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Ducks look to break Pilots’ winning streak Oregon will take on a Portland team that has won its last 24 home games By Ryan Frank Sports Editor Oregon passed its first test of the regular season last Friday, but now things get a little tougher. The Oregon women’s basketball team won its regu lar-season debut over Idaho, but that was the easy part. Today the women travel to Portland in an at tempt to break the Pilots 24-game winning streak on their home floor at 7 p.m. , Oregon (1-0) was the last team to beat Portland in the Chiles Center in 1995 and beat Portland last sea son in Eugene, 76-65. “It’s a huge game for us,” head coach Jody Runge said. “They’ve been at the tournament the last [three] years, and they haven’t lost a game at home except for us in the last two years. “It’s going to be a very demanding game for us. If we play the way we are capable of playing, I think we can win the game, but if we don’t show up to play and we don’t think that Portland is a good basketball team, then we may struggle.” Portland (2-1 overall) is the defend ing West Coast Conference champion and has made a trip to the NCAA Tour nament the last three seasons. The Pi lots have beaten Brigham Yoimg and Montana State this season, but lost 59 52 at Oregon State last Friday. Oregon’s 6-foot-5 center Jenny Mowe scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds in eight minutes against Idaho, but she had to leave the game with a knee injury. Runge said Sunday she didn’t know ex actly how serious the injury was. “I think that it’s something that’s been nagging her... and I think we’re just going to have to take a look and see what a day off does,” Runge said. ">.*. 315 Coburg Rad • 686-2781 This Christmas give the Seiko MessageWatch. The awesome gift that constantly receives F.M, signals so the lucky owner will always know the exact atomic time. They'll also know who's trying to reach them, the day's stock market closings, today's weather or tomorrow's forecast, sports scores and much more. It also comes in a variety of styles so it's bound to be well received. Oregon drops final two matches of the season The Ducks were swept by Washington State and Washington to end the season at 9-21 By Rob Moseley Sports Reporter The season ended just as it be gan for Oregon this weekend as the volleyball team lost to both Washington State and Washing ton on the road to cap a 9-21 sea son, including a 1-17 record in Pa cific-10 Conference matches. The Cougars presented Oregon’s best chance for victory on Friday. Although No. 12 Washington State was ranked higher than the No. 16 Huskies, Oregon head coach Cathy Nelson told her play ers before the weekend that she felt the Cougars were not playing up to their potential in recent weeks, Oregon’s Madeline Ernst said. But the Cougars made sure Fri day night in Pullman was not a to tal repeat of their first match against the Ducks this season on Sept. 20 when Washington State won in four games at McArthur Court. This time Washington State won in a sweep, 15-8,15-5,15-8. Keren Oigman and Jennifer Stin son led the Cougars in kills with 12 and 11, respectively, and Shannon Wyckoff added 14 digs. Stinson paced the team with five blocks. Oregon’s Madeline Ernst had 12 kills, the ninth time she has recorded at least that many in the last 10 matches. Ernst and Alison Pepe each had two service aces, and Pepe and Tanya Minion led the Ducks in digs with nine and eight, respectively. The Ducks hit .094 as a team and had just 23 assists and one block in the match. Saturday was more of the same as Washington dominated the Ducks, 15-4,15-2,15-6, behind the play of Makare Desilets and Amy Tutt. “It was unfortunate that our sea son ended this way,” Nelson said. “But [Saturday] really was a micro cosm of the entire season. Desilets, a se nior middle blocker who has recorded four triple-doubles in the Pac-10 this season, led the Huskies with 14 kills on a .440 hitting percentage. Tutt had 13 kills and a .455 percentage. Julie Baker had 10 digs, and Leslie Tuiasosopo added five blocks for Washington. Ernst again led the Ducks in kills with eight, while Michelle Christ and Tia Stewart each had six. Pepe, Christ and freshman Amy Banducci all recorded five digs, and Pepe added two blocks. Although Saturday night was the final match in an Oregon uni form for six seniors, Nelson was pleased with the play of under classmen like Banducci and fresh man Michelle Graham, who had 19 assists against Washington. “We will miss the seniors and the contributions they have made over the years,” Nelson said. “But you al ways need to look ahead, and we are already excited about next year. Saturday was the final appear ance for seniors Pepe, Stewart, Dani Cordova, Casey Crisler, Shel by Edwards and Jessica Temple. to your health join the PEER HEALTH EDUCATION team EDPM 407/507 Strengthen your resume through experience Interested in the Health Profession? 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