■ 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
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Oregon
sophomore
forward
Andrea
Valadez tied
for the lead
in shots (2)
for the
Ducks in
their 3-0
loss against
the Beavers
Friday night
at Pape
Field.
Erik R.
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).
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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.
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