FRIDAY
October 18,1996
MARK McTYRE/ Emerald
Madeline Ernst contributed 11
kills against Arizona State. Ore
gon takes on intrastate rival Ore
gon State tonight at 7:30.
Oregon hosts Civil War match tonight
■ vULLtYBALL: Oregon is still looking
for its first conference win of the season
By Andrea De Young
Assistant Sports Editor
The Oregon volleyball team hits the mid
point of its Pacific-10 Conference season with
a match tonight against Oregon State.
The Ducks (6-12 overall, 0-8 in the Pac-10)
took both California and Stanford to four
games last weekend before losing both match
es. The Beavers (14-4 overall, 4-4 in the Pac
10) were swept by the Cardinal last weekend,
but beat the Golden Bears in the fifth game.
Oregon State got off to a great start in the
preseason, winning all 10 of its matches in
three games each. But the Beavers have not
fared as well in the Pac-10, losing to both
Washington schools, Stanford and UCLA.
Oregon head coach Cathy Nelson said she
believes the record says more about the con
ference than about Oregon State.
“They’re a very good team,” she said.
“When you get to the Pac-10, it’s a different
caliber of play. That makes a big difference.
They’re still a good team, and we’ll have to
play very well to come out on top."
Tonight’s Civil War match is expected to be
a good one, as the two teams battled it out
through a five-game match last year at Eugene
with Oregon State eventually talcing the win.
But the Ducks have learned what it takes to
possibly beat the Beavers.
“We've gone over some stuff that we know
can help us to beat Oregon State, and we've
worked on those things,” Nelson said. “I think
we’re definitely ready to take them on.”
The key matchup might be the one in the
middle, Nelson said.
“Their middles pose some interesting prob
lems,” she said. “Staci Hintze and Magan Pri
eto are both very good athletes.”
Oregon will be starting Tia Stewart and Alii
White in the middle. Stewart has amassed 3
solo blocks and 51 assisted blocks, and White
leads the team with seven solo and 54 assisted
blocks.
The Ducks’ starting lineup was switched
slightly, with Ali Pepe getting the nod to start
at outside hitter.
Although the Eugene crowd has not exceed
ed 1,000 people in any match this season, a
larger crowd is anticipated because the doors
will open for the “Late Night with Jerry Green”
crowd before the volleyball match. The match
also is being broadcast live on Prime Sports.
But the Ducks are not concerned with the
extra attention, Nelson said.
“We’re not even talking about that,” she
said. “We’re ignoring the fact that it’s on TV
and that there might be a big crowd. We’re try
ing to approach this like any other match.”
Tonight’s match begins at 7:30 p.m. The
doors open an hour prior to the start of the
match.
Ducks take
on first-year
Sooners
■ SOCCER: Banged-up Oregon plays
its first game after 14 days of rest
By Ryan Frank
Sports Reporter
Two first-year programs will face off this
Sunday when the Oregon women’s soccer
team hosts Oklahoma at 1 p.m. at Marist
High School.
This weekend’s game will be the Ducks’
(3-6-2 overall, 0-1-1 Pac-10) first since los
ing to Utah 3-2 on Oct. 6. But Oregon head
coach Bill Steffen says the layoff will only
help the Ducks.
“It gives us a little bit of a break,” Steffen
said. “It gives us a chance for some of our
players to get their health.”
And health is not a quality of the Ducks.
Seven players are out or questionable go
ing into the weekend.
Junior defenders Katie Odishoo (knee)
and Joni Abel (ankle) are both out, and
freshman midfielder Pamela Gordon with
drew from school because of her broken leg.
She will return to the University and the
team in January.
Fortunately for the Ducks, they do come
into the weekend with their leading scorers
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MARK McTYRE/Emerald
Jori Gangnes and the rest of the Oregon team have high hopes of picking up a win against visiting Oklahoma this weekend.
Atlanta rallies back,
stomps St. Louis
■ BASEBALL:
The Braves won
by the biggest
margin in
postseason
history Thursday
night
By Ben Walker
The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — This wasn’t a come
back, this was a wipeout.
The Atlanta Braves unleashed all their
fury in the biggest blowout in postseason
history, trouncing the St. Louis Cardinals
15-0 in Game 7 of the NL championship se
ries Thursday night to complete a startling
rally from a 3-1 deficit.
Pitcher Tom Glavine hit a bases-loaded
triple that capped a six-run first inning, and
52,067 crazed fans spent the rest of the
evening partying as the Braves earned a
chance to defend their World Series title.
Game 1 will be Saturday night in New
York against the Yankees. The Braves have
reached four of the last five World Series,
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Cross country team carries rich tradition
■ WOMEN: Head coach Tom Heinonen has
high expectations for his team
By Andrew Millbrooke
Freelance Sports Reporter
Women’s cross country at Oregon goes hand in
hand with head coach Tom Heinonen. In the 22-year
history of the program, Heinonen has been the only
head coach and has created one of the most successful
women’s athletic programs in the nation.
His teams have made 20 national appearances in 21
seasons, boasting 18 finishes in the top 10 nationally.
Oregon won NCAA titles in 1983 and 1987 with
Heinonen winning National Coach of the Year honors
each season. The Ducks have won seven of the 10 Pa
cific-10 Conference titles since 1986, the first year of
women’s competition in the league. Heinonen also
has a history of producing great individual runners,
coaching 26 individual All-Americans in his tenure.
Heinonen came to Oregon after a successful run
ning career at Minnesota, where he was the Big Ten
Conference three-mile champion in 1967. He also
won the 1969 AAU Marathon Championship.
Heinonen has coached on numerous national teams
and now coaches several post-collegiate national class
runners.
The 19th-ranked women are coming off a season in
HEJNONEN
which they were Pac-10 and Dis
trict VIII champions, while gar
nering a solid fifth place finish at
the NCAA meet. However, they
lost three of their top seven run
ners to graduation: All-Ameri
cans Melody Fairchild, Jenna
Carlson and Niamh Zwagerman
left. Oregon also received a dev
astating loss when it was learned
that top returnee, All-American
senior Milena Glusac, would
miss the entire season with a stress
fracture in her femur.
Uregon has rebounded well, despite fielding such
a young and inexperienced team; there are only two
seniors and one junior in their top 10 runners.
Heinonen has been pleased with their early season re
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