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Duck netters bearing for undefeated Bruins
By Jack Millikin
Emerald Sports Reporter
Broadway, Boyer, Tomkus,
Shaver, Youngs and Crocker.
By themiwlves they are consid
ered very good, volleyball play
ers.
Together, however, they
comprise the starting lineup
for the UCLA women’s vol
leyball team and may very
well be the six most intimidat
ing words that the nation's
volleyball teams will hear this
year.
This weekend, the top
ranked Bruins, 16-0 overall
and 9-0 in the Pacific-10 Con
ference, along with 16th
ranked USC (14-5. 6-3), will
bring their act to McArthur
Court in hopes of keeping their
undefeated season intact.
Although both teams have
already beaten the Webfoots
this year in Los Angeles, this
weekend's matches will be a
chance for both teams to
avenge last year's losses to the
Ducks at Mac Court.
This is anything but an un
realistic objective. UCLA has
defeated both defending na
tional champion Hawaii and
Illinois — two teams that were
ranked number one before fall
ing to the Bruins. Third
ranked Stanford, which lost to
Hawaii in the 1987 NCAA title
match, has been handed only
one loss so far this season. The
handee? None other than
UCLA.
If the Bruins can continue
their dominant play, the All
Pac 10 team for 1988 may as
well be UCLA’s starting six.
All-American middle blocker
Daiva Tomkus leads the con
ference in hitting percentage
(.417) and service aces (.55),
and two-time All-Pac 10 setter
Ann Boyer is second in assists
(12.7).
Outside hitter Samantha
Shaver, voted to the Pac-10
All-Freshman team last sea
son, ranks third in digs, and
fellow hitters Elaine Youngs
and )enny Crocker rank among
the conference leaders in hit
ting percentage with .334 and
.292, respectively.
Duck setter Eva Windlin,
who played an integral role in
last year's upset, will be
counted on heavily to run the
Webfoot offensive attack.
“We're not going to be in
timidated by them,” she said.
"We have to worry about our
side first. We need to count on
all of our players and run a
balanced offense.”
For the slumping Ducks,
who have lost four straight and
seven of their last eight, there
will be no place to go but up.
“1 think we can surprise
them a little, but they may be a
little hesitant because of what
happened last year,” Duck
outside hitter Michele Krebs
bach said in reference to last
year’s upset.
"UCLA has six very consis
tent players on the court," Or
egon coach Gerry Gregory
said. “I don’t see any particu
lar weaknesses.”
"We need to have a relative
ly error-free match from every
body to win," Gregory added.
“So far. no one player has
been a rock for us. (Melissa)
Terzian. (Dawnn) Charroin,
and Krebsbach have been
about as consistent as we’ve
had. Molly (McGrath) and Eva
have done a nice job at setter
keeping the offense going."
If facing the top-ranked team
in the nation were not enough.
Photo by John Stoops
Dawnn Charroin, once recruited by the top-ranked Bruins, said the Ducks will need to play
from the heart to end their current four-match loss streak.
the Ducks will play host to
USC the following night. The
Trojans, considered by Grego
ry to run "the fastest offense in
the Pac-10,” will feature three
of the foremost outside hitters
in the conference: Nancy Hill
man, Lonise Norfleet, and
Yleana Carrasco.
In the Ducks’ earlier meeting
with the women of Troy, Car
rasco took matters into her
own hands by hammering 30
kills to help defeat the
Webfoot team in four games.
In addition, four other Trojans
recorded double figures in
kills as USC compiled a .308
hitting percentage for the
match.
"The keys for USC will be
Hillman and Norfleet,” Grego
ry said. “(Middle blocker) Me
gan McCallister will also be a
factor, and (setter) Christine
Brigman has been effective
against us in the past.”
Brigman has done a more
than adequate job as setter for
the Trojans, leading the Pac-10
in assists with 14.4 per game.
Middle blocker Jaime Hatchett
(.324 hitting percentage, 1.4
blocks), Carrasco (.298 hit
ting), Hillman (3.6 digs, .42
aces), and Norfleet (3.96 kills)
all rank among the conference
top 10 in various categories.
“We didn’t run our middle
attack well,” Duck middle
blocker Charroin said, revert
ing back to the Webfoots’ last
encounter with the California
powerhouses. “Hopefully, this
time we can be a bit more de
ceptive. We will just have to
play from the heart. The best
team isn’t always the most
physically talented team.”
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