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UCLA 'a volleyball team la ranked No. 11n the country, partly due to the performance* of two-time Pec 10
player of the week Annette Buckner (17) and Irene Renteria (10).
Pac-10 volleyball leads the way
By Scott Simonson
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon volleyball team is
probably the best 10th place vol
leyball team in the nation. It is
probably the best 4-21 team in
the nation. In fact, it is probably
one of the top 40 volleyball
teams in the country.
This may not be enough to
cheer up the vollevball team after
a long, losing season, but accord
ing to three Pn< ifir 10 Conference
coaches, it's the truth.
"All 10 teams in the confer
ence are among the top 40 in the
nation," California head coach
Dave DeGroot said after Satur
day's match against the Ducks
"The league is outstanding
from top to bottom.L' Oregon
State head coach Jeff Mozzochi
said, agreeing with DeGroots
assessment. "A lot of people
might snicker at that if they
don't play in the conference
night in and night out. But 1
don't think you'll get too much
argument from Pat -10 coaches.
"We would do quite well
against teams in most other con
ferences There are a lot of con
ferences in the country where
we would be able to will going
away, make the playoffs, the
w hole nine yards," Oregon head
coach Gerrv Gregory said
The NCAA playoffs begin in
less than two weeks, with 48
teams receiving spots in
the postseason tournament
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Although the Pa<:-10 hits seven
teams ranked in the top 25
nationally this week, Gregory
expei Is only six teams to he
selected from the conference for
the tournament
DeGroot said at least seven
teams from the conference
deserve a spot in postseason
play Moz/.oi hi. whose team is
in seventh place in the confer
ence and is ranked 23rd in the
nation, hopes Oregon State will
he selected for the playoffs hut
admits the decision is a "politi
cal'' one. with tournament offi
cials reluctant to overload the
tournament with too many
teams from a single conferem e
or area of the country.
The Pac-Ill's dominance of
college volleyball is not new
The coaches said the conference
owes as much to academe s as to
athlete s for its success. IM.root
said Pat -10 si hools "are among
the best III the country" academ
ically.
"With women's sports in par
ticular. the decision on where to
play sports has a lot to do with
the quality of edui ation that an
athlete tan receive," Gregory
said, noting that unlike major
college football or men's basket
ball programs, volleyball players
rarely consider the chance of
liemg aide to play professionally
w hen committing to a school.
The conference attracts ath
letes by virtue of being a perun
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PAC-10 STANDINGS
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Slontord_I? I 19 S
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A/ttono 0_/14 9
Wostwiglon Si H i1/ 8
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Wash*riglon3-138 18
Oregon I I* 4 21
mat volleyball power and has a
wealth of volleyball talent with
in its own geographu area
The West Coast tradition is
still there." Mozzik.Iii said "It's
not as strong as it was It) years
ago. hut it's still important
"The Pat -10 has been excel
lent in all sports," said Gregory
"It has tradition in football; it
used to have that tradition in
(men's) basketball I he women s
sports are also used to having
that tradition."
Tradition aside, the quality of
the i Deference's volleyball
teams is a reflection of the atten
tion that the sport receives w ith
in Par-10 athletic departments.
Mo/zochi said
"There's a major commitment
to the sport of volleyball at all ol
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