Ducks drop first two matches of Pac-10 season
■ After starting the season 8-1,
Oregon loses to Arizona and
Arizona State in conference play
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon volleyball team trav
eled to Arizona this weekend looking
to upset the No. 3 Arizona Wildcats
and the always-tough Arizona State
Sun Devils but came away with two
losses to start the Pacific-10. Confer
ence season.
On Thursday, the Ducks (8-3 over
all, 0-2 Pac-10) took on the Wildcats
(7-0, 2-0) in Tucson, Ariz., at the
McKale Center, but could muster
only one game win in a 30-19, 30-19,
31-33, 30-18 loss.
After trailing 18-14 in the third
game, the Ducks may have made a
„ name for themselves in the confer
ence with a strong comeback.
A key block by setter Sydney Chute
and middle blocker Lindsay Closs
* helped the Ducks tie the game at 25,
only to see Arizona take a 5-2 run and
push their lead even further. With the
Wildcats leading 29-26 in the third
stanza, the Ducks held off match
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Top 25
1. Miami, Fla. (2-0)
2. Florida (3-0)
3. Oklahoma (3-0)
4. Nebraska (4-0)
5. Texas (3-0)
6. Oregon (3-0)
7. Tennessee(2-0)
8. Virginia Tech (3-0)
9. Georgia Tech (3-0)
10. Fresno State (4-0)
11. Kansas State (2-0)
12. UCLA (3-0)
13. Washington (2-0)
14. LSU (2-0)
15. South Carolina (3-0)
16. Northwestern (2-0)
17. Michigan (2-1)
18. Florida State (2-1)
19. Oregon State (1-1)
20. BYU (3-0)
21. Mississippi State (1-1)
22. Illinois (3-0)
23. Michigan State (2-0)
24. Purdue (2-0)
25. Toledo (3-0)
Coaches’ Top 25
I. Miami, Fla. (2-0)
1 2. Florida (3-0)
3. Oklahoma (3-0)
4. Nebraska (4-0)
* 5. Texas (3-0)
6. Oregon (3-0)
7. Virginia Tech (3-0)
8. Tennessee (2-0)
9. Kansas State (2-0)
10. UCLA (3-0)
II. Georgia Tech (3-0)
12. Washington (2-0)
13. Fresno State (4-0)
14. LSU (2-0)
15. Florida State (2-1)
16. South Carolina (3-0)
17. Michigan (2-1)
18. Northwestern (2-0)
19. Oregon State (1-1)
20. BYU (3-0)
21. Purdue (2-0)
22. Mississippi State (1-1)
23. Illinois (3-0)
24. Michigan State (2-0)
25. Clemson (2-1)
point with a kill by outside hitter
Heather Gilmore. After a service error
by Arizona, the Ducks took the lead at
32-31. Gilmore again came up big, se
curing the Ducks’ first Pac-10 game
win of the season with a service ace.
The Ducks led four times in the
third game, but Arizona dominated in
the fourth and deciding game, ending
the chances of an
Oregon comeback.
Outside hitter
Monique Tobbagi
led the Ducks with
16 kills, but
Gilmore was the
key player in the
match for the
Ducks, helping Oregon hand Arizona
its first game loss this season.
Gilmore has emerged as a new offen
sive force for the Ducks, comple
menting Tobbagi.
Also helping the Ducks to an im
pressive showing against the Wild
cats were middle blocker Stephanie
Martin, who had 12 kills, Closs, who
had a team leading six blocks, and
outside hitter Lindsay Murphy, lead
ing the team with 10 digs.
In the second match of the week
end, the Ducks, riding high after an
impressive performance against Ari
zona, traveled to Tempe, Ariz., look
ing to end the Sun Devils (6-4, 1-1)
four match winning streak.
With 876 in attendance at Wells
Fargo Arena, the Ducks fell in three
straight games to the Sun Devils, 30
17,30-19,30-27.
Despite six kills by Murphy in the
first game, the Ducks fell behind ear
ly, 9-3, and could not recover.
The Sun Devils again dominated
the second game, leading 3-0 early
on. The Ducks never led the second
game, and a 25-12 run by the Sun
Devils put the Ducks away for good.
Finally, in the third game, Oregon
jumped to a 5-1 lead before Arizona
State came back to tie the score at 7-7.
Eight more lead changes led to a dead
lock at 26 before the Sun Devils even
tually won 30-27.
After being offensively dominated
by the Wildcats in the earlier match,
tlie Ducks could not do much else
against the Sim Devils. Thirty-five kills,
led by Martin’s 13, were a far cry from
Arizona State’s 53. The Ducks tallied
no service aces in the match, while the
Sim Devils were able to record five.
However, the Ducks have looked
strong defensively in the first two
conference matches of the season. Af
ter recording 46 digs against Arizona,
the Ducks posted 29 in Tempe with
Murphy leading the way with eight
against the Sun Devils.
The front-line defense for the
Ducks has also turned in a strong per
formance so far. With 25 blocks
against Arizona, the Ducks helped set
the stage for the third game, which
turned out to be one of the team’s
strongest points of the early season.
But what has hurt the Ducks early
has been the team’s inability to main
tain a consistent offense. In each
match, the Ducks seemed to be flat
before coming out strong toward the
end. Arizona and Arizona State both
dominated the Ducks, leading Ore
gon in kills and service aces. For the
team to compete in the Pac-10, of
fense is key and has to be consistent.
The Ducks return to McArthur
Court on Friday and Saturday to host
Washington and Washington State.
The Ducks split the season series
with the Huskies last season and lost
both matches to the Cougars.
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