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that the team is multi-faceted
now,” Steffen said.
“When we go up to Washington
[this weekend], we believe any play
er can score the goal to help us win.”
Senior sweeper Carrie McLana
han agreed.
“It was very encouraging be
cause now we’re not counting on
just Erin [Anderson] and Chalise
[Baysa],” McLanahan said.
Steffen is happy with the way
Oregon’s freshmen have played
thus far this season, saying they
are playing “less minutes, but that
puts pressure on them, which is
good because it makes them
stronger mentally.”
One underclassman who im
pressed Steffen against Oregon
State was sophomore goalkeeper
Sarah Peters, who saw her first ex
tensive duty since the second half
of the Ducks’ 4-0 victory over
Auburn on Oct. 1.
“I thought she made things look
easy,” Steffen said. “There were
situations where if she hadn’t han
dled them smoothly, there could
have been problems.
“She was very poised considering
she has not seen many minutes. ”
Still a shot
Oregon still believes it has an
outside chance of making the
NCAA Tournament, a feat never
before accomplished in the histo
ry of the program.
To realistically have a shot, it
needs to win against teams that it has
had little success with in the past.
The Ducks travel to Washington
and Washington State this week
end. Oregon is 0-6 against the
Huskies and Cougars in the last
three seasons. But the Ducks have
been steadily improving against the
Washington schools, losing by only
a goal to each team last season after
being outscored 10-1 in their first
four meetings with both.
Brett Williams is a sports reporter for the Emerald.
He can be reached via e-mail at bwilliam@glad
stone.uoregon.edu.
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