Ducks come home from LA. empty handed
■ I he volleyball team tails to
No. 4 USC and No. 5 UCLA and
is still searching for its first
Pac-10 win
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
While Eugene celebrated the foot
ball team’s victory over rival Wash
ington this weekend, more than 850
miles away in Los Angeles, the Ore
gon volleyball team was not in such
a joyous mood.
The Ducks (7-6 overall, 0-5 Pacif
ic-10) started the weekend with a
15-6,15-6,15-1 loss to No. 5 UCLA
(9-4, 4-1), then fell on Saturday to
No. 4 USC 15-5,15-3,15-5.“The bot
tom line is that when you’re on the
road you need to minimize runs by
the home team and you need to
compete with more energy to give
yourself a chance to win,” Ferreira
said. “And in this conference you
need to be ready to play back-to
back nights.”
USC, the nation’s best team ac
cording to Volleyball Magazine, ex
tended its winning streak to 33
games this weekend. The Trojans
(11-0,6-0) stymied the Ducks .hold
ing them to a .193 attack percentage.
Three Trojans hit above a .450 clip.
“We played really tough and
played with a lot more effort than we
did last night against UCLA,” Ban
ducci said. “We controlled the intan
gibles — had good communication,
great passing and were very emotion
al — but USC is a No. 1 team and
probably the best we'll see all year.”
On Friday night, Oregon fell be
hind quickly to the Bruins, trailing
11-0 in the first and 6-0 in the second
game. The Ducks were also held to a
.041 attack percentage against the
Bruins and failed to win at least one
game for the first time since begin
ning Pac-10 play this season.
UCLA tallied 50 kills, compared
to the Ducks’ 29, and recorded more
blocks (11-4) than the visiting team.
Junior outside hitter Monique Tob
bagi had seven kills and six digs for
the Ducks, while senior Amy Ban
ducci added six kills and seven digs.
“I’m very disappointed and sur
prised at how we played,” head
coach Carl Ferreira said of Friday’s
performance against the Bruins.
“We were out-of-sync with our
game plan and we didn’t play with
chemistry.”
Heading into Los Angeles, the
Ducks were the conference’s top
serving team, averaging 2.09 aces
per game. Against the league’s two
toughest opponents, however, Ore
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gon also failed to block any of USC’s
attacks, as the Trojans out-blocked
the Ducks 5-0.
Tobbagi again poised the Ducks,
recording nine kills, three digs and
an overall attack percentage of .500.
“We didn't play poorly tonight at
all," Ferreira said. “We've been serv
ing the ball very well and we served
very well tonight, but USC has ex
ceptional ball handling skills. It was
the best we've seen all year. Their of
fense was the most balanced we
have faced and they were just ex
tremely sound.”
With the toughest road trip now
passed, the Ducks will try to win
their first conference match of the
season against the Arizona schools
this weekend.
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