UCLA
13-4, 4-3Pac-12
Oregon
12-4, 5-2Pac-12
#20 UCLA Upends #16 Oregon in Eugene
October 12, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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EUGENE, Ore. - Freshman Torrey Van Winden had the best match of her brief collegiate career, posting her first double-double with 19 kills and 12 digs with a .341 hitting percentage, as the 20th-ranked Bruins knocked off #16 Oregon in five sets on Wednesday at Matthew Knight Arena. Set scores were 26-28, 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 15-9.
Four Bruins (13-4, 4-3 Pac-12) were in double figures in digs, led by senior Taylor Formico's 29. Sophomore Zana Muno added a season-best 23, while junior Ryann Chandler also had a double-double with 13 digs and 30 assists. Two others were in double figures in kills, with senior Jordan Anderson notching 17 with a career-best six blocks and senior Jennie Frager adding 12 with a .345 hitting percentage and a season-best eight roofs. Senior Claire Felix posted nine kills and four blocks, junior Reily Buechler had eight kills and five digs, freshman Savvy Simo notched nine digs and freshman Kylie Miller had 27 assists and four digs. The Bruins hit .225 for the match and had 14 blocks.
The opening set featured 13 ties and five lead changes, as the Bruins saved three Oregon (12-4, 5-2 Pac-12) set points before the Ducks took the first on attempt number four. UCLA scored the first five points of the match on kills by Felix and Anderson and then three straight blocks by that same duo. UCLA still led 10-7 before Oregon scored four in a row and seven of nine to take a set-best lead of two at 14-12. The Bruins came back with two Frager kills, one by Van Winden and a UO attack error to go back up 16-14. UCLA led as late as 20-18, but the Ducks scored four of five to go ahead 22-21. Despite five more ties and the three set point saves for the Bruins, Oregon won the first by two. Anderson and Frager each had four kills in the opener, while Formico and Muno both posted five digs. The Bruins were out-hit .227 to .146.
UCLA trailed throughout most of the second set, but an improbable run at the end tied the match heading into intermission. Oregon saw its lead reach as much as six at 20-14 before UCLA scored 11 of the last 14 of the set to win it 25-23. A Van Winden kill and a Duck attack error made it 20-16, and after a sideout, the Bruins scored six straight on a Buechler kill and ace, an Oregon error, two Anderson kills and a block with Frager gave UCLA a 22-21 lead. After another sideout, an Anderson kill and an Oregon attack error gave the Bruins two set points, and on the second attempt, a Felix kill closed out the deuce win. Anderson led the way with five kills, Buechler and Felix both had four and Van Winden notched three kills. Formico added eight digs and Muno posted seven, as the Bruins out-hit the Ducks .260 to .208.
The Bruins' biggest deficit was only one in the third set. Down 8-7, three in a row on two Van Winden kills and one by Frager put UCLA up for good at 10-8. Even at 13, the Bruins posted a 5-1 run on a Van Winden kill and solo block, kills by Anderson and Buechler and an Oregon attack error. At 21-19, a 4-1 run closed out the set for the Bruins on a kill by Anderson, a Muno/Felix block and two Duck errors to win the third 25-20. Van Winden paced UCLA with six kills, while Anderson and Frager each had four. Formico tallied 10 digs. The Bruins out-hit the Ducks .279 to .151.
UCLA had as much as a five-point lead in the fourth, but Oregon closed late to force a fifth. Even at five, the Bruins scored nine of 13 to go ahead by a set-best five at 14-9. Van Winden had two kills and a block during the run, while Anderson added two kills. The Ducks responded with an 8-2 run to go up 17-16 and would not relinquish their lead for the rest of the set, winning the fourth 25-21. Van Winden had five kills and five digs in the set, while Anderson added three kills, as the Bruins were out-hit .353 to .189.
The Bruins dropped the first two points of set five and trailed 3-1, but then scored four in a row on kills by Frager and Anderson, a Frager/Anderson block and an Oregon attack error. Oregon evened things at six and eight, but were unable to recapture the lead. At 8-all, the Bruins scored seven of the last eight of the match to win the fifth 15-9. A Buechler kill and block with Frager, along with two Duck errors, accounted for the first four Bruin points. After a sideout, kills by Van Winden, Frager and Muno finished up the six-point win. Van Winden had three more kills in the deciding set, while Muno posted six digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Ducks .241 to .000.
The Bruins head up to Corvallis on Friday at 6 p.m. The match will air on Pac-12 Network Los Angeles and Oregon.
