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Emerald FRIDAY October 13, 1995 Oregon runners ready for rematch ■ WOMEN'S X-COUNTRY: Oregon takes on 6th ranked Washington in the only home meet of the year at Alton Baker Park By Pete Schneider SflOftS The Oregon women s cross country team returns home to Eugene this Saturday for the team s only home meet of the season after placing se< ond at the Km k\ Mountain Shoot-Out in Colorado las! week The 7th ranked Dut ks look to get healthy and tune up at the Jeff Drenth Memorial at Eugene s Alton-Baker Park for the upt tim ing Pacific-10 Conference meet The biggest challenge for Oregon — other than readjusting to run ning at sea level alter enduring extreme altitudes in Colorado last week will he fith-ranked Washington, who beat the Dm ks in Seattle three weeks ago. "W« wont !u beat Washington and go into the Pm to meet knowing that we i mi beat »m one in the conference," head coai.li Tom Heinonen said "As ninth ns we want to win, this is more of the final racing test we will face before we start our i hampionship meets Heinonen admitted that the home-course advantage may not prove to be that big of an edge for the Dot ks bet ause running on the road is n much more nat ural cirt umstance in cross coun try "There are some distinct dis advantages to running at home." Heinonen said "For some peo ple, sleeping in their own beds and not having to travel is a big deni, but for me. I'd just assume run on the road," Washington is led by senior Tara Carlson, sister of Duck standout senior fenmi Carlson The Carlson sisters have fat ed Turn to WOMEN Page <2 HATA l II «.» »,r *.« MV | ;,,t The Oregon women's cross country team gets a rematch against Washington In their only home meet of the season, the Jeff Drenth Memorial mm ,: ^ i-".jfl..^g**i-jMZJ.? :.-..s..; ^.-2.'■ ■ - - ’ NAJAUf MONtCXSM Hi t The 12th-ranked Oregon men's cross country team Mill be tuning up tor the Paclftc-10 Conterence Championships at the Jett Drenth Memorial meet Saturday Drenth important test for men ■ MEN S X-COUNTRY: The Duc ks prepare for Pacific-10 Conference Championships with their lone home meet By Chris Stewart SiXVfJ The men's cross country team will com pete in their only home meet of the sea son. the left Drouth Memorial, tins Saturday at 10 4S a m . at Alton Maker Park I his meet is also the last tone-up for the Dui ks before the Pacific-10 Confer ence Championships The meet will feature seventeen teams from across the country It's a meet that will serve many purposes for the Oregon squad because they will be running against some teams they ran against in their meet two weeks ago and with some teams they don't know a lot about Washington is a good team,' coach Bill Dellinger said "1 also know that Boise Stale lias a good team Washington State has a few good runners, and Kansas and Baylor were both good last year, so we'll see how they are this year on Saturday Other Softools thill w ill Ite attending are Puget Sound, Idaho. Simon Frazier, (atorge F'ott. Humboldt Stati«. ('Imn Slate, Southern Oregon, l.amt Community Col lege. Seattle University. Western Ortigon and Oregon Tech. Dellinger believe* his loam is up to tho task of winning tho moot dospito tho tough t.ompotition "Wo rn not going to go unchallenged," Dellinger said 'Quito frankly it's a moot wo should ho nbit! to win if everyone runs well." Itolhngor also strossoil some other reo• sons why this moot is an important ono for tho I )tu ks 'It's a koy moot for us for a couple of reasons first, it's .1 1 hunt o for our fans to got to set> us run, boi.nuso it's our only homo moot," Dellinger said Also, wo ft a vo to use tins mtiot to din ido who wo art* going to tako to tilt* Pai - HI ( hampi unships Plus wo (■m sow whore we are from two wooks ago when wo competed against some of thtiso teams Tito Due ks will enter eight runners for the varsity rat at and the rest will enter in ! urn li MEN, Potjo M Huskies and unbeaten Cougars visit the Ducks this weekend ■ VOLLEYBALL: Oregon comes home looking for first conference win By Andrea DeYoung It has been a tough road for the Out is and things probably won't got any uasier for them this week end when the road leads hack home Oregon visited the Arizona schools last weekend and came back with two rough losses Although it took four games for Arizona to beat the Docks. Ore gon fell to Arizona State in three straight games The Ducks look to play better against the Wash ington schools coming into town this weekend Washington will arrive at Mt Arthur Court tonight. eager to t»>itnr as 2*3 Pacific*iu Confer ence record. On Saturday night, the Ducks will face undefeated Washington State, the only team in the Pac'iO iu have an unblem ished overall record. The Cougars are 13-0. Oregon will lake the court tonight. still seeking its first con ference win. The last time tint Ducks won was against Portland on Sept 20 at Mac Court How ever, with two weekends of home games beginning tonight there is a good chance the Ducks can post a win. The Huskies have taken eight of the last nine matches against Oregon, including the lust three in a row, with Washington hold ing the series lead 28-16. In N meetings against the Cougars, Oregon holds the lead 22-1I I This is the only team in the 1'ac 10 the Ducks have un advantage over in the series lint Washington State is on a run of eight-straight Duck defeats and doesn't look ready to end it Washington is ranked No Ifi m the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association poll, with Washington State ranked No 7. In the canferent e, Washington is at No. 7 and Wash ington State is behind Stanford at No 2 The Ducks are still look ing for the door out of the Pat - JO cellar. In order to win the match against Washington, the Ducks will have to watch out for Dra gana Djordjevic. who leads the Huskies with 2f>rj kills She is in the top 10 of (he Pac-10 in kills average At tin; net, Oregon will be keeping a close eye on M.iknre D*>silels She has H7 blocks and ratiks in tin* top five in the con ference l or Oregon, sophomore mid dle blockers Dani Cordova and Tin Stewart have combined for lll solo blocks and 95 assisted blcx ks Cordova leads the team in total blocks with til Sophomore outside hitter Shel by Edwards is showing that she is a player to watch. She led the Ducks against Arizona with 11 kills and is currently second on the team with 14U kills Turn to VOLLEYBALL, Page 14 C..1 _ MAM* Me fYftf i Captain Amy McNeel and the Ducks look to get a conference win under their belt.
