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■ Duck soccer Oregon suffers 3-0 loss in Civil War, falls to 3-9-1 Several players cite poor officiating for the loss against Oregon State; the Ducks have yet to score in Pac-10 play BY BRIAN SMITH SPORTS REPORTER The fog that drifted across Pape Field Friday night made the Ducks' 3-0 loss to the Beavers look like a dream. Unfortunately, it was more like a nightmare. Before an energetic crowd of 2,055, Oregon watched as Oregon State capitalized on the few opportu nities it was presented with, as well as receiving a few questionable calls from the officials. The loss dropped the Ducks to 3 9-1 overall for the season and 0-3 in the Pacific-10 Conference, while the Beavers improved to 7-7 overall and 1-2 in the Pac-10. The Ducks failed to score their first goal in Pac-10 play, losing their first three matches by a combined score of 9-0. “We have to figure out how to get the ball in the net,” Oregon head coach Bill Steffen said. “To score goals you need to be confident. To be confi dent you need to score goals. The first goal is always the hardest.” Much of the first half was dominat ed by both defenses, as offensive chances were few and far between. The Ducks were snakebitten when some of their best chances early in the match were nullified by offside calls. Oregon had another great chance at the 35-minute mark, when junior forward Mele French collided with Oregon State goalkeeper Melis sa Onstad, leaving her on the ground while the Beavers tried to clear the ball. The Ducks managed a few at tempts at the empty net, but couldn’t capitalize and were turned away. The Beavers netted their first goal of the match a few minutes later, on a 20-yard shot from center by Alyssa Blackwell off a Duck deflection. The sideline referee raised his flag to sig nal an offside penalty, but the call was overturned, giving the Beavers a 1-0 lead just before halftime. By far the best opportunity to score for the Ducks came early in the sec ond half, when a 30-yard shot from the middle of the field by junior mid fielder Carlie Ashcraft bounced straight down off the crossbar, seem ingly just in front of the goal line. “I thought that was a goal and they just took it awa; uom us,” Oregon red shirt sophomore midfielder Sabrina De Monte said. “The referees were awful.” DeMonte was not the only one questioning the officials. “We had a goal taken away from us,” goalkeeper Domenique Lainez said. “And the first one they scored was offsides. It’s disappointing when we play very well and we have horri ble officials.” Oregon assistant coach John Galas challenged the no-call by the officials and was issued a red card. In the second half, the Ducks tried \mozo SKI SWAP Lane County Fairgrounds October 29 and 30 New & used ski and snowboarding equipment, clothing and more! 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Bishoff Photographer to push the action to the sides of the field and seemed to control the tem po of the game. “We were dominating on the out sides,” DeMontesaid. “Getting cross es, dribbling, taking people on, but we were just weaker in the middle. ” That weakness was exploited first by Oregon State’s Courtney Carter, who at the 63:29 mark, split four Duck defenders to put a ball into the upper right corner of the net to push the lead to 2-0. “We had some mental breakdowns in the middle and that’s how two of the goals got scored,” Lainez said. “But overall we played well defensive ly.” The Beavers tacked on an insur ance goal at 71:15 on a header by Kelli Washburn off a corner kick by Jen Crump. The physical play that defined much of the Civil War continued for the entire match. French was issued a red card at the 85-minute mark and will miss Friday’s match against Washington State. French is tied for the team lead in goals with two. “The girl was pushing her and (French) just pushed her back,” De Monte said. “And he was obviously a horrible ref, so he gave her the red card.” For the Ducks, Andrea Valadez and Ashcraft led the Ducks in shots (2), and four Ducks had single shots on goal. The Ducks led in shots (9-8), corner kicks (4-3) and fouls (17-10). briansmith® daily emerald, com Roetman: Second string gets its chance continued from page / made a play on it.” In all, Oregon held Arizona to 266 yards of total offense, including a meager 156 through the air. The only downer for the Oregon defense was its inability to hold onto a shutout. Many of the starters were pulled late in the fourth quar ter, leading to a pair of Wildcat touchdowns during the game’s final two minutes. “Our first defense felt good about ourselves,” safety Justin Phinisee said. “It was just a decision that the coaches made to get some young guys in there to get some experience and learn how to play. We need to get our younger guys to learn how to battle. It’s a pride thing to have that doughnut up there on that scoreboard and they need to learn how to play for it as much as the first team wants them to play for it.” Other than a mere lack of statisti cal glamour, it appears the Oregon defense turned its season around on Saturday. jonroetman@ daily emerald, com GIVE ME 5! Run your "for sale" ad (items under $1,000) for 5 days in the ODE Classified Section. If the item(s) doesn’t sell, call us at 346-4343 and we’ll run it again for another 5 days free! North Campus 579 E. Broadway 6-0 South Campus 2870 E. 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