'Optimistic' Ducks fall hard
to UCLA, USC on the road
The Ducks can't stay afloat
in Southern California
and fall to 0-4 in the Pac-10
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
The Oregon volleyball team re
ceived a lesson during the weekend
on what it takes to compete with the
nation's elite.
The Ducks traveled to Southern
California where they fell to No. 8
UCLA and No. 1 USC, dropping their
record to 3-10 overall and 0-4 in the
Pacific-10 Conference.
The Ducks were overmatched in
their 3-0 loss (30-14, 30-20, 30-16)
to the Trojans on Saturday. USC con
trolled the
match, holding
the advantage
in kills (54-26),
digs (47-30) _
and blocks (5
1). The Trojans (12-0, 3-0) extended
their winning streak to 24 matches.
"USC deserves a lot of credit," Ore
gon head coach Carl Ferreira said.
"We had good attacks and they transi
tioned well, played great defense and
did lot of things right. It's not a situa
tion where we did something wrong
necessarily as much as it is that USC is
a great program."
WOMEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
USC was led by junior middle
blocker Emily Adams, who finished
with 16 kills and a .714 hitting per
centage. The Women of Troy used a
.434 hitting clip to overwhelm an in
experienced Duck squad, which fea
tures nine freshmen.
Sophomore outside hitter Jaclyn
Jones led the Ducks in points for the
third consecutive match with 10.5,
including a team-high 10 kills and a
block assist. Sophomore setter Jodi
Bell added a team high 19 assists and
eight digs. Junior outside hitter Lau
ren Westendorf also contributed
with six kills.
Oregon also dropped Friday's
match to the Bruins, 3-0 (30-20, 30
21, 36-34). The Ducks had a legiti
mate shot to win game three, but were
unable to convert on one of six game
points. After freshman middle blocker
Sarah Mason gave the Ducks their
sixth and final game point with the
score, 34-33, Bruin outside hitter
Heather Cullen and middle blocker
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