Oregon Daily Emerald

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	Duck offense stalls in Berkeley Turnovers and Cal's tough run defense hold the Ducks to only 358 yards of total offense in loss by Jeffrey Dransfeldt & Luke Andrews\| Sports reporter & sports editor BERKELEY, Calif. - Any dreams of an Oregon football national title dissipated Saturday night in California's Memorial Stadium. Any dreams of challenging USC for the Pacific-10 Conference crown are likely gone as well. Cal was that dominant in its 45-24 rout Saturday night.
	Duck volleyball splits series in Washington Despite scaring UW and beating WSU, questions still linger by Jacob May The Oregon women's volleyball team made significant steps this weekend towards becoming a respectable force in the Pac-10. The Ducks (12-3 overall, 2-3 Pac-10) went 1-1 in their road trip to Washington, losing to the No. 5 Huskies (13-3, 3-2) 3-1 and beating Washington State (13-7, 1-5) 3-0.
	Goals from Garbin seal Duck wins in Arizona Ducks soccer is off to its first 2-0 Pac-10 start in school history by Stefanie Loh The Oregon women's soccer team stunned the Arizona schools over the weekend. The unranked Ducks (8-5 overall, 2-0 Pacific-10 Conference) defeated No. 24 Arizona 2-1 on Friday before winning 1-0 against Arizona State on Sunday afternoon. The Ducks' success against the Arizona schools marked the first time in program history that Oregon has started its Pac-10 season 2-0.
	Bears' defense difference in matchup A new Cal defensive scheme to combat Ducks' potent offense works, resulting in four turnovers and only 70 rushing yards by Luke Andrews BERKELEY, Calif. - When looking at the trends prior to No. 11 Oregon's match-up against No. 16 California, there figured to be substantial offensive fireworks. That came true Saturday, partially. California, which came in averaging 452.2 yards per game for the season and over 43 points in its last four games, did its part with 424 total yards and 45 points.
	Stewart, Oregon left with questions Jonathan Stewart ran for 5.5 fewer yards per carry than his season average Saturday by Jeffrey Dransfeldt BERKELEY, Calif. - Jonathan Stewart grabbed the hand-off, headed up field and found himself swarmed by gold and blue uniforms. That result repeated itself throughout the Ducks' loss. Saturday's final statistics showed 18 rushes for 25 yards. Stewart's performance marked the first time he's started and finished with less than 100 yards rushing.
	Strong dose of reality bittersweet for Ducks In my opinion by Luke Andrews Thud. That was the sound of the Oregon football team falling back to earth Saturday at Memorial Stadium against the California Golden Bears. No more national championship aspirations and the road to a Pacific-10 Conference championship just got that much tougher.