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Tanya Minion (digging) and Lindsay Mayer will need to use teamwork like this if the Ducks are to bust out of the Pac-10 doldrums this
weekend.
Volleyball team sets off to Arizona
The Ducks need to
diversify their offense to
beat Arizona State this
Sunday, says head coach
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The desert is probably not the
place to replenish, but that’s ex
actly what the Oregon volleyball
team will be looking to do when
it heads to Arizona this weekend.
The Ducks (6-16 overall, 1-10
Pacific-10 Conference) face No.
16 Arizona tonight and Arizona
State on Sunday.
Tonight’s match in Tucson
will be Oregon’s fourth consecu
tive battle against a top 25 team,
but Oregon proved it can com
pete against ranked opponents as
they took No. 25 UCLA to five
games on Oct. 25.
Oregon’s main objective will
be consistency. The Ducks have
made a habit of coming out big in
Game 1 only to fall flat in Game
2, as was the case their first time
out against Arizona on Oct. 4 in
Eugene.
“Game 1 we come out strong,”
Oregon outside hitter Madeline
Ernst said. “I think this weekend
is a good time to try and have a
strong game 2."
Arizona (17-3, 8-3) is coming
off a loss to No. 6 Stanford on
I
Oct. 25 and will be looking to re
bound on its home court. The
Wildcats’ three losses this season
were at the hands of ranked op
ponents, No. 8 USC and twice to
Stanford.
Although unranked and strug
gling thus far, Oregon has made
changes that have clearly im
proved their offense.
baggi did not start against Ari
zona last time out, and her pres
ence will only enhance the
Ducks chances of winning.
Oregon seniors Ernst and Alii
White combined for 43 of the
Ducks 49 kills in the loss to the
Wildcats. This time the Oregon
will be more balanced.
“I think we need to diversify
our offense to be successful,”
Oregon head coach Cathy Nel
son said. “It can’t always be
Madeline and Alii, although
they are going to get a bulk of the
attacks. 1 think we have a lot of
weapons that maybe we didn’t
have the first time we played
them.”
Arizona has a few weapons of
its own. Freshman setter Dana
VOLLEYBALL
Freshman
Monique Tob
bagi, has
recorded kills
in double digits
three times
since becoming
a starter. To
Burkholder has set an Arizona
record for assists with 909 this
season. Outside hitter Raelene
Elam leads Arizona with 16 dou
ble digit kill matches and fellow
outside hitter Allison Napier
leads the team in solo blocks
with 17.
“We know their setter is very
offensive and aggressive at the
net,” Ernst said. “And they have
a strong outside, so we need to
focus on blocking.”
On Sunday, the Ducks travel to
Tempe to face Arizona State (8
10, 5-6).
The Sun Devils enter the
match on a high note after ending
a four game losing streak when
they defeated California on Oct.
25.'
Arizona State will be led by ju
nior setter Jolynn Faatulu and
sophomore outside hitter Aman
da Burbridge, both of whom were
selected to the Wahine Volley
ball Challenge all-tournament
team. Burbridge is averaging 4.63
kills per game and 2.57 digs per
game.
Oregon will need to establish
its offense and control its side of I
the net in order to win this week
end.
“I think when we pass the ball
we are unstoppable,” Ernst said.
“We are a great team and we’ve
got a really strong offense, but
only when we pass the ball.”
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