• VOLLEYBALL PROFILE & PREVIEWS
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Oregon s Dawnn Charroin has bean a big pan of the team § successful defense this year, leading the Ducks in digs and blocks
Ducks to face tough Cougar squad
By Jayson Jacoby
Emerald Sports Reporter
The Oregon volleyball team
is currently ninth in the Pattif
it:-to Conference with a 2-9
league record The Ducks have
lost six of their last seven
malt ties and are playing with
two senior starters hampered
by injuries
But probably the worst new s
tor couch Gerry Gregory's team
is that tonight in Pullman.
Wash , it will be facing 19th
ranked Washington Stale, a
team in the midst of one of its
best seasons ever
The Cougars are fifth in the
Pac t!) with a 6-5 record, but
three of the four teams ahead of
Washington State are top
ranked Stanford, fifth-ranked
UCLA and 12th ranked DSC
Thu Cougars also boast a 19 H
season record
Still, tliii Ducks soom to
match up fairly well with
Washington State, whu h heat
them in three straight games on
(let 5 in Mi Arthur Court
The (alegars' offense features
thrive of the top four most etfi
( tent hitters in the league Thu
Carry Connection Cam Cllley
and Kern Klllehrew, who rank
first and second m hitting per
(entege, and (fame Couturier,
ranked fourth, present an inter
listing contrast to Oregon's
strong defense
The Dutks are currently
ranked seventh among all
NCAA Division I schools in
block average and are 1‘Jth in
dig average
Cregory is convinced of
Washington State's offensive
strength, but he isn't so sure the
Ducks nationally ranked de
fense statistics make for an
even battle
"Washington Stall’s offense
is I11iii.i11-1 v on*- of tin- first m
thf tountry." Gregory said
"Our defense is at times very
good, but when your offense
isn't working well, as ours
hasn't been, you get a lot id op
portunitius to get digs and
blocks Statist!! s like that can
tie del eiving
Injuries may also play a role
111 the Dm ks fortunes tills
weekend as Minder Adams and
Molly McGrath are still recov
ering from persistent pains
Gregory said McGrath’s buck
injury is improving slowly, hut
that she practiced and scrim
maged with the team all week
and yvill likely start against
Washington Slate on I'ridav
Minder Adams hasn't prut
tired much this week due to
continuing tenderness in her
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Jeffery trying to duplicate
last season’s excellence
By Jayson Jacoby
Emerald SporttHopoMwf
|uli*t Jeffery is something
ol a loner
No, the senior outside hit
litr for (hn Oregon volleyball
team doe# not try to keep to
herself all the time. Hut she
is the only Uuck to come
from the state of Washing
ton. on a team packed with
players from California and
Oregon
"My freshman year it wus
really different (coming to
Oregon)," Jeffery said "Oth
er than a few tournaments. I
had never really seen (the
Ducks) play But after three
years here. I'm just like any
on» also "
Jeffery camo to Oregon
from Kogers High School In
Puyallup. Wash . after load
ing her loam to throe state
tournament appearances und
tMiing named Most Valuable
(Mayor of her league her so
ii tor season
She buttled an early sea
son log injury her freshman
year, but she ended the sea
son us n starter and was
named the team's most im
proved player
After collecting 249 kills
her sophomore season, Jeff
ury pul down 3li 1 kills Iasi
year to finish second on the
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