Peanut
continued from page 13
“She is someone who plays with
an awful lot of heart,” head coach
Bill Steffen said. “She gives us a lot
of direction and organization.”
Steffen also described her as being
the shepherd for the flock of sheep.
“She leads by example, for sure,”
Thayer said. “She takes every
single person under her wing. She
is kind of like our mom.”
Peterson played in only two
games as a Duck freshman in 1999.
But that didn’t faze her, as she kept
her eye on her goal to become cap
tain and lead her Ducks.
Peterson said she has had many
great moments and memories
while at Oregon, but her most
vivid memory is from Friday night,
Nov. 9, 2001.
The Ducks had traveled to play
No. 13-ranked Washington and Pe
terson’s family and friends had the
opportunity to come and watch.
Oregon almost pulled off one of
the biggest upsets in school history
but ended the game in a 1-1 tie,
with the Huskies scoring a goal with
less than two minutes left.
Regardless of the tie, the experi
ence was unforgettable for Peterson.
In 2001, she started all 18 games
for the Ducks, notching seven shots
while providing solid defense to
help Oregon to its best record since
the sport began.
“Lindsey likes to play hard,”
Steffen said. “If she is going to do
something she wants to do it well.
That is a tremendous asset.”
Soccer is not the only aspect of
Peterson’s life. She excels in the
classroom and will graduate with a
degree in business administration.
“I like people who are success
ful,” Steffen said. “Whatever Lind
sey does, she tends to be good at it.”
Peterson’s teammates will always
remember her sly sense of humor
and excellent leadership. Or, they’ll
remember just plain Peanut.
Lindsey Peterson
file
Senior defender, Oregon
soccer team. Home town:
Port Orchard, Wash.
Born: Lindsey Marie Peterson
on Feb. 10,198}, in Tacoma,
Wash.
High School: Three-year
member of the Washington
OOP and a three-year
participant in the regional
camp...Masonic Outstanding
Junior of the Year nominee in
1998...won the State Snickers
Cup Fair Play Award her
senior year at South Kitsap
High in Port Orchard.
Oregon: Three letters as a
Duck...notched seven shots
while starting ail 1 8 games in
2001 ...played 17 games as a
sophomore and two games as
a freshman...has started
every game this season and
recorded one shot on
goal...spearheaded an Oregon
defense that held No. 1 North
Carolina to three goals
Sunday.
There are instances where some
of her teammates don’t know about
Peterson’s life, things that just de
fine who she is.
In her junior year of high school,
in a match against a cross-town
rival, Peterson fell and broke her
arm. Nothing could stop her from
playing, not even the pain. She got
back up, played the rest of the
game and didn’t tell anyone,
because she knew they would make
her sit out.
“We did these profiles, and on
mine it said, if you could be
another Oregon athlete, who
would it he?”’ Thayer said. “1 said
Lindsey Peterson.”
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
These aren ’tvour usual Ducks
Behind the Dishlf a team fails to
win a Pacific-10 Conference match
for two straight seasons, can the lat
ter squad he better than the first?
Bets are that the Oregon volley
ball team will win at least one con
ference match this season, but it’s
already evident, records be forgot
ten, that the Ducks are a vastly im
proved team than the one that
graced the
McArthur
Court floor last
season.
Just forget
the Stanford
match.
With 10
players left
from last sea
son’s team that
lost even7 Pac
10 match — a Behind the dish
first for the
program — common belief would
be that the current group wouldn’t
change its attitude much. But
maybe, just maybe, it’s who the
Ducks lost that has propelled them
to newfound confidence and cohe
siveness.
Oregon lost three main players
from last season — Monique Tobba
gi, Julie Gerlach and Stephanie Mar
tin — to either graduation or for ac
ademic reasons. Tobbagi and Martin
provided much of the spark from
last season’s team, at least offensive
ly, and grabbed most of the head
lines from each match.
The Ducks returned just one
offensive stalwart from last season
— senior Lindsay Closs. Closs es
sentially remained in the back
ground last season as a quiet but
productive middle blocker.
This season, she has already as
sumed the top leadership role, and
coupled with a pair of youngsters,
freshman Kelly Russell and sopho
more Lauren Westendorf, Closs has
keyed the Oregon offense to a height
that was unequaled last season.
But the key word in that sen
tence was “coupled.” The offense
last season never seemed to click
as a group, but now the three have
grouped together to form a trio
that has talent, and is using it on
the court.
Now, to sav that Tobbagi and Mar
tin were at the heart of the problem
would be a gross misstatement. To
bbagi has returned as an assistant
coach, so out goes the possibility
that her influence is the problem.
Instead, the absence of Tobbagi
and Martin has allowed the
younger players a better opportu
nity to show what they have on the
court. Westendorf, for one, showed
some signs of serious talent last
season but never really had a con
sistent chance to prove herself.
Now, handed the role as a starter,
she has blossomed.
The same goes for the Oregon
freshmen, specifically Russell and
setter Jodi Bell. Russell has been the
wild-card that the Ducks have des
perately looked for in the past. Not
only is she a dominating presence
on the offensive side of the ball, but
her defense — specifically blocking
— has been a surprising part of her
game. That’s for a player who, en
tering the season, didn’t even figure
to have a big role.
Now, Kelly, don’t let that go to
your head. You’re still a freshman.
Imagine where you can go from here
in the three seasons after this one.
Then there’s Bell. Seemingly
everyone in the volleyball world
knew what she was capable of com
ing into the season. She was a Vol
leyball Magazine Fab-50 selection
entering this season.
But just because you’ve heard
what somebody is capable of does
n’t mean you can actually believe
something before you see it. Aside
from the Stanford match where
every Oregon player was off, Bey
has been on target with her sets.
Better yet, she’s second on the
team in sendee aces. It doesn’t get
much better than that.
Same goes for you, Jodi. You’ve
got time. Keep it consistent.
Finally, the word is still not out
on fellow freshman Dariam Aceve
do, the young one from Puerto Rico.
She’s only played in six matches af
ter playing for her National Team,
but she could be good.
Better yet, they could all be good.
Time will tell.
Contact sports reporter Hank Hager at
hankhager@dailyemerald.com. His
views do not necessarily represent those
of the Emerald.
Volleyball
continued from page 13
a convincing win over Portland,
the Ducks have an opponent that
could be at the mercy of their tal
ent. Oregon and Oregon State
match up well, and like Ferreira
knows, the team that wins will be
the one that plays to its own
strength.
“We’ve truly got to dictate the
tempo of the match by winning the
serving and passing game,” he said.
“That’s the key. We’ve got to play de
fense to create point scoring oppor
tunities. We’ve got to side-out to
score points and minimize our un
forced errors. If we do that, we’ll win
the match.
“Emotionally, it’s pretty simple to
get up for this match.”
The battle of the winless begins
at 7 p.m.
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