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Hank Hager
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Monday, Oaober 20, 2003
Oregon Daily Emerald
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Sun Devils
too much
for Ducks
Oregon extended its losing
streak in Tempe on Friday
against Arizona State with
its ninth-straight Pac-10 loss
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
DUCK
VOLLEYBALL
It's beginning to sound like a
broken record.
The Oregon volleyball team re
mained competitive until the last point
was scored on Friday, but eventually
fell to Arizona State, 3-0 (30-17,30-26,
33-31), in front of 687 at Wells Fargo
Arena in Tempe.
_ Despite
recording a high
er hitting per
centage than the
- Sun Devils in
game three (.343
to .292), the Ducks fell short in a bid to
win their first Pacific-10 Conference
game of the season. Oregon (3-15 over
all, 0-9 Pac-10) last won a set on Sept.
23 in a 3-1 loss at Portland. The Ducks
last won a match on Sept. 13 against
Villanova (3-0).
Game three against the Sun Devils
marked the third time since the start of
Pac-10 play that the Ducks had a game
extend past the 30-point mark. The
Ducks also dropped game two against
Stanford, 33-31, on Sept. 19 and game
three to UCLA, 36-34, on Sept. 26.
Games continue past the 30-point
mark until a team is ahead by two.
"I'm pleased with how we ended
the match tonight," Oregon head
coach Carl Ferreira said. "We contin
ue to progress."
Freshman Sarah Mason and soph
omore Kelly Russell were bright spots
for Oregon. Mason led the team in
kills with 10, giving her double-digit
kills in five consecutive matches. Rus
sell finished with nine kills, one block
and a block assist.
"We started off the match a little
slow, but we definitely picked it up,"
Ferreira said. "Kelly and Sarah once
again led us offensively."
Sophomore Jodi Bell finished with a
match-high 29 assists, while juniors
Lauren Westendorf and Katie O'Neil
each contributed a team-high 10 digs.
Westendorf added seven kills while hit
ting at a .333 clip.
The Sun Devils (8-10, 3-6) were
able to spread the ball around effec
tively, utilizing their 4-2 offense that
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Mark McCambridge Photographer
Freshman midfielder Dana Richardson and the Ducks lost for the first time in Pac-10 play to
Washington State, and tben to Washington in weekend matches.
UO drops two
in Washington
Oregon suffers its first two conference losses this
weekend after being shut out by both Washington
schools, falling to the middle of the Pac-10 race
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Oregon is back to its old ways again.
After losing five straight shutout matches earlier this season,
the Oregon women's soccer team appeared to have a second wind
after winning two over Weber State and Oregon State. That was
until the Ducks played Washington and
DUCK
SOCCER
Washington State.
Oregon (7-7 overall, 1-2 Pac-10) lost 2-0
to Washington State on Friday. The Ducks
repeated the score two days later at the
hands of Washington.
Washington's Tina Frimpong delivered the final blow to the
Ducks again. She scorched Oregon for two goals in a 2-1 Husky
victory last season at Pape Field.
The junior forward delivered the final shot at 46:35 in the sec
ond half by sliding the ball past rushing goalkeeper Domenique
Lainez. It was Frimpong's team-leading 10th goal of the season.
The Huskies scored in the first half off a header by senior Jaime
Carstensen, good enough for her fourth goal of the season.
Oregon had its opportunities throughout the match, most no
tably when forward Mele French fired one from close range in the
81 st minute that was cleared by a Husky defender.
To Oregon's credit freshman Kelsey Rasmussen was in goal for
Washington. In just her second career start Rasmussen posted her
second shutout. Rasmussen has not allowed a goal this season in
315 minutes, which is the equivalent of three-and-a-half games.
"Kelsey had a great game today; the kind of game we expert her to
have because she has been doing really well in training," Washington
head coach Lesle Gallimore said. "She was calm, composed and had
Turn to SOCCER, page 9
Quartet leads UO tennis at ITA Regionals
Two Swiss natives come up short in
the singles draw at the ITA Regionals
By Alex Tam
Sports Reporter
Fans and players had high expectations for the
Oregon men's tennis team at the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association Regionals held this weekend
at the University Student
DUCK
TENNIS
Tennis Center.
However, the team of
seven Ducks missed their
goal of winning the singles
main draw.
Ihe hrst day or competition saw four Ducks
advance to the second round. Juniors Manuel
Kost and Sven Swinnen, along with sopho
mores Thomas Bieri and Arron Spencer, all won
their first matches, but none of them could sus
tain that winning level through the last day of
the tournament.
Head coach Chris Russell was encouraged by
his team's play and saw the development of his
fairly young squad.
"Overall, our guys did a very good job," Russell
said. "There's still things we want to keep working
on. After each tournament, we want more guys
developing more of a belief in their respective
game style."
Kost, seeded third in the tournament, had high
expectations for himself. He won his first two
round match-ups against Stanford's Chris Ras
mussen and John Pettit of California, respectively.
In the round of 16, Kost's goal was stopped
short in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-2, by Washing
ton's Christopher Palmanshofer.
"(Kost) played a guy with a hot hand," Russell
said. "But I think he knows, and 1 know that he
didn't play his best tennis."
The best chances at winning the singles main
draw came from the two Switzerland natives,
Swinnen and Bieri. Both advanced into the quar
terfinal round yesterday, but neither could con
jure up a victory to move into the final four.
Swinnen, ranked No. 9 in the tournament,
took care of St. Mary's Tim Welty and Phil
Sheng of Stanford in straight sets in the first two
rounds. The third round saw the junior beat
California's Balazs Veress, 6-2, 6-2. Veress, seed
ed No. 4 this weekend and ranked 81st in the
nation, was one of the favorites to win the sin
gles main draw.
I lowever, Swinnen was stopped short by sixth
seeded Alex Slovic of Washington in a highly
competitive match that ended 7-5, 7-6.
"1 lost a pretty close match," Swinnen said. "I
played pretty good actually, but it was just too bad
that I lost."
It was the second-year Bieri who impressed
many, however, including his teammates and
coaches over the weekend. The third Swiss na
tive on the team lost in the quarterfinals to the
25th ranked player in the nation and No. 1
seed, Conor Niland of California, in straight
sets, 6-1, 6-2.
"It was a breakthrough day (when) we had Sven
and Thomas step up to new levels," Russell said.
Turn to TENNIS, page 8
Oregon rested, ready for season
The women’s basketball team talked to
the media Friday and said it is ready to
get over the distractions of last season
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Among five off-season surgeries, two players com
ing off a redshirt year and the addition of five fresh
man, the Oregon women's basketball team is ready
for a new season.
"There's new growth," head coach Bev Smith said.
"The season's over, we learned some valuable lessons
and had some questions asked. Hopefully this is
where we're going to be able to answer them."
The addition of players, along with a growth in the
average height of the team, changes the game plan
for the Ducks.
Two of the five freshmen are more than six feet tall
— including Portland native Jessica Shetters, who
takes over the title of tallest teammate at 6-foot-6
inches, which is two inches over senior Catherine
Kraayeveld.
WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL
we nave a great nucleus ot
centers, beginning in the low
block with Andrea (Bills),"
Smith said. "Catherine can do
a lot of things offensively and
certainly Carolyn Ganes with
her year last year and growing this year. And Jessie Shet
ters sort of rounding that height out, I think it gives us a
Turn to BASKETBALL, page 9
Freshman Jessica
Shetters (43),
who stands at 6
foot-6-inches, and
Cicely Oaks (35)
are two recruits
from Portland on
the women’s
basketball team.
Danielle Hickey
Senior Photographer