Beavers crush wounded Ducks in Civil War volleyball
By Jayson Jacoby
Emerald Sports Reporter
CORVALLIS The Oregon
volleyball team continued its
downward skid Friday night in
what was probably its most dis
appointing loss of the season, a
quick three-game sweep at the
hands of in-state rival Oregon
State, 15-10, 15-0, 15-3.
The second-game shutout
was the first time the Ducks
had been hold scoreless in a
game since 1079, when Oregon
failed to score in a game against
Washington.
Oregon State hadn't shut out
an opponent since 1983
The loss, Oregon's sixth
straight and ninth in 10 match
Oregon suffers its first shutout game since 19/9
es. dropped the I)ik ks' Pacific
It) Conference record tu 1 -H
and 11 -10 overall Tho Beavers
improved to 2-7 in tin; Pm:-10
and 10 11! overall Oregon is
now alone in ninth plane in the
conference, ahead of only win
less Arizona
“This really shocked me."
Oregon Coach Gerry Gregory
said “I thought we would he
competitive with this team. We
were outplayed in every aspect
of the game."
Hitting percentage was prob
ably the statistic most Indira
live of the match, as the Ducks
were out-hit 107 to .032 Ore
gon State racked up 18 kills
compared to only 22 for Ore
gon, and the Beavers commit
Iml only three .itt.uk errors in
Ht> total attempts, compared to
1>I errors tn '»•! attempts for the
Due ks
Oregon State lilt at a -114 clip
In the game two shutout and
committed no errors in the final
game for a sizzling ot>7 per
centage Oregon hit at a nega
tive percentage in both games
Oregon's only lead in the
mutch came at 1-0 tn the first
game, but after that Oregon
State dominated The Heavers
scored 21 straight points during
one strelt h that included parts
of the second and third games
Oregon Mate i.oacn uavui
(land said Oregon's injury
problems played u part in the
rout
"We played real well," (iantt
said, but part of our being able
to play well was that Oregon's
injuries made them unable to
do the tilings they normally do
Everything die knd lor us to
night, especially in games two
and three This was one ol the
better matches we've played all
year "
Oregon again played without
senior starters Mindee Adams
and Molly Met hath Adams has
been out for a month with a
stress frai turn in her ankle, and
MeOrath went down two weeks
ago with a bar k injury Belli
players are questionable for this
weekend's home matches with
the Arizona schools
Dawiui r.harrotn led Oregon
with nim; kills, rum; digs and
two service ait's All Watkins
added four kills and seven digs,
and sutler Kalin Karr contribut
ed U> assists and eight digs.
Shelly Smith had 111 kills to
lead the Beavers, and Leslie
1’reiss added nine kills and
eight digs Lisa Hei.ht had a
match-high I t digs for Oregon
State
Friday's ( avil War match was
played In front of l.tiit fans,
the largest crowd of the season
tor the Ducks
Oregon starts the second hall
of the 1’ai it) season Friday
night in Mi Arthur Oourt with a
7 It) match against Arizona
The Ducks' sole i olderenee win
this season came against the
Wildcats in Tucson two weeks
ago Oregon then takes on Arc
zona State Saturday night in a
7 to match
FLU
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all and become the first nolle
giate finisher in 24:17
Other Oregon runners quit!
ly followed Dalton into the fin
ishing dllite, with femora fin
ishing ('ighth in 24 30 and Pat
Haller taking 13th in 24 44
Alan Poster, picking up some
ot the slai k caused by Maris'
withdrawal, run his best rat e ot
the year to to finish 21st in
2i n, i ye Van Scholar k, also
suffering from the flu, made a
wild sprint down the straight
away to pass three Washington
runners and secure the tilth
and final scoring place tor the
Ducks
After some tense moments
around the scorers' desk, it was
tabulated that the Ducks had
narrowly defeated Glut) North
west, a team comprised of ex
collegiate runners, hy three
points, 5T> :>H Only tour points
separated tin' next three teams,
as Dartmouth 171>) prevailed
over Washington (7H) and Uni
versity of Portland (80).
After the rare, Dalton ex
plained why he was aide to
cover the final mile so quickly
compared to his competitors
"l'vo boon training a lot on
soft surfaces like grass and bark
trails recently, so 1 was used to
running on the wood < hip stir
fata; wa had today,” he said
Dalton, a native Australian
who hopes to compete in ins
country's Olympii trials in ei
ther the 1,500- or 5,000-meler
events in February, commented
on how his season is progress
ing
“I’m right where I want to
be," he said "My training is
going well and I'm improving
This is just my second race ol
the season, so I’ll lie ready for
the Far:-10 meet (in two weeks)
"As a team, I know we ll lit:
in the top five at nationals, but
if everyone has a good day.
we'll have a siiot at first "
Oregon Coach Hill Dellinger
thought the Ducks had per
formed well considering the in
juries and the flu
"I'm pleased we won even
without Andy Maris, who is
usually our number four run
ner," he said "Alan Foster had
an outstanding nice, and 'l'ye
Van Schoiak gutted out a good
race Fven with our problems,
we accomplished our goals ot
winning our home meet and
defeating a ranked team from
hack Fast.”
RUNNERS
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