Autzen loss
continued from page 9
around in the evening and think
about what you could have done.
“It's not going to be an easy
night.’’
There weren’t many easy an
swers for the Ducks in their
postgame interviews as they tried
to come up with the exact words to
sum up their emotions after suffer
ing their first loss of the season.
“I really can’t describe how I’m
feeling,” Onterrio Smith said.
The lone blemish on its 6-1
record not only ends the fabled
Autzen Stadium win streak, but
ends any chance Oregon had of
competing against the likes of Mi
ami, Nebraska and Oklahoma in
the Rose Bowl with the national
championship on the line.
And while the Pacific-10 Con
ference title is still within reach,
these Ducks know that the win
dow of opportunity to play for all
the marbles only comes around so
often.
“We won a conference champi
onship last year,” Keenan Howry
said. “We didn’t want a conference
championship this year. We want
ed a national championship. It’s a
big disappointment. We had this
game in our hands.”
Howry mentioned how crazy it
was that the three longest home
win streaks in the nation all fell
in successive weeks. Florida
State had held the top spot before
losing to Miami at home on Oct.
13. Fresno State then moved up
to secdnd behind Oregon, but the
Bulldogs lost at home on Friday
to Boise State.
And then the Ducks, with a
charged up Homecoming crowd
behind them, couldn’t pull off an
other can ’t-believe-y our-eyes-ty pe
win at Autzen.
Instead, Harrington’s last second
Hail Mary attempt fell incomplete
behind three Oregon receivers and
the Ducks were faced with the cold
reality of a home loss.
“It had to slip sooner or later,”
Rashad Bauman said. “It’s difficult
to swallow because you never
want to come out and disappoint
your fans.”
Added Howry: “It can bend and
bend, and finally, some things
break. And it broke today.”
Soccer
continued from page 9
minute, on an assist from junior
goalie Sarah Peters. The assist was
Peters’ second of the season, and
was the second ever for an Oregon
keeper.
But soon after Baysa’s goal, Ari
zona freshman Candice Wilks put
her own stamp on the game. The
freshman notched her team-lead
ing 12th point of the season with
an assist on Liz Bartlett’s goal in
the 29th minute. Midway through
the second half, Wilks added a
goal — her sixth of the season —
from five yards out to give Arizona
the 2-1 win.
Steffen said Oregon’s player of
the game Friday was sophomore
forward Ann Westermark, who tal
lied two shots on the evening.
“Ann played the game of her
life,” Steffen said. “She sent so
many balls across, but we just
couldn’t put them away.”
Arizona was able to overcome a
large shot differential in the first
half. Oregon outshot the Wildcats
11-7 in the first half, and 16-15
overall.
The Ducks will face a tough Pac
10 test next weekend when they
host No. 2 UCLA and Southern
California. UCLA is undefeated
this season, while USC stands
fourth in the conference.
Jude
continued from page 9
when Harrington and the Ducks
must be their strongest.
A quote outside Oregon’s locker
room perhaps best dissects the re
mainder of the season: “If you want
to play in January, you have to play
today.”
For the Ducks, today comes in
the form of four more Saturdays.
Today is a new day and a new op
portunity.
Saturday’s gone. Done. Over.
It’s the next four Saturdays that
will again define Joey Harrington
and the Oregon Ducks.
Twenty years from now, don’t
wish you could have them back.
Adam Jude is the sports editor
for the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be
reached at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Oregon ends first half 0-9
■A disappointing loss to
Arizona leaves Oregon volleyball
winless and beleaguered in a
competitive Pac-10 conference
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
The end of the first half of Pacif
ic-10 Conference play has finally
come, and for the Oregon volley
ball team, it could not have come
at a better time.
Friday’s defeat at the hands of
the Arizona Wildcats left the
Ducks 0-9 in the Pac-10 season
for the fourth time in five years.
In addition, the loss in three
games (30-20, 30-21, 30-14) has
put head coach Carl Ferreira’s
squad in a virtual tailspin, having
lost their last 10 games in a row.
After 19 matches, Oregon is 8-11
overall.
Against Arizona, the Ducks had
almost no chance from the outset.
The Wildcats’ (13-3, 8-3) stingy de
fense led the way as Oregon hit for
only a .219 percentage in the first
game, including what would be a
team-high 12 kills in the set.
After the Ducks came back to
take the lead at 18-17, the Wild
cats won the next four points,
putting them in a commanding
position at 21-18. That wouldn’t
be the last run Arizona made, as
two kills by Erin Sebbas led to
the Wildcats’ six-point run that
put them ahead for good at 27-19.
Four plays later, the Ducks had
lost the game, 30-20.
Senior Monique Tobbagi led the
way for Oregon in game one. After
seeing her play suffer through the
first half of the year, one that even
saw her benched at the start of the
Oregon State match, Tobbagi has
come back strong. Her five kills in
the first game paved the way for
her strong overall play on the
night, and eventually reached a
team high 10 kills.
“I thought tonight was probably
her best match since the last time
we played Arizona,” Ferreira said
about the team’s leader. “How do
you get out of the box? Well, you
start hitting your way out.
“In the middle of game one, I
called her over and said ‘Welcome
back.’”
But from that point on, it all
went downhill for Oregon.
The Ducks stood even less of
chance against the No. 7 team in
the country, falling behind early,
10-5. Arizona junior Shannon
Torregrosa victimized the Ducks
in the second, leading the team
with six kills in the second, en
route to a nine-point win. Twice
in the game, head coach David
Rubio’s team ran the gambit on
the Ducks, sealing Oregon’s fate.
Two four-point runs stopped the
Ducks’ momentum, and led them
to lose their fifth straight game in
two days.
Despite the score, the energy
and the confidence the Ducks
showed on the court has been un
paralleled this season.
“I thought tonight was
probably her best match
since the last time we
played Arizona. How
do you get out of the box?
Well, you start hitting
your way out.”
Carl Ferreira
Oregon volleyball coach
“Tonight, we played Arizona,
and I really thought we played
and fought hard to the end,”
freshman Lauren Westendorf
said. “It’s something we’ve been
working on. (We’re) playing hard
throughout the whole game and
sustaining our level of competi
tiveness, as well as our mental
toughness. I think we really
showed that tonight.”
In game three, the Ducks didn’t
play hard enough to stay with Ari
zona. The Ducks could get only as
close as 6-4 in the final set, before
losing by 14. For the fifth time in
the match, Arizona had a run of
more than four points, with a nine
point outburst after already taking
the lead 4-2. Five points later, the
Ducks were again victim of a major
run of points by Arizona, this time
a four-pointer that put Rubio’s
squad ahead, 18-6.
“Game three, we had a hard time
getting going, but once we got go
ing I really liked how we played,”
Westendorf said. “Arizona had a
great game, they played well
tonight, and we did too, but they
sustained it longer.”
The Ducks sported nine kills in
the third game, but with nine er
rors as well. For the second night
in a row, a .000 hitting percentage
would hound them and send
them to their winless grave. In
each game, their percentage
wound down until it became
nothing.
“(Arizona) just wears you down,
and that’s what a nationally ranked
opponent does,” Ferreira said.
“You’re consistently trying to exe
cute, but they just execute better
and get a rhythm going. It’s really
more of what they did than what
we did, but that’s what will hap
pen when you have that kind of a
matchup.”
On the night, the Ducks were
outkilled (50-32) by the Wildcats,
outdigged (36-13) and their hit
ting percentage of .125 was al
most 300 points worse than Ari
zona’s .420. For the second night
in a row, Oregon was dominated
offensively.
It was, however, a seemingly
different Oregon team on the
floor. Redshirt freshman Alisa
Nelson earned her first collegiate
start against Arizona, had three
kills, and kept the Ducks fresh
with a new sense of energy on the
hardcourt. Junior Lindsay Closs
moved from the middle blocker
position to outside hitter, and al
though her four kills were below
average for her, the move could
pay off in dividends. And West
endorf played a large portion of
Friday’s match, coming up with
five kills.
“I made some adjustments in the
lineup tonight because I though we
needed to score more points,” Fer
reira said. “I took Closs from the
middle position, and put her in an
outside position. She had been do
ing so well in the middle, but we
just can’t get (the opponent) from
one or two positions, so we have to
be more balanced.
“Lauren is. an extremely gifted
player that doesn’t even under
stand yet what she can do at the
collegiate level,” he added. “It’s
just her getting repetitions, and lit
tle by little, she’s getting a little bit
more comfortable.”
The Ducks travel to Spokane,
Wash., on Tuesday to take on the
Gonzaga Bulldogs. First serve is at
7 p.m.
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