IN BRIEF
Cardinals drop Game 3
ST. LOUIS — Tony La Russa gri
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down low.
Pitcher Jeff Suppan got hung up
between third base and home plate,
turning an easy run into an excruci
ating double play in the third inning
of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 4-1 loss to
the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the
World Series TUesday night.
The team with the best record in
baseball ran itself out of an early
chance to get at Pedro Martinez and
climb back into the series.
The Cardinals are in exactly the
same spot the Red Sox were a little
more than a week ago, down 3-0 and
looking hopeless. Boston somehow
rallied against the New York Yankees,
but no team has ever rallied from a 3
0 deficit to win the World Series.
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■ Women's volleyball
Washington moves to 17-0,
remains atop national poll
The Huskies are setting
the pace in the Pac-10 as
con ference play heats up
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
The elite group of undefeated teams
in the nation thinned from three to
two last week as Ohio State (19-1
overall) lost to Illinois. Washington
(17-0, 9-0 Pacific-10 Conference) and
Hawaii (18-0) are the only remaining
Division 1 volleyball squads with per
fect records.
For the fourth straight week, the
Huskies sit at No. 1 in the USA To
day/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll. Wash
ington has swept six of its last
seven opponents, which included
Oregon at the beginning of that stint.
The Huskies have only had two
matches extend to four games and one
match — against then No. 2 USC — go
to five games.
Last week, Washington beat Stan
ford for just the second time ever at
home. The Huskies set the school vol
leyball match attendance record as
5,712 fans congregated to see them
pull off their first ever sweep of the
Cardinal. That crowd’s size was the
largest audience drawn by a Pac-10
team this season and the fourth largest
in the history of the conference.
The Huskies continue to succeed
without senior outside hitter Sanja
Tomasevic. As a team, they hit a com
bined .359 against California and
Stanford. Brie Hagerty recorded a .489
hitting percentage against the two
teams and landed 32 kills. Christal
Morrison added 31 combined kills in
both matches.
This season, Washington has com
piled an attack percentage of .326 in
17 matches and averages 17.3 kills per
game in comparison to its opponents’
combined average of 12.7.
Bruins on a comeback
UCLA senior Chrissie Zartman was
named Pac-10 Player of the Week for
her two stellar defensive outings
against the Oregon schools. She post
ed 24 digs against Oregon and 25
against Oregon State.
Zartman is the first libero this
year to receive this honor. On the
season, she has recorded a team
high 352 digs and averages 5.42 per
game. This is the first time Zartman
has been recognized as a player of
the week. Her career total of 1,708
digs is the best among active play
ers in the Pac-10.
Bruins middle blocker Nina Meri
wether has already established a repu
tation as the top defensive net player
in the conference. The sophomore
leads the Pac-10 with an average of
1.70 blocks per game. She has collect
ed 24 solo blocks — the most in the
league — and 80 block assists.
UCLA is second in the league in
Lauren Wimer | Photographer
UCLA middle blocker Nina Meriwether leads the Pac-10 with an average of 1.70 blocks
per game. The sophomore has tallied 24 solo blocks this season.
blocks and digs. The Bruins have
won two games straight going into a
midweek match against Pepperdine
and a weekend homestand against
the Arizona schools.
Hanging in there
Arizona continued its gradual fall in
the national standings and wound up
at No. 24 after this week’s coaches’
poll. The Wildcats have won four of
their last five matches, however.
USC climbed back into the
top five for the first time in two
weeks at the fifth slot. Holding
steady at their respectful positions
are No. 11 Stanford, No. 12 UCLA
and No. 13 California.
Anticipated return
Oregon has dropped to last place
in team hitting percentage in confer
ence matches. For the first time this
season, the Ducks were swept on
back-to-back nights. Sophomore out
side hitter Sarah Mason is expected
to return in one week after spraining
her ankle in practice last week.
The Ducks (9-10, 1-8 Pac-10)
await their Thursday match against
Washington State, the only Pac-10
team they have claimed a victory
against this season. The Cougars (3
19, 0-9 Pac-10) are 0-10 on the road
this year.
stephenmiller@dailyemerald.com
Golf: Benedetti carries Ducks in second round
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carded back-to-back 77s to lead
Oregon and tie for 33rd at 154.
Three Ducks finished tied for 45th
at 156. The trio included senior
Justin St. Clair and juniors Gregg
LaVoie and Chris Dukeminier.
The first round saw the Ducks
round out the top 10 in a tie at 310 with
Purdue, Michigan and Minnesota.
Harsh weather bogged down the field
and would continue into the second
round. An originally scheduled third
round was canceled prior to the start
of the tournament due to storm warn
ings. Oregon head coach Steve Nosier
felt his players’ scores matched well
with the weather.
"It got pretty rough out there,”
Nosier said. “The scores aren’t very
pretty, but every player just played their
guts out.” Individually, Bryson Young
of Northwestern lead the field after the
first round posting a 2-under 70. Only
two other players joined Young as
medalists — Canizares and Wood.
St. Clair, LaVoie and Benedetti all
carded 77s to tie for 31st at the end
of Monday’s play.
The 2005 Big Ten/ Pac-10 Chal
lenge will be held at the Glen Club
in Glenview, 111. The tournament
will return to Bandon in 2006.
Scott J. Adams is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
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