Utes Drop Road Match to Beavers in Five Sets

Friday, October 2

Corvallis, Ore.

7:00 PM

University of Utah

7-7, 1-2Pac-12

Oregon State

3-10, 1-2Pac-12

Utah

Oregon State

10/2/2015 12:00 AM | Volleyball

Box Score

Oct. 2, 2015

Final Stats

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The Utah volleyball team dropped its Pac-12 Conference match with Oregon State on Friday evening, falling in five sets (26-24, 21-25, 25-18, 13-25, 12-15) to the Beavers at Gill Coliseum.

The Utes (7-7, 1-2 Pac-12) scored 10 unanswered points and went up 2-1 in the match after downing the Beavers (3-10, 1-2 Pac-12) 25-18 in the third set, but the home team closed the match with a 25-13 fourth-set-win and a 15-12 win in the decisive fifth set.

Sophomore Adora Anae recorded 19 kills for the Utes on Friday, but it wasn't enough as OSU's Mary-Kate Marshall tallied a match-high 30 kills on 79 swings (.266) to help lead her squad to the five-set conference victory.

OSU led by as many as five points midway through the first set, but Utah managed to come back and pull within a point, down 17-16 following a 4-0 run. The Beavers countered with a 3-0 run and the Utes were forced to call a timeout. Out of the break, the Utes scored the next point and then went on to close the frame with a 10-4 run and take set one, 26-24.

The Utes would find themselves down by five points again, late in the second set and despite a 4-1 run the Utes were unable to complete the comeback in the frame and fell 25-21 to the Beavers. Anae tallied seven kills and five digs in the set, but it was not enough and both teams headed into the locker room with the match tied 1-1.

After falling behind 13-9, Utah called a timeout and the proceeded to outscore the Beavers 16-5 and take the third set, 25-18. A 6-2 run tied the set 15-15, but OSU came back with three straight points to go back up 18-15. Following a side-out, Utah tallied 10 unanswered points, which included three service aces from Megan Shughrou, and the Utes rallied to win the set 25-18 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.

Utah scored the first two points of the fourth set, but a 9-2 run from the Beavers put the home team on top 9-4 and Utah called its first timeout of the frame. The Utes snapped the streak out of the break, but was then unable to string together more than one point at a time and OSU went on to take the set, 25-13, and tie the match 2-2.

The Utes jumped out to an 8-4 lead prior the both teams switching sides, but the Beavers later countered with eight unanswered points to take a commanding 13-9 lead. Utah managed to get back-to-back points after going down match-point, but a service error from the Utes gave OSU the set win, 15-12, and the match.

Utah finished with three players netting 10 kills or more in the match. Along with Anae's 19 kills, sophomore Carly Trueman added 11 kills and sophomore Eliza Katoa notched 10 kills on the evening.

Four Utes players recorded double-figure dig efforts with junior Tess Sutton leading the way with her career-high 27 digs on the evening. Freshman Megan Shughrou recorded a career-high 14 digs, redshirt freshman Jessie Jorgensen added 16 digs and Anae had 11 in the match. Jorgensen, who added a career-high 29 assists, notched her fourth double-double of the season, while Anae tallied her ninth.

Shughrou, who got her first career start for the Utes on Friday, tied a school record with five service aces in a match going five sets in the rally-scoring era. She matched Kathryn Haynie's total of five aces that was set against Santa Clara back on Aug. 31, 2008.

Freshman Berkeley Oblad led the Utes at the net with seven blocks and Anae added six total blocks, as well. Utah out-blocked the Beavers 12.5 to 9.0 in total team blocks.

Utah limited the Beavers to just .185 hitting, but the OSU defense countered holding the Utes to just a .144 hitting effort.

The Utes will close a three-match road swing with a Pac-12 match against No. 22-ranked Oregon tomorrow night (Saturday) in Eugene, Ore. Frist serve is set for 5 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.