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Oregon State
Bruins Beat Beavers in Four
November 15, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
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LOS ANGELES - Freshman Zana Muno posted her eighth straight double-double with 49 assists and 10 digs to go with five kills, junior Jordan Anderson added 19 kills and junior Taylor Formico posted 23 digs, as the ninth-ranked Bruins knocked off Oregon State in four sets on Sunday at the John Wooden Center. Set scores were 25-18, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19.
The Bruins improve to 21-5 overall and 12-4 in Pac-12 play, while the Beavers fall to 5-21 and 3-13 in league action.
Sophomore Reily Buechler posted 16 kills and seven digs, senior Rachel Inouye had 13 digs and senior Karly Drolson recorded 11 digs. In the middle, juniors Claire Felix and Jennie Frager combined on 17 kills and only two errors in 32 attempts (.469) with 12 blocks. Frager was 10-for-18 with one error (.500) and six roofs, while Felix was 7-for-14 with one error (.429) and six blocks. UCLA hit .207 for the match.
The Bruins never trailed in winning the opening set. UCLA scored the first three on kills by Anderson and Frager and a combo block by the duo. Oregon State got as close as one on two occasions, but could not even the score. At 7-5, a 4-1 run on kills by freshman Kyra Rogers and Felix, an Anderson/Felix combo block and an OSU attack error made it 11-6.
At 19-16, the Bruins scored four of five to go ahead by six. Kills by Buechler and Anderson and two Beaver errors made it 23-17. After an OSU sideout, an Anderson kill and a Rogers/Frager block finished up the 25-18 victory. Buechler posted five kills in the opener, while Anderson added four. Inouye had five digs and Formico recorded four, as the Bruins out-hit the Beavers .265 to .081.
After never leading in the first set, it looked like Oregon State might go wire-to-wire in the second, but UCLA used a late 16-5 run to go ahead 2-0 in the match. The Beavers' largest lead was five at 7-2, 9-4 and 14-9. The Bruins evened things up with the next five points on two Frager kills, one by Buechler and two OSU attack errors. Down 16-15, the Bruins netted three in a row on a Felix/Buechler combo, a Beaver attack error and a Muno kill to take an 18-16 edge.
After a sideout, four in a row on kills by Buechler and Anderson and two OSU attack errors made it 22-17. At 23-19, a Frager/Anderson block and an Anderson kill wrapped up the 25-19 win. Anderson led the Bruins with five kills in the second, as the Bruins hit .111 and held Oregon State to a .000 mark. Formico recorded eight digs and Drolson added five.
The third set featured 15 ties and eight lead changes. The Bruins had a match point, but the Beavers would extend the contest. Oregon State held three-point leads at 7-4, 8-5 and 13-10. UCLA scored four straight on two OSU errors, a Frager kill and a block by Frager and redshirt junior Haley Lawless to go up 14-13, but the Beavers went back ahead by a pair at 17-15.
The score would be tied at 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, as the Bruins saved one OSU set point. Back-to-back Buechler kills gave UCLA a 25-24 edge, but Oregon State netted the last three of the set to take the third 27-25. Anderson led the Bruins with six kills, Frager added five and Buechler posted four. Formico recorded six digs and Drolson added five, as the Bruins were out-hit .263 to .196.
After falling behind 6-4 in the fourth set, the Bruins went on a 10-1 run to break it open. Down 8-7, a Rogers kill, a Buechler/Frager block and an OSU attack error made it 10-8 Bruins. After a sideout, UCLA scored seven in a row. Buechler had four kills during the run, with an additional one by Felix, who teamed up with Rogers on a couple of blocks to make it 17-9.
The Bruins' lead remained between five and eight for the rest of the set, as a Buechler kill on UCLA's second match point closed out the 25-19 victory. Buechler led the way with five kills in the fourth, Anderson added four and Felix posted three. Formico notched five digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Beavers .294 to .028.
The Bruins begin a three-match road swing next week in the desert. First up is a visit to #21 Arizona State on Friday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. PT. The contest will air on Pac-12 Networks.
