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 Continued from Page 8 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 Continued from Page 8 tako to J’aio Alto. "Wo rudotorminod our top six runmtrs." Hoinmion ‘..oil Monii a's likoly to make tho trip, luit I rusurvu tin• right to mako tlw final doosion Hu addod the next two works hr w ill lr \ to bulani tt out ii.inl workouts ami plon tv of rust "Wo will havu It) days of hard training," Hoinonon said "But wo havo tho op portunity to rust or at loast havo tho option to havo tost days Orogon finishod tiio moot in first piano with 2 I points Thu Uu( ks vvoro lollowod hv Washington with t>0, Niko I’ortland at os, Dartmouth with 1 1 1, (iontrul Orogon Community t ollogo with l;)2, Univorsity of I’ortland with Iti.l. ami Wostorn Oro gon Stato witii 202 honour NOAA t().000-mo tor c h a m p ton S y I v i a Mosquod.i was supposod to run in tho moot hut i arno down with tho flu and was unuhlu to oompcto Weasel’s World Kraig Norris I MVE AN UPW ILL MTTLE , hkh'm:, Kfja oeencwt. 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