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Emerald FRIDAY October 27, 1995 Trail Blazers 101, Grizzlies 96 U»«« Me TrHJ f -n«ax! Last night at McArthur Court 7-foot-3-lnch can tar Arvydas Sa bonis and th« rsst of the Portland Trail Blazers played against the Vancouver Grizzlies, one of the National Basketball Association's new expansion teams, In an exhibition game In front ot 3,235 fans Sabonls scored 12 points and collect ed 10 rebounds during his 15 minutes of action. The Trail Blazers will play their final preseason game tonight against the visiting Boston Celtics In their new home In Portland, the Rose Garden Arena Ducks travel south in search of wins ■ VOLLEYBALL: Orecjon looks to better its 1994 Pac-10 record with a win on the road By Andrea DeYoung After a two*week homestand. the t)u< ks arc hn< k on the road, en route to southern California to play the LISC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins Oregon faced CSC and UCLA at Mi Arthur Court the last weekend of September and went four games with both teams but were un.ilile to pull oft the w m m either match. This time around. Oregon lias a Pacific to Conference win under its belt and is looking to win on the road I’he Ducks cur rently have a record of 7-1 t overall and t ‘1 in the confer ence Tonight. Oregon faces the Pro (tins, who are ranked No I ' in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Assoc lation {roll Their overall record is ‘MV, including a tv 5 Pac-10 record The last time the Dm ks met the Trojans, they won the first game 15-10. but dropped the next three lr.-7. 15 t. 1 VI Win ning game one gave the Ducks their first win against DSC in two years Oregon did not have a spec tacular offensive game, ns junior outside hitter Amy Mr Neel was held to only five kills and a - ()‘M attai k percentage Likewise, sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kdwards was shut down and only had eight kills Leading the team was red si) I rt freshman Madeline Lrnst with l Vi kills Ernst also led the Ducks in kills against the Bruins with Li Unfortunately, she will he unahie to repeat her purfor mam es this weekend Ernst torn two ligaments in her loft ankle during tin) Oregon State mnt< h la%t Friday and will be out for t tit* rest of tin* mm ion. For tlin Trojans, Kelly Koehler leads the team with 240 kills, including -4 against thi> Dui ks Jennifer Kess\ is a close second with 21H kills, th of which came against (kregon Saturday night, the Dm ks w ill play the No o ranked Hruins UCLA also holds a ft-.5 confer ence record When the Hruins visited Ore gon. they bent the Ducks 15-2. 12-15, 15 1. 15 10 Oregon stopped a losing streak once gain vith its win in the sis o»d one the first in two years l.A was also able to hold “■ Neel she had niilv si\ kills Edwards had five The Hruins are led hy Kara Milling with 24’ kills and Knn Krull with 2(1 kills In the match against Oregon, Milling had 21 kills and Krull had 24 Fhe Trojans hold a 10-fi series lead over tin* Dm ks. while the Hruins have dominated Oregon in every meeting but one and hold a 22* 1 series advantage Fn I Bring this weekends mali lies. McNeel hits amassed 240 kills and Edwards has IH5 Sophomore middle blocker Dam (lordova comes off a career-high 11 blocks against Wyoming. Cor dova has collected t:t solo him ks and 7ti assisted blocks so far The Ducks are still looking to bettor their 1994 Pac-10 record of 117, hut they have vet to win on tile road this season. Oregon plays Portland State on luesday night in its last non conference game of the season The Dm ks then return home next weekend to take on Ari zona and Arizona State Cross country teams head to Stanford for Pac-10 meet ■ WOMEN’S X-COUNTRY: The women's team .s confident and healthy going into the meet Thu Oregon woman's cross-country leant is one of four favorites going into the Pacific-10 Championship Moot this Saturday at Stanford Golf Course Thu sixth-ranked Ducks, winners at the Drenth Memo rial in Kugene two vveeks ago, will battle it out against fourth-ranked Stanford. No 10 Washington and No. 11 Arizona for overall team honors Oregon. Washington and Stanford met earlier this season at the Washington Invitational, and the Huskies winning handily. Oregon head coach Tom Heinonen is confident about his team's chances this weekend. "We’re going there to win," he said. "Wo have a good shot at winning, but there's three other teams that foe! the same way We think we are a better team than we’ve shown this year, and now's the time to prove it " The Ducks will send an experienced team to the meet, composed of three seniors, a junior, two sophomores and a freshman All Oregon runners have competed on the Stanford course before, including freshman Marie Davis, who ran the course in high school. Oregon, led by senior All-American Jenna Carlson. will face a talented field for the individual title. Stanford's Mnrv Cobb. Washington's Tara Carlson and Arizona's Amy Skieresz will vie for the Pac-tO title Skiorvsz can only be considered the favorite because of her margin of victory over common competition. "I'm not intimidated by the competition at nil,*' Jenna Carlson said. “There's five or sis people 1 know that could win this race It all comes down to who has the twist race and who feels the best on Saturday. If i have one of my best races, ! know ! can win it “ Carlson has been hampered during workouts this week by a rooccurring hamstring problem, but says she will be ready to run on Saturday. Oregon s Melody Fairchild, who finished third at the Drunth Meet, is still plagued by a knee injury she suffered earlier this year, but will he ready to go In Stanford Two time All-American Milena Clusac w ill rejoin the team this weekend after a three week iiout with a fatigue related illness "The team is healthier than it has lieen in a while," Heinonen said. "Milena is on the rebound. She seems to be getting iietter every day, but I don’t know how far hack she can make it in two weeks of training. 1 don't know if she will be at full strength this weekend." “My goal," Carlson said, "is to run across the finish line knowing that 1 gave everything I had and ran the Iwvst race I could." ■ MEN S X-COUNTRY: ! ne Du ks are c- ■ of the few teams that could beat Stanford By Chris Stewart SfMVtS A Flock uf seven Dui ks on tin* men's cross country team must run well if Oregon is going to bent host Stanford at the Pacific- to Conference Championship Saturday, The Ducks come into the meet ranked 13th in the nation and ore one of the few teams predicted to have a chance of knocking down the third ranked Cardinal. “I'm confident that the guys will go down there and run well," Dellinger said "Whether we can beat Stan ford or not we'll have to see ” The meet will have no direct effect on Oregon's chance for a NCAA hid. hut as Dellinger said, the meet is stdl very meaningful. "It's important because it's the P«c- It), and just like in any other sport you want to win your conference," Dellinger said. "It would tie nice to win the conference meet on the way to the NCAA's — that's the goal." Oregon will be without the services of Tracy Hollister became he has mononucleosis, and one of the runners who did well in the Ducks Inst meet and will have to run well again is senior Scott Nicholas to MEN'S X-COUNTRY, • i u Diclay OctoOei 27 1995 OroQon Dwiy Emo/aW 13a
