Outside of Moraga, Calif., there are other happenings with UO athletics this weekend.
Four UO volleyball players — (all years from last year) senior Katie Swoboda, juniors Neticia Enesi and Sonja Newcombe and sophomore Heather Meyers — are trying out for the USA Volleyball team. Tryouts are in Colorado Springs, Feb. 20-22.
Here’s some of the nitty gritty from the press release via Geoff Thurner:
As part of the tryout, approximately 160 athletes will compete for spots on the USA Women’s Volleyball National Team, USA Women’s World University Games Team and/or the USA Women’s Senior A2 Team.
Players selected to the 24-person A2 Team will likely compete in the 2009 USA Adult Open Championships Open Division, May 23-26 in Minneapolis – the sport’s national championships – while the 2009 World University Games squad will compete June 30-July 12 in Belgrade, Serbia. To be eligible to compete in the latter event, team members must be 17-28 years old and enrolled in college or received a degree in 2008.
“I’m really excited to be going,” Newcombe said, “since I’ve always dreamed of playing at the highest level. This weekend give us a chance to keep making that a reality. We also really want to thank the Oregon coaches for being so supportive and sending us – it will help us continue to raise our level of play.”
Kathy Arendsen’s softball team lost both its first-day games in a tournament in Cathedral City, Calif., Thursday. Oregon (5-8), lost to No. 1 Alabama 5-0. Earlier in the day, Oregon lost 3-0 to No. 20 North Carolina. Yesterday, Oregon lost to Texas 9-0.
Now, back to baseball on the blog.
