Steelers grab ninth straight Monday night victory
By Rick Gosseiin
The Dallas Morning News
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KRT) — The
Pittsburgh Steelers don't ask Ko
rdell Stewart to be a Pro Bowl
quarterback. They just ask him to
be the best quarterback on the field
on game day.
Quietly and surprisingly this
season, Stewart has done just that.
And the Steelers are riding a five
game winning streak as a result.
Stewart outdueled Pro Bowler
Steve McNair on Monday night in
Pittsburgh's 34-7 victory over the
Tennessee Titans.
It's not the plays that Stewart is
making that are separating him
from his competition. It's the plays
he isn't making — the fumbles, in
terceptions and sacks, the plays
that lose football games. The plays
that have plagued Stewart
throughout his career.
In the five-game winning streak
that has thrust the Steelers to the
top of the AFC Central, Stewart
has thrown only two touchdown
passes. But he also has thrown
only two interceptions and taken
12 sacks.
Opposing quarterbacks have
thrown five interceptions and tak
en 23 sacks in that same stretch.
They also have combined for only
three TD passes against the Steel
ers.
Pittsburgh is sound enough on
defense and in the running game
that it doesn't need Stewart to win
gamest. All the Steelers ask is that
he doesn't lose games. He's been
executing that game plan with few
flaws.
Stewart posted his first 200-yard
passing game of the season with no
turnovers against the Titans. He
passed for one touchdown and ran
for another to give the Steelers
their ninth consecutive Monday
night victory in Pittsburgh, but the
first at Heinz Field. McNair passed
for 175 yards and threw two inter
ceptions.
Stewart completed two passes
for 30 yards to tight end Mark
Bruener and one for 11 to Plaxico
Burress to lead a game-opening 78
yard drive that produced a short
Jerome Bettis touchdown run.
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Sports briefs
Arnaud falls in
consolation bracket
Oregon women’s tennis senior
Adeline Arnaud dropped a 6-3, 6-3
match Sunday morning in the con
solation bracket to Fresno State’s
Courtney Jantz at the ITA Rolex Re
gional in Palo Alto, Calif.
“It was a good tournament for
Adeline,” fifth-year Oregon head
coach Jack Griffin said. “She gained
a lot of experience that will pay off
at the end of the season. She could
have a very good year.”
King’s streak ends
The Oregon men’s tennis team
had a slate full of matches in the
second day of the ITA Regionals
held at Santa Clara University. Jo
han Paalberg was the only Duck to
come out victorious, but the match
experience was very valuable to the
young team.
Sophomore Chris King’s seven
match winning streak came to a
halt in the third round of main
draw singles when he lost to Chris
Lamb of Santa Clara 6-0, 6-4.
“We got a lot of matches in. Were
getting some much needed experi
ence,” Oregon head coach Chris
Russell said.
The Ducks’ doubles tandem of
Chris King and Johan Paalberg were
defeated in the third round.
— From staff and wire reports
Golfers prepare
for Hawaii tournament
The Oregon women’s golf team is
returning to warm weather and the
white sandy beaches for the Hawaii
Fall Golf Classic.
The tournament will be played
today and Wednesday at the par
72, 5,900-yard Kapolei Golf
Course, the site of one of the
Ducks’ best performances last
year. In team scores, the Ducks
finished sixth at 929, which was
their best finish last fall.
The competition for the tourna
ment is very diverse this year. The
classic has a 19-team field, includ
ing Brigham Young, Central Flori
da, Colorado, Oregon State and San
Jose State, just to name a few . No.
13 Arizona and No. 30 California
are the only two ranked teams com
peting.
“It’s our last midterm of the fall
and we’re looking to end on a good
note. We’re also looking for some
momentum going into the spring,”
Oregon head coach Shannon Rouil
lard said. “The course is pretty
straightforward and fairly flat. It’s a
very scoreable golf course.”
—Jesse Thomas for the Emerald
Pac-10
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“We’ve got a wide open race.”
Head-to-head matchups between
teams is the first tiebreaker to deter
mine who will gain the Pac-10’s top
spot for the berth in the Fiesta Bowl
against the Big 12 champion.
But in the case of Washington
and Oregon, because the two rivals
don’t play this year, the next
tiebreaker would be its non-confer
ence record. The Ducks went 3-0 in
that department, while the Huskies
are currently 2-0 with a huge con
test at top-ranked Miami looming
on Nov. 24.
Bauman and the Ducks know
that none of these scenarios mean
anything if they don’t beat Arizona
State this week, UCLA on Nov. 10
and Oregon State on Dec. 1.
“All we can do is take care of
our business, man,” Bauman said.
“It’s a toss-up every week to see
who’s going to coach better, play
better and see who can get their
boys riled up the most for the big
games.
“It’s no cakewalk.”
Oregon cracks the
top-10 in BCS
Five Pac-10 teams remained in
the Bowl Championship Series
rankings released Monday. Stan
ford heads the list at No. 6 with
UCLA dropping down to No. 9.
Oregon is in there at the 10th spot
followed by No. 11 Washington
and No. 12 Washington State.
Nebraska earned the top spot
with its win over Oklahoma,
which dropped to second. Miami,
which is ranked first in the Associ
ated Press poll and the coaches’
poll, is third.
The top two teams in the final
BCS rankings on Dec. 9 will be the
opponents in the Rose Bowl.
Volleyball
continued from page 5
ence, the second half of Pac-10 play
is boiling up to be one for the ages.
Oregon State still in the hunt
In what may be the biggest sur
prise of the Pac-10 season, the
Beavers are still in the hunt for the
Pac-10 title. At three games behind
Stanford, Oregon State has a slight
chance to capture the conference
lead, but is very much alive to
make the field of 64 for the NCAA
Tournament. After losing a tough
match against Washington State on
Thursday, the Beavers came back to
Gill Coliseum and took on Wash
ington.
Make that win No. 7 in the con
ference, and 14th overall, after the
Beavers slipped by the Huskies in
five games. But game five proved to
be a tough one for the squad from
Corvallis.
After losing game four in con
vincing fashion, 30-20, the Beavers
came back strong and nudged by
the Huskies, 15-11.
“Game five was the difference,”
Oregon State head coach Nancy
Somera told Washington’s The Dai
ly. “We were up big early on, and
there was never a question of who
was going to win that game. After
Washington’s offensive perform
ance in game four (when it hit
.553), we knew we couldn’t allow
them to carry that momentum into
game five. We jumped out to a 4-1
lead and halted their momentum.
We were able to maintain the lead
the rest of the game. ”
The road ahead
While every week in the Pac-10
can be tough, this week will repre
sent a critical point for most squads
in the conference.
In the first big matchup, No. 8
UCLA visits tough non-conference
opponent Pepperdine today. The
Waves are ranked No. 13 in the
country, but have yet to play a Pac
10 squad.
USC will have a chance to move
back into first place with matches
against Washington and Washing
ton State at Lyon Center in Los An
geles on Friday and Saturday. The
Trojans won both matches against
the Pacific Northwest schools earli
er this season in convincing fash
ion, defeating the Cougars and
Huskies in straight sets.
And finally, Oregon State will have
a chance to prove its worth when
Stanford comes calling Saturday.
The Cardinal blitzed Oregon
State in three games in early Octo
ber, but the Beavers stayed with
Stanford for most of game one only
to see it fall through their hands.
Oregon State setter Laura Collins
will need to be at the top of her
game for the Beavers to stand a
chance against the No. 3 team in
the nation.
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