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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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