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Netters seeking uncivil upset of OSU
Defeating OSU will be no easy task for the Ducks.
By Brent Paz
Of the Emerald
It is Civil War time again, and the Oregon
volleyball team has a score to settle with the
Oregon State Beavers.
Defeating OSU will be no easy task for
coach Chris Voelz' young team. The
Beavers come into the match with a im
pressive 15-3 record, including three wins
over the Ducks this season. The game,
which starts at 7:30 p.m., marks the opener
for both schools in Nor-Pac Conference
play.
"We look for a very competitive match,"
says Voelz. "Every time we have played
them during the season, we have gotten
closer to them in terms of scoring points
and playing better defense on them."
In three matches against Oregon State,
Oregon has lost 15-6, 6-15, 15-6, 13-15, 15-6,
15-12, 15-13 and 15-13, 15-12. Voelz says her
team is "close on their (Oregon State's)
tails."
The Ducks come into the match with a
14-10 record after whipping Washington
State Friday, but losing to Washington the
following night. Voelz described the Husky
defeat as "handing Washington a win."
While Oregon was splitting with the
Washington schools, OSU is arriving in
town with momentum after a series of wins.
"We have to get that bugaboo out of our
system," says Voelz of Saturday's disap
' pointing loss. "We have to get in there and
play some good ball."
Although the Ducks have not beaten
OSU in three tries this season, they have
stretched the Beavers to tie-breaking games
in each match.
"We'll have a lot of natural incentive
because it's Oregon State and because it's
the first counting NorPac match," says
Voelz. "We should be hungry."
Unfortunately, Voelz will be minus two
top performers Saturday. Connie Riel is lost
for the year with a f<x>t injury and Shaunna
Koenig is sidelined indefinitely wun a
hamstring injury. With those two gone,
Voelz knows the Ducks will have their
hands full trying to stop OSU.
"The void that we will have is that the
other times we played them, we had Shaun
na and Connie." Voelz says. "We will be
missing a little bit of spark on our defense,
but we are trying to make up for it with the
other six people in the lineup now."
Picking up the slack for the Ducks will be
Sue Harbour and Cathy Hill. Harbour has
piled up 306 kills, far and away the team's
best mark. Hill is third on the team with 101.
Harbour, a candidate for all-America
honors, also has 26 service aces and 104
blocking points in 24 matches. Hill is
among the team leaders in several
categories.
They will be face a formidable OSU team
led by sophomore sensation Julie Steding.
Steding, a 6-2 middle blocker, was the Most
Valuable Player in the San Diego State In
vitational earlier this year. A lot of attention
will be focused on Steding, but Harbour
says the Ducks are prepared for Steding
and the Beavers.
"We are looking forward to playing
them,” Harbour says. "We are getting ready
for them by shifting our defense and look
ing for the open shots on the court. I think
we can catch them off guard."
Senior co-captain Hill also was getting
"excited" for the match. She says the Ducks
have a strategy to nullify Steding.
"We are going to try to hit over her," says
Hill.
Hill feels the loss of Koenig and Riel
shouldn't hamper the Ducks' chances
Saturday night.
"We are working around it," she says.
"Heidi Eakin stepped in and is doing a good
job. It has been a smooth transition."
Oregon hopes that transition will be
smooth enough to get a win Saturday.
Trivia time
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Oregon sports? Take a shot
at answering these five
questions about Oregon
teams and athletes of the
past in the Emerald's week
ly sports trivia quiz.
The winner, *who will
receive a $10 gift certificate,
will be the first person to
pick the most correct
answers by 5 p.m. today.
Answers should be turn
ed in to the Emerald office,
EMU Suite 300.
1. How many points did
Oregon's loot ball team
score in 1982, and how
many did it allow?
2. Name Oregon foot
ball s all-time leading
rusher.
3. What year did Oregon s
volleyball team finish fourth
nationally?
a) 1974 b) 1970 01971.
4. The Oregon women 's
cross country team 's top in
dividual performance at an
NCAA meet was second in
1981. Was the runner who
placed second behind
North Carolina State's Betty
jo Springs?
a) Eryn Forbes b) Leann
Warren c) Kathy Hayes d)
Lisa Martin.
5. The last year Oregon
men's cross country won a
national title was:
a) 1981 b) 1979 c) 1977 d)
1980.
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Women to tangle with nation's best
Cross country runners
travel to Pennsylvania
By Todd Fletcher
Of the fmerild
If will really be cross country
Saturday when the Oregon
women's cross country team
travels to Bethlehem, Pa., to take
on second-ranked Virginia and
fourth-ranked North Carolina
State University.
Oregon's top seven finishers
from the Carrie Franklin Classic
Sept. 24 also will face No. 9 Ten
nessee and No. 11 Penn State in
the Paul Short Memorial on the
Lehigh University campus.
"The race will give us a chance
to find out early in the season
where we stand with some of the
top teams in the East," says
Oregon coach Tom Heinonen.
Heinonen says his runners are
eager for the trip, and eager to see
how they stack up against other
c ross country powers.
The race takes place on the
same course that will be the site of
the NCAA Championships Nov.
21, and several top-caliber runners
will be there.
Some of the competition in
cludes North C arolina Slate's Bet
ty |o Springs, who captured the
1981 national cross country race
and defeated Kathy Hayes and
Lisa Martin last June to claim the
NCAA 5,000 meter crown.
Florida's Beth Farmer, a
10,000-meter standout, will he in
the field as well.
While Springs and her Woltpac k
teammates, Tennessee and Penn
State look imposing, Virginia and
its No. 2 ranking might be
misleading.
The Cavaliers, under a new
coac h, will be relying heavily on
freshmen since Lesley Welch,
who won the national title last
year, and her sister Lisa left school
to train with their club coach in
Boston. Heinonen describes Lisa
as |ust as good as Lesley. The
younger Welch, however, missed
1982 with injuries.
As it is still early in the season
and some notable competition
will be missing, Heinonen admits
he doesn’t know what to expect
from the race.
"It is |ust tough to say what will
happen," said Heinonen. "Our
top runners have run against top
competition like this before, so
they know what to do. And this
will give our freshmen a chance to
run in a high powered meet."
A veteran at running against top
competition, Lisa Martin says she
has no plan of attack for Saturday.
"I just want to run with the lead
pack. If it starts off fast, then I will
take off fast and hard. If the race is
slow, then I will start out slow. I
would like to finish in the top
five."
A newcomer to such levels of
competition, freshman Deanna
Schiedler, says the race should be
fun. Schiedler finished fifth in the
Carrie Franklin and has been a
pleasant surprise for Oregon.
"I'm shocked that I'm going. I
really didn't expect to be going.
Now I just want to run a good
lime," Schiedler said.
Besides Schiedler, two other
freshmen, Lisa Johnson and Kim
Ryan, will make the trip.
In addition to the trio of
freshmen, Martin and Hayes,
Claudette Croenendaal and Kim
Roth round out the Oregon
contingent.
"I feel good about the team, and
obviously we d like to win," says
guarded optimist Heinonen.
Emerald Photo
Kathy Hayes (left) and Lisa Martin will test several of the nation's
top runners this weekend.
Tennis tournament slated
The Oregon tennis team is spon
soring two invitational tennis tour
naments, one consisting of adult
events Friday through Sunday, the
other for junior players Oct. 14-16.
Players may enter only one
singles and doubles event for
each tournament. Both players
must submit entries for doubles
before a team is entered. No en
tries will be accepted without fees
and no phone entries are
accepted.
The field lor the adult tourna
ment is set. Entry deadline for the
junior tournament is Friday at 5
p.m.
Cost for juniors wishing to enter
the Oct. 14 tourney is $7.50 for
singles and $5 for doubles.
Checks for entry fees should be
made out to UO Tennis Program
and mailed to Tennis Tournament,
Athletic Department, University of
Oregon, Eugene 97403.
For more tournament informa
tion, or to find out playing times,
call 686-5476 between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. Monday-Friday.