Soccer: Offense needs to step up in Tempe
Continued from page 9A
history and can attribute their break
through start to the stellar play of de
fense. Freshman goalkeeper Jessie
Chatfield and senior defender Katie
Abrahamson have led the backfield,
andallowed an average .88 goals per
game. Chatfield said the Ducks can
have a prosperous weekend if they
maintain their consistency.
Oregon’s offense has scored enough
goals to win games, but needs to do
more to keep pace with its Pac-10 op
ponents. It hasn’t scored more than
two goals in a game; its wins and loss
es hinge on the play of the defense. Se
niors Nicole Garbin and Cristan Higa
are the backbone of the offense, but
are receiving more and more help
from their teammates in putting the
Ducks on the scoreboard.
Oregon kicks off against Arizona
tonight before going to Tempe, Ariz.,
on Sunday to face Arizona State. They
return home next weekend to battle
No. 4 UCLA and No. 27 USC.
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Oregon midfielder Kate Nelson clears a cross against South Dakota State. Nelson earned
MVP honors as a freshman at San Francisco before transferring to Oregon.
Tennis: Hard workers look for big dividends
Continued from page 9A
hitting his stride.
“I really haven’t done as well
over the last two years as I would
have liked,” said Bieri, who posted
a 9-17 overall record in the 2004-05
season.
"But I really feel that I’ve worked
hard in this offseason, and I’m
working hard now too. I really feel
like I’m improving every day now,
and I haven’t felt that for a while, so
that’s exciting,” he said.
The team started training the
week before classes began. The off
season training phase includes skill
and conditioning workouts and sev
eral preseason tournaments, the
first of which takes place this week
end in California.
Vladimir Pino and fellow junior
Eric Pickard head down to Santa
Clara this weekend to play in the
second annual Bronco Invitational.
"I want to play as many guys
from Santa Clara as possible this
weekend because we’ve had prob
lems against them before,” Pickard
said. “So I just want to get out there,
play and hopefully beat them. ”
Pino has higher aspirations for
this weekend’s tournament.
“I want to win it,” Pino said. “If
I’m healthy I think I have a good
chance of winning it. I did pretty
well there last year.”
Volleyball: Road wins key
Continued from page 9A
Oregon had its positive moments
against California and Stanford last
weekend, pushing the Golden Bears
to a fourth game and barely losing
game one of its match against the
Cardinal, 30-28. Oregon (10-5 overall,
0-4 conference) must play strong
throughout the match, something
Moore has been emphasizing since
the season started.
“That is what discipline is all
about — doing something every sin
gle time,” Moore said.
Senior Kelly Russell agrees,
adding, “In practice, we really
worked on defense and siding out —
everything you need to do to keep in
rhythm. And I think that’s huge
for us.”
UCLA and USC are familiar to
Moore, who graduated from Long
Beach State in 1980. When he
coached at the high school level,
Moore said he would take his players
to matches at both schools.
Moore played UCLA twice during
his three-year tenure at Texas. Stacy
Metro, assistant coach and Moore’s
wife, idolized a UCLA player in high
school, Moore said. UCLA coach
Andy Banachowski is currently nine
wins away from being the first colle
giate women’s volleyball coach with
1,000 career wins.
USC coach Mick Haley is a good
friend of Moore’s and offered him the
chance to be the top assistant for the
women’s U.S. National Team. Moore
chose to remain in the college game.
History aside, Moore is focused on
his current team’s performance and
its ability to gain valuable road wins.
“We need to be successful on the
road,” Moore said.
Oregon is facing the Los Angeles
based schools during down years by
their high standards. USC is 5-6 with
only one win in the conference afte
beating UCLA last week. UCLA (7-5
0-3) hSs lost to three ranked teams ii
Cal, Stanford and USC.
UCLA and USC maintain 35- and
29-game winning streaks against
Oregon, respectively, and have Rus
sell thinking Oregon can steal a
match or two if either team takes the
Ducks for granted.
“The second you think you’re go
ing to win, you get on your heels,
you relax a little bit — maybe relax a
little too much, which can work to
our advantage,” Russell said.
Freshman outside hi iter Kaitlin
Sather has made an immediate im
pact at UCLA, averaging 4.08 kills
per game, 10th in the Pac-10. Setter
Nellie Spicer is fourth m assists with
12.07 per game. Nana Meriwether is
the conference lean r in blocks with
a 1.73 average.
USC’s Bibiana Candelas earned
Pac-10 Player of the Week honors af
ter guiding the TVojans past UCLA
with 26 kills, seven blocks and a .389
hitting percentage. Setter Nena Silje
govic ranks fifth in conference in as
sists, averaging 11.41 per game.
Away fre i the court, this week
end’s matches are a family reunion
of sorts.
Originally playing at the Univer
sity of San Francisco, Tasha
Demkiw transferred to Oregon last
year and became eligible this sea
son. The San Marcos native will be
playing within two hours of home,
with her family expected to be in at
tendance.
“I’m very excited,” Demkiw said.
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IN BRIEF
Former Heisman winner
retires from football
Heisman Trophy winner Jason
White has been pursuing a job in the
business world with an eye toward get
ting into coaching next season.
The former Oklahoma quarterback
went undrafted by the NFL last April
and was unable to catch on as a free
agent. He joined the Tennessee Titans
in May as an undrafted rookie after an
audition with the Kansas City Chiefs
did not lead to a contract offer.
In August, he called it quits, saying
his surgically repaired knees wouldn’t
allow him to earn a job in the NFL.
He told The Associated Press in a
telephone interview recently that he
has talked with some companies, but
“I’m not in any hurry to get a job,” he
said. “I’ve definitely thought about
coaching, but that’s something I might
get into next season.”
White will be at the Cotton Bowl in
Dallas on Saturday for the Oklahoma
Texas game.
The Sooners struggled to replace
White, who won the Heisman in 2003,
finished third in the voting in 2004 and
led Oklahoma to BCS title games.
Oklahoma’s offense has sputtered
this season as it breaks in redshirt
freshman quarterback Rhett Bomar.
White played a major role in helping
Oklahoma win five straight against
Texas in the Red River Rivalry.
The second-ranked Longhorns
(4-0) are big favorites heading into Sat
urday’s game at the Texas State Fair.
White doesn’t believe Oklahoma’s
winning streak gives the Sooners an
edge over Texas.
“I think it’s just a matter of which
team prepares the best and executes
the game plan,” he said.
Confederate flags spell
trouble for NASCAR
NASCAR CEO Brian France doesn’t
like fans flying Confederate flags at
races; he wants auto racing to appeal
more to minorities and women.
“It’s not a flag that I look at with
anything favorable. That’s for sure,” he
said in an interview with CBS’ “60
Minutes” to be aired Sunday. “I can’t
tell people what flag to fly. I can tell
you the flag we get behind: It’s the
American flag.”
France is trying to broaden auto rac
ing’s appeal with minorities in places
like Los Angeles, where France moved
the important Labor Day NASCAR
event last year, and New York, soon to
have a track.
“(Reaching out to minorities) is
something I work on every day. I work
on it personally,” France said.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (October 7). You whisper
your wishes, and the universe amplifies them
until the right people get the message. The
next six weeks are particularly fortunate. Small
investments of your time, energy and money
grow rapidly. The new year shows you reaping
personal rewards. Some marry in July. Your
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35 and 2.
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friend doesn't mean you have to give up a kid
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dig into savings in order to afford the right
birthday present. The friendship is better off for
the boundaries you establish now.
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why others would want you on their team -
you do all the work. Caution: There are folks
who will milk your generosity for all it s worth,
not always out of maliciousness, but out of
laziness.
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decision to put yourself first from time to time
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So it will be surprising to them when you do
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Friends brag about you. Don't stop them! Just
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you think you need in order to be attractive. So
what if your hair hasn t been cut in months.
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