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, irum TMuruariycrneru* The Ducks Monique Tobaggi sends one over the net to make a kill against the Cardinal Sunday. Loss to Cardinal drops Ducks to 6-14 Errors prevent Oregon from winning a single game in Sunday’s match By Allison Ross Oregon Daily Emerald Even the band did its part. It cheered, it taunted, doing its best to sidetrack the Stanford volleyball team. But it just wasn’t enough. The Cardinal increased its con ference win streak to 34 on Sun day when it dropped the Ducks 15-11, 15-1, 16-14 in front of 924 fans at McArthur Court. But it wasn’t as if the Ducks, losers of nine straight, rolled over for the No. 7 Cardinal. They took an early lead in Game 1, forcing Stanford to fight for every point it tallied. Oregon was able to control its side of the net, and when Stan ford went up by five, the Ducks were able to rally back within on before the Cardinal took the win. “I told the team, we need to stop thinking about the scoreboard and start thinking about Oregon," Ore gon head coach Cathy Nelson said. “The rest will take care of itself.” Oregon had one of its highest hitting percentages of the season in that game (.364), proving that it can compete with any team, re gardless of rank or record. Game 2 was a different story as Oregon went down 5-0, before scor ing its one and only point. The Ducks had six kills and six errors for an overall hitting percentage of .000. “This match was about charac ter and showing what kind of ath letes we are,” Nelson said. “I think two out of three games we showed we can come back, but we need to be more consistent. ” Stanford had zero errors in Game 2 and needed just 10 kills to take the win. It recorded a match high .588 hitting percentage. “We had a brain lapse,” Oregon outside hitter Monique Tobaggi said. “Wegot mentally weak.” The Ducks were able to compose themselves in Game 3, and it was VOLLEYBALL pernaps tneir best game of the season. Despite going down 1-6 early on, Oregon rallied back and never allowed Stanford to go up by more than lour. Tobaggi led the Ducks with nine kills in the game and one service ace. “She definitely got hot and proved that she has the talent to be a top player in this conference,” Nelson said. With Stanford up 14-11, Oregon held on, scoring three straight points to tie the game at 14, before Stanford put it away. “A team like Stanford makes us want to play harder to show that we can compete,” Tobaggi said. “Every time we play like we did in Game 3, it shows us that we can compete with anyone. ” Few expected Oregon to defeat a team of Stanford’s caliber. Still, the Ducks outkilled (54-51) and outdug the Cardinal (33-28) for the match. But it was errors that prevented the Ducks from winning a single game. Oregon had 23 errors to Stanford’s 6, leaving it with a .261 overall attack percentage to the Cardinal’s.479. “It is tough when you’re expell ed to win every match,” Stanford head coach Don Shaw said. “It’s tough to maintain that level of play, and we made a lot of mental errors in the third game. We let [Oregon’s] left side go crazy, which isn’t some thing that is typical of us.” Stanford improves its record io 13-2 overall, 9-0 in the Pacific-10 Conference, while Oregon’s record slipped to 6-14,1-8. On Friday, it was the Ducks who were not able to maintain a high level of play. Oregon came out in a blaze by taking Games 1 and 2 against California, but re turned after halftime unprepared for the Bears, who were looking for their first Pac-10 win. The Bears battled back from the two-game deficit by winning three straight games to clinch the match 8-15, 7-15,15-4,15-8,15-9 in front of 888 sullen Duck fans. The Bears’ comeback was led by Brook Coulter who recorded 16 kills and nine service aces, a Cali fornia record for service aces in one match. Madeline Ernst led all attackers with 27 kills and recorded a stellar .452 hitting percentage. But again, the Ducks’ chances of winning were derailed by their 55 errors. “I’d have to say that this loss strikes up there as devastating,” Nelson said. •W98078 '98 VWJetta GL • Sunroof • AM/FM Cassette • Power Steering • 10 Yr/100,000 Mile Limited Warranty • 2 Years Free Scheduled Maintenance^ $15,999 ALL ‘98 IHOPELS ’99 MODELS NOW AVAILABLE suo FEATURING THE ’99 TREK 800 SPORT NOW $219.99 KRYPJOM Std. Reg $27.00 m $13.99 APEX fmm Each Reg $11.00 m$i99 CATEYE HL500 HMDUGHl Reg $15.00 mS9.99 CYCLE SHOP Only 10 Blocks from Campus! 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