UCLA
23-5, 14-4Pac-12
Oregon
18-8, 11-6Pac-12
Frager Attacks and Blocks Ducks in Four-Set Win
November 18, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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LOS ANGELES -ย Senior Jennie Frager compiled 15 kills and just one error in 22 attempts for a .636 hitting percentage, while adding seven blocks, as the ninth-ranked Bruins maintained their spot atop the Pac-12 standings with a four-set victory over #19 Oregon on Friday at the John Wooden Center. Set scores were 25-16, 25-20, 18-25, 25-13.
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The Bruins improved to 23-5 overall and 14-4 in conference play, having won five straight and 11 of their last 12. UCLA remains a half-game up on Washington, which defeated Colorado on Friday to move to 13-4 in league ahead of a Sunday matchup at #16 Utah.
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Freshman Torrey Van Winden was also in double figures in kills with 11, adding eight digs and three blocks, while senior Taylor Formico recorded 15 digs and a kill. The Bruins hit .272 for the match behind the setting of junior Ryann Chandler, who had 27 assists, six digs and three aces, and freshman Kylie Miller, who posted 18 assists, five digs and two aces. Senior Jordan Anderson had nine kills and four blocks, junior Reily Buechler notched nine kills and six digs, senior Claire Felix added five blocks and sophomore Kyra Rogers had four kills.
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The largest lead for Oregon (18-8, 11-6) was two at 4-2 and 6-4. UCLA went on a 4-0 run on kills by Buechler and Van Winden, a Felix solo block and a Duck attack error to go ahead 8-6, as the Bruins would not trail for the rest of the set. At 10-8, seven in a row for the home squad broke it open. Anderson and Van Winden each had two kills during the run, Frager added one and Oregon committed two errors. The lead reached double figures for the first time at 20-10, with 10 being the highest advantage for the Bruins, as a service error on UCLA's second set point closed out a 25-16 win. Anderson and Buechler each had four kills in the opener, Van Winden added three kills, Felix had three blocks and Formico tallied five digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Ducks .304 to .042.
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Oregon held the lead throughout most of set two, but UCLA charged back late to take a 2-0 advantage to intermission. The Ducks jumped out to a 10-5 lead, but a 6-1 Bruin run evened things at 11. Frager had two kills and teamed up on a block with Buechler, who also served an ace, while Oregon made two errors. Three in a row for the Ducks put the visitors back ahead, but the Bruins responded with their own 3-0 run on two kills by Frager and a UO attack error. UCLA took its first lead of the set at 16-15 following a Miller ace, and despite three more times from that point, never trailed for the remainder of the second. At 18-all, an Oregon service error, a Chandler ace, a triple block by Anderson, Frager and Van Winden, another Chandler ace and a Frager kill put the Bruins ahead 23-18. On UCLA's second set point, a service error made it a 25-20 final. Frager had an error-free seven kills in 10 attempts, Van Winden added three kills and Chandler served three aces. The Bruins were out-hit .273 to .250.
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The Bruins only lead of set three was at 4-3, as Oregon scored the next three and never looked back. At 11-9 Ducks, they scored four straight to go up by six. UCLA got to within two at 17-15, but Oregon netted eight of the final 11 points to win the second 25-18. Van Winden had four kills and Frager added three, as the Bruins were out-hit .321 to .111.
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UCLA never trailed in set four to close out the victory. The teams traded the first 10 points before a Rogers kill, a Felix/Anderson block and an Anderson kill put the Bruins up 8-5. The closest the Ducks would get the rest of the way was one. At 9-8, six in a row on two Anderson kills, a Buechler kill, a Frager solo block, an Anderson/Frager combo and an Oregon error brought the lead to seven. UCLA's lead reached double figures for the first time at 20-10 and was as large as 13 at 24-11. On the Bruins' third match point, a Rogers kill finished up the 25-13 win. The kills were evenly distributed in the fourth, with Anderson, Buechler, Frager and Rogers totaling three apiece. Formico added seven digs, Van Winden posted four and Frager had three blocks, as the Bruins hit .406 with 14 kills and just one error in 32 attempts, limiting the Ducks to a .025 clip.
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The Bruins play their final regular-season road match on Wednesday, Nov. 23 when travel to eighth-ranked Washington in a contest that could decide the 2016 Pac-12 Champion. The tilt will begin at 7 p.m. and air on Pac-12 Network National and Los Angeles.
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