Leading the pack toward the end of ‘happy’ times
■ Halie Mazza and Amy
Banducci will compete in the
final matches of their careers
against Stanford and Cal
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The scene looked rather bleak for
Oregon’s two seniors last Friday.
It was the end of their careers in a
home volleyball uniform, and they
had just been thoroughly beaten in
front of friends and family.
But that didn’t matter to a group
of about 30 young fans, who eagerly
waited outside the women’s locker
room of McArthur Court, hoping to
catch a final glimpse of Halie Maz
za and Amy Banducci.
The mob, swarming Banducci as
she made her first appearance after
the match, waved pamphlets and
posters in hopes of taking home
some autographed memorabilia.
For Banducci, this is what it’s
been all about during her four years
in a Duck uniform.
“The fans here are great. It’s al
ways nice to see such friendly faces
after a match,” said Banducci, a
Malibu, Calif., native. “That was
one of the biggest reasons I decided
to come here.
“I had a little girl tell me that she
“was me for Halloween, and that
was the nicest feeling in the
world.”
While they haven’t had as much
success as they would have liked,
the two seniors said playing Divi
sion I volleyball has been a tremen
dous experience.
“It’s been a great learning experi
ence for me,” said Banducci, who
has played in 386 out of 398 total
games in her four-year career. “I’ve
endured a lot ... and I have no re
grets.”
Mazza, the team leader in blocks
and attack percentage, transferred
from Texas-Arlington after her
sophomore campaign, despite lead
ing the squad to a 24-7 overall
record and a conference champi
onship. Texas was just not the place
for her, she said, and the decision to
come home was not a difficult one.
“I wasn’t a happy person in
Texas,” the 6-foot middle blocker
from Hood River, Ore., said. “I’m
very happy I came here. I’ve en
joyed the time here, especially with
my teammates, who I am definitely
going to miss.”
A new volleyball life under first
year head coach Carl Ferreira’s sys
tem has not been an easy adjust
ment for the team, but Mazza and
Banducci have helped mold the
team into a potential conference
contender in the years to come.
“Players spend a lot more time
with each other than they do the
coaches,” Ferreira said. “You need
the upper-division kids to believe
in the philosophy. [Mazza and Ban
ducci] have put a blind trust in me,
and they haven’t complained about
anything.”
All season, Ferreira has said that
the team follows in the footsteps of
its upper-division leaders — prima
rily Banducci and Mazza. The
added pressures of having to carry
the team mentally took some ad
justment for the duo in the begin
ning of the season, but their leader
ship has netted the Ducks their best
season in four years (10-15 overall,
2-14 Pacific-10 Conference).
“I think we’ve come a long way
and are more consistent leaders
now,” Mazza said.
Additionally, a strong support for
each other on and off the court has
molded their leadership skills.
“We get along really well,” said
Banducci, who is eighth on the Pac
10’s active digs list with 642.
“We’ve come a lot closer and un
derstand each other better. We help
each other out a lot... and are able
to laugh at each other on the court
and be competitive at the same
time.”
In the final Pac-10 road trip of
their careers, Banducci and Mazza
are looking to upset one of the top
programs in the nation tonight —
No. 21 Stanford (15-11, 8-8). They
will finish the regular season Fri
day at Berkeley.
“1 want to go out with a win,”
Banducci said.
In the first two conference
matches of the season, the Ducks
took both the Cardinal and Cal to
five games.
“Considering the amount of ef
fort they put in, I really want to win
just for them,” Ferreira said.
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Catharine Kendall Emerald
For four years, Banducci (right) has been an integral part of the program, while Mazza
(left) has led the team in blocks and attacking for the last two years.
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