SPORTS
Ducks’ post-season hopes dim after being swept
By Gary Hoh
Emerald Contributor
In a year of ups and downs,
the Oregon volleyball team
took their biggest slide of the
season by being swept at McAr
thur Court by CSC and UCLA
this past weekend.
The Ducks have now lost
four consecutive Pacific-10
Conference matches, and
dropped into fifth place with a
5-7 conference record (14-9
overall).
Even worse, the loss to un
ranked IJSC means the Ducks
have almost no chance for the
post-season, with only six con
ference matches still to play.
"You look at the regional
rankings, and it just doesn't
look good for us to attend post
season play." said Oregon
Coach Gerry Gregory after the
team's 15-10. 15-9. 13-15,
17-15 loss to USC Friday.
It was the must-win match of
the weekend for Oregon, who
came in looking for a split of
the Los Angeles schools. Hut
USC' took the lead in the first
two games, and the Ducks just
couldn’t recover from those
two deficits.
Oregon did c ome back from
an early 3-1 lead by USC in the
third game after junior Ali Wat
kins served for four consecutive
points to put the Ducks in the
lead to stay.
Watkins played in every
game during the weekend, de
spite a nagging sprained ankle
Watkins was still able to con
tribute 12 kills and 15 digs
against the Trojans.
However. USC’s "big three"
- Louise Norfleet. Megan Mc
Callister and Stetanie Bodison -
provided the offensive firepow
er to prevent a Duck comeback
The combination of Norfleet
and Bodison pushed the Tro
jans to a 9-2 lead in the fourth
game, but the Ducks scored
nine consecutive points and
took the lead at 11-9. McGa I lis
ter, a two-time all-Pac-10 play
er. then came alive and
chipped in five kills and a
block to help USC prevail 17-15
and eliminate the chance of a
fifth game.
In the match. USC made 7t>
kills, with 31 attack errors for a
.227 hitting percentage to Ore
gun's 97 kills, with 47 attack
errors for a .093 flitting per
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The Bruins easily defeated
the Ducks Saturday night. 15-5.
15-8, 15-8 UCLA remained un
defeated in the Pac-10 with a
13-0 record (21-1 overall) and
continued its 48-game winning
streak extending back to 1887.
A noisy, fired-up crowd of
1,123 looked for an upset, but
UCLA made few mistakes and
demonstrated why they arc the
number one team in the coun
try. The Bruins made ;tO kills
against 12 attack errors for a
whopping IOC) hitting percent
age to Oregon's OHS.
UCI.A trailed only twice in
the match, and both times came
on 1-0 Oregon leads in games
two and three The Bruins were
never even forced to call a
time-out during the match
"You have to give UCLA
their credit," said Gregory.
"They are the number one
team, and to beat them you
have to t>e more consistent and
put more pressure on them,
and we just weren't able to do
that.
"They have probably the best
athletic talent in the United
States," he said "They’re big
and strong, and a very experi
enced group
If a quick loss lo UCLA
wasn't IhkI enough. Dawnn
Charroin, who leads the Ducks
with 315 kills this season,
sprained her ankle on the sec
ond-to-last play of the match.
Charroin's ankle injury is the
third on the team in six days,
with Watkins and sophomore
lennifer McCinnis also injured.
Charroin is listed as prnlxthle
for next weekend's matches
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