Ducks Create Logjam In First By Sweeping Dawgs

Friday, November 4

Seattle, WA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

19-4, 9-4Pac-12

Oregon

16-6, 9-4Pac-12

Oregon

Washington

November 04, 2016 | Volleyball

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By: UW Athletic Communications

SEATTLE – Nothing much went Washington's way tonight as 20^th-ranked Oregon snapped a seven-match losing streak to the Huskies and upset the Dawgs in straight sets in front of a season-high 3,434 fans at Alaska Airlines Arena. The Ducks created a four-way tie for first-place in the Pac-12 with the win, as they improved to 9-4 and the Huskies also fell to 9-4.

Oregon reversed the outcome from the team's first meeting, when the Huskies had earned a sweep in Eugene. Both the first and third sets were tied at 21-all tonight, but the Ducks were more aggressive and stronger in their serving and receiving games and pulled out both sets. The second set was one to forget for the Huskies, or use as motivation, as Oregon won it, 25-8, for a final line of 25-21, 25-8, 25-22. Oregon had a 14-point run in set two to stun the Huskies, but UW rallied in set three and held a 19-15 lead, but couldn't finish to extend the match.

"Congratulations to the Ducks, they were outstanding in serve and receive, and when they do that they're one of the most dangerous offensive teams in the country," said Head Coach Keegan Cook. "So a lot of credit to them. I loved our response in the third set, after being at the lowest of lows after the second set, to respond and have a competitive third set says a lot about our kids."

It was Washington's first 3-0 defeat at home since Sept. 16, 2011 against USC. The Ducks hit .343, just under the season-high for an opponent of .347 set by Stanford last week. Oregon had 49 kills compared to just 29 for the Huskies, who hit .131, a season-low. Lindsey Vander Weide hit .393 with a match-high 14 kills for Oregon and UO senior libero Amanda Benson dug everything in her vicinity as she had 22 digs. Washington's three blocks were a season-low, with Oregon getting six stuffs.

Tia Scambray's 11 kills led the Huskies but the next highest total for UW was just six by Courtney Schwan. Junior Crissy Jones moved from opposite to middle blocker during the match and had trouble finding her rhythm, finishing with four kills but four errors on 22 attempts.

Oregon took the first three points of the match before Scambray killed an out of system swing for UW's first point. A tough serve from Bajema led to an Oregon overpass and Tanner punched it over for the kill to get UW within one, and then Avie Niece got a kill in transition to tie things up at 5-5. The Ducks retook control with a four point run to take the lead, 6-10, and the Huskies called their first timeout. Oregon kept the run going with a transition kill and then an ace to make it 6-12 before Schwan put one away from the right pin to snap the 6-0 Oregon run. Schwan rolled one down from the back row and then Scambray tapped down an overpass to get the Dawgs within four at 9-13, but Oregon responded with two back. Scambray used the block for a point and then backed it up with another through the block in transition for 12-15 Ducks. Bajema got an ace with some help from the net to make it 15-18 as the Dawgs tried to build momentum. Some determined blocking forced a Husky error and got it to 17-19 to force the Ducks' first timeout. Out of the break, Bailey Tanner fired an ace off the receiver into the seats to get within one, and another Duck error had the Huskies back even at 19-all. Washington had a swing to take the lead but couldn't convert, and Oregon scored and then aced the Huskies for 19-21 and UW used its last timeout. Tanner ran down a poor pass to bump set Scambray and the put it away out of the back row for a crucial Husky point. UW then won a back-and-forth on a Duck error to get even again at 21. Schwan was called for a double contact to give UO the lead back, and then Jones got blocked on the right. A long rally ended on a Scambray swing that the Huskies lobbied hard for a touch, but the refs did not see it, and it was se point Oregon. Oregon fired another ace, its third of the set, to end it on the next point, 21-25. The Huskies hit .220 but Oregon hit .244 in the set, and the Huskies had zero blocks and were out-dug, 17-25.

After no blocks in the first set, the Huskies got their first on just the third point of the second set with Niece rejecting the UO swing for 2-1 Dawgs. Jones got untracked with her first kill to make it 4-5 Oregon. But a 3-0 Oregon run pushed the deficit to 4-8 and the Huskies needed the early timeout again. The Huskies sent over a free ball that was put away, and then got aced as Oregon kept rolling. With the run at seven points, the Dawgs subbed in Jade Finau and Carly DeHoog looking for a spark, but Finau had a ball-handling error and DeHoog hit long and the Huskies had to take timeout again down 10 at 4-14. Another poor pass resulted in another Oregon transition kill as the run hit 10 points. Bajema snapped the run with a kill on the slide but the damage had been more than done and the Huskies would wind up suffering their worst set defeat of the season, 8-25. Washington's prior low for points in a set had been 16.

The teams were even through the first 10 points at 5-5 as Schwan and Jones had early kills, and Bajema got a kill on an Oregon overpass off a Jones serve. Bajema and DeHoog had a block to put the Huskies ahead, 8-7. Scambray had a solo rejection, and then she converted in transition with help from a Destiny Julye dig to put the Huskies up, 12-9, and force an Oregon timeout. The Ducks had a pair out of the break to pull back within one, but a Tanner dump kill helped the Dawgs maintain a 14-12 lead. Bajema had a slide kill and Oregon served long as the teams traded sideouts for several points. Tanner fired a set back to DeHoog at the right pin and she put it down up the line for 17-14. The Ducks misplayed a free ball attempt out of bounds, and then on the next point Tanner set Scambray who hit crosscourt and down for 19-15, prompting Oregon's last timeout. The Ducks got a kill in serve-receive out of the break and then followed with another in transition before missing their next serve for 20-17. But Oregon scored twice more to cut the Husky lead to one at 20-19 and UW used its first timeout. The Huskies nearly had two blocks on the next point but Oregon covered both and then tipped for a kill to tie it up at 20-20. The Ducks then took the lead, 20-21, but Jones put one down to snap the run and tie it up. But Oregon won two more lengthy rallies to put the Huskies in a 21-23 hole and force UW's final timeout. Washington had multiple swings at the next point but Oregon dug them all and finally converted their own swing to get to match point, 21-24. UW saved one with some stellar defense but Oregon left no doubt, putting their next swing away to take the set and the match, 22-25.

The Huskies will look to bounce back on Sunday when Oregon State comes to town. The Beavers had an upset of their own tonight over Washington State in Pullman. First serve for Sunday's match is 3 p.m.