Netters labeled
heavy underdog
against Pacific
By Brent Paz
Of the Emerald
Oddsmakers say Oregon will
not beat University of Pacific, the
second-ranked team in the nation,
tonight in the opening round of
the NorPac Conference volleyball
playoffs in Stockton, Calif.
But then, oddsmakers didn't
think Oregon had a prayer against
Portland State University, San lose
State University or Texas — three
top-ranked teams that fell to the
Ducks this season. Oregon,
24-167, will be looking to add
Pacific to that list tonight.
The winner advances to the
tournament final Saturday night
while the loser plays for third
place.
"We are going for the major
upset of the year," says Oregon
coach Chris Voelz.
Oregon faces a 30-2 Pacific
squad that dismantled it earlier in
the year. Pacific swept the Ducks
in three games, 15-8, 15-8, 15-3 at
Mi Arthur Court.
This time, says Voelz, "we will
have to play a cat and mouse of
fense. We will try to put them
(shots) where they (the Tigers) are
not."
Pacific boasts no less than six
All-American candidates. The
Tiger attack centers around All
American setter )an Saunders.
Saunders usually feeds outside
hitters Robin Burns and Eileen
Dempster. Julie Maginot and Lisa
Franco also will pose big pro
blems for the Ducks.
"There is not anybody who is
that vulnerable," Voelz says of
Pacific's starters. "We just hope
that they will stay in low enough
gear, long enough, so we can
sneak up on them."
Oregon counters the Pacific bar
rage with the trio of Sue Harbour,
Lisa Cemoya and Cathy Hill. Har
bour finished as the NorPac
leader in kills (185) and kills
averaged per game (20.6); she
comes off a big game against PSU
(31 kills). Gemoya sets up most of
Harbour's kills, and co-captain
Hill is second on the team with
243 kills. All three will have to be
at their best if Oregon is to defeat
Pacific.
"We are definitely the under
dogs," says Hill, but the senior
adds that "nobody is unbeatable."
"I think we are definitely
capable of taking a couple games
off of them, if not winning," says
Harbour."There isn't that much of
a difference between first and
fourth place."
That remains to be seen, but
Pacific has a ghost hanging over
its head. The Tigers lost to an
unheralded University of Califor
nia team in last year's tournament
final.
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