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Ducks try for ten in a row
By Craig Harris
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The red hot Oregon volleyball
team will take its eight-match
winning streak to the California
Bay area this weekend, when it
takes on the University of
California at Berkeley Friday
and Stanford Saturday.
Both matches are key contests
for conference standings, as a
sweep would move the Ducks,
ranked 15th (Tachlkara/
CVCA) and 14th (NCAA), into a
tie for second place (one match
out of first). But this is easier
said than done.
California has won eight of
nine on its home court, and the
Cardinal, riding a three-match
winning streak, is ranked ninth
(Tachikara/CVCA) and 10th
(NCAA).
Stanford posts an h-i con
ference record, with its lone
blemish coming at the hands of
Oregon. Sept 20, in McArthur
Court.
(California is 4-5 in the Pac-ll)
and will also be looking to
avenge an earlier five-game loss
to the Ducks.
While knocking off the (Car
dinal would probably propel
the Ducks into the top-10 rank
ings. Oregon head coach (Jerry
Gregory feels the California
match is much more important.
"The California game is more
pivotal and important. A loss to
them would really hurt us in the
conference standings. Also, los
ing to them would really hurt
our chances of getting into the
NCAA tournament." Gregory
said. "The Stanford match will
be easier to get up for and play
inspired."
A lot of that inspiration
comes from junior co-captain
Teri Kramer. Kramer's ex
uberant court play has led the
Ducks throughout the season,
and this week opposing coaches
named her Pac-10 Player of the
Week.
In Iasi weekend's series
against the two Arizona
schools. Kramer pounded out
42 kills to go with her :t4 digs
and three service aces. In that
series. Kramer also moved past
All-American Sue harbour into
third place (or the most kills in
one season.
For the year. Kramer has 507
kills and needs 181 more to
break Harbour's all-time record
of 887 set in 1983. Kramer is
also ranked second in the nation
in kills per game with a 5.6
..verage.
The other half of Oregon's
‘'K-Combination." Michele
Krebsbach. has hammered
home 467 kills, the most in a
season for any freshman at
Oregon. Krebsbach is also rank
ed fourth in the nation in kills
par game with a 5.1 average.
Gregory has a great deal of
confidence in Kramer and
Krebsbach. his two outside hit
ters. and says that it will be the
play of three other individuals
thai will help notch a pair in the
win column.
'‘They (Kramer and
Krebsbach) have been consis
tent throughout the year and
I‘m not concerned about them,”
Gregory said.
"What we need is a real
strong middle attack from Lauri
Krejcha and Stephanie Drier,
and we need Monica Camp to
put away a few more balis for us
to really help us," Gregory said.
Ducks, Bears battle for respect
By Cap! Lynn
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The Oregon football team,
departing from a treacherous
six-week schedule which
featured opponents ranked
among the nation's top-20,
begins its final three-game
stretch when it travels to
Berkeley to face the California
Golden Bears Saturday for a
1 (K) p.m. contest.
The Ducks. 2-6 on the season
and 11-5 in the Pacific-10 Con
ference. have finally reached a
point in their season where they
will be facing a team with a
comparable record. The Hears
are 1-6 overall and 1-4 in the
conference, lodged just above
the Ducks in the Pac-10 cellar.
Oregon and Cal will un
doubtedly la* trying to salvage
some respect in what could
easily be deemed a gloomy
season for both teams.
“This (the Oregon-Cal mat
chup) is like two vultures sit
ting over the only piece of meat
left." said Oregon head coach
Rich Brooks. "Cal is struggling
and we re obviously struggl
mg. . .One of us will Ik; a little
happier Saturday night, while
the other will still be
struggling."
Oregon, the losers of six
straight, can certainly not sit
back and expect to record a win.
despite the fact that California is
definitely not the caliber of its
last six opponents (Arizona.
Nebraska. USC. Arizona State.
Stanford and Washington)
Earlier this season, the Ducks'
offense was still productive
despite a struggling defense. In
light of recent performance (ac
counting for only 10 points in
the last two losses), the offense
is even under scrutiny.
“There's no question we're
starting to struggle on offense."
Brooks said. "I'm hoping we
can regain some of the flair we
had earlier in the season."
"There's nothing automatic
about our football team and our
season," Brooks said. “We’re
not only bruised physically, but
mentally."
The Ducks took a heating in
Seattle last weekend when the
Washington Huskies dealt them
a 38-3 setback. Oregon
mustered a meager 124 yards
total offense against a powerful
Husky defense, while
Washington's offense generated
429 yards.
The Bears, losers of five
straight, are coming off a 33-16
loss to the University of
Arizona. The Wildcats held (ail
to just 43 yards on the ground.
"We're not happy where we
are (in respect to the season),
and I'm sure Cal is not happy
where they are.” Brooks said.
"It's a pivotal game for
whatever aspirations we both
hold for the remainder of the
season.
When asked during a
telephone interview what
would be the difference in the
hall game between the two
struggling teams. Bear head
coach |oe kapp said "Whoever
scores the most points.”
Whether it be Oregon or Cal,
both teams will definitely be
prepared for a battle — a hattle
to regain respect.
Coaches feel heat
By Dennis Fernandes
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Oregon football has finally arrived
Steve Harvey, the man behind college and pro football s
weekly "Bottom Ten," has given Saturday’s Oregon
California game the dubious nonor of being the "crummy
game of the week." He was kind enough to give the 2-6 Ducks
the nod.
By the way. the game features two coaches that are under
fire.
Realistically, only one is-University of California's
Joe Rapp. That Bear has been dead since the famed "zipper
incident" during the postgame press conference of the
Washington game.
Analysis by Dennis Fernandes
Kapp was under fire even before the season began, as the
Golden Bears finished last in the Pac-10 Conference last
season at 4-7. His touted recruiting classes have yet to excel
in the midst of this 1-6 campaign.
Oregon coach Rich Brooks has been in this situation
before. His teams only managed two wins per season in
1977-78 and 1981-82. His overall record to date is 37-66-4.
Those statistics alone may say something: if he has not
been canned yet. this year would be no exception.
For this season, Oregon can cite the schedule and in
juries as sources of the embarrassing defeats. If not those,
then perhaps the rain, facilities, or recruiting handicaps can
lie given as reasons.
Brooks' boss. Athletic Director Bill Byrne, will surely
back him up on that.
Oregon s inability to compete in an oustanaing rac-iu
will give Byrne all the more reason to argue for building the
proposed Autzen dome, which to him looms as the inevitable
answer to all those financial problems. „
This is not to challenge Brooks' coaching abilities, but to
tell all yellow and green bleeders the hoped-for dismissal will
not happen.
Brooks has three years left on his contract, and it would
be very expensive for the Ducks to pick up the tab, especially
with an already-tight budget. He has publicly announced his
intentions to return for an 11th season.
Oregon, unlike Oklahoma or Nebraska, obviously does
not give heat to the coaches for going 8-3.
The overall opinion of Rennies' patrons and the green
and yellow sea of alumni in the $15 seats still does not hold
any credibility at those offices adjoining McArthur Court,
and it probably never will.
If you are depressed about football, maybe you should
save $2.50 and take in a night of those flyin’, divin’. diggin'
Ducks.
The 13th-ranked Oregon volleyball team is right up there
with the New York Mets in the cardiac department.
This group is a sportswriter's nightmare, always dropp
ing the first two games before blazing back to make a match
— and a night — out of it.
The Ducks did it again Saturday night in an upset victory
over ninth-ranked Arizona State, dropping the first two
games before staging a dramatic comeback to win their eighth
straight.
Oregon is making waves in the newly formed Pac-10,
checking in at third place with an 8-3 record. Overall, the net
tars are an impressive 16-8, and they will surely better last
season’s 17-16 mark.
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