Excessive Five! Beavs Safe Fifth-Straight Win on Saturday

SAN FRANCISCO – Facing strain late from their hosts, the Oregon State volleyball workforce surged late within the fourth to finish the Saturday afternoon win.  

 

The Beavers (10-4, 4-0 WCC) pushed their successful streak to 5 with a 25-18, 25-14, 22-25, 25-23 win over the Dons on the highway. It marked the fourth-straight West Coast Conference win and 10^th win within the final 11 for head coach Lindsey Behonick‘s squad.

 

Double-digit kills Lauren Rumel (17) and Alana Marrs (11) helped tempo the Beaver offense, with assist from a mixed 38 kills from Emma Lilo (27) and 11 from Jackie Matias. Tia Shum led the OSU protection with 16 digs, Alondra Paz tallied 15 and 5 different Beavers put up at the very least two. Marrs and Nathalie Scholz each had match-leading seven blocks.

 

Five Marrs kills helped the Beavers begin the day, resulting in the 25-18 set one win. A 13-dig output – with 5 from Shum – stored the Dons’ offense in verify with their match-worst .088 hitting share. Both groups traded off a number of runs on the best way to a final tie at 11 earlier than the Beavers pulled away. Oregon State stretched their result in seven on a number of events, together with at 23-16, 24-17 and the ultimate 25-18 line.

 

A well-balanced second set gave the Beavers management after a dominant second set. Oregon State used 25 kills and a dozen assists for a .440 assault price on offense whereas the protection used 15 digs and 6 blocks to pressure a .103 clip on San Francisco. The Beavers broke it open early with a 12-2 lead and by no means let the Dons pull inside fewer than six. After the hosts used a fast 2-0 rally to make it 20-14, the Beavers used a 5-0 dash – with key kills from Rumel and Annika Hester, in addition to a Scholz block – to shut it off at 25-14.

 

Looking for his or her second consecutive Saturday sweep, the Beavers’ bid was snapped by the Dons within the third. San Francisco erased a Beaver lead as massive as 15-5 earlier than flipping it to the 25-22 remaining. Oregon State jumped forward 21-19 however could not maintain off one final Don cost earlier than falling 25-22. The Beavers’ offense was held to only a .176 clip whereas USF put up a .382.

 

Clawing again from being down for almost all of the fourth, the Beavers sealed the four-set win with a two-point margin at 25-23. Trailing by as many as six (14-8), 4 Rumel kills down the stretch put the Beavers in prime place – again in entrance – at 23-21. Despite a late response from the hosts, Hester and Lilo had key kills to safe the win – and ideal convention document.

  

 

Oregon State will return dwelling for a Thursday night time match towards Gonzaga. First serve towards the Bulldogs is about for six p.m. and could be seen on ESPN+.

 

 

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