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UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON
Top-ranked Trojans prevail
in three games over Ducks
The Oregon volleyball team
gets swept by USC for its
11th consecutive loss
in conference play
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
It hardly seemed fair when No. 1
USC took the floor before Friday's
match with Oregon at McArthur Court.
The defending national champi
ons featured a pair of All-Americans
in 6-foot-6-inch middle blocker Emi
ly Adams and outside hitter April
Ross, along
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_ inch. The
Ducks roster
contains nine freshmen, and only
two players are as vertically gifted as
the six USC players.
For the first 50 points of the match,
it was hard to tell which team was the
nation's best. But after a Ross kill put
the Trojans ahead 26-25 in game one,
the Ducks were unable to recover and
fell 3-0 (30-28, 30-22, 30-16) in front
of 916 spectators at Mac Court.
Despite the loss, Oregon (3-17
overall, 0-11 Pacific-10 Conference)
achieved a new season best with
12.5 blocks, just one night after
banging out a season-high 85 digs
against No. 9 UCLA. Oregon's front
liners held their own at the net de
spite the Trojans' height advantage.
"They certainly were in our
rhythm," USC head coach Mick Ha
ley said. "(Oregon head coach Carl
Ferreira) had them prepared very
well. A lot of times, with our system,
people can get in our rhythm, but we
just try to overpower you a little bit.
"But we weren't able to do that as
well. I thought they were very good."
Freshman Kristen Bitter led the
way with eight block assists. Bitter
said that the Ducks entered the
match confident after winning their
first conference game on Thursday
against UCLA.
"A lot of our success was from
(Thursday), but it's also been build
ing in practice," Bitter said. "We've
been grinding away. We know that
we can be a good blocking team, it's
just a matter of bringing it to the
match, and that's what we did."
Jaclyn Jones finished with seven
block assists, five kills and seven digs.
The sophomore outside hitter said the
Ducks were shocked early on at their
ability to control the net against play
ers like Adams and 6-foot-5-inch mid
dle blocker Bibiana Candelas.
"At first, when we were blocking
them, I couldn't believe it," Jones said.
"The/re USC. We were like, 'what?'"
Freshman Sarah Mason and jun
ior Lauren Westendorf led Oregon
with nine kills each. Sophomore
Jodi Bell dished out 25 assists and
sophomore Kelly Russell con
tributed seven digs.
After two competitive games, USC
(20-0, 11-0) was able to dominate
Oregon in game three. Ross, Adams,
Candelas and 6-foot-3-inch middle
blocker Katie Olsovsky combined
for 39 kills.
Ross was able to keep Oregon off
balance with her service game. The
two-time American Volleyball
Coaches Association All-American
finished with three aces, and her
crisp serves forced the Ducks into
many split-second decisions.
"When April gets those serves go
ing, the top 10 teams in the country
have trouble with it," Haley said.
Haley added that the Ducks had
improved under Ferreira since the
Trojans defeated them, 3-0, on Sept.
27 in Los Angeles.
"As long as they pay attention to
their coach, they'll keep getting bet
ter," Haley said. "(Ferreira) has a
good system. In the past it seems like
some of the kids weren't buying into
it. But these kids seem like they're
buying into it and 1 think you're see
ing the results. They played hard all
three games and they were in the
first two."
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
Panova outlasts Karnaukhova,
reaches finals of ITA Regional
Junior Daria Panova plays
in the final round of the
tournament today in
California, starting at 10 a.m.
By Alex Tam
Sports Freelancer
DUCK
TENNIS
The Oregon women's tennis team
took its shot this weekend at the Omni
Hotel rrA Northwest Regional Cham
pionships, a week after the men had
their chance
The annual tournament, held this
year at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif.,
pushes the win
ners of the sin
gles and dou
bles draws to
the ITA Nation
al Intercolle
giate Indoor Championships at Michi
gan in November.
"We've had a few good weeks and we
have a lot of girls playing well right now,"
head coach Nils Schyllander said. "We're
excited to face some top competition
and see what we can do. I think all the
girls are real excited."
In the semifinals on Sunday, junior
Daria Panova faced 12th seeded Mar
garita Karnaukhova of Sacramento
State in an intense three-set match that
ended with Panova winning in a
tiebreaker — 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7) — to
move into the finals today at 10 a.m.
"She stepped up real big today,"
Schyllander said. "It was one of the best
matches that I've ever seen."
The Ducks featured seven players in
the singles draw, led by Panova, who is
ranked 7th in the nation and inherited
the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Se
nior Courtney Nagle was the other
seeded Duck in the tournament at No.
8 and is ranked 35th nationally.
The first day of action saw all seven
Ducks advance to the second round.
Four moved onto the rotmd of 32, in
cluding Panova, Nagle and two fresh
men, Dominika Dieskova and Monica
HozdeVila.
"It was a great (first) day for (us),"
Schyllander said. "Freshmen really
stepped up with huge wins. I'm very
pleased. Hopefully, we can build on this."
Dieskova impressed the whole field
of competition and her team at her first
regional championships.
The Slovakia native breezed through
the first two rounds without losing a
single game against St. Mary's Kate
Harden and Erin Hoe of Washington.
In the round of 32, Dieskova defeated
No. 9 seed Anna Erikson of Sacramento
State in three sets, 6-0,3-6,6-0.
The freshman had a chance to move
into the quarterfinals but was stopped
short by No. 5 seed Lauren Bamikow of
Stanford despite winning the first set.
The match ended at 3-6,6-0,6-2.
"Dominika really made a name
for herself by beating a really good
player and then losing in a close
three-setter to one of the top players
in college tennis," Schyllander said.
"She definitely put herself on the
map this weekend."
Panova, the reigning Pac-10 women's
player of the year, was the highest seed
ed player left in the quarterfinals after
No. 1 seed Erin Burdette of Stanford
withdrew in the third round due to in
jury and 2nd-seeded Chloe Carlotti of
Fresno State lost in the round of 32.
The third-year Duck earned a bye in
the first round and won her first two
matches in straight sets against Erica
Barnes of Santa Clara and Idaho's Sunel
Niewoudt. In the round of 16, Panova
defeated Stanford's Theresa Logar in
three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. The quarterfi
nals saw the junior defeat No. 7 seed
Claire Carter of Washington in straight
sets, 6-2,6-2.
On the doubles side, none of the
four Oregon teams lasted to the quar
terfinals. Three advanced to the round
of 16, including the No. 4 seeded duo
of Panova and Nagle. However, they
were defeated by Stanford's Emilia An
derson and Anne Yelsey, 8-5.
The shocker of the doubles draw al
most came from Oregon duo junior Es
ter Bak and sophomore Jamie Mar
shall. The two Ducks lost a highly
competitive match in the tiebreaker to
the No. 2 seeded doubles team of
Raquel Kops-Jones and Sasha Podkolz
ina of California, 9-8 (7-4).
Alex Tam is a freelance
writer for the Emerald.
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