◄ VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW*
Oregon to put close on season
By Jayson Jacoby
Emfwaui Sports Reporter
The Oregon volleyball team
will try to c ap off ,1 disappoint
ing season, which has featured
a school-record 0 0 start and a
2-lit stretch, with wins tonight
and Saturday in l.os Angeles
I'he Ducks, 1-t 14 overall and
at 4-12 in conference play plac
ing them ninth in the Pacific 10
Conference, will take on 12th
ranked iJSC (10 t>. 11-5) tonight
a! 7 ill) and fifth-ranked- UCl.A
(22 :'c 14-2) Saturday at 7 p m
Oregon dropped both earlier
meetings in Mi Arthur Court
hut has beaten CSC the last two
years at the Ly on ((enter
For one of the few times this
season, the Ducks will tie play
ing with <i full team, as all three
of Oregon's injured players.,
Mindee Adams, Molly McGrath
and Mamie Price, will he ready
logo.
Hut neither Adams nor Mi
(•rath, both seniors, will he at
full strength Adams missed
several weeks and then has
been able to play only one
match weekly since suffering a
stress frm lure in her left shin
during a September tourna
ment, and MeOrath has been
hampered by a nagging lower
hack injury since early (Ictoher
Both players were looked
upon as integral ports ot what
was expel ted to he one of the
top te,inis III the Pat 10 this
season, and their injuries have
contributed mightily te the
I)ti( ks iiu onsisteni y
We re showing a little hit ot
the potential that this team
has." Oregon uiai h Cerry Greg
orv said "Frankly, though, i
think if weie a belter team at
7 feel like it's been
a real
disappointment.'
Mmdee Adams,
Duck te<im capLi ”
I he beginning of this season
We are improving on some
things "
f ile [)ii( ks are r oming off
<nriser utive wins lor the first
time sinie the ‘i 0 streak, but
regardless id the outcomes ol
this weekend's games, inith Ad
unis and Mi (Ira til expressed
disappointment at what might
have (teen this season
"I feel like it's been a real
disappointment, said Adams,
last sear's team MVP and the
Out ks team ( aptain for the set
ond straight vear I could have'
been ill there helping the team
I felt mv fifth year was the vear
1 r.ould'realty have done some
damage and I feel like 1 haven't
done anything "
Hut the (> too! middle hint ker
from Irvine, (laid has iieen lar
from a do-nothing player for
the Dm ks tins year and in her
i areer at ( begun
After redshirtmg in l‘IH7 fol
lowing knee surgery Adams
iiet .nne a starter her freshman
year As Oregon s t aptain last
year, Adams led tfie team in
iiiot ks and hitting percentage,
and finished third in kills
Adams is ranked fourth in
tile Put 10 tills year with i -i t
digs jier game
Hut tile stress ft.k lure, which
ame during the |.MN Premier
Tournament in Fullerton, (lal
d kept \d.uiis out ol at lion for
1 -v- : a! w eeks and has ham
pered her performance wlwn
she has played
Mmdee started the season
us our top hitter. Oregorv said
she was in shape and all her
skills were rin*i11 v honed and
she w .is reads for a great senior
sear '
But emit inued pain from the
Hours has kept \dains from
practicing most of the season
and has presented her from
playing to tier potential
\! times it w :i *■-.■; r, ills
good, .\datils said •! tilt
lured shin '.Bui as soon as \ou
start putting pressure on it it
starts hurling ft s been real
frustrating
\diims will he in the lineup
tonight against the l'ro|ans and
will try In i lose out a standout
career by helping the Ducks to
two upset wins
! leel real good about the
years here." Adams said- I
would like to hale ended with
a good year But you learn from
e \ pe r letli es I i k e this I s e
learned that volleyball Isn't es
ers tiling in life
Mi t .rat h. too, lias sii lleied
from some of the same irustra
lions
She svas tinrd in assists m
tile l*a( 10 hist season, and de
spite the nagging Injury, she is
currently eighth in the league
in that i ategorv
It ss is frustrating lor me to
get injured Mi t hath said 1
had high hopes i liming into tin
season Tills team tills never
had a < bailee to gel
Oregon can still finish the
season above SOU tint it will
tie difficult fai lug tie- j- -wert'i;
trojans and liruius who Ore
gon lias Ixuiten In only one ol
1 -I total meetings
WOODS
Continued from F’age 68
jjaimi (>t th*• season at I exas
hit], ami La Bounty 6. is !»eii
sLiWeci considerably by knee
injury
The trio combined for 1 :t7
tat kies, t - It k s ,i I n j -l ; <' s
lot losses Iasi year irut those
numbers have dropped to "
seven anti 1 ! this se.isun
But Woods, the eternal opti
tmst, sees a bright side to all
the problems
I’m learning to play hurt."
he said it's a page m mv Ixiok
I II need later in mv career if
I’m going to move up to the
next level
Woods said despite his he k
of healthy playing time he still
has .1 chant e at the big time
I think people t .ill see III)
talent, he said They know
I've plaved hurt and they've
seen me play at 100 percent
last year "
Two of Woods' coaches also
see NI L, potential in their big
lineman
"1 think he has a chance,"
Oregon head com li Kn h Brooks
said But I'm no! the guy mak
ing the decisions It's been a
lough year with all the injuries
Hopefully he'll get a chance to
play in a post season all-star
game or something and show
his skills "
Oregon defensive line coach
Joe Schaffeld said he doesn't
think Woods has shown his po
tential as a Duck
"He's injured right now, but
he tias the potential to play in
the pros," said Schaffeld. who
has coached the likes of Matt
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Senior note tackle Marcus Woods, hampered by several injuries,
struggled to duplicate last year's success
Brix k, an Oregon stundout on
the dofonsivo lino now in Ins
third voar with the Croon Bay
Puckers
"Ho has quick hands, and
he's strong in the legs Ho just
hasn't buen able to show what
ho can do this year "
Woods said that if ho contin
ucs to iinprovn. hr should he
able to play in the NFL.
'I have <i lot more potential
that I haven't shown." he said
'I can get a lot stronger and
faster I just have to work on
my strength and my tec hmque
just put me on the field and
give me a chance "
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