Resilient Ducks hopeful despite disappointments
was rather successful
forthe Oregon volleyball team,
even without any Pac-10 wins
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
If nothing else, the 2001 season
was one of growing pains and
heartache for the Oregon volleyball
team.
After starting off the year with an
8-1 record in non-conference play,
the squad knew its true colors
would have to show against its Pa
cific-10 Conference foes. Those col
ors did show, but they just weren’t
bright enough.
For the first
time in the pro
gram’s 32-year
existence, the
Ducks failed to
win a confer
ence match,
finishing the
year 0-18 in the
Pac-10 and 9-21 overall. After a 10
win campaign in his first season as
Oregon’s head coach, Carl Ferreira
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took a step back this year.
“First off, it’s disappointing,”
Ferreira said. “You start with cer
tain goals you feel are attainable.
Any time you don’t achieve those
goals you’ve set for yourself, it’s dis
appointing.”
The Ducks did achieve some of
their goals this season, even though
they can’t be measured by wins and
points.
Coming into the year, the team
featured many new faces. Juniors
Stephanie Martin and Lindsay
Closs came to the Ducks after two
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years in other programs — Martin
at a Southern Idaho junior college
and Closs at Fresno State. Martin
captured All-Pac-10 honorable
mention honors after recording 321
kills, second-best on the squad.
Closs, meanwhile, had 285 kills
and was second to Martin’s 126
blocks, with 119.
Freshmen Katie O’Neil and Lau
ren Westendorf came to Oregon in
their first year of collegiate play,
struggling early on in the confer
ence season but eventually earning
high marks. Westendorf may be the
future of Oregon volleyball — an
other Monique Tobbagi-like hitter
— after coming on strong late in the
season to earn 39 kills, but more
important, 77 digs.
“Our record does not reflect how
hard we fought this season, how
well we played at times, or how
hard we worked in practice every
day,” Westendorf said. “We were a
very close and relentless team.”
In Tobbagi, the Ducks say good
bye to their heart and soul for the
last four seasons. Although she did
not start off the season as well as
she would have liked, Tobbagi’s
resurgence toward the end of the
year was reflected in the team’s
play. A near win against California
in early November was due, in
large part, to Tobbagi’s control of
the match, and the next night, in an
even better match against Stanford,
she played with a desire not seen in
many others in the conference.
Tobbagi leaves Oregon as only
the fifth plaver since 1986 to record
1,000 kills/
In addition, the Ducks lose setter
Julie Gerlach, who finished the sea
son with 437 assists. Gerlach’s
2,738 career assists places her third
all-time in Oregon history.
“It’s sad to end their career,” Fer
reira said about the team’s two sen
iors. “They’ve been athletes for a
long time and they’ve put in a lot of
hours for success.”
If there was one key word that
could be used for this year’s squad,
it would be “resiliency.” After be
ing dominated early on in confer
ence play, Oregon came back in the
second half with determination.
The Ducks played California, Stan
ford and USC with confidence late
in the year, and almost pulled out
three victories against ranked
teams. A lesser team may have
hung their heads, but there was no
disappointment shown on the Ore
gon faces.
“We didn’t accomplish some of
the things we wanted to, but I don’t
think it defines the character these
kids have,” Ferreira said. “I think
they’ve showed character all year to
be as resilient as they have. This
team was probably twice as good as
last year’s.”
If success was measured by wins,
then this year was a positive one for
the Oregon women. But the Ducks
will have a difficult task to improve
their record next season.
“The Pac-10 is an amazing con
ference and I feel so lucky to have
competed in it,” Westendorf said. “I
really look forward to next season
and using what I learned this year
to help me next year.”
Emerald sports reporter Hank Hager can be
reached at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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