Ducks continue slide in Arizona By Scott Simonson f.V»*y F.mefitki The Oregon volleyball team is having trouble winning tough matches right now And bee ause easy matches are virtually nonexistent in the Pacif ic.- JO Conference. Oregon is having trouble win ning anything besides moral vie lories Oregon lost to Arizona State 15-11, 15-7 and 15 6 Friday in Tempo, but it improved upon Thurs day night's performance against Arizona, head coach Corn Gregory said l Infortunatelv, the Ducks didn't uv the road trip to build on a solid showing against nation,ills ranked USC last weekend, he said. "That was a real discouragement, espis tally ver sus Arizona," he said “Against Arizona State, we were more i ompetitiv e We really hung tough into the se< ond game " The Arizona State match was Oregon's sixth straight loss The Ducks' record fell to 0-5 in the Pac-lOand .5-10 overall. Oregon said the matt lies against the Wildcats and Sun Devils followed the same pattern. We competed pretty hard in the first game of both matches," he said. "But we had letdowns at the end of that game." Against both opponents, the Dm ks weren't able to maintain the level of play they displayed at the opening of the match. Gregory said. "Also, in the last game against both Arizona and Arizona State, we passed poorly," Gregory said Gregory praised the play of swing hitter Amy McNoeJ nnd setter swing hitler Kalie Kerr in the match against the Sun IVvils Amy Mi Neel passed vury well against Arizona State." Gregors said "Kalie Kerr had some good bloc ks and played some good defense for us." Gregory also commended <|tiu k hitter Karissa Meith for "a real good hitting match against An zona." As Oregon prepares for home games against Washington and Washington State this weekend, Gregory said the Ducks have made some lineup changes He said Kerr, who started the season as setter, was primarily an outside hitter for Oregon in the Arizona State matt h. and Anna Gomez took over as setter "We think we have found .1 lineup that will he suet essful for us," Gregors said Gregory said the Dm ks need work in two areas in order to end their losing streak Gregory emphasized that the Dm ks have been hampered by injuries that have limited i ham es for the team to prepare for games the way it should The biggest key right now is that we must have the team physii ally healthy for practii e." he said Gregory said the Ducks must also focus on win ntng close games "What we need to do now is work on starting fast and being able to finish strong. When we get to double digits, we need to lie able to will the game What’s been happening is that we’ll play well lor -10 minutes, then we ll have a string of two or thorn minutes when we lose conc entration Cross country teams finish second By Dave Charbonneau Oregon Deify Emerald The Oregon women’s cross country team rode a first-place finish by freshman Milena Glusac to finish second at the Sundodgor Invitational in Seat tle Saturday. Glusac. running in only her second race as a collegian, won the race by a comfortable six seconds over Arkansas' Megan Flowers and Sara Schvvald. Flowers and Schwnld's two three finish helped the Razor backs run away with the team title with 30 points. I he Ducks were well behind top-ranked Arkansas with (>fi. "Milena ran even better than last week.” bead coach Tom Heinonen said "She was really determined to run strongly against her high school rivals today." Besides having the top finish er in the race, Oregon had a strong overall performance Jen na Carlson and Niatnh /.wager man finished within a second u! each other, taking fifth and sixth. Melody Fairchild was the Ducks' fourth finisher, taking 34th overall despite falling early in the race Jill Callero was Ore gon'4 final point-scorer as she took 36th. Glusac, a true freshman from California, continued to make a smooth transition from high school national < hampion to a top collegian. Last weekend. Glusai took on a top field and finished second at the Mountain West Invitational Swoop down on a Duck Football Student Season Picket for only $8. That's just S2 a game, and you'll get FREE COUPONS from Little Caesars, Burger King. Bi-Mart and Pepsi. So get quackin'! Tickets on sale at the McArthur Court Ticket Office (M-F. 10am 4pm), Len Casanova Center (M-F. 9am-5pm) and at tire gate on game day. Current UO I D required. HOME SCHEDULE use Oct. 9 1:00 p.m. WASHINGTON STATE Oct. 30 1:00 p m. 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