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and fourth in points per game
(5.85). Nnamani was a second team
AVCA All-American during her
sophomore season.
Middle blocker Jennifer Harvey is
also a force to be reckoned with. The
senior leads the conference in blocks
per game (1.51) and is seventh in
hitting percentage (.348). Freshman
outside hitter Kristin Richards is sec
ond on the team in kills (292) and
kills per game (3.14).
The trio torched Oregon for a
combined 54 points, including 44
kills, during the season's earlier
meeting on Sept. 19 at McArthur
Court.
"They have real, premier individ
ual players," Oregon head coach
Carl Ferreira said of Stanford. 'Those
kind of players make other people
around them better."
Oregon received great individual
efforts from sophomore middle
blocker Kelly Russell and freshman
outside hitter Sarah Mason during
the Ducks' last meeting with Stan
ford. Russell Finished with a team
high of 17 kills and contributed five
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digs. Mason added 13 kills and hit at
a .370 clip.
Oregon has of late come to rely
on the freshman duo of Mason
and middle blocker Kristen Bitter
for a good chunk of its point scor
ing. Mason leads the team in kills
(267) and kills per game (3.14)
and has emerged as the Ducks' go
to attacker. Bitter has already
proved she belongs with the Pac
10's top net players, standing
eighth in the conference with 1.13
blocks per game.
f reshman setter Heather Madison
will get her first-ever start against a
top-10 team after starting in place of
injured sophomore Jodi Bell last
week in home losses to Arizona and
Arizona State.
Madison, who finished with an
Oregon season high of 53 assists
against the Sun Devils, said losses in
her first two collegiate starts won't
cause a drop in confidence.
"What's done is done," Madison
said. "We have to move on. It does
n't really affect us right now."
Season finale
Oregon will battle No. 9 Califor
nia in the season's final match on
Friday after the match against Stan
ford tonight. The Golden Bears
(19-6, 10-6) are fourth in the Pac
10 and have an 8-3 overall record at
Haas Pavilion.
California is led by outside hitter
Mia Jerkov. The junior has been
named Pac-10 Player of the Week
four times this season and leads the
Pac-10 with 5.59 kills per game.
Ferreira said if the Ducks are to
succeed in their final two matches,
they must contain Nnamani and
Jerkov.
"I'm not necessarily sure you can
stop them, but you have to try and
slow them down," Ferreira said.
"Then you try to focus your attention
on other people."
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Sophomore forward Carolyn Ganes is one of several Oregon post players that will make life difficult for opponents this season.
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"The No. 24 ranking is quite an
honor, but at the same time it's just a
number," Smith said. "We don't like
to look at numbers. We just like to
look at ourselves and demand that
much more of ourselves."
Smith added that LSU is a great
example of a ranking not being very
important.
"Certainly, looking at LSU, we had
a lot of respect for (them) but No. 9
was just a number for them," Smith
said. "You're only as good as your
last game."
Inside force
Oregon post players had a large
role in the Ducks' two exhibition
and two nonconference victories.
The trio of forward Cathrine
Kraayeveld, junior center Andrea
Bills and Ganes have dominated the
paint and left opponents searching
for answers.
Kraayeveld was named the most
valuable player of the Women's
Sports Foundation Classic, Finishing
with 51 points and 20 rebounds in
two games. Bills was named to the
all-tournament team during the
weekend, combining for 29 points,
on 13 of 18 shooting and 18 re
bounds. Ganes had a strong per
formance in an 87-29 win over
Western Oregon in the Ducks' final
exhibition game. Ganes was simply
too strong for the Wolves to handle,
finishing with 22 points on 11 of 14
shooting.
Mizusawa madness
Junior point guard Corrie Mizu
sawa has brought excitement and
consistency to the Oregon offense
with her no-look passes and her
knowledge of the game. She is aver
aging nine assists per game during
nonconference play, including 13
against Valparaiso — one shy of ty
ing a school record. Mizusawa
dished out 15 assists against
Strakonice — from the Czech Re
public — but statistics from exhibi
tion games don't count.
Next up
After a week off, Oregon will trav
el to Spokane, Wash. Tuesday to face
Gonzaga. It will be the Ducks' first
road game of the season and will be
a good test to see if Oregon can stay
focused. The Ducks will begin Pac
10 play on Dec. 27 at California.
"Especially coming off (the LSU)
win, it will be good for us to go on
the road and see if we can play like
we did Sunday," Kraayeveld said. "I
think we just have to stay focused
and play hard, and I think we'll be
all right."
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Ian Dobson finished the race
first, followed by a second-place fin
ish from teammate Grant Robison.
Robison attended McMinville High
School and Dobson hails from Kla
math Falls. Women's head coach
Mamie Mason and harrier Sara Schaaf
attended Klamath Union.
Jacob Gomez and Lauren Jesper
son are also natives of Kalamth Falls
and are harriers for the No. 1 Stan
ford men and No. 2 Stanford
women, respectively. Joaquin Chapa
is from Portland and runs for the
Cardinal.
Scott Archer is a freelance
sports reporter for the Emerald.
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