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Best Bet College Volleyball: Oregon at Oregon State Fox SportsNet, 7:30 p.m. SPORTS EDITOR: JEFF SMITH Smittside@aol.com The Civil War Facing the Adversary ■ A win against the surprising Beavers would give the struggling Oregon volleyball team a momentum-booster into the second half of the season By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald How sweet it would be. A victory over the Beavers. You gotta love the sound of that. But, as an educated reader, you must be thinking that it would take a miracle for the Oregon volleyball team to win its first league match against a Beaver squad that is the biggest surprise in the Pacific-10 Conference this season. Impossible, vou sav? Hardly. In their first meeting of the season, back on Sept. 19 at McArthur Court, the Ducks (7-10 overall. 0-9 Pac-10) nearly defeated their heated rival. First-year head coach Carl Ferreira’s club took a quick 2-0 lead and was confident it was on its way to a successful start to the Pac-10 season. Then the bottom fell out. In a tenacious effort, the Beavers (14 6, 5-4) deflated Mac Court and the Ducks in a come-from-behind 3-2 win (12-15, 12-15, 15-11, 15-10, 15-12). The two teams haven’t been the same since. Oregon State has gone on to win five conference matches, including a win at then-No. 5 UCLA. The Ducks, on the other hand, are still searching for their first Pac-10 win. “Early conference confidence is cru cial,” Ferreira said. “And what we failed to grasp, they snagged.” What the Beavers grabbed is their best start since 1993 and a fourth-place ticket in the Pac-10, behind three of the na tion’s elite — USC, Arizona and UCLA .The Beavers were projected to finish eighth in the conference. Tonight’s Civil War rematch will be broadcast on Fox Sports Northwest at 7 p.m. The teams have split each season’s series the past two years. “We are struggling right now,” Fer reira said. “We need an injection of en ergy. And being live on Fox Sports and going up against our number-one rival Tu rn to Volleyball, page 8A Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald Senior middle blocker Halie Mazza (17) and the Ducks are looking for revenge after an emotional 3-2 loss to the Beavers Sept. 19 at McArthur Court. Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald Angela Romero (7) and the rest of the Ducks could grab a fifth straight win against the Beavers tonight. ■The Ducks have had the upper hand in soccer’s Civil War, winning the last four meetings by a combined score of 12-2 By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald This weekend could be very kind to the Oregon soccer team. While the Pacific-10 Conference’s top programs battle it out on other fields, the Ducks get to return home and face Oregon State, a team that has been an automatic “W” on Oregon’s schedule for four years. But that doesn’t mean the Ducks are overlooking the Beavers. “It’s intense, but in a different manner,” Oregon head coach Bill Steffen said. The Ducks (4-11-0, 1-3-0 Pac-10) will take on Oregon State (6-9-1,0-3-1) at Pape Field today at 3 p.m. Oregon has beaten the Beavers in the teams’ last four meet ings, and the Ducks have outscored Ore gon State 12-2 over that stretch. Oregon’s one Pac-10 win this season came on Pape Field, a 3-0 victory over Ari zona two weeks ago. Last week the Ducks were roughed up in Los Angeles, losing to No. 13 Southern California, 3-0, and No. 7 UCLA, 8-0. Ore gon State fared nearly as poorly against On Tap: Who: Oregon soccer vs. Oregon State When: Friday at 3 p.m. Where: Pape Field those schools, losing 3-0 to UCLA and 5-2 to the Trojans. Oregon State is one of two teams in the Pac-10 — Arizona being the other — with a worse record than Oregon. The Beavers have gone six games without a win, al though they did tie Arizona 1-1 in Corval lis. Oregon State’s last win came Sept. 26th against Portland State. The Ducks could be the beneficiaries of a Pac-10 mix-up this week if they can beat the Beavers. No. 3 Washington will take on the ranked Los Angeles schools, while No. 20 Stanford and No. 8 California will take on Arizona and Arizona State. When the dust clears, Oregon could find them selves back in the thick of the Pac-10 race. That’s just what Steffen and his team Turn to Soccer, page 6A Hoops teams set to perform before football game The Oregon basketball programs will be making their tint appearances of the season on Saturday By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Are you ready for some bas ketball? Yup, the Oregon hoops sea son is approaching and on Sat urday, both the men’s and women’s teams will be giving fans an opportunity to check them out for the first time. The basketball teams will be a part of the pre-game festivi ties scheduled for the No. 7 Oregon football team’s Pacific 10 Conference clash with No. 21 Arizona. Both the men and the women will be holding an ex hibition-type practice at 4:15 p.m. in the Moshofsky Center. Admission is free, but only for those who have tickets to the football game. “It gives the fans the opportu nity to see these guys,” men’s basketball head coach Ernie Kent said. “And it gives the new guys the opportunity to perform in front of a new environment and new people to maybe get some of those jitters out as we head toward our season.” Kent enjoys showcasing his team on a football game day and is thrilled with the football team’s success. “As an athletic department, it’s just a great time right now to be a Duck,” Kent said. “I’ve gone to school here back in the ‘70s, and I’ve never seen it like this, where there’s just so much success all the way around.” The teams will run through a few short practice drills, then take part in shooting and skill competitions for the enjoyment of the fans. There will be auto graph opportunities available for kids when the session con cludes^ 5 p.m. Thelfromenhpen their exhi bition season Nov. 3 at home, and the men take the floor of McArthur Court Nov. 6. Harrington to chat on ESPN.com ESPN just can’t get enough of the Ducks. Today at noon, junior quar terback Joey Harrington will be taking part in a chat with fans from across the nation on ESPN.com. To get straight to the ESPN chat page go to: http://espn.go.com/communi ty/chat. Harrington is coming off a week in which he completed 2 7 of 4 2 passes for a career high 382 yards while leading the Ducks to a 28-17 road win overUSC.
