Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Ducks and Huskies trade places By Steve Mims (yrt*QQt'> Duty ffrw.Vii There will be an interesting twist when Oregon and Wash ington renew their Northwest rivalry in Seattle on Saturday Oregon will have something tan gible on the line, and the Huskies won't As everyone knows by now, Washington (4-2 overall. 2-t in the conference) was placed on two-year probation by the Pacif ic-id Conference before the sea son. ending its chance of playing in the Rose Bowl for the fourth consecutive year. When the Huskies take the field at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, they will be playing to continue their revenge against the schools that placed them on probation. For the Ducks (4-2. 1-2). the game is important to their post season bowl hopes, as a loss not only knocks them out of the Rose Bowl race, it forces them to win three of their final four games to bo eligible for any bowl game. This is quite a turnaround from past years, when the Ducks were playing for pride and try ing to divert the Huskies' bowl plans. There were plenty of ques tions about how Washington would respond to the penalties this season, but they all have been answered There has been little dropoff from the past few Washington teams, which built a national power in the 1980s and have continued their strong play into this decade. Washington was off to a 4-1 start before blowing a 15-0 first Washington defensive tackle D Marco Farr has been a force for the Huskies this year with four sacks and 10 tackles tor losses. half lead last week at UCLA, where the Huskies lost :t‘l-25 Washington's only other loss was to third-ranked Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. It's apparent that although the Huskies are now under the guidaru e of head coach Jim Lambright, they have not lost a step. “I haven't seen vulnerability 111 the Washington program in my l? years here," Oregon head coach Rich Brooks said. "I think they are a great football team. We need to play a great game to win.” Washington's most potent weapon on offense is junior run Turn to HUSKIES. Page 14 Duck volleyball strives to improve By Scott Simonson OrGQOn Daily B met aid This week. Oregon volleyball head coach Gerry Gregory was talking about getting better, meeting goals and potential. He wasn't talking about win ning Oregon plays USC and UCLA, two of the na tion's top-ranked teams, on the road this weekend. Oregon. 1-8 in the Pacific-10 Conference and 4-13 overall, is confident after two strong showings last weekend, but strong showings probably will lie the only things the Ducks achieve against the Trojans and Bruins. "For a team to continue to improve and to know it’s realizing its potential, even a loss can be encouraging." Gregory said. "If we focused on wins and losses right now. we might never win another game. But we focus on setting and meeting intermediate goals." In two losses lust weekend. Oregon met some of Gregory's goals. Gregory praised his team's pass ing and serving in the two matches. "It was our most consistent weekend series so far." he said. "I think we've gotten Iietter Karissa Meith had two very good games. Anna Gomez also did some good things for us Our defense really came alive." Gregory called the Southern California schools the "toughest pair of teams that we play, I said that when we played them in September, and it is even more of a challenge when you have to play them on their home turf We have our work cut out for u>." Oregon plays USC. which is f>-3 in the Pac-10 and ranked fifth in the nation. Friday night. The Ducks play UCLA, undefeated for the year and No 1 in the country, Saturday night. Kadi team beat Oregon in throe games earlier in the season. TANGO,, BLEND r COFFEE POUND THRU 10/27/93 ItUfWILUMim I OHM MULT MIHIM | THOUSANDS OF POSTERS ALWAYS mofF FOR UofO STUOfNTS A FACULTY FRAMES k PRINTS INC. i mm «* M34t w. mom-1 G«t rv suits... Anr ■dvsrtiss in th« \/l/Ju WORLDWIDE For jalasma liK rravi rvrryday. Come A hrlp J Mar MoJo0c»I.h I lamia Donor Centrr mrrt I hr world itrnl with a plamia donation K.im S'JO on your Oml (IonalIon Oprn Furs thru Sal. ( all I>8.1 IMHO lvK) 1 W 8lh Avr ■A*_W 1... ly St til r i*n y+*n rm cr\Mo It dotsn't hal t to bt dirty to bt Rood. VIDEOS ^ TOYS • GIFTS LINGERIE <c/' 1166 S. A St. "'ok Springfield L O O K I N (• r o Outrageous I Ask our Xperts! 726-6969 'OPEN 24 HOURS v Check for N in-store accessory ^ specials! / Shopoorty mm*** 1340 Wiilame 687-028 * THERE’S ONE THM6 EVERY COACH TURNS TO. DAVECHARBONNEAU. ■ TUESDAYS IN SPORTS. C ^ ^ ^ r* /- ittm wl±J\