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Ducks sweep Kansas tourney.


Byline: The Register-Guard

LAWRENCE, Kan. - The 13th-ranked Oregon volleyball team finished off a clean sweep clean sweep n to make a clean sweep (SPORT) → arrasar, barrer

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 of the Kansas Invitational, defeating Utah Valley Utah Valley is a valley in North Central Utah located in Utah County, and is considered part of the Wasatch Front. It contains Provo, Orem, and their suburbs, including Spanish Fork and American Fork. Utah Lake is a natural shallow fresh water lake in its center.  25-12, 25-18, 25-18 on Saturday morning to win the tournament without dropping a single game.

Senior Gorana Maricic had 11 kills and a .600 hitting percentage for the Ducks (5-1), who swept all three of their tournament opponents, beginning with two-game wins over Central Florida
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 and host Kansas on Friday.

"We got what we needed in many ways," Oregon coach Jim Moore said, "so overall it was a good tournament. It was great to get an opportunity to play everyone and have them contribute.

"As a team, we still have a long ways to go, but there were several positive steps."

Oregon junior Neticia Enesi was named tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip.  after finishing the three matches with a total of 24 kills and a hitting percentage of .514. She had four blocks against Utah Valley.

"It was fun to win all three matches and be able to take first place," Enesi said. "We did a good job of playing in control, having discipline to get each of our jobs done and still having fun.

"We have a lot of experience on this team, but it's also good to have the younger players around since they infuse inĀ·fuse
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 a lot of energy, which also helps us from getting too comfortable."

UO junior Sonja Newcombe added seven kills on a team-best .778 hitting percentage in Saturday's match. The Ducks hit .338 as a team and held the Wolverines to a .013 mark.

Kristen Forristall had five blocks to lead Oregon defensively, and senior Katie Swoboda had five digs.

UO setter Nevena Djordjevic had 16 assists.

The Ducks return to McArthur Court for the two-day Oregon Classic next weekend, opening with a match against UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas  on Friday night at 7. Oregon then faces Eastern Washington (12:30 p.m.) and Baylor (7 p.m.) on Saturday.

No. 17 Colorado State bumps OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005.  in volleyball

CORVALLIS - Jaime Strauss had 14 kills to lead the 17th-ranked Colorado State volleyball team to a 25-16, 25-15, 25-17 victory over Oregon State on Saturday in the Asics Classic on the OSU campus.

"Colorado State played outstanding, and they served well," OSU coach Taras Liskevych said. "We need be better blockers, less error-prone and communicate better."

Oregon State senior Lauren Rinderknecht tied her career high with eight kills and had six digs for the Beavers (5-1). Sophomore Jill Sawatzky added seven kills and six digs.

OSU junior Rachel Rourke added six kills, and sophomore Kiersten Sambrailo had six kills and a team-best .385 hitting percentage.

Jacque Davisson and Katelin Batten had 14 digs apiece for the Rams (4-1).

The Beavers wrap up play in the tournament with a 2:30 p.m. match today against Pepperdine.

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 in volleyball match

PORTLAND - Warner Pacific handed Northwest Christian a 3-2 loss in Cascade Conference volleyball on Saturday, winning 21-25, 9-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-10.

Cotie Howard had 17 kills and 10 digs to lead the Beacons (2-4 overall, 0-2 CCC CCC

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). Brooke Stribling added nine kills and 14 digs for NCU, and Alex Jee had 16 assists and 14 digs.
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Title Annotation:Regional Roundup; Oregon wins the Kansas Invitational volleyball tournament without losing a game
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Sep 7, 2008
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