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
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