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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Volleyball Contact: Nate Krueger Email: [email protected] Matthew Knight Arena | 1390 Villard Street | @OregonVB | Facebook.com/OregonVolleyball| GoDucks.com/Volleyball C: (253) 569-9468 | O: (541) 346-5475 2017 SCHEDULE 2017 OREGON VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES Date Opponent Time (PT) Aug. 25 vs. #5 Nebraska ^ (ESPN3) W, 3-1 #11 OREGON DUCKS (7-1, 0-0 Pac-12) Aug. 26 vs. #1 Texas ^ (Longhorn Network) L, 3-1 Team Stats - K/S: 14.6 | A/S: 13.3 | SA/S: 1.5 | D/S: 13.9 | B/S: 2.6 Aug. 31 TEXAS RIO-GRANDE VALLEY $ W, 3-0 Last Week: The Ducks swept the Nike Classic vs. Cal Poly, No. 23 Wichita State and Duquesne Sept. 1 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT $ W, 3-2 All-Time Overall Record: 836-720-19 Sept. 2 NORTHERN ILLINOIS $ W, 3-0 Notable: After opening the season and the Matt Ulmer era with a win over then-No. 5 Nebraska, the Ducks have Sept. 7 CAL POLY (P12N) # W, 3-0 won six matches in a row, including five sweeps, with a pair of 3-0 weekends at home. No. 11 Oregon has won 14 Sept. 8 #23 WICHITA STATE # W, 3-0 straight sets and is already 2-1 against ranked teams this season, most recently dismantling then-No. 23 Wichita Sept. 9 DUQUESNE # W, 3-0 State in the Nike Classic. The Ducks feature seven players with 1.93 kills per set or better. Sept. 19 OREGON STATE* (P12N) 7 PM Sept. 22 at UCLA* (P12N) 8 PM OREGON STATE BEAVERS (8-1, 0-0 Pac-12) Sept. 29 at Utah* (P12N) 5 PM Team Stats - K/S: 14.0 | A/S: 12.8 | SA/S: 1.9 | D/S: 14.4 | B/S: 2.4 Sept. 30 at Colorado* 6 PM Last Week: OSU lost to North Texas before beating Campbell and New Orleans Oct. 6 STANFORD* (ESPNU) 8 PM All-Time Series: Oregon leads, 73-43-1 | Last Meeting: Oregon won, 3-1 (11/25/16, Corvallis) Oct. 8 CALIFORNIA* 2 PM Oct. 11 at Washington* (P12N) 7 PM Notable: The Beavers are off to a good start in 2017 with an 8-1 record and six sweeps, with their one Oct. 13 at Washington State* (P12N) 6 PM loss a sweep at the hands of North Texas. OSU is led by Mary-Kate Marshall’s 4.86 kills per set, second- Oct. 20 ARIZONA* (P12N) 8 PM best in the Pac-12, and has two more players with 2.0 kills or more per set. The Beavers will take on No. 1 Oct. 21 ARIZONA STATE* 7 PM Minnesota, Idaho State and Boise State in Boise before coming to Eugene to face the Ducks. Oct. 25 UTAH* (P12N) 7 PM Oct. 27 COLORADO* 7 PM #13 UCLA BRUINS (6-2, 0-0 Pac-12) Nov. 3 at California* 7 PM Team Stats - K/S: 13.3 | A/S: 12.6 | SA/S: 1.0 | D/S: 15.5 | B/S: 2.7 Nov. 5 at Stanford* (P12N) 1 PM Last Week: UCLA was swept twice at No. 12 Nebraska before beating LMU at home. Nov. 9 at Arizona State* (P12N) 5 PM All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 55-11 | Last Meeting: UCLA won, 3-1 (11/18/16, Los Angleles) Nov. 12 at Arizona* 1 PM Notable: The Bruins dropped a pair of matches at No. 12 Nebraska, the team Oregon beat to open its Nov. 17 WASHINGTON STATE* (P12N) TBD season, after a 5-0 start to their year. UCLA has already played four ranked matches this season, with wins Nov. 19 WASHINGTON* (P12N) TBD over No. 22 San Diego and No. 20 Hawaii, and boasts a team with four players averaging 2.0 kills per set or Nov. 22 USC* (P12N) 2 PM better. The Bruins have struggled with efficiency this season with a .245 team hitting percentage. Nov. 24 at Oregon State* (P12N) TBD Home matches in BOLD CAPS at Matthew Knight Arena * Pac-12 Conference match MATCH DETAILS AND HOW TO FOLLOW ^ Matches played in Gainesville, Fla., at the VERT Challenge $ Oregon Classic at Matthew Knight Arena #11 OREGON vs. OREGON STATE #11 OREGON at #13 UCLA # Nike Classic at Matthew Knight Arena Date: Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 Date: Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 Time: 7:04 p.m. PT Time: 8:04 p.m. PT PROJECTED STARTERS Venue: Matthew Knight Arena Venue: John Wooden Center Location: Eugene, Ore. Location: Los Angeles, Calif. POS. NO. NAME NOTABLE TV: Pac-12 Networks (Rich Burk & Kelli Tennant) TV: Pac-12 Networks (Anne Marie Anderson & Holly Mcpeak) MB 1 Gill 1.36 b/s*, 1.00 k/s Radio: 88.1 FM/kwva.uoregon.edu (Matt Tyra) Radio: None S 3 Scott 6.50 a/s*, 1.61 d/s, 8 sa Stats: Oregon.Statbroadcast.com Stats: UCLA.Statbroadcast.com RS 4 Johnson 2.79 k/s, .352 pct Twitter: @OregonVB Twitter: @OregonVB OH 8 Vander Weide 3.39 k/s*, 3.00 d/s, 7 sa L 11 Hojnar 2.43 d/s, 5 sa QUICK HITS OH 15 Rasmussen 8 sp, 2.25 k/s, 2.63 d/s NO. 11 DUCKS STREAK INTO PAC-12 PLAY AGOST NAMED PAC-12 OFFENSIVE POW MB 17 Stone 1.93 k/s, .410 pct*, 1.21 b/s, 11 sa* The 11th-ranked Ducks are set open Pac-12 play next SR RS Taylor Agost hauled in a flurry of honors after *Leads team week after a tremendous 7-1 start to the 2017 season a huge weekend in the Nike Classic, highlighted by and the Matt Ulmer era. Oregon is riding a six-match her first career Pac-12 offensive player of the week PROJECTED RESERVES winning streak, which includes five sweeps, and has honor. Agost hit an astounding .619 with 28 kills on POS. NO. NAME NOTABLE won each of its last 14 sets while sweeping a pair of 42 swings and just two errors to earn Nike Classic four-team tournaments at home. Oregon will look to MVP honors, and also earned the conference and one OH 2 McLaren Redshirted 2016 improve to 7-0 at home in its Pac-12 opener against national player of the week honor. OH 5 Van Sickle 2 double-doubles, 2.38 k/s rival Oregon State before taking its 2-1 record against OH 6 Page 13 sp, 2.35 k/s, .328 ranked teams to L.A. to take on the No. 13 Bruins. DUCKS BOASTING BALANCED ATTACK RS 7 Agost 2.64 k/s, .335, P12 OPOW The Oregon attack has been coming from all directions DS 10 Hanawahine Lone newcomer, 7 sp DUCKS SWEEP NIKE CLASSIC so far this season, with six players averaging better Coming off three wins in three days to sweep the than 1.90 kills per set for a conference-leading 14.61 DS 12 Hall-Poirier 9 sp, 19 digs, 2 sa Oregon Classic, the Ducks dominated the Nike Classic kills per set as a team at a .301 hitting percentage. S 16 Raskie 3 double-doubles, 5.21 a/s last weekend with three straight sweeps, including a *Leads team dismantling of then-No. 23 Wichita State. The Ducks UP NEXT hit .378 on the weekend, improving with each match The Ducks will head to the mountain schools after to hit an astounding .457 against Duquesne, while opening conference play with OSU and UCLA, heading holding their opponents to a .108 clip. to Salt Lake City to face No. 16 Utah on September 29 before going to Boulder to play Colorado on September 30. 1 2017 Oregon Volleyball Match Notes ROSTER BREAKDOWN 2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER BY CLASS No. Name Pos. HT CL Hometown/Previous School(s) Seniors (4) 1 Sumeet Gill MB 6-3 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. (Pleasant Grove) Taylor Agost, Marine Hall-Poirier, 2 Haley McLaren OH 6-3 RSo. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview) Alex Hojnar, Maggie Scott 3 Maggie Scott S 5-10 Sr. Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette) Juniors (5) 4 Willow Johnson RS 6-2 So. Paradise Valley, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) Sumeet Gill, Haley McLaren, Lauren Page, August 5 Brooke Van Sickle L 5-9 So. Battle Ground, Wash. (Battle Ground) Raskie, Lindsey Vander Weide 6 Lauren Page MB 6-0 Jr. Riverside, Calif. (King) Sophomores (4) 7 Taylor Agost OH 6-2 Sr. Happy Valley, Ore. (Clackamas) Willow Johnson, Jolie Rasmussen, 8 Lindsey Vander Weide OH 6-3 Jr. Turlock, Calif. (Pitman) Ronika Stone, Brooke Van Sickle 10 Kyra Hanawahine DS 5-2 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii (Kamehameha Schools) Freshmen (1) 11 Alex Hojnar DS 5-9 Sr. Western Springs, Ill. (Lyons) Kyra Hanawahine 12 Marine Hall-Poirier OH 5-11 Sr. Portola Valley, Calif. (Woodside Priory) 15 Jolie Rasmussen OH 6-2 So. Encinitas, Calif. (Canyon Crest Academy) BY POSITION 16 August Raskie S 6-0 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Setters (2) 17 Ronika Stone MB 6-2 So. San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian) August Raskie, Maggie Scott Outside Hitters (4) 2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Haley McLaren, Jolie Rasmussen, Brooke Van Sickle, Lindsey Vander Weide No. Name Pos. HT CL Hometown/Previous School(s) Right-Side Hitters (2) 7 Taylor Agost OH 6-2 Sr. Happy Valley, Ore. (Clackamas) Taylor Agost, Willow Johnson 1 Sumeet Gill MB 6-3 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. (Pleasant Grove) Middle Blockers (3) 12 Marine Hall-Poirier OH 5-11 Sr. Portola Valley, Calif. (Woodside Priory) Sumeet Gill, Lauren Page, Ronika Stone 10 Kyra Hanawahine DS 5-2 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii (Kamehameha Schools) Libero/Defensive Specialists (3) 11 Alex Hojnar DS 5-9 Sr.