Volleyball drops pair
By Scott Simonson
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The Oregon volleyball team
has reason for hope after week
end matches against UCLA and
USC. It also has two more loss
es.
The Ducks fell to a pair of
teams ranked in the top 10
nationally, losing to No. 2 UCLA
on Friday and to No. 8 t \S( Sat
urday. Despite being beaten
soundly, the Ducks showed it are
becoming a more competitive,
more consistent team.
The 15-12. 15-6. 15-11 defeat
by USC may have provided a
boost to the Ducks' confidence
A night after being thumped 15
4. 15-7. 15-8 by the Bruins, Ore
gon rebounded and showed the\
could pose a challenge to one of
the l’a< ific-10 Conference's bet
ter teams.
The results were better Our
offense was more effective. I
don’t think we set the world on
fire with our hitting stats, but it
was I rotter," (Jregon coach (lerr\
Gregory said after the USC
match.
t'he Trojans were not able to
dominate their match w ith Ore
gon the way the Bruins had the
night before. Gregory attributed
the difference to improved play
by Oregon and a weaker oppo
nent.
Oregon's hitting percentage for
the USC match was .231, com
pared to .344 for the Trojans The
Ducks were led by quit k hitter
Karissa Meith. whose 13 kills and
.324 hitting percentage were
game highs, and setter Kalie Kerr,
who had 27 assists.
"Kerr came in and solidified
our right-side block,” Gregory
said.
During the USC mutch, the
Ducks appeared to gain confi
dence, avoiding the stretches of
mistake-prone play that marred
their loss to UCLA Against the
Bruins, inconsistency was the
downfall of a hustling, deter
mined Duck team that was
unable to stop UCLA's potent
offense, led by outside hitter
Annett Buckner.
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Karissa Meith tries tor a kill
against UCLA Friday.
Inconsistency has caused prob
turns for an Oregon team that is
young and is adjusting to a new
offense, but (iregorv said (fregon
will continue to improve
"It's hard to lie consistent right
now because our lineup has
changed a lot just to meet the
needs of what's going on out
there." Gregory said. "I think i on
sistenc s is something that feeds
upon itself The more consistent
we are, the better it will be lor
everybody
The Ducks' record dropped to
3-8 on the season and II 3 in the
Puc-10 after the USC match
Despite a four-match losing
streak. Gregory said the team s
attitude remained positive
1 think the team was feeling
discouraged after the IK.LA
match.'’ he said "But the spir
its are up right now. and they
know that they're a good team
that can compete, and their con
fidence is something that s on the
upswing I think they're ready to
compete hard against the Arizona
schools "
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