Emerald
Junior outside hitter Lauren Westendorf will look to lead an inexperienced Oregon sqaud
into the 2003 season after finishing 1-17 in conference pfay a year ago.
Young volleyball team
faces tough‘03 season
With nine incoming frosh,
the women’s volleyball team
hopes to improve upon last
season’s 1-17 Pac-10 record
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
The 2003 Oregon volleyball team
has taken the term "youth move
ment" to an astronomical level.
With a roster
that includes
nine freshmen
and no seniors,
the Ducks will
WOMEN'S
VOLLEYBALL
battle the powers of the Pacific-10 Con
ference as one of the youngest, most
inexperienced squads in the nation.
Fourth-year head coach Carl Fer
reira said Oregon may take its lumps,
but the Ducks' young group of ath
letes has unlimited potential.
"(Nine) is the largest number of
freshmen I've had on any roster," Fer
reira said. "With that comes a lot of
new players from a lot of the quality
areas of recruiting, but at the same
time poses a lot of opportunistic op
portunities for what we want to ac
complish as a program."
Turn to VOLLEYBALL, page 15E
With Garbin back, soccer
seeks first winning season
After a difficult ‘02 season,
Oregon has its top forward
in peak shape and is ready
to continue a winning streak
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Say "Aloha" to the Oregon
women's soccer team's new front line.
Forward Nicole Garbin is back af
ter last season's anterior cruciate liga
ment injury, and sophomore for
ward Mele French, who led the
Ducks with 21 shots in 2002, has re
turned for a second dose.
The two Hawaii natives will help
lead a team that finished 1-7-1 in the
Pacific-10 Conference in 2002 ac
counting all of 13 goals.
And for Garbin, she is ready to re
turn and help her team win again.
"It feels great," Garbin said on be
ing back on the field during Ore
gon's 2-0 start over the Labor Day
weekend. "All
last spring and
this summer I WOMEN
just was visual- SOCCER
izing myself _
doing the
things 1 did this weekend — getting
the job done, getting the wins
Turn to SOCCER, page 18E
Come out
Fall Term 2003
LeagueManager Meetings LocationTime
Flag FootballOctober 6*SRC Multipurpose #44:00p.m.
Indoor Soccer October 13 *SRC Multipurpose #4 4:00p.m.
VolleyballOctober 14*SRC Ulrich Room4:00p.m.
3-on-3 Basketball October 22 *SRC Ulrich Room 4:00p.m.
Cross Country November 5 ‘Pioneer Cemetery 3:30p.m.
LeaguePlayoff Meetings LocationTime
Flag FootballOctober 30*SRC Multipurpose ft44:00p.m.
Indoor SoccerNovember 10*SRC Ulrich Room4:00p.m.
VolleyballNovember 6*SRC Multipurpose #44:00p.m.
3-on-3 Basketball Playoff meeting conducted via e-mail
Special EventsDeadlineDatesLocation
18-Hole Golf Scramble October 14October 19TBA
Fall Tennis Classic October 28, 5:00 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2 Covered Courts
One Day EventsDeadlineDatesLocation
Football ScrambleOctober 6, 5:00p.m. October 7-8, 4:00-6:00p.m. Grass IM Field
Indoor Soccer Scramble October 13, 5:00p.m. October 14-15, 7:00-9:00p.m. *SRC Courts 4 & 5
Volleyball ScrambleOctober 14, 5:00p.m. October 16, 7:00-9:00p.m. Gerlinger Annex B54
Cross-Country MeetNovember 4, 5:00p.m. November 5, 3:30p.mPioneer Cemetery
Racquetball Tournament November 6, 5:00p.m. November 9, 12:00p.m. Racquetball Courts
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