performance bond, a $150,000 letter of credit and a net worth statement The extension was granted, but on Oct. 8 the NASL asked Horne to produce proof of his liquid assets, which reportedly were $2 million That, Horne said, was the turning point “Time ran out on us as far as various things being requested by the league," Horne said "I was not able to meet the requir ements by the league as they defined them on Oct 8 in time to meet player requirements that had to be done " EVERYBODYS 1ERE ATARI FEN STAI AT THE LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE VC*"***1** L VOf* W.V and BERSERK 21.88 V * C"c°S S-88 Basfce Aba" 9.99 Nl9Waft lftB8 toe 21.88 CO^& va^eoge- An VIDEQ GAMES £A-4^ Are on Sale EVERYBODY RECORDS A* pfVCNVf^ ,„>• tUbtNb 4U t. din ■ 23^ CORVALLIS 777 NW 9th LOCATIONS ALBANY 1977 Santiam Hwy. *Pac-Man and characters are Trademarks of Bally Midway Mfg. Co. licensed by Namco-America, Inc. ©1982 ATARI, Inc. pac*W*n’ 24.77 "Defender is a Trademark of Williams Electronics, Inc.
