Sports Editor;
Peter Hockaday
peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com
Monday, October 21,2002
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Walter’s flame-throwing arm torches UO
Arizona State quarterback Andrew Walter (16) threw for a Pac-10 record 536yards in Arizona State's 45-42 win Saturday.
The ASU quarterback throws for
536 yards, with 350 coming during
the second-half comeback
Football
Peter Hockaday
Sports Editor
Keith Lewis’ reaction to the statistic said
it better than any re- _
zona State head coach Dirk Koetter said.
“He didn’t get off to a great start, and he was
a little off-balance, but we protected him
better as the game went on.”
The Ducks said that protection was the
main reason for Walter’s success as the
game went on.
“They were max-protecting most of the
time,” Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
said. “And their quarterback just got hot.”
Walter was hot in the second half, like
- an Arizona brush
porter ever could.
“Wow,” Lewis said,
after he was told that
Sun Devil quarterback
Andrew Walter had
just passed for 536
yards against the free
safety and the rest of
the Oregpn secondary.
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Oregon free safety
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“I’m stunned. You can never give up 500
yards, I don’t care who you are. You can be
the All-Madden team, I don’t care.”
At times during the second half of Ari
zona State’s 45-42 win on Saturday, it
seemed like the Sun Devils were playing a
video game against the Ducks. And they
had it set to “easy” mode.
Walter led ASU on eight-straight scor
ing drives, beginning in the second quar
ter and ending with the game-winning 29
yard field goal from Mike Barth with 1:58
hanging on the clock. That string includ
ed Walter touchdown passes of 67 and 58
yards. Two other short touchdowns were
set up by long Walter passes, a 51-yard
bomb to Derek Hagan and a 34-yard pass
to Matt Miller.
Walter, the fearless sophomore who
didn’t even start Arizona State’s first game
this season, set a Pacific-10 Conference
pass-yards record in the Devils’ wild win.
“Andrew hung in there for us today,” Ari
alone, Walter was 7-for-10 passing for
197 yards.
Like UCLA last week, Arizona State
was able to break Oregon’s back with big
passing plays. The Devils abandoned the
running game midway through the con
test — ASU running back Cornell
Canidate rushed for 24 yards in the sec
ond half, 47 yards total — and won the
game through the air.
“They were better thro win’ it than we
were defendin’ it,” Oregon defensive co
ordinator Nick Aliotti said. “(Walter’s) a
good quarterback, as all the guys in this
league are.”
True to Aliotti’s words, Walter is not the
last big-play quarterback the Ducks will see
this season. USC’s Carson Palmer, Wash
ington State’s Jason Gesser and Washing
ton’s Cody Pickett are among the bomb
throwing quarterbacks that the Ducks will
defend later this season.
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Oregon soccer
falls to Stanford
to continue skid
Oregon loses 3-0 to No. 1 Stanford and 2-0 to
No. 11 California on Friday; remains winless in Pac-10
Soccer
Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Facing off against the No. 1 team in the country already
gives a team long odds.
When that top team is Stanford and they out-shoot their op
ponent 25-1, well, the odds are that much tougher.
The Oregon women’s soccer team was that opponent facing
such long odds Sunday, and the Ducks couldn’t overcome
mighty Stanford in a 3-0 loss.
“Stanford was very strong technically,” Oregon head coach
Bill Steffen said. “They had good athleticism and speed and
there is a reason they are No. 1.”
Stanford moves to 13-1 overall and 4-0 in the Pacific-10
Conference, and retains its position as the national leader.
With its second consecutive loss, Oregon is now at 1-10-2 and
0-3-1 in the Pac-10.
The Ducks sit in last place in the Pac-10 and have not won a
game since Aug. 25.
Oregon was able to maintain a strong defensive presence
against Stanford, but the Ducks were hurt when they couldn’t
convert on offensive opportunities.
The Ducks’ youth — which includes 13 freshmen — has
showed this season, particularly on offense.
“We were organized defensively and as a result, we were
able to stay with them,” Steffen said. “We had a few chances,
Turn to Soccer, page 10
Volleyball loses ASU heartbreaker
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Dariam Acevedo almost single-handedly led Oregon's comeback
Friday night The Ducks lost in five sets to Arizona State.
Oregon volleyball loses in five sets to No. 21 Arizona
State and drops its 30th straight Pac-10 match
Volleyball
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
The scene and situation Friday night at McArthur Court was
all too perfect.
The Ducks, down 26-20 in game 3, saw senior Lindsay Gloss
strike down for a monstrous kill on an Arizona State defender,
sending Oregon on a five-point run.
Then, down 31-30 in what was the equivalent of extra time,
freshman Dariam Acevedo put even more power into the ball,
pulling the Ducks into a tie. Finally, an Oregon team block fin
ished a set of consistency and power as the Ducks came from
behind, outscoring the Sun Devils 14-6 en route to a 2-1 lead.
But a win wasn’t to be on this cold October night, no matter
how loud the 885 in attendance cheered, or how badly Oregon
wanted to end what has become a 30-match losing streak in Pa
cific-10 Conference play. No. 21 Arizona State, in the long run,
was just good enough to pull out a come-from-behind victory in
five games (29-31,31-29,32-34,30-28,15-10).
“Every single person on this team contributed,” Closs said.
“There wasn’t a couple people bringing the heat. Everyone was.
I’m real proud of what we accomplished. We’re going to learn
to get over the hump but we’re that much closer, and that much
better than years before.”
Arizona State (10-4 overall, 6-3 Pac-10) dominated the sta
tistical sheet, outkilling Oregon 87-71, and outdigging them
108-87. But the Ducks (10-13, 0-9) were in the match for the
long haul, showing resiliency and the ability to strike at just the
right moment.
In the end, those stats didn’t matter. In each of its two
game wins, Oregon came from behind each time, down by at
least five points.
“When I have 14 players who are playing in the upper 90th
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