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Pac-10 woes continue for Oregon Road losses to both Washington schools drop the Ducks to 1-6 in conference play By Mirjam Swanson lor the Emerald The Ducks went north hop ing to turn their season around. Instead, they fell to both Wash ington schools and now find themselves in a deeper hole with an overall record of 6-12, 1-6 in the Pacific-10 Confer ence. Oregon increased its Pac-10 losing streak to six after losing to Washington State in three games Sunday afternoon, 15-7, 16-14,15-4. “We definitely had some op portunities, particularly in game two,” head coach Cathy Nelson said. “We just had a hard time putting them away.” Oregon was able to mix things up a bit offensively. Se nior Alii White led the Ducks in the kill department with 16, taking on the role of all-Ameri can candidate Madeline Ernst, who is the Ducks' kills leader. Freshman Tanja Nikolic added a career best 12 kills. “It’s really important as we have more and more teams try to stick on Madeline, [that] others players come and do some great things,” Nelson said. "Tanja Nikolic and Alii White both had good matches, and Amy Banducci has been solid.” Although Oregon did hold the edge in number of kills, at 50-48, the Ducks’ hitting per centage of .133 fell below Washington State’s mark of .259. The Ducks were ailed by 31 attacking errors and 12 service errors, compared to Washing ton State’s 18 attacking errors and one service miscue. “Physically we’re getting mere, i\ei son said. “We’re pretty close to where we need to be, we’re making physical mis VULLCTdAIL taxes, but 1 trunk some ot them come from the mental side of the game, so we’re going to fo cus more on the mental as pect.” In game 1, which the Ducks lost 15-7, they hit .172. Nelson said her squad came very close to winning game 2, in which they hit at a .139 clip and recorded 28 kills. But in evitably they were unable to pull it off, losing 16-14. "I think it’s frustrating to be that close and not come up with the plays that we needed to,” Nelson said. ‘‘But at the same time we’re encouraged, we know we can play in the conference, we know we can win in the conference. We’re just not doing it, and that's the step that we need to make.” In game three the Ducks had a .086 hitting percentage, and lost 15-4. On Friday night a variety of things went right for the Ducks, none of which was the final re sult. Against Washington, Ernst led the team with 34 kills, al though she wasn’t alone in putting up numbers. Three oth er Ducks collected 10 or more kills. Tobaggi had a career high 26, White had 17, and Banduc ci recorded 16, also a career high for her. Freshman Julie Gerlach contributed 82 assists in the match, the fourth highest total in school history. Outstanding individual per formances weren’t enough to beat a talented Huskies team though, as Oregon lost in four games, 18-16,16-14, 10-15,15 8. The match was close from beginning to end, but Oregon was stifled by Washington’s 24 blocks and by its own mis takes. The Ducks committed 43 attacking errors and 15 service errors. In the first game, Oregon found itself down 5-2 but ral lied and led 14-13 at one point. Unable to close it out, the Ducks came up just short, falling 18-16. Again Oregon fought back in the second game, rebounding from a 6-2 deficit to take an 8-6 lead. Washington went on to win the last two points, and the game, 16-14. The Ducks kept the match going by scoring eight consecu tive points to win the third game 15-10, but they couldn’t contain Washington in the fourth and final game, losing 15-8. Ducks make their mark in Pre-NCAA Invitational By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald Both the men’s and women’s Oregon cross country teams have expressed their goals to place high in the NCAA Championships this season. At the Bob Timmons Pre-NCAA Invitational on Saturday the men proved they were a contender for the national title while the women proved they should not yet be counted out of the running. The men showed they belonged in the title race by placing second at the tournament with a final team score of 103. The No. 10 Ducks were beaten only by No. 1 Stan ford, which scored 80 points. Oregon ran against four teams ranked in the top five — Stanford, Colorado, Arizona and North Car olina — and beat three of them. The team’s performance at the Pre NCAA should improve the Ducks’ ranking in the NCAA. Matthew Davis led the Ducks, finishing sixth-place overall with a time of 24 minutes, 45.65 sec onds. Steve Fein came out strong in his Oregon debut to finish 10th overall with a time of 25:03.03. Also scoring for the Ducks was Micah Davis, who finished with a time of 25:29.49. Lincoln Nehring placed 48th with a time of25:51.53, Adam Bergquist placed 98th with a time of26:20.67, Oliver Wirz placed 116th with a time of 26:30.46, and Konrad Knutsen finished in 128th with a time of26:40.70. Oregon secured second place in a comfortable fashion. No. 3 Col orado finished in third-place with a final score of 120. Winning individual champion of the invitational was Julius Mwangi of Butler, with a time of 23:47.50. The women finished 10th overall with a final score of282. Head coach Tom Heinonen said in a released statement that “from here, we’ve got to be a lot better over the last month of the season, and I think we can be. ” The team was led by Marie Davis, who finished in fifth place overall with a time of 1 7:2 9.8 7. Heather McMa hon also finished well, placing 30th with a time of 18:10.58. Annie Ebiner placed 66th with a time of 18:43.40, Liz Howell placed 76th with a time of 18:55.80, and Robyn Sutherland placed 105th with a time of 19:12.45. No. 2 Stanford won the meet with a score of 65. No. 10 Arizona placed second with a score of 138, and No. 13 Northern Arizona fin ished in third with a score of 149. Arizona’s Amy Skieresz won the individual title with a time of 17:00.49. Tara Chaplin, also from Arizona, placed second with a time of 17.15.34. Both Duck teams will run this week at the University of Oregon Invitational Saturday, Oct. 17. Emerald CLASSIFIEDS Call 346-4343 or stop by Suite 300 EMU to place your ad today Horoscope by Frances Drake For Monday, Oct. 12, 1998 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) If too many people clamor for your attention, give yourself some apace. A sibling or close friend may con front you about the way you spend your time. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Go out for a cup of coffee with a good friend. The two of you have a lot of catching up to do, so linger and enjoy the company. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel unusually stressed by fi nancial and domestic concerns. Al low yourself to be upset, but do not blame other people for your feelings. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You feel empowered to take risks and to stand up for yourself. Some how you know that nothing and no one will stand in your way right now. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Relax and let the hours slip by. Take a nap with your sweetheart, or spend several hours baking and eat ing the perfect batch of cookies. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Reward yourself for recent accom plishments. Invite some of your friends out for drinks, and don’t be surprised when they toast you — you deserve it. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your boss may seem skeptical about your recent job performance. 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