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By Scott Simonson
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There may be no place like
home, but right now the road
looks just fine to the Oregon vol
leyball team.
The Ducks. 3-H overall, will be
looking for their first conference
victory when they travel to the
Arizona schools this weekend.
And after home losses last week
end against UCLA and USC —
ranked No. 2 and No. R national
ly when they came to Eugene —
facing the the Wildcats and the
Sun Devils almost amounts to a
respite.
"The two Los Angeles schools
are definitely the toughest com
bination to face in the Pac-10 this
year." Oregon head coach Gerry
Gregory said. "1 would guess Ari
zona and Arizona State will be
a cut below USC. They will be a
real challenge, but we can com
pete with them."
Oregon plays Arizona on
Thursday and Arizona State on
Friday. Neither opponent is
exactly a patsy: The Wildcats art*
ranked 20th nationally, and the
Sun Devils were also ranked
before losing ter Stanford last
weekend.
However. Oregon's match
against USC showed that the
Ducks are capable of staying with
a nationally ranked opponent.
Gregory said the team must now
work on turning competitiveness
into successful results.
""It s a matter of us not making
errors and staying in position.”
he said. "In the USC match, we
missed a service attempt and
played a ball as it was going out
of bounds at 13-13. When we get
to that point in the gome, we need
to put the final noil in the coffin."
Blocking has been a strength for
the Ducks early in the season Ore
gon loads the Pacific-10 Confer
ence and ranks fifth in the NCAA
with a 3.62 blocking average.
Quick hitters Karissa Moith
and Angee Henderson are among
the national leaders in blocking
average. Meith ranks 16th and
Henderson is 20th.
Gregory said the Ducks are a
good blocking team, but need to
improve their blocking in order
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Oregon s Karlas* Maith will taad
tha Ducks at Arizona tonight
to win against a team like USC.
The Ducks’ lineup for the
weekend is still undetermined
because of injuries, he said.
Gregory said Henderson and
swing hitter Kristen Ruschiensky.
a freshman who made her first
collegiate starts over the week
end. "have seen very limited
practice time" this week. Co-cap
lain Nicolle Hedberg remains
sidelined with an ankle injury
that already has kept her out of
six matches.
In addition to difficulties pre
sented by injuries, a young team
and a tough schedule. Oregon is
trying to pick up the intricacies
of a new offense. Gregory said
that learning the modified swing.
6-2 offensive system has
improved the team. It has also
meant the beginning of a learn
ing process that is far from fin
ished.
"The outside hitters are adjust
ing to their roles." Gregory
said."And the setters are still
learning, too. We’ve only
scratched the surface of the
offense. We’re a better hitting
team, and I really think the
change has paid off so far
New coaches ready
By Andrew Scales
For the Oregon Ddfty Emerald
Women's volleyball has a new
look at Oregon this year with
first-year assistant coaches Patty
Jayne and Kirsten Frazier.
Jayne, who has had coaching
stints at Ohio State and Pacific
University, comes to Oregon
with her sights set on establish
ing the team as one of the best in
the Pacific-10 Conference
"If you can play competitive
ly in the Pac-10." Jayne said,
"you can play competitively
with anyone."
While the Pac-10 is home to
the 1992 champions and run
ners-up in Stanford and UCLA,
respectively. Jayne has a Divi
sion II championship to her
credit, playing for Portland State
in 1988. In addition, she was
named coach of the year by the
Northwest Conference of Inde
pendent Colleges in 1991 and
1992 for her work at Pacific.
Jayne said she is eager to
impart her winning attitude and
experience to a young Oregon
team.
"Because I was a setter in col
lege." Jayne said, "I work specif
ically with the setters here. Get
ting them better prepared and
improving their physical as well
as their mental ability is impor
tan! The stiller is a combination
of being a leader and a thinker.
They control everything on the
court and have to lie thinking all
the time."
Frazier is no stranger to Ore
gon volleyball, having played
for the Ducks in the early ll*HOs
She coached at Churchill High
School for the past six years
This year will lie Frazier's first
taste of college coaching, and
she said she is very excited to
get started She will lie responsi
ble for bringing in new recruits
as well as focusing on defense
and serving.
"I want to make us as compet
itive as we can be in those
areas," she said.
Frazier said she would some
day like to be a head coach, but
as an assistant she wants to
institute certain values and
philosophies on the team.
"On a coaching level.” Frazier
said. "I want to bring a lot of
intensity and heart to the team.
Personally my nature is one of
a communicator. I'll take time
out to explain some of the whys
behind whatever it is we are
doing. I don't want to lie a dicta
tor. I tend to be a positive indi
vidual who wants to help play
ers become not just good
players, but good people too.
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