University of Oregon
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Volleyball Sweeps DePaul, Rallies Past UNLV To Win DePaul Invitational
09/14/02 | Women's Volleyball
Senior Lindsay Closs named tournament MVP and senior Amanda Porter named to all-tournament team.
Sept. 14, 2002
CHICAGO, Ill. - The University of Oregon won two matches Saturday, sweeping DePaul University, 30-24, 30-26, 30-27 and then downing UNLV in its first five game match of the season, 30-23, 30-23, 27-30, 24-30, 15-13, to take home the championship at the DePaul Invitational in Chicago, Ill. It was the Ducks' final preseason action and improves their record to 9-3 overall heading into Pac-10 action next week.
Senior Lindsay Closs was named tournament MVP, finishing the two-day tournament with 44 kills and 11 blocks. Closs never hit below .300 in a match and added six service aces. Named to the all-tournament team was senior Amanda Porter, who finished the tournament with 41 kills and six blocks. Porter hit above .400 in all three matches, including a .500 clip versus Nevada-Las Vegas.
"This was a huge win for us at the end of a long road trip," Closs said. "We proved that we can stick it out if we play together and it was a great way to go into the Pac-10."
In the first match of the day, Oregon faced host DePaul and dominated the match both offensively and defensively. The Ducks had the advantage in kills (54-37), led by Porter's match-high 15 kills and Kelly Russell's 14 kills. Defensively, Oregon outdug the Blue Demons 51-37 with junior Lindsay Murphy and freshman Jodi Bell leading the way (12 and 11 digs, respectively). As a team, Oregon had 11 service aces, including five by Closs.
Closs served Oregon to eight consecutive points - a stretch that included two service aces - to give the Ducks an 18-10 advantage in the first game. A kill by DePaul outside hitter Janet Cotter ended the Ducks' rally and the Blue Demons narrowed the gap, 20-18, after a kill by Lara Marks. Oregon never relented the lead and went up 28-23 after a DePaul error. A kill by Russell won the game to give Oregon a 1-0 lead in the match.
In the second game, Oregon led throughout and took its biggest lead, 25-17, after a kill by outside hitter Lauren Westendorf, who finished the match will three kills and a career-high four service aces. The Blue Demons rallied to pull within three points, 29-26, but a block assist by Westendorf and Porter put the Ducks up 2-0 heading into the third game.
Oregon led often and early in Game 3, taking a 5-1 lead after a kill by Porter. But down the stretch, DePaul took the lead 18-15 and later led 26-22. Following a DePaul ball handling error, the Ducks began to rally and pulled within a point, 27-26, on a kill by freshman Jaclyn Jones. The Ducks then scored four consecutive points - including an ace by Russell and a kill each by Jones and senior Sydney Chute - to sweep the Blue Demons and improve to 2-0 at the tournament.
In Oregon's final match of an 11-day road swing, the Ducks carried their momentum from the first match of the day and after trailing 13-9 in the first game rallied back to tie the game at 13 with a kill by junior Heather Gilmore. With Chute serving, Oregon then scored three consecutive points (two kills by Closs and one by Chute) to go ahead 16-13. The closest UNLV got was 21-20 after an ace by Leiana Oswald, but following an Oregon time out, the Ducks outscored the Rebels 8-3 to win the first game.
The teams traded points in the second game before Oregon scored four-straight points to go ahead 14-10. UNLV rallied late to pull within a point, 19-18, but the Ducks outscored the Rebels 11-5 down the stretch to win, 30-23.
Despite trailing by as many as nine points in the third game, the Ducks pulled within three points, 24-21 after a kill by Closs. UNLV then went ahead by five points, 28-23, after a net violation was called on Oregon. Two kills by Russell put the Ducks within two points, 28-26, but Oregon was never able to take the lead and UNLV won on a kill by Patricia Assuncao.
UNLV outkilled the Ducks 18-14 in the fourth game and hit .371 to Oregon's .258 to tie the match at two games apiece. Oregon never trailed in the fifth game and a kill by Russell gave the Ducks the win.
"This was a huge win for us," Oregon head coach Carl Ferreira said. "We played back to back matches and were at the end of a long road trip. I really feel like we gutted this one out and it was a terrific win."
Oregon opens Pac-10 play this weekend, traveling to Seattle to face Washington Friday before heading to Pullman to face Washington State Saturday.
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Oregon vs. UNLV
Box Score
Sept. 14, 2002
Volleyball Box Score
Oregon vs UNLV (9-14-02 at Chicago, Ill.)
Oregon | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1 Jones, Jaclyn....... 4| 5 2 12 .250| 2| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
3 Porter, Amanda...... 5| 14 3 25 .440| 1| 1 2| 0| 5| 0 2 0| 0
4 O'Neil, Katie....... 5| 0 0 2 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 18| 0 0 0| 0
7 Gilmore, Heather.... 2| 5 3 10 .200| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
8 Closs, Lindsay...... 5| 14 5 29 .310| 3| 1 4| 0| 3| 1 3 1| 0
9 Bell, Jodi.......... 5| 3 1 7 .286| 38| 2 0| 0| 9| 0 5 0| 0
11 Murphy, Lindsay..... 5| 0 1 5 -.200| 3| 2 1| 5| 6| 0 0 0| 0
12 Widmark, Erika...... 4| 0 3 4 -.750| 1| 0 0| 1| 3| 0 0 0| 0
16 Blank, Diana........ 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
18 Russell, Kelly...... 5| 22 7 45 .333| 3| 3 6| 2| 8| 0 0 0| 1
20 Westendorf, Lauren.. 3| 4 1 7 .429| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
21 Chute, Sydney....... 4| 5 0 8 .625| 14| 1 1| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0
24 Nelson, Alisa....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | |
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Totals.............. 5| 72 26 154 .299| 66| 10 15| 11| 61| 1 12 1| 1
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 16 6 30 .333 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS
2 17 6 33 .333 Oregon.............. 30 30 27 24 15 9-3
3 16 4 36 .333 UNLV................ 23 23 30 30 13 4-5
4 14 6 31 .258
5 9 4 24 .208
UNLV | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1 KING, Nicki......... 5| 2 1 5 .200| 52| 1 0| 0| 4| 0 0 1| 0
3 ASSUNCAO, Patricia.. 5| 10 5 37 .135| 2| 1 3| 2| 8| 0 0 0| 0
4 OSWALD, Leiana...... 5| 21 7 52 .269| 3| 2 4| 2| 4| 0 0 0| 1
5 CHASE, Shannon...... 5| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 2| 5| 0 0 0| 0
6 MAYES, Tera......... 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0
7 FACHNER, Sarah...... 5| 1 1 7 .000| 1| 0 0| 1| 3| 0 1 0| 0
9 OCASIO-CLEMENTE, She 5| 8 2 16 .375| 2| 3 2| 0| 6| 0 3 0| 0
11 WILKES, Blair....... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
12 KEITH, Tarin........ 5| 24 12 44 .273| 1| 2 4| 2| 14| 0 2 1| 0
18 FRANCHINI, Nina..... 4| 1 0 2 .500| 0| 2 0| 0| 3| 0 0 1| 0
20 FRANCO, Adriana..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | |
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Totals.............. 5| 67 28 164 .238| 62| 11 15| 10| 51| 0 6 3| 1
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 8 36 .139 Site: Chicago, Ill. (Athletic Center)
2 15 7 38 .211 Date: 9-14-02 Attend: 100 Time: 2:02
3 16 6 35 .286 Referees: Peg Campana, Art Bowden
4 18 5 35 .371 Blue Demon Invitational Match #5
5 5 2 20 .150
