DUCKS VOLLEYBALL SPLITS PAIRAfter sweeping the Washington schools the prior weekend, the Ducks volleyball team finished up a 4 game home stand this past weekend.On Friday night, the 16th ranked Ducks hosted Utah. Utah came in just 3-9 in conference play. The Duck women took control of the match early with a first set win 25-13. The Ducks were unable to carry this momentum forward, though, as Utah
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DUCKS VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS PAIRHaving lost 4 consecutive matches against some of the top teams in the nation, the Duck Women Volleyball team got back on the winning track over the weekend with a sweep of the Washington schools.On Friday night, in one of the most exhilarating matches of the season the Ducks fought back from an 0-2 deficit for their win. After dropping the first two sets 25-21 and 25-1
Read MoreDUCKS VOLLEYBALL DROPS PAIRAfter dropping two matches to highly ranked Cal and Stanford the previous week, the Duck women faced another stiff challenge with a trip to Los Angeles. On Friday night, the women faced #3 ranked USC. After losing the first set 25-15, the Duck women fought back to tie the match at 1 set apiece with a close, back-and-forth set 27-25. The Trojans, winners of 9 straig
Read MoreDUCKS VOLLEYBALL DROPS PAIRWomens Volleyball (photo courtesy Goducks.com)In front of a record crowd of 6,210 the 15th ranked Women's Volleyball team faced their stiffest challenge of the season. After playing very competitive early against the Cal Bears on Friday night, the women lost 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-12). It was a tough loss for the Ducks to the defending national runner up and #4 ranked Bea
Read MoreDUCKS VOLLEYBALL CONTINUES ROLLThis past weekend, the Women's Volleyball team continued their early season success by sweeping Colorado and Utah on the road. The Ducks dominated both matches 3-0 moving their season record to 11-1.The Ducks are ranked #15 in the nation and sit alone atop the Pac-12 standings with a league record of 4-0. They continue a four game road trip this weekend with matches
Read MoreFOOTBALL ROUTS MISSOURI STATEWith a final non-conference game against Missouri State, the Ducks head into Pac-12 play with confidence, but questions. With the season opening loss, most observers had considered the defensive performance to be a very good effort. The last two weeks, however, have seen the Ducks "D" susceptible to the run.Nonetheless, after Missouri State marched down the field for a
Read MoreA LITTLE “O” FLAPSeems to me as if there was much ado about nothing yesterday. Of course, I am referring to Mike Pereira, Director of Pac-12 officiating, and his utterly ridiculous rant regarding the hand gesture which symbolizes the University of Oregon made by players in celebration WITH their fans after big plays.Look, I understand the need to reduce taunting; true taunting creates far more neg
Read MoreFollow along on our second edition of the week that was in Oregon Sports with the latest Quack Back!This week we learned that there ARE worse fans than Husky fans; The Fear and Loathing in Autzen by future opponents is very real and that conference expansion is far from over. In fact, conference expansion has likely only just begun, so strap on your hats folks, we might finally see just how much p
Read MoreThere were quite a few news stories this week surrounding Duck Athletics. Here is a quick Quack Back to three for the road.IMPROBABLE VICTORY Photo Courtesy GoDucks.com Much like the Kamikaze Kids did to UCLA, the Oregon Women's Volleyball team pulled off, perhaps, the most stunning accomplishment in the history of Oregon Athletics by dismantling a four time defending National Champion Penn State
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