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Ernst: Losing streak affected confidence ■ Continued from Page 7 season, when the team was doing well and Madeline was a dominat ing outside hitter,” Nelson says. “It’s fun to see her get that back.” One thing that hasn’t returned is the leadership Ernst displayed earlier in the year, when the Ducks started the season 7-2. “In some of our close matches that we had in the preseason, Madeline was the one pulling the team together,” Nelson says. “It became her team. After the kidney infection, I haven’t noticed her do ing that nearly as much. ” Nelson says part of the reason for the absence of Ernst’s leader ship has been a loss of confidence brought on by the losing streak, not just for Ernst but for the whole team. When the team was success ful, Ernst had the confidence to , lead her teammates, but as they faltered as a group, she found it difficult to retain that charisma. Now, with four matches left, in cluding one against ninth-place Arizona State, Ernst again has the opportunity to place the team on her shoulders and end the season on a winning note. Four years earlier, Ernst had tak en another moment to reflect after entering the Oregon program without the valuable club team ex perience that most players enjoy before their collegiate careers. “I can remember my freshman year, about two weeks into prac tice, sitting in the corner of the gym with [former Oregon coach] Gerry Gregory and crying and wondering, ‘Why am I here?’” Ernst says. “I had no experience at a high level of play, and I was just lost at how fast it was. ” Now, four years later, with one varsity season left and a season of complications almost behind her, Ernst refuses to let such banalities as a few losses affect her so heavi ly, and it appears she has an swered for herself that question she asked between sobs four years ago. "[Losingl wears on you, and it takes its toll after,” she says. “But you’re here because you love to play volleyball and its something you enjoy.” It is that kind of perspective, gained through three losing sea sons, that will allow Ernst to put this one behind her; and it is that kind of perspective that will allow her, Alii White, Michelle Christ and the rest of Oregon’s under classmen the chance to improve their performance in 1998. Pond: Boise’s Humanitarian Bowl could be only option m continued from Page 7 postseason. But if they are 7-4, they should not be playing in Boise in the Hu manitarian Bowl. Oh boy, what a way to be re warded for upsetting Washington and Arizona State and winning three straight to end the season. Even the name alone sounds sec ond-class. When people across the nation hear that Oregon is playing in the Humanitarian Bowl, they are more likely to laugh than thinkitisanykindofa special accomplishment. Furthermore, the opponent would be the Big West champion, which at this point would appear to be Utah State (5-4 overall, 4-0 Big West) or Nevada (5-5,3-0). Wow! The Ducks could play a team the Beavers beat handily earlier this season (Utah State) ora team they themselves beat earlier this season (Nevada). Imagine the ex citement and pregame hype lead ing up to that kind of a battle. Une ot those matchups proba bly wouldn’t even be worth the trouble of an extra few weeks of practice. In fact, if that were the case, the Ducks should decline the bid to the Humanitarian Bowl. In all likelihood, if they are 7-4, they will at least go to the Las Ve gas Bowl or the Independence Bowl, but the possibility exists that Boise and the Humanitarian Bowl could still be their only op tion. Please, don’t let that be the case! Those other two bowls may not be the most prestigious or have the greatest history, but at least football fans have heard of them. At least there’s something to do in Las Vegas, and compared to Boise, heading to Shreveport, La., for the Poulan/Weed Eater Inde pendence Bowl has never sound ed so good. Alex Pond is a sports reporter for the Emerald. - %/' START your A WEEKEND on 2 %T \Thursday nights! r Dance at... * ' 2 *' Scandals 'TJfaatic at *?:00 O £2 (^beverage* £oO special 'nil l\ IHMKlIculmlir <ll ink 2222 Centennial Blvd • 343-4734 Why rent when you can own? For details call UO alumna Charlotte O’Ryan at .fife. CDCOUGILL rft HANSEN lygiNC., REALTORS Downtown Office 201 E. 13th Ave.* 484-2011 .Design for MJVING M (T* lov. 7,8 13,14,15 It, 12 8:C)C i Robinson Theatre UT Box Office 346-4191 EMU Ticket Office 346-4363 Be cool* MaUc a t>ifFere>ice. Change the worlb. The University of Oregon Crisis Center proudly presents “A Stitch in Time” The Annual Crisis Prevention Conference Saturday, February 7, 1998 Erb Memorial Union University of Oregon 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the EMU Ballroom) Open to the general public This year's Crisis Prevention is on February 7, 1998. You can attend the all-day conference and receive class credit. The Crisis Prevention Conference, the annual fund raising event for the University of Oregon Crisis Center, is centered around providing individuals with crisis prevention knowledge and with skills to deal with or assist with crisis situations. 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