SPORTS
Volleyball team signs top recruits
Two-time USVBA all-American heads stellar list
By Robert Weber
f mmaid Sports Reporter
Why look elsewhere when what you're looking
for is in your own backyard?
That appears to be the strategy employed by
Oregons volleyball Coach Gerry Gregory, as lie
announced the signing of three top in-state re
cruits to national letters-of-intent on Wednesday.
Stephanie Warren, a two-time ItSVBA and
Reebok all-American, is at the top of a list that
Gregory deemed "the lies! recruiting class we've
ever had. ’'
Joining Warren at Oregon next season will lie
Angee Henderson, a H-foot-2 middle blocker from
Thurston High School, and 1-aKeina Woods, a 5
foot-8 outside hitter from Corvallis
Woods signed with the Ducks last year, but she
didn't meet entrance requirements and has spent
the past year attending I.inn-Henton Community
College in Albany.
Gregory, who appeared thrilled to finally have
a chance to talk about his recruits, said, "all three
players have the potential to help us next year
"Warren has the most flexibility of all three lie
cause she has experience at playing all three front
line positions and two of the three buck row
spots," he said
Considered by many to be one of the nation's
five or six best recruits, Warren, a 5-foot-11 mid
dle blocker, racked up some impressive numbers
while helping Gresham High School to three con
secutive state titles.
Along the way, the versatile Warren picked up
back-to-back player of the year awards in 19H9
and 1990. As a senior, she cojlected 074 kills and
averaged three blocks a game while compiling a
97 percent service percentage.
At 6-2. Henderson brings size and blocking
ability to a growing Duck front line. In addition
to her skills on the court, Henderson has shown
shown that she can perform in the classroom, as
demonstrated by her 4 00 GPA at Thurston.
"Angee is one of the best blockers I've seen in
a Ions time." Gregory said "Because she's from
Eugene, she doesn't always get the same atten
tion as Warren, hut she can play."
Warren and Henderson are getting a head start
on liemg teammates by playing for the Northwest
funiors. one of the nation's top club teams
People .ire saying the same things about Woods
that thev were saving a year ago and with good
reason
A three-sport athlete at Corvallis High School
and younger sister of Duck nose tackle Marcus
Woods. laiReina is considered by many to lie one
of the finest prep athletes to ever come out of Ore
gon
Woods, who will also compete in track at Ore
gon. definitely has the tools to he a Pat -1H ath
lote. but Gregory said only time will tell how
good she can be on the volleyball court
"She's quick, hits hard and pimps high." he
said.
What kind of problems could this new crop of
talent cause on a team that returns everybody
from last season?
"The kind of problems that we like to deal
with.” Gregory said "Our team is closing the
gap on PCI.A and l ISC. How much the gap is tie
mg i losed remains to be seen."
The new talent combined w ith the existing Or
egon players will give Gregory his deepest team
since he arrived in Eugene six years ago.
"I'm confident that our team will l>e signifi
cantly stronger next season," he said
Gregory seemed almost as happy with the fact
that all three players are Oregonians than he was
with their playing ability.
" I bis past year saw a deep, talented recruiting
pool in Oregon." he said "And we got the l>est
athletes in the state.''
Ducks take on ‘surprise’
Cougars tonight at Mac
By Jake Berg
Emerald Soot Is Reporter
Most preseason Pacific-10
Conference polls predicted
that by this point in the men's
basketball season, both Wash
ington and Washington State
would he comfortably tucked
away together in the liottom
of the conference
Uist place Washington, 3-H
in the Pac-ltl and 12 It over
all. is beginning to assume
the basement role, but the
Cougars. 7-4 and 15-5. have
stunned basketball fans as
sole owner of second place in
the league
Washington State meets Or
egon. 10-10 and 5-5 at McAr
thur Court tonight at 7 (5,
and the Huskies travel to Eu
gene on Saturday for a 1 OH
p m. meeting
"If there's a surprise team
in the league, it's got to lie
Washington Stale." Oregon
Coach Don Munson said
The Cougars' personnel list
reads like a long-range
shootout, as Washington State
boasts three of the confer
ence's best three-point shoot
ers.
Terrence Lewis, averaging
lti points a game, knocks
down 43,4 percent of his
treys, good enough for fourth
place in the Pac-10. Team
mates Eddie Hill and Bennie
Seltzer are right behind l-ewis
in three-point efficiency, cur
rently placing sixth and
eighth in the conference
standings
The Huskies have lost some
of the hite they had earlier in
the season, falling in their last
four outings, but one of Wash
ington's three conference vic -
tories came against first place
Arizona
“Apparently, they're a little
bit out of sync right now. but
any team that can t>eat Arizo
na 70-56, you’ve got to be
aware of." Monson said
Forwards Doug Meek ins
and Dion Drown are at the
point of the Husky attack.
Doth players average 17
points a contest, while Brown
has grabtied nine and Meekins
seven rebounds a game.
In Oregon's previous meet
ings with the two schools this
season, the Ducks led at the
half against each team before
losing faith road games. Ore
gon dropped an 88-86 over
time decision in (anuary to
Washington, and two nights
later, the Cougars came liack
in the second half to edge Or
egon 82-79
Those two losses frustrated
Monson more than any of the
Ducks' five conference set
backs this season.
"You felt at least you
should have won one of them,
if not maybe faith of them,
and if you did. it would be an
entirety different world for us
right now." he said.
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