Oregon State Falls to Arizona in Again-and-Forth Battle

BOISE, Idaho– Nearly taking Arizona to the brink of a fifth set to open the Boise State Classic, the Oregon State volleyball group fell in 4 (25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 25-27) on Thursday.

The Beavers (0-3) and Wildcats traded the lead a mixed 14 instances, together with seven situations within the closing set in addition to tying on 34 events.

Lauren Rumel, a Tucson, Ariz., native, led the Oregon State offense with 19 kills – two shy of matching a career-high – and 20.5 kills. Annika Hester additionally put up double-figures (10) in kills whereas Jackie Matias and Emma Lilo every put up double-digit assists (22 and 19, respectively) to maintain the assault up. Tia Shum led the protection with 11 digs (a season-best) whereas Alondra Paz had eight and Hester added six.

Oregon State utilized three well timed scoring runs of 3-0 or higher for the separation wanted to win the primary body at 25-23. Shum confirmed her affect early, maintaining the Wildcats in test with 4 first-set digs whereas Lilo and Matias mixed for 9 helpers. A complete of 14 digs saved the Arizona offense to only a .226 hitting price.

Looking for a 2-0 set lead, the Beavers practically traded off factors for the whole second set earlier than yielding the ultimate two to the Wildcats. The second body noticed simply two lead adjustments however a match-high 13 ties. Matias and Rumel paced an environment friendly offense with 9 assists and 5 kills, respectively, that hit at a .344 clip.

Six unanswered factors in set three broke it open for the Wildcats on their technique to the 25-20 win to make it 2-1 of their favor. Arizona took benefit of Oregon State miscues like service and block errors turned a 9-8 Beaver result in a 14-9 lead that Arizona would not relinquish. A late surge from a 4-0 Oregon State run was not sufficient because the Wildcats used one final kill to place the Beavers on the brink. Once once more, Matias and Rumel paced the assault, with a balanced defensive effort that had a mixed 15 digs.

A 6-0 run was simply not fairly sufficient because the Oregon State effort to push it to 5 got here brief, falling 27-25. Following a 6-1 Wildcat run after being knotted at 18, the Beavers stormed again with clutch Rumel kills and blocks from Nathalie Scholz, and ultimately took a 25-24 lead. Arizona stopped the cost with a 3-0 run after a timeout to seal the win.  

The Beavers will proceed play in Boise tomorrow towards UC San Diego at midday. Action will probably be streamed to the Mountain West Network.

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