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Soccer: Higa may miss fourth straight game
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Oregon’s student assistant, scored
the game-winning goal midway
through the third minute of overtime.
The winning team in the Civil
War has scored at least three goals
in six of the past eight meetings
placing the Ducks at a disadvantage
— they are yet to score three goals
in a game this season.
Oregon may have to play without
both Valadez and fellow senior
starter Cristan Higa for the fourth
straight game. They suffered injuries
two weeks ago against Arizona and
have not seen playing time since.
Valadez is nursing an ankle injury
and Higa has an ailing knee. As with
last weekend, Erickson is tabbing
whether or not they will play against
the Beavers as a game-time decision.
The two injuries may have left
Oregon short-handed, but they have
received help from Sabrina De
Monte and Taylor Callan, who will
likely start at midfield. The Ducks
have a much-needed day off Sun
day, which should help Erickson’s
squad get healthy.
“Having Sunday off will be nice, it
means we can put everything we
have into the game and it gives us a
chance to help our injured players get
back,” Erickson said.
In its quest to earn the program’s
first invitation to the NCAAs, this
game is indeed crucial for Oregon,
which is in need of conference wins
or ties to secure a post-season berth.
“It can mean a ton if we can win
this game,” Erickson said. “It’s a win
able game and so are our next few
games and those are games we defi
nitely have to win.”
Kickoff today is at 3 p.m. at
Lorenz Field.
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Volleyball: Swoboda invests in team's future
Continued from page 9A
Shortly thereafter, Moore learned
of Oregon’s opening, and he was
hired by the University in January.
One of his first priorities was secur
ing Swoboda’s commitment. She
committed in mid-February and
signed in April.
“It’s an unbelievable amount of
luck that she was still available and
we could still get her,” Moore said. “I
think she’s as good as any libero in
the (Pac-10) conference.”
Early in the recruiting process,
Oregon’s former coach Carl Ferreira
hinted through the club system that
he was interested in offering Swobo
da a scholarship, and other schools’
interest waned as Oregon appeared
to be her top choice. When Ferreira
later decided to go in another direc
tion, he offered Swoboda the
chance to come but without a schol
arship, said Swoboda’s mom,
Debbie Swoboda.
When Moore took charge in Janu
ary, the decision to offer Katie Swo
boda a scholarship was an easy one,
he said.
Katie Swoboda said turning Ore
gon into a power was a major factor.
“I wanted to be a part of this pro
gram that’s going to be good in the
future,” Katie Swoboda added.
Her potential, Moore said, is un
limited. It has him believing Katie
Swoboda is the best in a conference
featuring USC’s Debora Seilhamer, a
member of Puerto Rico’s National
Team, California’s Jillian Davis and
Stanford’s Courtney Schultz.
“Kate’s skills aren’t necessarily bet
ter, just her drive and determination
and her discipline is better than al
most everybody’s,” Moore said.
Oregon’s next challenge comes to
day with No. 2 Washington visiting
McArthur Court at 7 p.m. The top
ranked Huskies enter undefeated at
16-0 overall and 7-0 in the Pac-10.
They have won 14 of the 16 games in
three-game sweeps.
Oregon gets a slight reprieve Satur
day with Washington State (8-12,
1-6) set for a 7 p.m. match.
The two home matches for Ore
gon (10-8, 0-7) gives the Ducks an
other opportunity to earn an elusive
conference win. Much of Oregon’s
difficulties have been inexperience,
whereas Katie Swoboda came
in knowing volleyball intimately,
her entire life spent within a gym as
the daughter of a high school vol
leyball coach.
Similar to all freshmen, Swoboda
has had her highs and lows, though
predominantly highs — she had
a match-high 24 digs against No. 17
USC and had a career and Oregon sea
son high 31 digs against Fresno State.
Defense is her forte, an area that
allows her to remain away from the
spotlight normally reserved for big
hitters, such as Oregon’s Kelly Russell
and Mira Djuric. The competitive
Katie Swoboda, even when she has
strong performances, is her biggest
critic, Moore said.
“She’s very focused and always
been that way,” Debbie Swoboda said.
Katie Swoboda has had her share
of the spotlight as a standout player
at Reynolds High School in TYoutdale.
Now in her 28th year of coaching,
Debbie Swoboda took over as coach
of Reynolds in 1990.
Katie Swoboda was a regular at
practices and matches. Her potential
made it a difficult decision where to
place her as a high school freshman
— junior varsity or varsity. With
mom the varsity coach, some people
said unkind things, but Swoboda’s
talents were undeniable.
“It was hard at first, but after the
initial year there’s never been a prob
lem,” Debbie Swoboda said.
Some parents were anxious with
daughters who played the same posi
tion and who didn’t make varsity.
But support flowed in as well, with
opponents from other schools like
Barlow, Gresham and even current
teammate Heather Madison backing
Katie Swoboda.
Debbie Swoboda left the decision
up to her then-assistant coach, Tai
Quirke, now the head coach at
Barlow High. Quirke quickly voiced
support to move Katie Swoboda
to varsity.
As a coach and parent, Debbie
Swoboda felt she came down hard
on her daughter at times, but the ex
perience will be a lasting memory,
she said.
“We shared the same love of vol
leyball, and having her there for me
was amazing,” Katie Swoboda said.
There was no animosity or jeal
ousy between teammates,, Swoboda
said. One of her teammates, Ali
Walker, has been a best friend since
fifth grade when she played club vol
leyball with Katie Swoboda.
The team harmony resulted in
Swoboda winning Mt. Hood Confer
ence player of the year honors her
senior season. She also played with
many of her in-conference rivals as
part of Nike Northwest Juniors Vol
leyball Club.
Club volleyball helped, giving
Swoboda more opportunities to face
elite competition.
This season, Swoboda’s first in
four years with a new coach, both
mother and daughter relish their new
roles. Mom can be mom again and
Katie Swoboda is adjusting to Divi
sion I volleyball, pleased to have her
family nearby.
“My mom, my dad, my brother
and my grandpa have been to every
single game since I started playing,”
Swoboda said. “I wanted not only
to... play here for me, but to play for
them too.”
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