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The members
of Oregon‘s
volleyball team
are ready to dig
deep in hopes
of improving on
recent results.
Oregon hopes youth prevails
Abundant depth will be
an advantage when the
Ducks’ season begins
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
It was just shy of a year ago
when seniors Madeline Ernst and
Alii White led the Oregon volley
ball team to its best Pacific-10 Con
ference finish in eight years (3-15),
tying the Ducks for eighth place.
The Ernst-White tandem com
peted fiercely, despite the Ducks'
unfavorable record. Ernst’s 1,348
career kills ranks fourth on Ore
gon’s all-time list, and White’s de
fensive abilities made her the
Ducks’ leading blocker.
Ernst and White were the big
guns. When the team wasn’t
pulling together, they were de
pended upon to keep the ship
from sinking.
But if the Ducks plan to more
competitive in the Pac-10 this sea
son, they’ll have to find another
way of keeping themselves afloat.
Out of a 14-woman roster, nine
are underclassmen and only three
starters will return. Gone is the
leadership of Ernst and White,
who ended their Oregon careers
last season.
“We’re not going to have one
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powerhouse next year, outside
hitter Amy Banducci said. “We’re
all going to have to come together
as a team and play our positions
really well.”
Fifth-year head coach Cathy
Nelson is not certain how easy it
will be to mesh a team of young
players into a winning one. Even
building the starting roster could
be difficult. Nelson doesn’t know
who the leading middles will be,
because those
returning at the
position did not
see much play
ing time last sea
son.
However, she
maintains that
while the Ducks’ youth presents
some problems, it should prove to
be advantageous in the long run
because it gives Oregon more
depth than many of its opponents.
“Our strength is our depth,”
Nelson said. “There is not much
difference from our top six players
to our next four or five.”
Not to say the team will be with
out leadership.
Sophomore Monique Tobbagi
returns after working her way into
the starting lineup halfway
through last season. Her power as
an outside hitter placed her third
on the team m kills per game (2.58)
and fourth in overall kills (214).
“I know what I expect of myself,
and I know what my coaches ex
pect of me,” Tobbagi said. “I’m
hoping to step it up and be a leader
on the court this season, but my
main goal is to be consistent.”
Adding experience to the outside
is Banducci. The junior made the
transition last season hum the back
row to outside hitter, leading the
Ducks with 270 digs and placing third
on the team in kills with 233 spikes.
A third player who could be in
strumental to Oregon’s season is
sophomore setter Julie Gerlach.
She made a strong debut for the
Ducks last season, finishing with
honorable mention Pac-10 all
Freshman team selection honors.
Her first-year total of 1,540 assists
already places her fifth on Ore
gon’s all-time assist list.
Tobbagi, Banducci and Gerlach,
along with senior Shellie Nisle
and sophomore Annie Pogue,
stayed in Eugene throughout
much of the summer to prepare for
the upcoming season.
“Everything is moving in a posi
tive direction right now,” Nelson
said. “We’re excited to get started. ”
The Ducks’ season begins Sept. 1,
when they travel to Chestnut Hill,
Mass, to take on Boston College
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