MONDAY
Nov. 2,1998
TRIVA QUESTION
Name the three Pac-10 teams the
Oregon women's soccer team has
beaten in its three-year existence?
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NFL: Week 9
Denver 33
Cincinnati 26
Miami 24
Buffalo 30
Minnesota 24
Tampa Bay 27
N.Y. Giants 14
Washington 21
Jacksonville 45
Baltimore 19
New Orleans 17
Carolina 31
New England 21
Indianapolis 16
Tennessee 41
Pittsburgh 31
Arizona 17
Detroit 15
St. Louis 15
Atlanta 37
N.Y. Jets 20
Kansas City 17
San Francisco 22
Green Bay 36
Oakland 31
Seattle 18
Associated
Presstop 25
1. Ohio St. 8-0
2. Tennessee 7-0
3. UCLA 7-0
4. Kansas St. 8-0
5. Florida 7-1
6. Florida St. 8-1
7. TexasA&M 8-1
8. Wisconsin 8-0
9. Penn St. 6-1
10. Arizona 8-1
11. Arkansas 7-0
12. Virginia 7-1
13. Notre Dame 6-1
14. Nebraska 7-2
15. Syracuse 5-2
15.Tulane 7-0
15. Virginia T. 7-1
18. Missouri 6-2
19. Georgia 6-2
20. Texas 6-2
21. Oregon 6-2
22. Michigan 6-2
23. Georgia T. 6-2
24. Miami 5-2
25. Air Force 7-1
Trivia answer
Oregon has defeat
ed Oregon State
three times, Arizona
twice and Arizona
State once.
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Oregon quarterback Akili Smith threw two interceptions and was sacked three times during the loss.
Arizona runs over Oregon
Arizona takes advantage of Oregon’s
injuries and steps up its defense to
hand the Ducks an embarassing defeat
By Rob Moseley
Oregon Daily Emerald
TUCSON, Ariz. — The battle between No. 12 Ore
gon and No. 13 Arizona was billed as a showdown
between the Pacific-10 Conference’s most prolific of
fense and its stingiest defense.
Saturday night in the desert, the defense rested.
The Wildcats (8-1 Pac-10,4-1 overall) held the na
tion’s second-best scoring offense to its lowest point
total of the season and rushed for four second-half
touchdowns in beating the Ducks 38-3 in front of
44,931 fans at Arizona Stadium.
The Ducks (6-2, 3-2) collected 272 yards of of
fense, 232 short of their season average, and rushed
for just 64 yards, 185 less than their conference-lead
ing mark.
“Our defense really stepped up tonight,” Arizona
starting quarterback Keith Smith said. “With this
win over Oregon’s high-powered offense, our de
fense definitely needs to get more respect.”
Smith also proved the Wildcats have a high-pow
ered offense of their own by completing eight of his
10 passes for 166 yards. Forty-eight of those yards
came on a touchdown pass to Brad Brennan to open
the scoring seven minutes, four seconds into the first
quarter.
For the third consecutive game,
Oregon turned the ball over on its
opening drive. Akili Smith was in
tercepted in the endzone by Ari
zona cornerback Chris McAlister
after Oregon had marched to the
Wildcats’ 41-yard line on two
passes and three Derien Latimer carries.
"Chris McAlister basically takes away one whole
side of the football field,” Akili Smith said. “Our
main goal tonight was to go at (cornerback Kelvin
Hunter]. We went at [Hunter] and had him on a few
good plays, but Chris McAlister, he’s a good corner
back.”
The Oregon defense, last in the Pac-10 against the
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Ducks defeat
Arizona and
Arizona State
Oregon ends its scoring drought
after wins this weekend over two
strong Pac-10 teams
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
Melissa Sherman received an athlete's fa
vorite typo of commencement ceremony
last weekend — a winning one.
With victories in its last two home games
of the season, the Oregon women’s soccer
team ensured that its senior co-captain would
end her home career on a glorious note.
After ending a three-game scoring
drought and five-game losing streak by de
feating Arizona, 4-2, on Friday, the Ducks
(6-8-2 overall, 3-4 Pacific-10 Conference)
polished off their first Pac-10 sweep by beat
ing Arizona State, 1-0, on Sunday in front of
467 fans at Pape Field.
"Melissa Sherman’s
meant so much to us dur
ing our short time here,”
Oregon head coach Bill
Steffen said, "and I want
ed to make sure that [the
Ducks] did their absolute
best to make sure Melissa
left here a winner. And they did that, so I’m
tremendously proud of them.”
Sherman said the two wins were an ideal
finale to her home career.
“The best part of it was that everybody
played so well today,” said Sherman, a mid
fielder, after Sunday’s game. “We started
the season with wins on our field, and we
ended it that way.”
Sierra Marsh provided Oregon with the
winning margin in its first win against the
Sun Devils (8-9, 4-3) by burying a penalty
kick in the left corner of the net with just
less than 21 minutes remaining in the game.
After midfielder Melissa Parker found for
ward Allyssa White inside the Arizona State
penalty box, a sliding Sun Devil defender
took down White from behind to give the
Ducks their penalty kick.
Goalkeeper Amanda Fox preserved Ore
gon’s shutout by not allowing Arizona State
to score on three breakaway opportunities.
In the first half, Fox used practically all of
her goal to deny Sun Devil attackers. First,
Arizona State forward Sarah Blaska ran
onto a perfect pass from fellow forward Jen
nifer Peterson and headed toward the Duck
SOCCER
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UO men take home third
After a stellar showing
Saturday, Oregon looks
toward nationals
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
When the Oregon men’s cross
country team toed the starting line al
Alton Baker Park Saturday morning,
it was ready to show its potential as
a national contender.
When the race was over and the
scores were tallied, there was one
word that best described the rush ol
emotions that surrounded the Ducks’
finish.
"Stoked!” Mathew Davis said.
No. 3 Oregon finished the Pacific
10 Conference Championships in
second place with a final team score
of 48, losing to No. 1 Stanford by twc
points.
“The team has been on the ball
week in and week out," Davis said.
"This is the first block on the step
ping stone toward nationals.”
The Ducks’ performance showed
the team has improved since its per
formance at the Pre-NCAA Champi
onships in Lawrence, Kan., earlier
this season when the Cardinal beat
Oregon by 30 points.
“I would like to see continued
progress,” head coach Bill Dellinger
said. “We were better this week than
we were a few weeks ago in Kansas.
The key is to keep healthy and free of
injuries and to keep progressing.”
Davis finished third overall to lead
the Ducks with a time of 23 minutes,
37 seconds. After the first mile of the
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Aces, kills lead to Ducks win
Oregon turns in a solid
\ performance this weekend
in games against Arizotia
and Arizona State
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
They went. They saw. They set
records. Most importantly, they won.
The Ducks split a pair of matches
this weekend, defeating No. 16 Ari
zona in five games on Friday before
falling to Arizona State in four on
Sunday.
The momentum of Friday’s win in
Tucson did not carry over to Sunday
as the Oregon volleyball team fell 4
15,15-2,13-15,13-15 to the Sun Dev
ils in front of 499 fans.
“It was a close match,” Oregon
j head coach Cathy Nelson said. "We
had a lot of opportunities to get this
one.”
The Ducks (7-17 overall, 2-11 Pa
cific-10 Conference) were led by se
niors Madeline Ernst, Alii White and
freshman Monique
Tobbagi, who each
tallied 19 kills.
Freshman Tanja
Nikolic continues
to be a force for the
Ducks, recording
11 kills and just
three errors for an overall attack per
centage of .348.
After a slow start in Game 1, the
Ducks bounced back in Game 2, ac
cumulating 19 kills and zero errors
for an astonishing .633 attack per
centage. Both Games 3 and 4 were
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