IN TOUCH
with Women’s Sports
Duck volleyball looks for success
j Volleyball coach
Gerry Gregory
runs program in
football shadow
n Saturdays when
1 the Oregon footh.il!
jf team pi.tv- at home,
the Duck volleyball
team is relegated to k'nn the
other game in town
This can either he a blessing
or a curse.
Advertising the volleyball
match at the football game and
allowing football ticket stubs to
he used as tree tu kets to die voi
leyball match may boost atten
dance and pros ule an emotional
lift to the volleyball players
Then again, Duck fans may
ho uninterested in volleyhill after
a long day in Aut:cn Stadium.
Oregon volleyball head coach
Derry Gregory notices all this
from courtside.
‘‘There are some distractions
involved, including the fact that
the crowd can he a little fatigued
Our players are very interested
in how the football team is doing,
and that can he a distraction,"
(iregorv said.
“But, it can really get us
pumped when they have a lug
win. It can really K- an encour
agement tor us and our fans."
Such is Itlc for .1 vollevball
coach and a vollevhall program
in an athletic department whose
big-time spirts may either over
shadow or henetn smaller pro
crams
" I here are always going to K
inequalities in an athletic pro
cram It's more expensive to run
a toot hall or basketball team than
a volleyball team,” Gregory said
"Io keep with the Huskies and
I'St' in iixfthal!, there -ire thmc'
you have to do
Tlu- Inch stakes, high-profile
sports may require more atten
non and resources, hut Gregory
emphasized that money does not
make any program, large or
small, a success. I he equation is
more complicated than that
‘Tor yeomen’s volleyball, the
question I ask is, I \> we have the
things thai vs ill allow us to he
successful’’ " he saul. Gregory
s.ud areas such as an adequate
travel budget and facilities are
necessary in order to build a
competitive program. He says
Oregon has those.
liven more importantly, tire
gory said, is quality o! the uni
versity as a whole. A particular
schools assets and liabilities play
a major role in being able to
recruit players.
Successful volleyball programs
like those at Stanford and l’t LA
often are able to recruit from a
wealth of talent that lives in their
'For women's
volley Kill, the
quest 1071 l ask is,
“Do we have the
things that will
allow us to he
successful?" '
— (. terry Gregory,
( h,I'llit’ylxdl o\uh
respective go *graphu areas the
Arizona schools have the advan
tage of being able to otter warm
weather all vear long.
Ret pi . g players t»»e Oregon
poses its share s>( challenge*,
esjvt tally as the l ’niversity steals
with budget cuts cause.l h\
pWC's Ballot Measure S
"Lots of things create 'true
gles tor an athletic department,
hot us, one issue is shopping the
education department here." he
said.
"A lot of voting educators also
tens! to lv athletes 1 he loss has
hurt us in recruiting (.Mten
tunes, we can t recruit a player
because she will hear that we re
hurting, that we re in i budget
crisis
"Are we hurting.’ Yes atisl no.
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