Volleyball wins tight Civil War
By Scott Simonson
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It was difficult to sav whether
the Oregon volleyball team's
victory celebration Friday night
was caused by exuberance or
relief What was clear was that
on the final night of its season.
Oregon was what it had strived
all year to become: a good vol
leyball team
The Ducks defeated No. 23
rnnked Oregon State in a dra
matic 15-13. 15-7. 15-17. 7-15,
15-13 match at Mi Arthur Court
In the proi ess. Oregon, which
finished the season 2-lfi in the
Pacific 10 Conference and 5-21
overall, may have killed the
Be i\era' slim t ham es of tasking
the NCAA playoffs
Blending emotion and intensi
ty with exec ution through most
of the first half of the contest.
Oregon served for the match at
14-12 in the third game The
match finally ended on an Ore
gon State mistake almost an
hour Inter
In between what appeared
destined to be a decisive victo
ry for Oregon, nearly became
one of its most devastating loss
es of the season
Oregon was playing with
intensity from the opening of the
match, not allowing itself to fall
behind early, as has been the
Ducks' habit. In all but one of its
losses this season, Oregon failed
to win the first game.
Against the Beavers. Oregon
never trailed during an evenly
played first game, which the
Ducks won 15-13. Oregon
played confidently in tic sec -
ond game while Oregon State
appeared rattled. Oregon won
the second game 15-7 with a
.250 flitting percentage, com
pared with 001 for Oregon
State
Starting quit kly and blocking
well, Oregon took a 7-2 lead in
the third game. Oregon State
fought bai k to take a 12-10 lead,
but Oregon scored four unan
swered points and served for the
match.
Players and fans were on their
feet in expectation, but qui< k
hilter Angee Henderson served
into the net. Oregon State
looked tenacious and oppor
tunistic instead of looking beat
en, and the Beavers were able to
steal the third game 17-15.
In the fourth game, Oregon
looked like a team with the
wind knocked out of it Oregon's
passing and setting was incon
sistent and it wasn't hitting with
much authority
The Due ks looked shaken and
were foundering. Oregon State
led 9-1 before winning the
fourth game 15-7. but Oregon
head coach (jerry Gregory said
the points in between were vital
lor the Ducks.
"I thought the difference was
in the fourth game when we
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Oregon's Karissa Me/th led the Ducks In a five-set win over Oregon
State Saturday with 19 kills and a .316 hitting percentage
were playing as poorly as wn
were," lie said "Anne Svvaynu
came in and made a couple of
good plays It seemed like we
were on a downhill slope and
wouldn't stop ourselves, but we
stabilized and played some
dei out volleyball."
Oregon started the fifth game
hv committing the cardinal sin
in rally scoring It fell behind
early Oregon State outside hit
ter Sliellv Smith, who led the
Heavers with lt> kills, had a
blot k and two kills in the first
three points of the game
'['lie teams alternated turns
si ormg m short bursts, with
Oregon State taking an K--1 lead
Oregon found the equalizer in
quick hitter harissa Meith, who
supplied three kills in six Ore
gon points to tie the game at It)
Oregon State managed to take
a 12-10 lead, hut the Beavers
were no longer able to rely on
Oregon to commit errors or self
destruct Having struggled with
its confidence all season. Ore
gon had found enough confi
deuce to mount one final charge
The Ihicks scored five of the
final si x points ol the mati h All
season, the team had talked
about knowing it could win and
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knowing ii could play well
enough to do so For om e, Ore
gon showed th.it it would not
moke mistakes and forced the
opposition to raise its level of
play ill order to heat the l)ui ks
We just made the plavs
k.mss,i Meith had an awesome
block a! a real key time,'' t.rego
rv said
The fifth game was the first
time (in the matt hj that we had
a sustained series of e,\t optional
plav s The blocking at the end of
the game was a real key for us I
also think our hitter < ame
through and made some swings
I'm sure Oregon Stale feels had
about netting at game point, hut
we know what that's like.” he
said
Meith led Oregon with Hi
kills and a ilfi hitting peri out
age Henderson and swic • hitter
l .iKeiici Woods added 1 ” kills
Woods and swing hitter Amy
Mi Neel led Oregon with 1*1
digs
Thu vi< tory provided a fond
memory in a less ttmn memorable
season Gregory hoped it also
taught the young team a lesson
"They are A good team and
they cun win in the Pu< to," he
said.
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