■ Duck volleyball
Ducks surrender a pair of
losses to Arizona teams
Oregon failed to win a game last week as it was swept
by both Arizona and Arizona State on the road
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
Oregon’s volleyball team came up
drier than a desert as it was swept in
two matches on the road against the
Arizona schools last week. The
Ducks have lost 10 straight league
contests.
Sophomore outside hitter Sarah
Mason returned to Oregon’s rotation
against No. 22 Arizona on Thursday,
but the Wildcats — with a .434 team
hitting percentage — claimed a victo
ry in three games, 30-17,30-19,30-19.
The Ducks (9-14 overall, 1-12 Pa
cific-10 Conference) scored more
than 20 points in each game against
Arizona State Friday. The Sun Dev
ils used 64 digs to reel in a 3-0 win,
30-23, 30-24, 30-22, and end their
five-game losing skid.
“We began (Friday’s) match sid
ing out as well as we have in
weeks,” Oregon head coach Carl
Ferreira said. “I was pleased with
our passing as well. We just could
not slow them down defensively. ”
Junior outside hitter Kelly Russell
shared the match-high total for kills
with 14 on 38 attempts for a .237 av
erage. Individually, Russell led Ore
gon in those three areas as well as
digs. She posted a team-high 12 digs
en route to her sixth double-double
of the season.
Mason reached double figures in
kills with 10 for the first time since
Oct. 9.
“There was almost a feeling that
we were back to playing how we
were earlier in the season,” Ferreira
said. “It was really good to see Sarah
back at full-strength.”
Arizona State (9-13, 4-9) hit .579
in the second game as a team and
.280 for the match. Middle blocker
Colette Meek landed 14 kills on 21
attempts and tallied only two attack
errors (.571). The freshman also
recorded two solo blocks and one
block assist.
Libero Sydney Donahue, also a
freshman, collected two match-highs
with 19 digs and three service aces.
The Sun Devils refused to attack in
the direction of Oregon libero Katie
O’Neil, who finished with only six
digs, ending her streak of 10 consecu
tive matches with at least 10 digs.
Setter Heather Madison put up 31
assists, 10 digs and two service aces
for Oregon.
On Thursday, Oregon landed a to
tal of 28 kills in three games and
was unable to establish a consistent
attack or a reliable defense as it
yielded 54 kills to Arizona.
"We got off to a sluggish start,"
Ferreira said after the loss. "Arizona
played really well. We had a bit of a
slide in terms of team blocking, and
that hurt us."
Despite recording only one team
block, the Ducks limited the Wild
cats’ leading attacker, Kim Glass, to
11 kills and a . 100 hitting percentage.
The junior All-American committed
eight errors on 30 attempts.
Arizona (14-8, 7-6 after defeating
Oregon State on Friday) had 11 at
tack errors total, and it heavily relied
on outside hitter Meghan Cumpston
to score points. The sophomore de
livered a match-high 17 kills on 28
swings with one error (.571).
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Football: California defense
blanks Ducks in second half
Continued from page 7
to McArthur.
The Cal defense used the score as
momentum in the second half and
didn’t allow another Oregon point.
The Ducks penetrated the Golden
Bear side of the field only once during
the final two quarters but came up
short on Allen’s fourth-down drop.
“I’m extremely proud of our kids
and the character they showed in the
second half,” Cal head coach Jeff
Tedford said. “In the first half, we had
a little bit of trouble slowing them
down. But there was never any
doubt. We came out and moved the
ball very well in the second half. ”
Whitehead finished with 91 yards in
15 carries, while Clemens added 53
yards in 14 attempts for Oregon.
Maxwell led the Ducks with five recep
tions for 53 yards and a touchdown.
Rodgers finished 21 of 32 for 275
yards and three touchdowns for Cal.
His top target was McArthur, who
caught eight passes for 121 yards and
two touchdowns.
Oregon has two games remaining
on its schedule and needs to win one
to become bowl eligible. The Ducks
face UCLA Saturday at Autzen Stadi
um and finish the regular season at
Oregon State the following weekend.
“I'm excited to go home and pre
pare for UCLA,” Clemens said.
“We’re feeling good. ”
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Men's: Freshman Bryce Taylor
impressive off Oregon bench
Continued from page 7
He can pass it, he can shoot it, he
can get to the hole, he rebounds and
defends.”
In the first half, Trinity Western
kept the game within reach on a 7-1
run that closed the Oregon lead to 45
35 entering halftime.
The Spartans were led by guard
Adam Friesen, a Tlialatin native, who
had 10 points at the end of the first
half. Friesen, who attended Lane Com
munity College, finished the game
with 31 points and nine rebounds.
The Oregon lead could have grown
even larger if it weren’t for continu
ously missed lay-ups and shots inside
the paint. Kent said his coaches
counted “16 point-blank lay-ups
alone” that his squad missed in the
first half.
“We missed due to nerves and jit
ters a little bit,” Kent said. “But once
we settled down, I thought this team
did a really, really good job of sharing
the basketball and scoring the basket
ball. We will shoot it better once we
get comfortable with the crowds.”
In the second half, the Ducks
turned up their defensive pressure
and used size to their advantage
against TYinity Western, whose tallest
player stood at just 6-foot-8. Oregon
went on a 12-2 run during the first
two minutes of the second half to take
a 57-37 lead, essentially sealing the
game’s fate. The Spartans got no clos
er than 12 points the rest of the way.
Kent said the group who started
the second half — including Hair
ston, Aaron Brooks and Jordan Kent
— asserted themselves defensively to
take control of the game.
“We made some adjustments at
halftime,” Kent said. “I thought the
group that started the second half
(did well). We just jumped out to a
20-point lead like nothing.
Another freshman who made a big
contribution was 6-foot-5 guard
Bryce Taylor. Coming off the bench,
Taylor was the team’s second-leading
scorer with 13 points on six-of-13
shooting in 18 minutes.
“That’s just how I play; with no
fear,” Taylor said. “I know that’s
what I do best; I shoot the ball. I just
get out there and if I’m open, I’m go
ing to shoot it.”
Alex Tam is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
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