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Utes Fall to Ducks on the Road
10/3/2015 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 3, 2015
EUGENE, Ore. - The Utah volleyball team forced the No. 22-ranked Oregon Ducks to five sets Saturday evening, but the home team came away with the win, downing the Utes 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 11-15) at Matthew Knight Arena.
The Utes dropped to 7-8 overall and 1-3 in Pac-12 play with the loss, while Oregon improved to 8-5 overall and 2-2 in league play.
Utah opened the first set with a 4-1 run, but the Ducks would later come back to tie the frame 8-8 following a 5-1 run from the home team. Both teams would trade points throughout the majority of the set until sophomore Carly Trueman's kill helped set-up a 6-2 run and Utah led 18-14. Utah later led 21-16, forcing Oregon to take a timeout and the Ducks came out of the break with a 6-1 run to notch things up at 22-all. Utah called a timeout and then proceeded to win three of the next four points to take the set 25-23.
Utah led 14-11 midway through the second set, but the Ducks countered with a 4-0 run and took back the lead 15-14. Oregon would later go up 21-19 before a 3-0 run from the Utes gave Utah back the lead 22-21. The Ducks called a timeout to stop the run and later closed the set with four unanswered points to win, 25-22, and head into the intermission break tied 1-1 with the Utes.
The Utes and Ducks traded points to open the third set, but after Utah tied the set 6-6 on a kill from sophomore Eliza Katoa, the Ducks scored 10 of the next 11 points to take a 16-7 lead. Utah managed to climb back into the set with a 4-0 run, which made it 19-14 in favor of the Ducks, but the home team did not allow Utah to go on another run and took the set 25-20 to go up 2-1 in the match.
Utah went on an 8-1 run early in the fourth set to go up 10-5, but Oregon countered with a 5-1 run to pull within a point of the Utes, 11-10. Oregon would later take a 13-12 lead, but the Utes managed to come back and take a 20-16 lead, which forced Oregon to call its final timeout of the frame. Utah then closed out the set, winning five of the final eight points to take the set, 25-19 and push the match into a fifth set for the second straight night.
The Utes and Ducks would trade point-for-point to open the fifth set until Oregon's 3-0 run gave the home team a 10-7 lead. Utah countered with a point to pull within two, but a 4-1 run gave the Ducks match-point, up 14-9. Utah got back-to-back points with a kill from sophomore Adroa Anae and a Ducks' attack error, but Oregon's Martenne Bettendorf notched her 25th kill of the night on the next point to give the Ducks the win, 15-11.
Utah had one of its better offensive efforts of the season, hitting .239 with 65 kills, 62 assists and four service aces. Oregon finished the match hitting .259 with 69 kills, 63 assists and six service aces.
Anae finished the evening with 21 kills - her fifth 20-plus kill effort of the season - while both Trueman and Katoa notched 13 kills each. Freshman Berkeley Oblad had 10 kills on the night and led the Utes with a .562 hitting percentage.
Redshirt Freshman Jessie Jorgensen notched a new career-high with 30 assists and junior Tess Suttong followed Friday's career-high 27 digs at Oregon State with another 20-dig effort, posting 24 digs against the Ducks.
Oblad led the Utes at the net with a solo block and six block assists, while senior Brenna DeYoung tallied five total blocks. Utah finished the match out-blocking the Ducks, 13.0 to 10.0 in total team blocks.
Utah returns home next Friday to host UCLA at the Huntsman Center. First serve between the Utes and Bruins is set for 6 p.m.
Team Stats
UTAH
ORE
Kills
65
69
Errors
23
24
Attempts
176
174
Hitting %
.239
.259
Points
82.0
85.0
Assists
62
63
Aces
4
6
Blocks
13.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
21
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
7
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