Volleyball: Blocker intimidates opponents with presence and statistics
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Heather Madison and Sarah Mason,
who transferred to Hawaii.
“I loved everything about it from
volleyball to school — the town,”
Bitter said of the University.
Starting with her freshman sea
son in the fall of 2003, Bitter had ex
pectations that have remained high
to this day. Even if Oregon doesn’t
have the conference success she de
sires, knowing she’s a part of the
turnaround is a good feeling.
“This is a new era of Oregon
volleyball,” Bitter said. “This is not
the same Oregon team that has
been here the last two years when
I was here. ”
Bitter projects an intimidating
presence, posting a Pac-10-leading
110 blocks in 2003 and leading
Oregon with 11 solo blocks, 62
block assists and 73 total blocks in
2004. This season, Bitter has 13 solo
blocks, 39 block assists and 52 total
blocks through 17 matches
this season.
She had nine kills and a .316 hit
ting percentage last weekend
against No. 17 USC.
“She needs to keep the ball well
above the top of the net and she did
that against a team that’s very big
and a big block on that side of the
net,” Moore said.
The only thing holding her back,
Moore said, is her lack of experi
ence. Club volleyball is routine for
college players now, something
Hooper and Bartholomew did, but
the multi-sport Bitter didn’t.
Bartholomew said club provides
top-notch competition and opportu
nities for exposure to colleges.
The more she plays, the better
she’ll be, Moore said.
“Physically, she’s incredibly gift
ed,” Moore added.
All having reached the pinnacle
of college volleyball, this weekend
reunites the trio — each separated
by a grade, but tied together by high
school volleyball in a football town.
“It makes me really proud to be
from Roseburg,” Bitter said.
“I’m excited to see (Bitter)
play and play against her,”
Bartholemew said.
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offense, Erickson will have her
team move as many as five defend
ers into the backline to strengthen
the defense, an adjustment that ulti
mately weakens the offense. It is
not the first time Erickson has made
this adjustment. While coaching for
Portland State last year, she led her
Vikings to a win over Cal State
Fullerton using the same alignment.
The key to an upset win or tie for
the Ducks (8-3-1) lies in the offen
sive production of their leading
goal-scorer Nicole Garbin. With
eight career game-winning goals to
her credit, the senior forward from
Wailuku, Hawaii, is the difference
maker for Oregon. In last Sunday’s
3-0 loss to Arizona State, Garbin
was held to just two shots and failed
to score against Arizona, which
topped the Ducks 4-2 on Friday. As
long as Garbin is on the field, Erick
son feels her offense is a threat to
any team, including UCLA.
“Nicole Garbin is always at least
a scoring threat,” Erickson said. “
She can single-handedly turn a
game around for us, and every team
we face knows it.”
To make their game against UCLA
even tougher, Erickson’s squad may
have to play without seniors Andrea
Valadez and Cristan Higa. Both
starting mid-fielders were injured
last Friday against Arizona. They
were sidelined for most of practice
this week to recover, but even with
the time off, Erickson insists they
are still a game-time decision.
Should they not play, Erickson
could duplicate her starting roster
used against the Sun Devils, calling
on freshman Taylor Callan to fill in
for Higa and junior Sabrina De
Monte to replace Valadez. Erickson
was pleased with the way Callan
and her other starting freshmen
played last weekend.
“They played well, but they’re
still learning,” Erickson said. “You
want to see your freshmen do well
and have success, but you can’t ex
pect them to be game-changing
players. ”
On Sunday, the Ducks face anoth
er talented Pacific-10 Conference
opponent in USC (7-4-1) who,
like their rivals from Westwood,
Calif., feature premiere players. Er
ickson stated earlier this week that
a win over the Women of Ttoy
hinges greatly on the play of
Oregon’s offense.
“They are a young but talented
team,” Erickson said. “Some of
their players have international ex
perience, and they are definitely a
team riding on individual talent.
In order to beat them, you have
score goals because they are
definitely going to.”
Kickoff for the UCLA game is
scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight at Pape
Field and noon on Sunday against
the TVojans.
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