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,i surprise to the Pat:-10 given that
we stay healthy."
Gregory did mention that he
was a little concerned about
some nagging aches and pains of
his players.
"We are working so hard and
demanding so much of them
that we have some sore backs,
legs and shoulders — but noth
ing really bad." Gregory said of
the first couple weeks of prac
tice.
"It's predictable that when we
work as hard as we arc that there
are going to bo some aches and
pains. And it's almost impossi
ble to got vour body ready for
volleyball." said Gregory, who
had his players running, jump
ing and lifting this summer in
preparation for the season.
Gregory mentioned that the
freshmen, having never experi
enced anything like this before,
are a little more sore.
The youth of the team is
undeniable with the breakdown
of seven freshman, one sopho
more. three juniors and one
senior
Gregory will lie looking to see
some leadership from his two
returning starters, setter Kalie
Kerr and LaKeina Woods, swing
hitter/play set hitter, and his
lone senior Nicollu Hedberg.
sw mg hitter/play set hitter. Hed
berg and Woods have been
named co-captains for the 1993
season.
The other three players with
team experience are junior
Angec Henderson, quick hit
ter/play set hitter; sophomore
Karissa Meith. quick hitter/plav
set hitter; and freshman Amy
McNeel, swing hitter.
McNeel radshirtod last year.
"I don't really consider her a
freshman.” Gregory said. "She
knows the system and 1 think
she is ready to do a good job in
the Pac 10 and is well-pre
pared."
Gregory is concerned about
the lack of depth on the team.
"We re probably one substi
tute deep in setting and one sub
stitute deep in swing hitting
That doesn't leave much room
for error. This team needs to stay
healthy." he said.
Gregory is going to bo looking
for Meith and Henderson to
defend the middle for him.
"1 think we have two fairly
experienced middle blockers in
i Karissa and Anuee." he said.
Of his freshman, Gregory is
expecting quality, if inexperi
enced. off-the-liench players
"I'm hoping that even though
the freshmen want to come in
and make a hig splash, that most
of them yvill come in ns substi
tutes," he said. "But I think a
few of them are going to see
some substantial plavmg time
for us and going to help us get
some wins this year."
Including Mi Neel. Gregory's
freshman roster is Dani Cordo
va. quick hitter; Ktnily (ioleman,
qui< k hitter/defensive specialist:
Anna Gomez, setter; Kristen
Ruschiensky, swing hitter/play
set hitter; Anne Swuyne, quick
hitter/play set hitter, and Kara
Weigel, defensive specialist
Both Kerr and Woods said the
higher intensity level at practice
this year is. in part, because of
two new assistant coaches
Patty Jay ne, recently the t ouch
at Pacific University, and Kris
ten Frazier, recently the
Churchill High School coach,
are adding their skill to Gregory ,
who himself is a former
Olympic team member.
"1 think the intensity is high
er. but 1 think most of the credit
needs to go to the players, not
the coaching staff," Gregory
said
Gregory said one of the keys
to the new game for the team is
its switch to a swing offense
"Statistically, the thing we
did poorly last year was hitting
the ball. We made mistakes and
didn't have the firepower we
needed," he said. "We think this
new offense is going to help us
in that respect."
The team, though, has been in
the top three in the Pac-10 in
blocking and digging
"In a nutshell." Gregory said,
"a swing offense is an audible
offense system where the hitters
basically call the plays to the set
ter so the setter doesn’t need to
predetermine what the play is
going to be The offense initiates
from the center of the court and
oftentimes either stays in the cen
ter of the court or veers outside. "
Stanford and UCLA are always
tough competitors for the women,
"but I really think we are capa
ble of heating any and all of those
teams." Gregory said
The Ducks started their season
with an exhibition game Aug 28
and played a series of non-league
games until the regular season
began with the Civil War game at
Oregon State on Sept. 17
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