Oregon harriers set
to run in OTC race
By Todd Fletcher
Of the Emerald
The Oregon men's and women's cross
country teams will be in action Sunday at
10:30 a.m. in the Oregon Track Club In
vitational in Creswell.
Both teams will be at the meet, but the
similarities end there.
Men's coach Bill Dellinger calls the
meet more or less a warm-up for Pac-10s
Nov. 12, while women's coach Tom
Heinonen says his team can't afford a let
down Sunday after a big win at the Paul
Short Memorial in Bethlehem, Pa.
"This meet really doesn't have much im
portance for us," says Dellinger.
To prove his point, Dellinger says he
will hold out all the harriers that ran in last
weekend's Oregon Invitational at Tokatee
Golf Club.
With Hill and company missing the
meet, less heralded runners like Garth
Morrisette, Rick Bergeson and Tom
Badrick may get a chance to prove
themselves in Creswell.
By leaving most of his top runners out
of the OTC meet, Dellinger is delaying his
selection of who will be his top seven run
ners for the Pac-10 meet at Stanford, Calif.
But if he is worried about who will fill
those seven slots, Dellinger isn't letting
on.
"When the time comes, I'll decide who
is going to run," he says.
Dellinger will have a tough decision.
He'll have to choose between
sophomores Matt McGuirk, Dan Nelson
and Harold Kuphaldt, senior Vance Blow,
and redshirt freshmen Dub Myers and
Will Kimball. Seemingly assured of spots
are Chris Hamilton, Mike Blackmore and
Hill.
On the women's side, Heinonen em
phasizes this weekend's meet will get ma
jor consideration from him and his team.
''It will be an important race for us,"
said Heinonen. "It is a chance for us to
run at home and a lot of people are still
trying to prove themselves. I'm eager to
see the competition for our top seven
positions."
While Heinonen admits the team com
petition doesn't compare to last week's
Paul Short Memorial in Pennsylvania
(Oregon defeated second-ranked Virginia,
among other Eastern powers), he said the
individual competition is very good.
Some of the top guns include UCLA's
Michelle Bush, who won the NCAA's 1,500
meters last year, (ill Haworth, who was
Virginia's No. 2 runner last year and plac
ed fourth in last year's NCAA cross coun
try championship, and OTC's Marty
Cooksey, who pushed both Lisa Martin
and Kathy Hayes in the Garrie Franklin
Classic.
Heinonen points to Idaho and Colorado
State as teams that may push the Ducks.
"Idaho is better than it has shown in its
performances this year," says Heinonen.
CSU is unknown, but Heinonen cau
tions that the Rams, coming to Eugene
from the higher altitude of Colorado,
could surprise a lot of people.
In addition to Idaho and CSU, Oregon's
teams will be pitted against the likes of
Oregon State, Washington, Washington
State and the Oregon Track Club. Several
runners from Athletics West should be in
the meet as well.
Netters have 'must-win' meeting with Bulldogs
By Brent Paz
Of Iht Emerald
Oregon's volleyball team con
tinues pursuit of a NorPac Con
ference tournament spot when it
entertains Fresno State University
Friday and second-ranked Univer
sity of Pacific Saturday at McAr
thur Court. Both matches start at
7:30 p.m.
Oregon coach Chris Voelz con
siders the Fresno State match a
must-win situation for the Ducks,
14- 11 this season and 0-1 in league
play.
The Ducks already have beaten
the Bulldogs twice this year, 15-9,
15- 11, and 15-12, 4-15, 15-6, but
Voelz is wary of her opponent.
"Although we've taken Fresno
Mate in two previous meetings,
we're not taking them ligntly,"
says Voelz. "After they took
California (ranked 12th) and San
Jose State (20th) to five games, we
need to respect them."
Still, Voelz feels the Bulldogs,
5-7 and 0-2 in NorPac action, are
the kind of team Oregon must
beat to advance to the conference
tournament in November.
Junior outside hitter Cynthia
Shepherd agrees. "Fresno is a
must," she says. "We are going to
take them (games) one at a time."
Fresno State's attack is centered
around 5-8 junior Ruth Lawanson.
Lawanson holds FSU records for
single-game and career kills (24,
287).
As she has all season,
sophomore Sue Harbour leads the
Duck attack. Harbour has a team
leading 326 kills and paces the
team in three other statistical
categories.
Harbour and the Ducks will
have to be in high-flying form
Saturday when Pacific comes to
town.
Pacific, 11-0 this season and 2-0
in Nor-Pac, features no less than
six All-American candidates.
All-American setter Jan
Saunders directs the Tiger of
fense. She gets help from
honorable mention All-Americans
Robin Burns and Eileen Dempster,
juniors, and Therese Boyle, who
leads the team with a .333 hitting
percentage.
Thursday, the Ducks got good
news for this weekend's match
ups — co-captain Cathy Hill, out
most of the week with knee pro
blems, was back in practice and
should be ready for both Fresno
State and the Tigers. However,
sophomore Shaunna Koenig re
mains sidelined with a hamstring
injury.
With Hill back, the Ducks smell
an upset against Pacific, a team
which received four first-place
votes in national polls.
“It is nothing of awe, by any
means," says Oregon's other co
captain, Barb Lutz. "We're going
to give them a" run for their
money."
Chris Voelz
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