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rival in game three by posting a
.405 attack percentage. An ace by
freshman Lindsay Murphy and a
kill by sophomore setter Sydney
Chute sealed the 15-3 victory.
“It is a sense of relief,” said Fer
reira, who won his first conference
game. “Our confidence was taken
away from us in the first half of the
Pac-10. But I’ve been saying all
along that I didn’t think we were
far from what we wanted to do ...
The fact that this was the Civil War
adds to the momentum we can uti
lize.”
Tobbagi committed just three er
rors and posted a .368 clip to lead
the Ducks with 17 kills.
“She was a stud,” Ferreira said
of the junior outside hitter. “She
was very patient tonight and did
n’t press at the wrong times.”
Gerlach and Chute combined for
34 assists and 33 of Oregon’s 130
total attacks.
“We’re clicking right now,” Ger
lach said. “We’re just having a lot
of fun and connecting well togeth
er.”
Overall, Oregon held the
Beavers to a .123 hitting percent
age and out-blocked the rival 10-6.
We played together as
a team and this win
definitely build confidence
for the second half of the
Pac-10.
Monique Tobbagi
Oregon outside hitter
“We were much more focused
coming into this game,” Tobbagi
said. “We played together as a
team and this win definitely
builds confidence for the second
half of the Pac-10.”
Despite starting a little sluggish,
the Ducks were able to pick up
their second sweep in as many
games against UC-Riverside Sun
day (15-11, 15-3, 15-12). The con
Autzen win
continued from page 7
line with two minutes, 34 seconds
remaining.
A delay-of-game penalty moved
the Wildcats back to their own five
yard line, but two plays later, Jenk
ins connected on a 19-yard pass to
receiver Brad Brennan. A quarter
back keeper and another pass to
Brennan moved the ball to the 48
yard line for another first down,
and the ensuing three plays led to a
fourth-and-one at the Oregon 46.
With 45 seconds left, Jenkins kept
the ball and lunged forward for a
three-yard gain.
Arizona used its final four at
d In weeks past, I’d come
in here and be a little
disappointed in how we
played because I tought
we’d missed some
opportunities. But this
week we played tough,
and we played hard every
time trying to move the
chains.
Joey Harrington
Oregon quarterback /.
tempts to launch the ball into the
end zone, and the first three were
blocked away by safety Ryan
Mitchell, cornerback Rashad Bau
man and cornerback Steve Smith.
In a last-second, hail-Mary at
tempt to win the game, Jenkins loft
ed a high-arching pass toward three
Arizona receivers in the end zone
as time expired, but Mitchell was
there to knock it away.
Moments after the ball hit the
turf, the field was flooded with
thousands of celebrating fans.
“It’s always tough with these two
teams because both programs have
a lot of pride,” Arizona defensive
end Joe Tafoya said. “Everybody’s
out there playing hard. This was
the best team we’ve played. We
came in here knowing it was going
to be a tough team to play but they
were just the better team tonight.”
Oregon’s offense has struggled at
times this season, but so far, either
the passing game or the running
game has been strong enough to
bury opponents.
However, nothing seemed to
work against the Wildcats.
Ranked fifth in the nation when
stopping the run, the Wildcats kept
Oregon from establishing its run
ning game. Maurice Morris man
aged 114 yards on 34 carries, with
one of those carries accounting for
19 yards.
Arizona also contained Duck
quarterback Joey Harrington, who
completed just 9-of-22 passes, de
spite the Wildcats having the No. 9
passing defense in the Pac-10 head
ing into the game.
“In weeks past, I’d come in here
and be a little disappointed in how
we played because I thought we’d
missed some opportunities,” Har
rington said. “But this week we
played tough, and we played hard
every time trying to move the
chains. That was just a very physi
cal defense, and we have to give
them credit.”
Fortunately for Oregon, Harring
ton connected two of his passes to
receiver Marshaun Tucker for
touchdowns in the first half. The
Ducks’ first touchdown capped a
seven-play drive on their second
possession of the game.
In the second quarter, Oregon’s
second touchdown drive began at
the Wildcats’ 22-yard line after an
interception by free safety Rasuli
Webster.
But after taking a 14-0 lead on
their second touchdown, the Ducks
struggled to move the chains down
field, and it soon became clear that
Oregon wouldn’t run away with
the game.
Jenkins found running back Lar
ry Croom wide open for the 42-yard
touchdown play midway through
the second quarter, and the Wild
cats scored on a field goal in the fi
nal 30 seconds of the half after
blocking Kurtis Doerr’s punt and re
covering at Oregon’s 14-yard line.
The Ducks had a chance to po
tentially put the game away when a
penalty advanced the ball to Ari
zona’s 14-yard line. But a costly
false start penalty moved the Ducks
back five yards, and then Morris
was tackled for a loss of five.
On fourth-and-16, place-kickei
Josh Frankel missed a 37-yard field
goal attempt that would have made
it a seven-point game.
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secutive wins were Oregon’s first
since 1991.
Tobbagi s 18 kills and .341 attack
percentage paced the Ducks. Maz
za had no errors and recorded nine
kills, nine digs, five blocks and a
.346 attack percentage.
The Highlanders (2-18) were
held to a minus-.156 clip in game
two and a .132 percentage overall.
The Ducks are the top serving
team in the Pac-10 and showed
why this weekend. A total of 13
aces were served up by Oregon
against the Beavers and UC-River
side, including four by Chute, who
is second in the conference in
service aces.
“We’ve been working on not
missing our service opportuni
ties,” Mazza said. “We have a vari
ety of serves, and I think our tem
po throws them off a little.”
The Ducks have a huge test at
the end of the week when No. 4
USC and No. 10 UCLA come to
town. Oregon was swept by both
teams in Los Angeles earlier this
season.
“We have nothing to lose now,”
Mazza said. “We just have to go
out with the same intensity and
play hard.”
Banducci said Oregon’s newly
found confidence has brought to
gether many of the team’s key
components.
“They [USC and UCLA] are not
expecting this team,” Banducci
said. “Our offense is flowing well,
which allows Halie and ‘Mo to just
rip the ball.”
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