Coe
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Missy Coe cheos with her teammates during the second game against Washington last Sunday.
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pletely different, and it’s for the
best. I feel a lot more confident in
it, but it’s all because of’ the Ore
gon coaches.
On the contrary, Gamez said the
biggest improvement he has wit
nessed so far in Coe’s game has
come defensively behind the plate.
“The big thing that we contin
ue to stress is that we work on her
footwork,” Gamez said. “If she
keeps her feet moving and her
feet in good, ready position, it just
helps her a lot from the catching
standpoint. But defensively, she’s
done a good job.”
Recently, Gamez has often
started Coe at catcher in the first
game and then kept her potent bat
in the lineup in game two as the
designated player or in left field.
"Obviously, we want to get as
many bats that are going well as
we can in the lineup,” Gamez
said, “and that’s one of the ways
we can try to keep her in there.”
In the second game of Sun
day’s doubleheader loss to the
Huskies, Coe even showed off
some outfield skills. When
Washington’s Jennifer Spediac
ci drove Danielle Haag’s pitch to
deep left in the top of the sec
ond inning, Coe retreated, twist
ed, turned and made the catch
against the fence.
She’ll “do whatever it takes to
be successful, and that says a lot
about her as an individual,”
Gamez said. “She wants to suc
ceed regardless of who she’s play
ing against.”
Even if she is playing against
third- and fourth-grade boys in
little league.
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Offensive lineman Josh Beckett blocks linebacker Billy Prince during spring practice earlier this week.
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current offensive-line problems.
“We’re doing the same stuff —
we have the same plays and
everything,” Beckett said. “But
you learn one position, and you
get to know that position, and
then you come back and [Zoum
boukos] is always changing us
around.”
But the line is not denying the
fact that it has much room for im
provement. Moen said there is
“nothing that [the line] is doing
exceptionally well.”
“We need to work on our pass
protection and just overall com
munication,” Moen said. “Even
though we haven’t shown it in the
scrimmages, we’re working hard
out here on the practice field, so I
think we’ll come along here be
fore too soon.”
The offensive line faced major
setbacks because of injuries last
season. Left tackle Scott Fergus
was sidelined most of the season
with an injured shoulder, but he
received a medical redshirt year
and will be able to play this sea
son.
However, Fergus’ shoulder still
has him watching from the side
lines.
“It’s unfortunate because he
will be a senior next year,” Zoum
boukos said. “But Scott is not
helping himself by all this time
ne’s missing. It’s through no fault
of his own. Until he gets back out
here, we have to make do without
him.”
Until Fergus returns to the line,
Zoumboukos said Moen and
Beckett will be critical in uniting
the offense.
“Both of those players will have
been in the Oregon program for
five years,” Zoumboukos said.
“Thqy have to be leaders. They’re
both very quiet individuals, so
they’re the type that will lead
more by example than by any
words.”
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