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Arizona, ASU too much for Oregon The Ducks continue to struggle as they drop their 10th and 11th consecutii e games Rob Moseley Sports Reporter The Pacific-10 Conference vol leyball season reached the halfway point this weekend, and Oregon's chances of finishing out of the basement diminished with losses to both Arizona State and Arizona on the road. The Ducks put up a good fight for the first two games Friday in Tempe, but stumbled in the third, losing to the Sun Devils, 15-12,15-11,15-1. Arizona State has now won 12 of its last 13 matches between the two schools and nine of 11 at home. Junior Madeline Ernst’s seven kills led a contingent of four Ducks with at least five. Alison Pepe recorded six kills, while Dani Cor dova and senior co-captain Sliel by Edwards each had five. Ernst also had seven digs to lead Oregon. The Sun Devils (12-7 overall, 3-5 Pat:-10) were paced by Terri Cox's 11 kills and 10 digs. Amanda Bur VOLLEYBALL uiugt? itJi;urut!u 10 kills, and Kirstin Mattson notched nine kills and seven digs for Arizona State. Oregon fell to /-i.i overall and U-9 in me Pac-10 with a 15-7,15-6,15-11 loss Satur day in Tucson. Ernst was in commanding form, recording 13 kills and a .375 hit ting percentage. Pepe added eight kills and 11 digs. The Ducks continued substitut ing at the setter position. Senior co-captain Casey Crisler had 18 sets, while freshman Michelle Graham had 19 in a relief effort. The Wildcats were led by Carolyn Penfield's lOkillsandeight digs. Arizona now holds a command ing 19-7 lead in the series, includ ing each of the last 10 matches be tween the two. Next up for Oregon is a home meeting Tuesday night with non conference opponent Portland, who the Ducks beat on the road on Sept. 10 in three games. That match was Oregon’s last win. The Ducks have since lost 11 straight matches, including all nineinthePac-10. Friday the Ducks return to Pac 10 action at McArthur Court when they host No. 2 Stanford, the 1990 national champion. Stanford beat the Ducks in three games earlier this year in Palo Alto. Saturday the Ducks welcome California (0-11, 1-8), which lost twice this weekend and is in ninth place in the Pac-10. Oregon lost to the Golden Bears in fourgames in Berkeley on Sept. 20. Frank: Play needs to improve to win in Pac-10 m continued trom rage 9 play well, but the offense would falter, or vice versa. But this week, both die offense and defense seemed to play well enough to win. Not great, but good enough. The Ducks certainly have played better, but at this point in the season, a win of any kind is indeed wel comed. “We won a game when we didn’t play our best," Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti said. As much as this win helps the Ducks, they can still improve, especially from their play in the first half. Utah is a solid team defensively, but the Oregon offense continued to struggle at times inside the 20 yard line, something offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter was visibly unhappy about after the game. “It was ridiculous,” Koetter said. “We can’t have 95-yard drives and not score. We will not beat Pac-10 teams if we don’t quit doing that. The Ducks did better inside the 20 than they have in recent weeks, but could still improve. They got within the Utah 20-yard line six times and scored three touchdowns, made one field goal and missed two. r Defensively, Oregon couldn’t hold the Utah run ning game in check in the first half as Juan Johnson rushed for 130 of his 190 yards. But Bellotti challenged the team at halftime, and the Ducks responded, coming out in the second playing with focus and intensity, which says some thing about their character. The Ducks scored two touchdowns in the third quarter, while the defense held the Utes scoreless and stopped them on a fourth and two on the Oregon seven-yard line early in the fourth quarter, a play which virtually put the game away. But the fact is, Utah is not a Pacific-10 Conference team, nor are the Utes of that quality. A win is a win no matter who it comes against, but if the Ducks are to continue winning games into the Pac-10, they are going to have to play better than they did Saturday. If they don't, there won’t be any options forthe Ducks come the end of the season. Ryan Frank is the sfxjrts editor for the Emerald business Open for It’s your brain. Incredibly malleable. Infinitely versatile. Awesomely inventive. At Andersen Consulting, we want to keep it that way. So we challenge it with a stimulating variety of assignments. Develop it with an average of over 140 hours of advanced training per year. Reward it with advancement. 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