Volleyball team remains winless in conference play Kri* Henry OrtrQori Errmttd Oregon’* volleyball squad dropped to 6-6 overall and CM in the Pacific-10 Conference with n four-game loss to Washington State on Saturday night and a four-game loss to Washington on Thursday night. After slipping past the Huskies in the first game, 17- IS, Oregon was lieeten 2-15. M-16. 12-15 in the next three "We played very hard in three of the four games and came very close to pulling off a win,” said head coach Gerry Gregory. "Washington serves really well and wo didn't pass the Imll enough to run our offense as much as we would have liked "We were really competitive in the first game and it was an evenly mail had contest Amy McNoel had a key Ilka k to spark the team when we were dow n 15-14 That block allowed us to come liack and win ” Oregon was hurt by some ripping jump-serves in the second game and did not counterattack effectively in the third game. The Dm ks put themselves in a big hole in the final game and wore unable to recover from it The Huskies jumped to a 14 7 lead in the final game and withstood a late charge from Oregon to eliminate the Ducks Sophomore Arny McNael and senior LaReina Woods led Oregon's offense with 11 kills each. The duo also were defensive leaders with 11 and 13 digs. respective ly. Senior An gee Henderson < hipped in with nine kills Despite their efforts. Washington came up with 84 team kills to Oregon's 48 Mi Neel and sophomore Bcttina Ruth also scored three aces each white setter Anna Gomez added 28 assists. "The third game was pi vote I, "Gregory said “We were down 13 9 and came t>ai k to tie it up at 14 There was quite a series of side outs before Washington took the gome We were behind 14-9 in the fourth game also and tixik it to 14 12. but we could not gut over that harrier " Oregon struggled to get over the very same barrier two nights later against Washington State The Ducks let sev eral opportunities eacape in a hard-fought mate h against the Cougars 12-1A. 10-15. 15-5. 5-15 “We played much better against the Cougars than we did against Washington.” Gregory said “We passed and served better hut we need to eliminate the moments when we give up a siring of points." The Ducks plaved well in the first game, evening the V ore at 12-12 before the Cougar* took advantage of some passing errors at the end of the game The second game was more of the same for ()regon ns the team did not per form well at the end of the game after a 10-10 tie. The Du< ks rebounded in the third game to dominate Wash ington State before the Cougars turned around to do the same in the fourth and final game of the match. Washington State outhit Oregon 187 to .130 and came up with more team blocks at seven to four—well below each team's season average. Oregon was led offensively by Roth, who led the team in hitting percentage at 103 and in kills with 16 Mi.Neel and Woods remained hot offensively and defen sively against the Cougars Between the two, the duo a< < minted for 23 kills and 34 digs Gomez chipped in with 42 assists “Amy and taReina played really well the entire week end." Gregory said "Beilina played great offensively and was our leading blocker Tia Stewart also ( nine in and did a real good job.” The Ducks host California on Friday and top-ranked Stanford on Saturday Both matches begin at 7:05 p.m. in Mac Court. 1 SAVE $$$ ON TEXTBOOKS! • One block from campus. • Same low prices. • Expanded floor space. Bring Your Textbook Information / Author / Title / Edition We'll help you save $$$ Sell sonic of Inst year's textbooks and help pay for this term's books Smith Family Bookstore l.’ll, hi.; k li.uu , .11.,;.,, . I ( f.‘ ~ II. . . i! ’ “hS | .1^1 i ''in • (->ini ' 1' l(''l I C hrv;i>n K>7 It' I V OIL PAINTS 50 and 100 Sheet Pods & MORE! OPEN EVENINGS 1&WEEKENDS! -' JAUUM(TIOTO*TOC*ONMAND 683-2787 720 East 13th Ave., Eugene UPSTAIRS IN THE UNIVERSITY CENTER BUILDING 8:30-7:00 M-F 10:00-5:30 Sat. 12:00-5:30 Sun. can make a difference. RECYCLE TODAY!