Oregon beats Bears,
loses to the Cardinal
The Ducks' win over the
Bears was their first in
Cathy Nelson's tenure
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
Whoever said “winning isn’t
everything” probably never lost
much.
Winning is everything, espe
cially for the Oregon volleyball
team, which has not had a win
ning season since 1989.
The Ducks are not on track to fin
ish above .500 this season but have
had a successful season nonethe
less. They beat a __ ^
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nent, something
they have not
done since
ana mey
have four play
ers ranked in
the top 10 in various categories in
the Pacific-10 Conference.
On Sunday, Oregon reached an
other milestone. For the first time
in head coach Cathy Nelson's
tenure, the Ducks beat the Califor
nia Bears.
Oregon (8-20 overall, 3-13 Pac
10) downed the Bears 13-15, 15
10,15-8,15-12 in Berkeley, Calif.
In Game 1, the Ducks outkilled
Cal 19 to 13 but committed 12 er
rors, and the Bears were able to
capitalize on the mistakes.
"We were highly error-prone in
Game 1,” Nelson said in a released
statement. "But we steadied out
the rest of the match, controlling
Cal’s offense in Games 3 and 4.”
It was perhaps the Ducks’ best
effort of the season. They did not
hit below. 100 attack percentage in
any game and held Cal to .069 hit
ting percentage in Game 3. Oregon
had five players who recorded 10
or more kills and no players who
hit below .100.
However, their was a dark mo
ment in all of the glory. Senior Alii
White sustained a concussion in
Game 4 when she and fellow se
nior Madeline Ernst went up for a
VBLUYBALL
block and Ernst's elbow connect
ed with White’s temple, leaving
her unconscious. White's status
will be updated today.
Despite the injury, White led all
attackers with a career high 24
kills followed by Ernst and Tanja
Nikolic who recorded 22 and 15
kills, respectively. Nikolic contin
ues to be a force for Oregon, tally
ing a .542 attack percentage.
“Alii and Tanja played great for
us today,” Nelson said in a re
leased statement. 'They really had
a nice day offensively and were
key to our victory. Cal is a hard
team to get a rhythm against and
this gives us momentum going
into this weekends Civil War
match in Corvallis.”
Oregon outkilled (84-57) and
outdug (55-48) the Bears and tal
lied eight service aces.
If the Ducks manage to defeat
Oregon State in their final confer
ence match on Friday, it will be
the first time in Nelson's career
that Oregon has won four Pac-10
matches in a season.
Sunday’s win was a welcome
change for the Ducks, who suf
fered their worst defeat of the sea
son against Stanford (22-2, 15-0)
on Friday at Maples Pavillion. The
No. 4 Cardinal downed Oregon
15-2,15-3,15-3.
Oregon had negative hitting
percentages in Games 1 and 2, fin
ishing the match with a .048 attack
percentage to Stanford’s .423.
“It was one of those nights
where Stanford played like the
great team they are,” Nelson said
in a released statement. “I was dis
appointed in our team. I don't
think we competed as we have
been able to lately.”
Stanford registered Oregon's of
fense null and void, as it held
Ernst to five kills and allowed the
Ducks just 23 total kills. Oregon
had no blocks and doubled the
Cardinal errors with 19.
The Cardinal offense was led by
Michelle Chambers and Kerri
Walsh, who recorded 13 and 10
kills, respectively.
Washington Invitational
brings mixed results
Mirjam Swanson
lor the Emerald
In its final tournament until Jan
uary, the Oregon men’s tennis
team had mixed results at the
Washington Invitational in Seat
tle this weekend.
Several Ducks posted wins dur
ing a successful first day of com
petition on Friday, but most of
Oregon’s players faltered in their
remaining matches.
On Sunday, Oregon posted
three victories with Carols Navar
ro and David
Becker com
bining for a 7
6, 6-3 doubles’
win against a
pair irom iNew
Mexico. Carlos
and teammate
Bertrand DeV
illiers also scored individual vic
tories on Sunday.
However, Saturday was a tough
day for the Ducks. Their only win
came in the doubles’ competition
when junior Guillermo Carter and
Devillers teamed up to defeat Ryan
Davies and Jon Svensson from Min
nesota, 8-1. Before that win, Carter
and Devillers lost to Washington’s
Robert Kendrick and Jeremy
Berman in two sets, 6-3,6-4.
The Ducks lost all of their other
matches on the day. Minnesota’s
Adam Selkirk beat Devillers 6-3,
6-4, and Svensson overtook fresh
man Thomas Schneiter in straight
sets, 6-4,6-0.
Navarro came up short as well,
losing to Martin Michalowski, 6-2,
6- 2. Becker lost 6-4,6-4 to the Gold
en Gophers’ Martin Kristofferson.
Also in action was Oregon’s
Miguel Arriaga. The senior first
lost to Washington’s Chuck Tilley,
7- 5,6-0, then to Minnesota’s Jorge
Duenas,6-4,6-4.
Oregon’s Alex Christy, a fresh
man, also suffered two losses Sat
urday, falling twice in straight
sets. First to the Huskies’ Jeff Eich
er, 6-3, 6-0 and then to Karl Sloss
from Minnesota, 6-4,6-2.
The Ducks fared better on Fri
day, as they began the tournament
with four wins and only two losses.
Carter beat Minnesota’s Adam
Selkirk, 3-6,6-4,7-5, and Devillers
had his way with Marius Lunde of
Washington, 6-2,6-2.
Navarro was also victorious,
beating Minnesota’s Kristofferson
in three sets, 6-3,3-6,6-3.
Another win came by way of
Oregon’s duo of Arriaga and Beck
er, who defeated Minnesota’s
Sloss and Davies, 6-7,6-2,6-3.
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