Sports Editor
Hank Hager
hankhager@dailyemerald.com
Monday, October 13,2003
Oregon Daily Emerald
SPORTS
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Difficult
weekend
keeps UO
searching
Aggressive competition from
Washington and Washington
State prove a challenge
for the young Duck women
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
The Oregon volleyball team had its
weekend ruined by the Evergreen State.
_ The Ducks fal
terec* in home
1-J 'Cl fUr iV matches against
VOLLEYBALL No 13 Washing
_ ton and Washing
ton State, drop
ping their record to 3-13 overall and
0-7 in Pacific-10 Conference play.
Saturday's match against the Cougars
(7-11, 3-5) featured the two youngest
teams in the conference With a combined
21 freshmen on both rosters, Washington
State made fewer mistakes en route to a 3
0 (30-20,30-26,30-25) victory.
"We took rhythm and opportunity
away from ourselves tonight,* Oregon
head coach Carl Ferreira said. "It would be
very easy to use inexperience as an excuse
but we're not going to hide under that"
The Ducks built a 17-12 lead in
game three on the strength of five con
secutive points. The Cougars, however,
returned the favor, scoring 10 of the
next 11 points to put the game — and
match — out of reach.
"I thought we had great team chemistry
(Saturday)," freshman Stephanie Alleman
said. "We just didn't have the energy."
Sarah Mason led the Ducks with
12.5 points, while Jaclyn Jones added
10 points. Jodi Bell finished with a
match high 35 assists, and Katie O'Neil
added 15 digs.
Alleman saw extended playing time
against the Cougars, contributing a pair
of digs as a defensive specialist.
"Stephanie has practiced and played
significantly better than I thought she
was going to play all around," Ferreira
said. "For her to have the ability to play
at this level with only high school expe
rience is truly amazing."
Oregon faced a much more experi
enced opponent the night before, drop
ping the match to No. 13 Washington,
3-0(30-20, 30-24, 30-19).
The Ducks built a 19-14 lead in game
two when a Mason kill capped a 7-2 run.
The Huskies (13-4, 4-4 Pac-10) battled
back to take a 24-23 lead that they
wouldn't relinquish.
"We fought hard and we kind of let it
slip away from us at the end," junior
Lauren Westendorf said. "We let them
get on runs and then we couldn't get it
back. It's definitely a frustrating loss."
Mason led the Ducks with 14.5
points, while Westendorf added 12.5
points and a team-high 10 digs. Bell led
Oregon in assists with 32.
Oregon out-attacked Washington 114
101 but was unable to take advantage of
its opportunities. Ferreira said the loss
was more about the Huskies making
plays than the Ducks making mistakes.
'The (Huskies) are very methodical and
very efficient," Ferreira said. "They some
what out-execute you in the long haul. ”
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Mark McCambridge Photographer
Forward Mele French (9) gave Oregon the game-winning goal in the Ducks' 4-3 overtime victory
against Oregon State on Friday. It was Oregon’s first Civil War win since 1999.
It takes extra,
but Ducks win
Oregon defeats the
Beavers in overtime
Friday for its first Civil
War win since 1999
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
It was exactly the start Ore
gon needed.
It was the Civil War. It was in
Corvallis. It was nothing short
of spectacular.
"It was a fairly amazing turn
of events today," Oregon head
coach Bill Steffen said in a re
lease. "But the team came to
gether and wouldn't go down."
DUCK
SOCCER
In the Oregon women's soc
cer team's first conference
game of the season, the Ducks
won in dramatic fashion, 4-3,
after coming back from a first
half deficit of 3-1. It was Ore
gon's first Civil War win since
1999, and the victory increased
the Ducks' series lead to 5-2-1.
With its seventh win of the.
season, Oregon (7-5, 1-0) has
now tied its second-highest win
total in the program's seven-year
history. The Ducks finished 7
11-1 in 1999 and had their best
season record of 8-8-2 in 2001.
The Beavers fell to 4-7-1
overall and 0-1-0 in Pacific-10
Conference play.
Oregon State was the domi
nant team early on and man
aged to jump out to a 2-0 lead
in the first half. It was all done
thanks to the scoring of for
ward Tessa Baker.
Baker scored off an assist by
forward Stacey Mescher just 3
minutes and 18 seconds into
the game and connected again
unassisted at 25:21 off a re
bound in front of the goal.
"Our intensity level wasn't
where it needed to be early, and
we gave them some goals we
shouldn't have," Steffen said.
Oregon answered shortly
thereafter, at 28:12, when red
shirt freshman Andrea Valadez
was set up on a header off a
header attempt from sopho
more Carlie Ashcraft.
The Beavers increased their
lead to 3-1 before the half,
when midfielder Undsey Beem
sent one to the back of the net
from the top of the box.
In what always appears to be
a physical battle between the
twct rivals, Oregon State was
called for 17 fouls in the second
half after only six in the first half.
Oregon was able to capitalize
on the Oregon State fouls. Se
nior Lindsey Werdell and red
shin sophomore Nicole Garbin
each scoled on- their second
penalty kick goals of the season
at 61:54 and 7<$tf35, respectively.
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Sun Devils dominate Ducks;
Oregon loses third straight
The Ducks allow 38 points in the
second half in Oregon's worst
loss since a 63-0 loss in 1985
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
DUCK
FOOTBALL
After Oregon's game against Washington
State, head coach Mike Bellotti and the Ducks
said the game tapes were going to be ignored,
tossed away like a bad movie.
After the Ducks lost to
Utah, concern began
growing that Oregon
wasn't up to par with
the rest of the Pacific-10
Conference.
After the Ducks visited
Arizona State on Saturday, there's a whole new
set of concerns.
Arizona State dominated Oregon in every
category at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe,
defeating the Ducks 59-14.
"We didn’t show up at all, and Arizona State
took advantage of it and played a great game,"
Oregon quarterback Jason Fife said in a release.
"You got to give them credit. They executed their
coverages very well. We just didn't play at all."
Before the game, the Ducks talked about
bringing intensity and a new attitude into Sun
Devil Stadium.
Arizona State, meanwhile, also needed to
come out strong after losing its previous
three games.
The Sun Devils (3-3 overall, 1-2 Pac-10)
brought it against Oregon. The Ducks left it
in Eugene.
"We started off very poorly," Bellotti said. "1
think that gave them some momentum and
some confidence. I felt like we were moving
the football, but you can't spot an equal team
14 points at their place."
After throwing for 536 yards against the Ducks
(4-3, 1-2) last season, Arizona State quarterback
Andrew Walter had another impressive game Sat
urday. He didn't come close to his output from a
year ago, but he did complete 18 passes in 28 at
tempts for 316 yards. He threw for three touch
down strikes before giving way to backup Sam
Keller late in the fourth quarter.
"We did not get to him," Bellotti said. "1 think
we got him a couple times, but the biggest thing
was that he had a lot of time to throw. It's very dif
ficult to cover people for that long."
Derek Hagan was Walter's favorite target, catch
ing seven passes and one score. Skyler Fulton and
Matt Miller also caught touchdown receptions.
The 59 points the Ducks allowed is the second
time this season Oregon has allowed more than
50 in a single game. Washington State hung 55 on
the board at Autzen Stadium on Sept. 27.
"Anytime you get a win like this it breeds confi
dence," Walter said. "Now we just have to keep
going and keep up the confidence. 1 think this
win is the product of working hard in practice and
going over film with the receivers."
Arizona State has now scored 45 points or
more in three of its last four games against the
Ducks. The Sun Devils defeated the Ducks 45
42 last season, and lost by just one at Sun Dev
il Stadium in 2000, 56-55.
The Sun Devils have scored 104 points and
have passed for more than 1,000 yards in their
last two games against the Ducks.
The 59 points is also the most Oregon has al
lowed in a single game since a 63-0 shutout at the
Laina McWhorter The State Press
Loren Wade (with ball) and Andrew Walter helped lead
an Arizona State offense that gained 497 total yards
against the Ducks on Saturday.
hands of Nebraska in 1985. Ihat game marked the
last time Oregon lost by at least 45 points, which
was Arizona State's margin of victory Saturday.
Bellotti said before the game he did not plan to
rotate quarterbacks Kellen Clemens and Fife as he
had in the previous six games this season. That all
changed, however, when Clemens couldn't get
the offense going early.
Mis first two passes were picked off. The first was
returned by Jamar Williams for a 50-yard touch
down return.
On a similar play, Clemens rolled right and
lofted a pass into the hands of Arizona State's
Chris McKenzie for the quarterback's second in
terception of the afternoon. The Sun Devils
scored shortly after to go up, 14-0.
"Being up by 14 points so early was big,"
Williams said. "We had to be strong. We had
two big defensive plays off the base and that
was awesome."
F'ife wasn't much better, throwing for 102 yards
on seven of 18 passing. I le did throw a touch
down to tight end Tim Day and scored on a
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