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SUITE 300 ERB MEMORIAL UNION 346-438 1 9 OO 5 OO M - F
Duck volleyball team
hampered by injuries
after starting strong
By Robert Weber
Emerald Sport-; Reporter
It would he easy to lodge Or
egon's volleyball season its a
c mnplete disappointment by
looking at its 15-14 record anti
its seventh-place finish in the
Pacific Id (^inference
While it may lie easy to i ome
to that t iini Itision. it definitely
wouldn't In- a lair and accurate
assessment of the Ducks' loot)
campaign
The Dm ks got olf to a i|uii k
start, winning nine of their first
ten games This included a
lour game sweep to win the
Boise Stale Labor Day Classic
tournament After later knot k
mg off Washington in Seattle,
the Ducks were 5-4 in confer
ence play and poised to return
to the NCAAs Hut it wasn't
meant to lie
As injuries look their toll. Or
egon dropped nine of its last 10
conference games In finish lied
with Washington Stale and 12
games behind conference
champion t'( I.A
Duck coach Derry Oregorv
expressed some disappoint
ment about the season hut
■|uickly added that the sigiad
was hobbled during the latter
part ol the year
"I'm a little disappointed
that wi' didn't win as many
matt hes as wi? planned on."
Gregory said. "but I'm very
proud of the way the team com
peted with .ill of the injuries
and adversity that we had
At the end of the year, vir
tually every starter was slowed
In some type of injury." he
said "Dawnn (Gharroin) had
an ankle injury that turned into
an Achilles' tendon problem,
and All Watkins' ankles really
bothered her throughout the
last third til the season We also
lost |t-muter (McGinnis) to a
broken bone in her foot
The injuries prevented the
Duc ks from prat In mg at full
strength anti from improving
during the last part ot the year.
Gregors said Despite having to
make do with stopgap lineups,
the Ducks continued to tight
hard each tune they took the
court, which pleasetl Gregory
"I was very proud of the way
the team responded m our
games against Washington and
Washington State." Gregory
said "Injuries forced us to put
a makeshift lineup together,
but the team played hard in
two five game matches and
very nearly swept the series."
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