^VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW►
Volleyball team looks to reverse fortunes against UW, WSU
By Jayson Jacoby
Emeraia Spi Bopo'.te'
It s still earlv m the 1’ai ifh
111 Conference vollesbnll sea
son, hut (Iri'tiim fail's .in im
portanl crossroads this week
cmi when the I)uc ks phiv
Washington anil Washington
State at \1( Arthur ( anirt
Oregon, 1 t in tile I’ai in
and 11 i overall, has dropped
mil ot the national rankings
and needs at least a split this
weekend to st.iv in the rat e tm
an upper half cuntereni e I in
ish
The liiirks lake on Washing
ton ill t in I’in 1(1 and u > ot er
all) tonight and V\ ashi ngton
State (g 1 and 14 ll Sat un i.is
lli ith inati lies start at T in
Oregon ( oach ta\iT\ Cregors
e\pei ts two lough matches
It will he anothei tough
i h a Ilenge ( • regors said
Washington State runs one of
the best oflenses in the I’ai
in "
I'he Cougars who split two
matches with Oregon last year
return an experienced front
line am hornd hv seniors hells
Hankins |sixth last sear in I’ai
III kills) and Currie Couturiei
(tilth in blocks Kith in hitting
peri entage)
junior setter hern hilleliress
Iseventh in assists, iiinlli in hit
ling percentage) also is hack
from last veer's team that lied
the lliii ks for seventh place in
I he conferem e with a n 12
league maik (I t ltl oserall)
'' W e s e had some k not k
dossil, drag out lights with that
tea ill in the last couple ot
sears ' (Iregors said
Washington, which finished
next to last III the i’ai 10 last
year, was pit ked to finish
eighth this i umpuign in a pre
season coat ties poll 1 he Hus
kies top returner is i> tool J
sophomore Dawn Austin who
was named to last sear s all
i onfereni e freslunun team
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sail! ' I hrs has •• a lug him I
.uni thrv’rr a littlr taller than
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ss in hut ssr must plus ssrll
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< ailed Oregon's host match in
Miltir time, the Dm ks narrosvls
trussed a sweep. losing a toligh
four game mate h to A.SI
Tile mail h against Arizona
Si.ilc was bnlh cm nmaipiH: .mil
disappointing (decors ■'.ml
We dominated Ibcm in every
si.iiisln .il i alenorv the prob
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ci Man ic Prate plated lor the
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th** I )u< k s with l J hint k s
against \n/ona a garni* high
for tin* season
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tmhi .» stress frit* tun*
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she rxprrifm ed pain in tin* in
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