Dawgs Sweep Past Ducks In Eugene

Thursday, November 7

Eugene, OR

8:00 PM

University of Washington

18-5, 9-4Pac-12

Oregon

7-15, 3-10Pac-12

Washington

Oregon

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November 07, 2019 | Volleyball

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By: UW Athletic Communications

EUGENE, Ore. – Washington completed the season sweep over rival Oregon tonight at Matthew Knight Arena, getting a 25-19, 26-24, 25-20 victory behind 17 kills from senior Kara Bajema. The Huskies (18-5, 9-4 Pac-12) stayed in a tie for second in the conference race and earned their sixth-straight win over the Ducks in Eugene.

Bajema hit .333 with 17 kills on 42 swings to lead the attack and she also went all the way from 11th to a tie for 8th on the Husky career kills list tonight, as she passed All-Americans Makare Desilets (1,240), Kindra Carlson (1,251), and tied Kristina Laffling with 1,253 career kills.

Also moving up on the top-10 lists was senior Shayne McPherson who had 12 digs tonight, giving her 1,546 to move ahead of former Pac-12 Libero of the Year Cassie Strickland for fourth all-time.

And breaking into the top-10 career list as just a sophomore was Ella May Powell, as she had 30 assists tonight to get into the No. 10 spot in the UW recordbooks with 2,230 career assists. Powell set the Huskies to a .288 attack percentage while the Ducks hit .206.

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— Washington Volleyball (@UWVolleyball) November 8, 2019

Washington came up with clutch serving tonight, posting eight aces, with a big one from Bajema at 25-24 to win the second set. Then Maria Bogomolova served three consecutive aces to break an 11-11 tie in the third set and give the Huskies a 16-11 lead before her serving run was done. She finished with four of UW's eight aces.

"(Sets) were tight for longer than we wanted them to be, and I thought we had some great serving down the stretch," said Head Coach Keegan Cook. "Of course Maria's run in the third stands out to really break things open, but had to execute late and we were able to do that."

Sophomore Shannon Crenshaw put away eight kills and hit .300 while adding seven digs, and junior Samantha Drechsel had 10 kills and three block assists. Junior Lauren Sanders had five kills, hitting .455, with three blocks, all in the third set.

UW also got a lift from Claire Hoffman, who returned to action after missing the past six matches with an injury, checking in for the first time in the third set and picking up three kills on four swings to help the Huskies close things out.

"Claire is cleared to go and I have a lot of confidence in her in any situation, and she had her chance today and came in and made an impact right away with some good passes, couple nice swings, it was nice to see her out there. Shannon Crenshaw had a great match as well, and now we have two good options there," said Cook.

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— Washington Volleyball (@UWVolleyball) November 8, 2019

UP NEXT: The Huskies will have two days off before facing Oregon State in a 12 noon match this Sunday in Corvallis in another Pac-12 Network televised event.

SET 1: Drechsel got Washington's first clean kill of the match for a 3-2 lead. Drechsel finished another from the right for a 5-3 edge. The Ducks scored three straight for their first lead at 7-8, but Bajema found the floor for her first kill to tie it. Bajema and Niece then roofed one to put the Huskies back on top and Bogomolova served UW's first ace for a 10-8 lead. Bajema hammered one up the line from the right pin and then Drechsel converted a Powell transition set for 13-10. An Oregon error made it 15-11 Dawgs at the media timeout. Crenshaw finished off an overdig for 16-12. The Ducks made a 3-0 run with a block and an ace to cut the lead to 17-15 and the Huskies took timeout. Crenshaw had a clutch kill out of system out of the break to snap the run. Bajema found the end line for a kill and then Oregon missed one wide for 21-17 and the Ducks took time. Niece slammed a quick in serve-receive for 22-18. A couple miscues from Oregon made it set point Dawgs, and Shayne McPherson ended it with a tough float serve ace for 25-19.

The Huskies hit .375 in the first set led by five kills from Bajema who hit .400 and the Dawgs had three aces while Oregon hit .242 with one ace. McPherson had seven digs in the frame.

SET 2: Bajema had a couple early kills in the second set for 2-2. Oregon went on a 4-0 run to take the lead at 3-7 before Crenshaw got one down to snap it and then McPherson followed with an ace for 5-7. Drechsel then followed with a kill bump set by McPherson and Crenshaw had a transition kill as the Dawgs got right back even at 7-7. Drechsel slammed up the line for 9-all and then Crenshaw found the edge of the block for a 10-9 lead. Cailin Onosko sailed a perfect bump set to Bajema for the blast from the left for 12-12. Bajema had a solo block on an Oregon slide attempt for a 15-14 lead at the media timeout. Out of the break, Niece and Drechsel posted another rejection and then Drechsel ended a rally with a kill high hands from the right. Powell's next serve was overpassed and Bajema bounced it back down for 18-14 and an Oregon timeout. The Ducks got one back with an ace but Niece and Drechsel came up with a big block to make it 20-17. The Ducks pulled within one at 22-21 and the Huskies called for time. Oregon tied it out of the break with a block but Bajema got a tip to fall for 23-22. Oregon tied it, but Bajema rolled over the block for a kill for 24-23. The Ducks saved it with a kill but Drechsel responded with a laser from the left. Bajema then claimed it for the Dawgs with a serve that got shanked for an ace and a 26-24 win.

The Huskies put away 17 kills in the set and hit .244 while Oregon was slightly more efficient ad .268 but made one more service error and a ball-handling error which was the difference in the tight set. Bajema had a big eight kills in the set and Crenshaw added four on nine swings without a miss.

SET 3: Sanders killed a slide to open up the third. The Ducks took the early lead again with a couple of blocks. A quick kill from Niece made it 4-6 Oregon. Sophomore Claire Hoffman checked in for the first time after missing the past six matches with injury. The Huskies won a challenge of an Oregon net violation, and then Powell blocked a tight Oregon set to get the Huskies even at 7-7. Sanders ended a long rally with a kill on the slide for a 9-8 lead. The Ducks regained the lead with a run but Bajema stuffed one to tie it again at 11. That sent Bogomolova to the serving line, and she fired off three aces in a row and a fourth out of system play was hit long by the Ducks to make it 15-11 Huskies at the media timeout. The Dawgs got one more out of the break before Oregon scored to snap the 6-0 run on Bogomolova's serve. Oregon rallied back with five of the next six points to shrink the five point UW lead to one at 17-16. Bajema came up with a big swing to keep the lead, and Drechsel pushed over a free ball that was mishandled for a Husky point for 19-16. Hoffman's first kill was a big one in serve-receive from the left for a 20-17 lead, then Sanders and Drechsel assisted on a block to make it 21-17 and force the Ducks into a timeout. Drechsel powered one through the block on the right and then Oregon saved a near ace by Drechsel but their save was short-lived as Hoffman jumped up to tap it down at the net to force the last UO timeout at 23-18. The Huskies missed serve but Hoffman tooled the block to get to match point at 24-19. Oregon saved the first with a kill but they hit long to end the next rally as the Dawgs finished the sweep, 25-20.

Hoffman had three kills on four swings in her first action back, while Sanders was big with four kills on six attempts plus three blocks in the final set, and Bajema added four more kills. The Huskies hit .257 compared to .088 for Oregon.