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The Oregon volleyball team will battle a tough conference and new scoring, but the Ducks are confident all the same.
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Aug. 26 in Eugene, then launches
into the regular season with anoth
er home matchup Aug. 31 against
Gonzaga.
Volleyball
How much of an impact did
coach Carl Ferreira have on the
Oregon volleyball program last
year? In terms of the Ducks’
record, not much. Oregon went
10-19 last season and only man
aged two wins in Pacific-10 Con
ference play.
But that was only a tune-up, Fer
reira said.
“I’m dealing with a much more
mature group of players this sea
son,” Ferreira said. “They know
what they want.”
Not only have the Ducks learned
a mew winning attitude under the
new coach, but he has brought in
new talent as well. In two major re
cruiting coups, Ferreira landed last
year’s Oregon Gatorade Player of
the Year, outside hitter Katie
O’Neil, and the national junior col
lege player of the year, middle
blocker Stephanie Martin.
Joining the new recruits, fear
some outside hitter Monique Tob
bagi should continue to star for the
Ducks. Tobbagi has led Oregon in
kills per game for the past two sea
sons, and her hard-hitting presence
should be felt around the league
once more.
This season, the Oregon squad
will have to deal with a major
NCAA rule change in scoring. All
matches will now be.rally scoring,
which eliminates side-outs and
speeds up the game.
The Ducks begin their quest for
the NCAA Tournament with an ex
hibition game at the Moshofsky
Center Saturday, as part of the Ore
gon football team’s autograph day.
Cross Country
The Oregon men’s cross coun
try team will try to build on last
season’s NCAA track and field
success, while the women long
distance runners will try to quick
ly bring some new blood through
the ranks.
Jason Hartmann should star once
again for the men, who also return
Adam Bergquist, John Lucas, Brett
Holts and Noel Paulson from last
year’s team. All those runners fin
ished in the top 25 at the Pacific-10
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year.
On the women’s side, the Ducks
lost two of their top athletes, Katie
Crabb and Hanna Smedstad, to
graduation. A handful of other run
ners, including Eri Macdonald,
Tara Struyk and Laura Harmon,
will try to perform in the absence of
Crabb and Smedstad.
Both the men and women will
compete in six races, if they can
qualify for the NCAA Champi
onships. The Ducks will jump
start their season at the Roy Griak
Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.,
Sept. 22.
Golf
Traditionally, the Oregon golf
teams bookend their year-long sea
son with tough tournaments. They
open with some test tournaments,
and, of course, try to end at the
NCAA Championships.
This year will be no different.
The women open Sept. 24 at the
NCAA Fall Preview, a tournament
that usually boasts last year’s
NCAA Championships partici
pants, while the men will see tough
competition Sept. 9 at the North
west Classic, hosted by Oregon
State.
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