Oregon daily emerald., October 02, 2002, Page 13, Image 13

Ducks ‘close’ to ending Pac-10 losing streak
Oregon is still looking
for its first Rac-1 Ovictory
since the 2000 season
Volleyball
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
With weekend losses to conference
foes California and Stanford, Oregon
volleyball’s Pacific-10 Conference los
ing streak reached 25 games.
The Ducks’ last conference win
came on Nov. 9, 2000 — against
Washington — as Oregon failed to
win a Pac-10 match for the first time
in program history last year.
Oregon was impressive against
California in what was ultimately a
loss for the Ducks. Oregon sported a
2-1 lead entering the fourth game
but was outlasted in the end by the
Golden Bears.
“We’re very close,” senior Lindsay
Gloss said. “There was a lot of antici
pation and a lot of excitement. We
did put ourselves in a position to the
win the match.”
Gloss, a transfer from Fresno
State last season, has yet to win a
Pac-10 match as a member of the
Ducks. Lauren Westendorf and
Katie O’Neil, both sophomores,
also haven’t beaten a conference
opponent.
In what may be a silver lining to
the cloud of Oregon’s loss to Cali
fornia was the confidence the
Ducks showed.
“When I was serving, I was think
ing ‘you’ve got to be confident,’”
Westendorf said. “You can’t go out
there and say, ‘I hope it goes our
way, I hope they make a mistake.’
You have to be confident and say,
‘This will go our way, this will be our
first Pac-10 win.’”
Not your average
freshman
When Jodi Bell entered the Ore
gon program at the beginning of the
season, she brought her winning
bloodlines and accolades.
Not only did the freshman lead
Sam Barlow High School in Boring,
Ore., to state runner-up crowns in
2000 and 2001, she was named the
Oregon Division 4A Player of the
Year in 2000. In 2002, Volleyball
Magazine named her as one of its
Fab-50 athletes.
Expected to come off the bench
early in the season, Bell has as
sumed the starting-setter spot and
has sparkled at the position.
She already leads the team in as
sists this season with 539, and has
contributed with 23 service aces,
good enough for second on the
Oregon squad.
“I just go out there and represent
Oregon,” she said. “It’s a great feel
ing just being able to represent a
school like this.”
Serving to win
While Bell is second on the team
in aces, the Ducks as a whole have
improved on the serve. After record
ing just 137 aces in 2001, Oregon
has already posted 129 this year.
Gloss leads the team with 24,
while junior Lindsay Murphy and
freshman Kelly Russell both have 16.
At its current rate of seven aces
per match, Oregon would finish with
229 this season. The Ducks still have
far to go before setting the program
record as the 1984 squad finished
with 279.
Nevertheless, an improvement is an
improvement, and for Oregon, that
just might be enough for it to get a win
and break its 25-match Pac-10 slump.
Next up
Oregon takes on perennial rival
Oregon State Thursday at McArthur
Court. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Football life
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baseball at Santa Clara when we
played at UCLA. In one at-bat, he
walked, then stole second, third and
home. Then he went to the nearby
track meet in his baseball uniform
and won the broad jump.
“The big pay college players get
when they go in the pros is not good
for the game. It affects the play of
some in their last year, since they
don’t want to risk injury and the
chance to earn a big contract. Aside
from that, I don’t think any of them
are worth that much.
“When we had offices at Mae
Court, there was an easy way for
our coaches to get to know faculty
members. I’d urge them to go to
the Faculty Club down the street
to have lunch with them. We used
to show faculty groups game films,
and sometimes they’d come up
with some crazy play ideas, some
even against the rules.
“I was surprised that the athletic
administration building was named
after me. I just did my job there
(Until he was 95, Cas used to go to
his office there almost every day).
“I coached baseball in high
school. I had Hershel, the son of Ty
Cobb, on my team. He wasn’t very
good, but was good in football. He
just could not hit a baseball. Ty
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Cobb came by to ask, ‘Why aren’t
you playing my boy more?’ I said,
‘I’ve seen you sitting in your car
watching our practices. You can see
for yourself that he can’t hit the
curve.’ The great baseball all-timer
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“It was different with another
young athlete, and I made a good
guess on him when he still was an in
fant. When Joey Harrington was
born, I sent him a letter of intent. I
sent the letter to his Dad, who had
played quarterback for me at Oregon.
“Casanova is a Swiss name. We
spoke Swiss at home all the time
when I was a kid. My mother pre
ferred speaking Swiss at home, so
we kids learned it pretty thorough
ly. I still remember how to
say farewell:
“En gee, Envita estai sonds”
(Good day, good life and may you
stay healthy).
George Beres was Oregon sports
information director from 1976 to 1982.
He is the author of the 1995 Rose Bowl
book, "The Year of the Duck."
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