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FRIDAY
November 17. 1995
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Oregon runners head to national championships
■ CROSS COUNTRY: The womens
and men's cross country teams
head to the Midwest on Monday
By Pete Schneider
and Chris Stewart
Tin* Oregon cross country teams arc set
for national competition as they will trav
el to Iowa on Monday for the NCAA
National Championships
Junior All-American Milena Glusac s
answering machine best desc ribes the
women's cross country team’s state of
mind as they roll into the nationals "Pnc
10 — been there, done that; regional*
I wen there, done that; nationals — we’re
going there and we re going to do it
Ducks cross country is number one!"
After team wins at the Pat ific-lQ Con
ference Meet and the NCAA Division k ill
Championship, Oregon is on a roll and
brimming with confidence
"We've made two important steps and
achieved two of our goals," said Oregon
head coach Tom Heinonon. who already
has two National Championships under
his belt. “Winning the Pat 10 and win
ning region VIII are seen as stepping
stones to the national meet Now certain
ly the big step is still left, but I'm very
confident that we have plenty left."
The Ducks must have career days from
just about every one on the seven-person
team to have a shot at the national title.
Top-ranked Providence loads the field In
a meet that will no doubt dwarf Oregon's
c ompetition this year. Brigham Young.
Viilanova, Colorado and Arkansas round
out the top six.
"In the past, the big powerhouses have
been Arkansas and Viilanova." Glusnc
said. “This year, when Oregon walks into
the room, teams are going to look at us
and say. ‘Hey, th.it s the team to beat.'"
The Due ks' biggest advantage going
into the national meet is that every per
son on the Oregon squad, with the excep
tion of Davis, went to the meet last year
Davis says she can feel the team's confi
dence level rising every day
"When I see all my teammates being so
confident about our goals, it rules off on
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Ranked second in the nation, the Oregon Women s Cross Country team is looking to win the national title on Monday
everyone." she said. It just makes us .ill
stronger. We .ill know what vve can do
and what vve cun aa omptish "
On the men's side, coach Bill Dellinger
said his team is i oncentratmg on just run
ning well as his team also heads to Iowa
State for the National Championships
"Our goal is to run as well as wo can at
nationals." Dellinger said We want to
trv and just put it together and have our
best effort
Dellinger said the Ducks still haven’t
run their best rai c as a team
1 think that |the team! is capable of
running better then what they have run."
Dellinger said. "If we can all run well at
nationals we have a chance of doing
something good.”
Sophomore Matt Davis was the only
Oregon runner to go to the national meet
last year and hu said the team's goal is
quite simple
Our goal is to win." Davis said
Dellinger said even though there are
some very talented teams, no team
should win easily,
She said Colorado. Arkansas. Okla
home State and Stanford were other
teams that have a chance to do well, and
said the Ducks can hold their ow n with
all of those teams
Davis said he likes his team's i hem es
to fe* competitive
"Karl IKesku| and I both have to run
consistent like we have lw*en this season,”
Davis said “The other guys will have to
step up and run like they did at the i on
fereni e championships."
Davis also said he likes the style of race
that (i meet like this makes you run
"You have nothing to save yourself for
anymore so you don't have to hold atty
thing track,'■ 1 iuvis said ’1 prefer to go (ill
out the whole race
Dellinger said Oregon junior Karl
keska will In- among the favorite*! for the
individual title
"Karl has been running very, very
well,” Dellinger said "He's boon running
with confidence, courage mid pattern **, if
ho i an continue doing that he's going to
tie tough at nationals I think Karl is going
to he one of the top runners "
Keska Inis been hot this season after
being forced to sit out last season with
lltiuries He has been the first place nolle
guile runner in every meet the Ducks
haw < ompeted In m< hiding winning the
Pot- to Championship and capturing the
District Championship in consecutive
meets
Women’s volleyball team loses in five, tries again tonight
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The Oregon volleyball team loot to California In five games In Its sec
ond-to-last game of the season Thursday night
■ DUCKS: Oregon plays
final home game of the
season tonight
By Andrea DeYoung
Sixvrs lortur
The Ducks could not take
advantage of their last chance tp
better their 1994 record as they
lost to California on Thursday
night.
The match was similar to when
the two teams played each other
in September — a long, tough
nail-biter. Once again, it took the
Golden Hears five games to defeat
the Ducks
Oregon and California went
back and forth in the first game,
and despite three hard kills by
freshman middle blocker Allison
White toward the end of the
game, the Bears pulled ahead and
won 15-11,
The second game was quick
and painless for the Ducks as they
devoured the Hears 15-2. Fresh
man defensive specialist Tanya
Minion had six serves for points.
including two serve *> aces Junior
ouiside hitter Amy Mt Noel end
ed liitj game with six straight
points off serves, the final point
coming on a service ace.
The Ducks took the momentum
of the second game win and used
it to win game throe 15-12, Ore
gon went ahead 13 -i hut then let
the Bears bat.k into the game with
eight points before taking hold of
the game for gotxl and scoring the
final two points.
Game four did not go the way
the Ducks wanted, us they were
unable to block the Hears suc
cessfully and lost 15-7.
The fifth game was played with
rally scoring The game stayed
close until California pulled
ahead 14 JO and won on n service
ace. The loss in the fifth game
gives the Ducks a 1-fi record in
matches that go five games.
Sophomore outside hitter Ali
son Pope led the Ducks with 17
kills and 23 digs and McNoel was
(Jose behind with 15 kills and 22
digs
Oregon now has a Pacific-10
Confereiu e record of 1-Hi and nn
overall rword of H-20.
Tlit' final game of the season
will lake plai:«t tonight at
McArthur Court as fourth ranked
Stanford comes to town
Stanford has not lost a match
ton Pac-10 opponent this season
while accumulating a 170 con
ference record and 24-2 overall
record. Stanford has already
wrapped tip the 1 **05 Pac-10 title
and will soon head to post-season
play.
Oregon and Stanford last met
in mid-September with Stanford
winning in three straight games
15-1.15-6 and 15-3.
Neither team had a stellar offen
sive night us the match kill lead
ers were Stanford's Cary Wendell
und I.isa Sharpley with eight
each Leading the Ducks was
sophomore middle blocker Tia
Stewart with seven kills. Stewart
played last night for the first time
smcc Injuring her knee three
weeks ago against Portland.
Oregon and Stanford meet
tonight at 7 pm
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