Match 13: No. 18 Utah (9-3, 1-0) at No. 24 Oregon (4-5)
Sunday, September 29 | 1 p.m. MST
Eugene | Matthew Knight Arena
Stream: Oregon Stream
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FIRST SERVE
No. 18 Utah will try and move to 2-0 in Pac-12 play at No. 24 Oregon.
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Last season, the Utes split the series with Oregon with each winning its match at home.
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Utah has had a great start to the season sitting at 9-3 and 1-0 in Pac-12 play. They defeated two ranked teams as well as downing Colorado in their Pac-12 opener.
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Oregon scheduled an extremely tough non-conference schedule and sit at 4-5 this season. They have played No. 6 Pitt, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 4 Penn State dropping all of those matches. They've also dropped matches to St. John's and Duke.
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The Ducks are 2-0 at home this season.
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CLEAN SWEEP
Out of Utah's nine wins this season, seven of them have been clean sweeps over its opponents with the latest coming in the Pac-12 opener against Colorado.
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It's only the second time that the Utes have swept their Pac-12 opener with the first time happening in their first ever match in the Pac-12 back in 2011 against Colorado.
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This Sunday, Utah will look to move to 2-0 for the third time since they joined the Pac-12.
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DOEHRMANN MOVES UP RECORD BOOKS
Brianna Doehrmann has had a good start to the year and is moving up the record books.
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After having a season-high 25 digs against BYU, Doehrmann is now in the fifth spot for career digs in program history. She added 12 more against Colorado giving her 1,304 in her career. That brings her to within nine of fourth place and 15 of third place.
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In 2018, she became the 11th player in program history and 164th player in Pac-12 history that reached the 1,000-career digs mark.
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Doehrmann had eight matches last year with at least 20 digs.
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KA'AHA'AINA-TORRES CONTROLS THE OFFENSE
Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres is averaging 11.07 assists per set after having 40 against Colorado in the three-set match.
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Through 12 matches, she has had six 40-assist matches with two of those coming in three-set matches. Her career high came against BYU with 49 assists in four sets.
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UP NEXT
Utah will stay on the road and head to the desert to take on Arizona on Friday, October 4 at 7 p.m. followed by Arizona State on Sunday, October 6 at 1 p.m.
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