Volleyball team looks forward to next year By Scott Simonson Qr&ffOn C\H‘ty Oregon volleyball bond coach Gerry Gregory maintained all season that his team has a promising future The Oregon athletic department has given him a chance to prove it Gregory had his contract renewed through the 1904 05 season. The one-year contract is a typical arrangement for most coaches within the athletic department. The one-year con tract gives Gregory at least one more chance to reverse the for tunes of a struggling program. Oregon finished 2-16 in the Pacific-10 Conference this year and 5-21 overall. It was Oregon’s fourth consecutive sub-.500 sea son, its worst conference finish since 1988 and its lowest win total in school history. That ’s only the short list of the bad news from 1993 What’s the good news? For starters, Oregon's starters. Oregon returned only two starters this year but will have all six back next season. The Ducks lost only one player, swing hitter Nicolle Hedberg, to graduation this season. Oregon also hopes to get help from its incoming recruiting class. Oregon has four open scholarship slots for next year, and although Gregory currently is prevented from naming play • ers who may play for the Ducks next season, he is quietly opti mistic and said three players have made verbal commitments to attend Oregon. Gregory hopes that bringing in four new players, combined with the maturation of this year's six freshman, will solve one of Oregon's most glaring weaknesses lack of depth "A lock of depth at middle blocker and also at swing hitter really hurt us At the start of the year. 1 thought three swing hit ters was enough to go with. But when Kristen Ruschiensky was injured, that really hurt us." Gregory wnd. "The right side outside hitter spot was lacking in depth, also. Knlie Kerr did a good job, but at the start of the yeor that wasn't even her position." Gregory hopes that shifting quick hitter Angee Henderson to the right side outside hitter slot, along with contributions from a healthy Ruschiensky and quick hitter Dani Cordova, a redshirt freshman this year, will help provide depth. Junior swing hitter LaReina Woods, who in the past has divided her time between vol leyball in the winter and track in the spring, will skip track season this year to devote more time to volleyball. Gregory said. Three promoted within athletic department The Oregon athlete department lias promot ed three staff members within the Duck Ath letic Fund, athletic director Rich Brooks announced. Herb Yamanaka, senior assistant director, has been elevated to associate athletii s director for external affairs and will oversee all of the depart ment's fund-raising efforts. Yamanaka has bwn associated with the athletic department in some capacity for the past 40 years since his days as a student. To assist Yamanaka with tin1 organization of the annual fund drive and other activities among the Uui ks' booster groups. |tm Bnrtko will assume the duties of assistant athletic director for annual giving and lie based in fugene He has worked in both The Dm k Athletii Fund's Fort land and Medford offii es for the past five years Dave Whittle, regional DAF director in South ern Oregon and Northern California for the last two years, will move to the Portland office in the same capacity Brooks said a search would be conducted shortly to Till the vacancy in South ern Oregon "We believe we are having success in work ing toward endowments to ensure the future of University of Oregon athletics, and Herb has been instrumental in those efforts." Brooks said ''Jim and Dave have done excellent jobs in their respective areas, and we feel that will contin ue in their expended duties The Oregon women's basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend, losing to Mid dle Tennessee State and defeating South Flori da at the Marriott Classic in Arlington. Texas. Oregon shot 55.6 percent from the Held and outbounded Middle Tennessee State 48-20 but committed 26 turnovers and lost 70-74 on Fri day. Guard Missy Croshnw was Oregon's leading scorer with l<> points Forward Debbie Sporei i h hod in points and 12 reoouiuis, and center Sara Wilson added 12 points and 14 rebounds. Oregon won the consolation game of the tour nament (1.1-50 against South Florida on Satur day. Thu Ducks wore led bv Croshaw. J4 points; and Wilson. 12 points. TUCSON. Art/ (AIM — Arizona President Manual Pacheco spent Friday consulting van ous groups with a stake in a do ision he’s expect ed to announce this week, the si hoot's new ath letic director. Po< heco spoke privately with members of the athletic department and i onsultod others after having met Wednesday and Thursday with lus two candidates, athletic direi tors Hob Hockrath of Texas Tec h and |im l.ivengood of Washing ton State. Pacheco did not return a phone cull to Ins office Immediately The chairman and a member of the search committee who recommended l.ivengood and Bock ruth tie interviewed said its members briefed Pacheco Thursday night but didn’t recommend a spec ific candidate to replace Cedric Dempsey, who last month was named NCAA executive director "The committee did not make a recommen dation." said its chairman. Dudley Woodard "We had forwarded the names to the president... We then provided him (Pacheco) feedback based on their visits " Woodard said from that point on, it would be "a presidential decision." 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