Friday, September 28
Eugene, OR
8:00 PM
University of Oregon
vs
Arizona
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No. 12 Oregon Hosts Arizona Schools This Weekend
09/25/18 | Women's Volleyball
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 12 Oregon volleyball team will continue its four-match home stand in Matthew Knight Arena this week, hosting No. 24 Arizona on Friday (8 p.m., Pac-12 Network) before playing Arizona State on Sunday (1 p.m., Oregon Live Stream).
The Ducks (9-3) have won four in a row and are one of four teams to start Pac-12 play 2-0 after beating Oregon State in their conference opener last Thursday and No. 22 Washington State in a five-set thriller on Sunday.
Sunday's match against Arizona State will also be Oregon's Stomp Out Cancer match to raise childhood cancer awareness. Fans are encouraged to wear yellow in honor of childhood cancer awareness month. Danielle Bixby, the local eight-year old battling cancer who joined Oregon volleyball this season through Team IMPACT, will be on hand for Sunday's match after completing her final round of chemotherapy.
#12 OREGON (9-3, 2-0) vs. #24 ARIZONA (12-2, 1-1)
When: Friday, September 28
First Serve: 8:04 p.m. PT
Where: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Pac-12 Network (Kevin Barnett and Tami Blackburn)
Radio: KWVA 88.1 FM (Matt Tyra)
Live Stats: Oregon.statbroadcast.com
All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 46-20 (UA W1)
Last Meeting: Arizona won, 3-2 (11/12/17, Tucson)
About Arizona: The No. 24 Wildcats come to Eugene following four tough sets at No. 2 Stanford on Sunday. Arizona opened conference action with a home sweep of rival Arizona State after going 11-1 in nonconference play. UA boasts the Pac-12 kills per set (5.21) and points per set (5.47) leader in senior OH Kendra Dahlke, and Julia Patterson is third in the conference with 11.34 assists per set. Arizona ranks second in the league in kills per set (14.62) and opponent hitting percentage (.161), and third in assists per set (13.16).
#12 OREGON (9-3, 2-0) vs. ARIZONA STATE (10-4, 1-1)
When: Sunday, September 30
First Serve: 1:00 p.m. PT
Where: Matthew Knight Arena
Live Stream: GoDucks.com/Live
Radio: KWVA 88.1 FM (Matt Tyra)
Live Stats: Oregon.statbroadcast.com
Promotion: Stomp Out Cancer Match
All-Time Series: Arizona State leads, 37-26 (UO W6)
Last Meeting: Oregon won, 3-0 (11/9/17, Tempe)
About Arizona State: After going winless in Pac-12 play last season, ASU got into the win column on opening weekend of conference action this year with a five-set win at California on Sunday. ASU is third in the Pac-12 in digs per set, but ranks last in assists per set and 11th in hitting percentage (.210). Megan Beedie is the Pac-12's leading hitter with a .390 hitting percentage, and Ivana Jermic is seventh in the league with 3.67 kills per set.
WEEKLY NOTES
Ducks All Over Pac-12, NCAA Leaderboards
Twelve matches into the 2018 season, Oregon finds itself littered across the top of many Pac-12 and national team and individual statistic leaderboards:
Vander Weide, Stone Named Pac-12 Players of the Week (Sept. 24)
After leading the Ducks to a 2-0 Pac-12 start, SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide and JR MB Ronika Stone were named the Pac-12 defensive and offensive players of the week, respectively. Vander Weide earned the defensive honor after a milestone weekend in which she surpassed 1,000 career digs (more below), recorded back-to-back double-doubles and notched the first 20-plus kill, 20-plus dig match of her career. Stone was tabbed as the offensive player of the week after hitting .417 with 29 total kills and 13 blocks, including 13 kills vs. Oregon State and 16 vs. WSU.
Vander Weide Joins 1,000/1,000 Club
With a career-high 28 digs vs. WSU on Sunday, SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide surpassed 1,000 for her career and became only the fifth player in Oregon history to have 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. Vander Weide is also one of just 11 active players in the NCAA to be in the 1,000/1,000 club, and her 1,150 career kills are tied for 38th in the nation among active players. The Turlock, Calif., native added a season-high 22 kills vs. the Cougars for the first 20-plus kill, 20-plus dig match of her career. Vander Weide also owns 1,348.0 career points, which ranks seventh all-time at Oregon, and she needs only two more blocks to reach 200 in her career and just 12 aces to get to 100.
Raskie Thriving as Primary Setter
After splitting time in the 6-2 offense the last three years, SR S August Raskie has taken her game to a new level in 2018 as Oregon's lone setter in a 5-1 scheme. Raskie leads the Pac-12 and ranks third in the nation with 12.30 assists per set, and she has Oregon in the top five nationally as a team in both assists per set (3rd) and kills per set (4th). Raskie is tied for the team lead with five double-doubles, and she is one of five UO regulars averaging 2.00 digs per set or better (2.47). She has also become an offensive threat at the net with 42 total kills. With 529 assists so far in 2018 Raskie has 1,972 for her career, 10th-most in UO history and only 28 shy of 2,000. Raskie is already approaching her career-high for assists in a season (616, 2016).
Middles Running Wild in UO Offense
Oregon's change to a 5-1 offense has paid immediate dividends for middle blockers Sumeet Gill and Ronika Stone, who have thrived with the increased touches. Stone is No. 10 in the Pac-12 with 4.09 points per set and fifth with a .363 hitting percentage, while Gill is fourth in the conference with a .373 hitting percentage while averaging 1.81 kills per set. Stone has double-digit kills in four straight matches and seven of the last eight, including a career-high 19 in UO's upset of then-No. 1 Minnesota on Sept. 8, and Gill has already set career-high in kills twice this year with 12 (vs. LBSU & UAPB). JR RS Willow Johnson has also played well with Raskie as the lone setter, averaging 2.79 kills per set on .318 hitting.
Nuneviller Leading Improved Floor Defense
The Ducks entered 2018 with questions at the libero position, but any concerns have been immediately put to rest by the stellar play of FR L Brooke Nuneviller. Nuneviller is the first true freshman to start at libero for Oregon since Amanda Benson in 2013, and the Chandler, Ariz., native has shined with 4.79 digs per set, No. 2 in the Pac-12. Nuneviller was the Pac-12 freshman of the week on Sept. 10 after racking up 28 digs in UO's upset of then-No. 1 Minnesota, and she tallied a season-high 35 in last Sunday's five set win vs. No. 22 Washington State. Nuneviller's 35 digs are tied for seventh-most in UO single-match history, and are the most by a Duck since Benson in 2015. FR L Camryn Tastad has helped stabilize the back-row defense as well with 2.13 digs per set, and the return of RSO L/OH Brooke Van Sickle (2.19 d/s) has also helped take pressure off of SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide and the rest of UO's passers. As a team, the Ducks are No. 2 in the Pac-12 with 16.93 digs per set. In last Sunday's win vs. WSU, Oregon racked up 103 total team digs, the most fo the program since 2014.
Newest "Little Duck" Gives Oregon Volleyball a True Warrior
Oregon officially added a sixth member to its 2018 class on August 7, 2018, signing 8-year-old Eugene-native Danielle Bixby to the roster through the national non-profit Team IMPACT. Bixby has been fighting a rare form of cancer called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis for the last year, and has become incredibly close with the Ducks over the last few months. "I'm their little Duck, and they're my girls," Danielle said after signing her letter of intent. Oregon will honor Danielle and will raise awareness for childhood cancer with a "Stomp Out Cancer Match" on Sunday when the Ducks host Arizona State in MKA.
Up Next
The Ducks will travel to Los Angeles to face No. 18 UCLA and No. 13 USC in their first Pac-12 road matches of 2018
The Ducks (9-3) have won four in a row and are one of four teams to start Pac-12 play 2-0 after beating Oregon State in their conference opener last Thursday and No. 22 Washington State in a five-set thriller on Sunday.
Sunday's match against Arizona State will also be Oregon's Stomp Out Cancer match to raise childhood cancer awareness. Fans are encouraged to wear yellow in honor of childhood cancer awareness month. Danielle Bixby, the local eight-year old battling cancer who joined Oregon volleyball this season through Team IMPACT, will be on hand for Sunday's match after completing her final round of chemotherapy.
#12 OREGON (9-3, 2-0) vs. #24 ARIZONA (12-2, 1-1)
When: Friday, September 28
First Serve: 8:04 p.m. PT
Where: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Pac-12 Network (Kevin Barnett and Tami Blackburn)
Radio: KWVA 88.1 FM (Matt Tyra)
Live Stats: Oregon.statbroadcast.com
All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 46-20 (UA W1)
Last Meeting: Arizona won, 3-2 (11/12/17, Tucson)
About Arizona: The No. 24 Wildcats come to Eugene following four tough sets at No. 2 Stanford on Sunday. Arizona opened conference action with a home sweep of rival Arizona State after going 11-1 in nonconference play. UA boasts the Pac-12 kills per set (5.21) and points per set (5.47) leader in senior OH Kendra Dahlke, and Julia Patterson is third in the conference with 11.34 assists per set. Arizona ranks second in the league in kills per set (14.62) and opponent hitting percentage (.161), and third in assists per set (13.16).
#12 OREGON (9-3, 2-0) vs. ARIZONA STATE (10-4, 1-1)
When: Sunday, September 30
First Serve: 1:00 p.m. PT
Where: Matthew Knight Arena
Live Stream: GoDucks.com/Live
Radio: KWVA 88.1 FM (Matt Tyra)
Live Stats: Oregon.statbroadcast.com
Promotion: Stomp Out Cancer Match
All-Time Series: Arizona State leads, 37-26 (UO W6)
Last Meeting: Oregon won, 3-0 (11/9/17, Tempe)
About Arizona State: After going winless in Pac-12 play last season, ASU got into the win column on opening weekend of conference action this year with a five-set win at California on Sunday. ASU is third in the Pac-12 in digs per set, but ranks last in assists per set and 11th in hitting percentage (.210). Megan Beedie is the Pac-12's leading hitter with a .390 hitting percentage, and Ivana Jermic is seventh in the league with 3.67 kills per set.
WEEKLY NOTES
Ducks All Over Pac-12, NCAA Leaderboards
Twelve matches into the 2018 season, Oregon finds itself littered across the top of many Pac-12 and national team and individual statistic leaderboards:
| Team Statistic | P12 Rank | NCAA Rank |
| 13.98 Assists/Set | 1st | 3rd |
| 14.79 Kills/Set | 1st | 4th |
| 1.67 Aces/Set | 1st | 28th |
| 16.93 Digs/Set | 2nd | 32nd |
| .263 Hitting Pct. | 3rd | 28th |
| Name | Statistic | P12 Rank | NCAA Rank |
| August Raskie | 12.30 Assists/Set | 1st | 3rd |
| Brooke Nuneviller | 4.79 Digs/Set | 1st | 63rd |
| Brooke Van Sickle | 0.44 Aces/Set | 2nd | 50th |
| Ronika Stone | 1.33 Blocks/Set | 3rd | 36th |
| Sumeet Gill | .373 Hitting Pct. | 4th | 49th |
| Ronika Stone | .363 Hitting Pct. | 5th | 65th |
Vander Weide, Stone Named Pac-12 Players of the Week (Sept. 24)
After leading the Ducks to a 2-0 Pac-12 start, SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide and JR MB Ronika Stone were named the Pac-12 defensive and offensive players of the week, respectively. Vander Weide earned the defensive honor after a milestone weekend in which she surpassed 1,000 career digs (more below), recorded back-to-back double-doubles and notched the first 20-plus kill, 20-plus dig match of her career. Stone was tabbed as the offensive player of the week after hitting .417 with 29 total kills and 13 blocks, including 13 kills vs. Oregon State and 16 vs. WSU.
Vander Weide Joins 1,000/1,000 Club
With a career-high 28 digs vs. WSU on Sunday, SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide surpassed 1,000 for her career and became only the fifth player in Oregon history to have 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. Vander Weide is also one of just 11 active players in the NCAA to be in the 1,000/1,000 club, and her 1,150 career kills are tied for 38th in the nation among active players. The Turlock, Calif., native added a season-high 22 kills vs. the Cougars for the first 20-plus kill, 20-plus dig match of her career. Vander Weide also owns 1,348.0 career points, which ranks seventh all-time at Oregon, and she needs only two more blocks to reach 200 in her career and just 12 aces to get to 100.
Raskie Thriving as Primary Setter
After splitting time in the 6-2 offense the last three years, SR S August Raskie has taken her game to a new level in 2018 as Oregon's lone setter in a 5-1 scheme. Raskie leads the Pac-12 and ranks third in the nation with 12.30 assists per set, and she has Oregon in the top five nationally as a team in both assists per set (3rd) and kills per set (4th). Raskie is tied for the team lead with five double-doubles, and she is one of five UO regulars averaging 2.00 digs per set or better (2.47). She has also become an offensive threat at the net with 42 total kills. With 529 assists so far in 2018 Raskie has 1,972 for her career, 10th-most in UO history and only 28 shy of 2,000. Raskie is already approaching her career-high for assists in a season (616, 2016).
Middles Running Wild in UO Offense
Oregon's change to a 5-1 offense has paid immediate dividends for middle blockers Sumeet Gill and Ronika Stone, who have thrived with the increased touches. Stone is No. 10 in the Pac-12 with 4.09 points per set and fifth with a .363 hitting percentage, while Gill is fourth in the conference with a .373 hitting percentage while averaging 1.81 kills per set. Stone has double-digit kills in four straight matches and seven of the last eight, including a career-high 19 in UO's upset of then-No. 1 Minnesota on Sept. 8, and Gill has already set career-high in kills twice this year with 12 (vs. LBSU & UAPB). JR RS Willow Johnson has also played well with Raskie as the lone setter, averaging 2.79 kills per set on .318 hitting.
Nuneviller Leading Improved Floor Defense
The Ducks entered 2018 with questions at the libero position, but any concerns have been immediately put to rest by the stellar play of FR L Brooke Nuneviller. Nuneviller is the first true freshman to start at libero for Oregon since Amanda Benson in 2013, and the Chandler, Ariz., native has shined with 4.79 digs per set, No. 2 in the Pac-12. Nuneviller was the Pac-12 freshman of the week on Sept. 10 after racking up 28 digs in UO's upset of then-No. 1 Minnesota, and she tallied a season-high 35 in last Sunday's five set win vs. No. 22 Washington State. Nuneviller's 35 digs are tied for seventh-most in UO single-match history, and are the most by a Duck since Benson in 2015. FR L Camryn Tastad has helped stabilize the back-row defense as well with 2.13 digs per set, and the return of RSO L/OH Brooke Van Sickle (2.19 d/s) has also helped take pressure off of SR OH Lindsey Vander Weide and the rest of UO's passers. As a team, the Ducks are No. 2 in the Pac-12 with 16.93 digs per set. In last Sunday's win vs. WSU, Oregon racked up 103 total team digs, the most fo the program since 2014.
Newest "Little Duck" Gives Oregon Volleyball a True Warrior
Oregon officially added a sixth member to its 2018 class on August 7, 2018, signing 8-year-old Eugene-native Danielle Bixby to the roster through the national non-profit Team IMPACT. Bixby has been fighting a rare form of cancer called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis for the last year, and has become incredibly close with the Ducks over the last few months. "I'm their little Duck, and they're my girls," Danielle said after signing her letter of intent. Oregon will honor Danielle and will raise awareness for childhood cancer with a "Stomp Out Cancer Match" on Sunday when the Ducks host Arizona State in MKA.
Up Next
The Ducks will travel to Los Angeles to face No. 18 UCLA and No. 13 USC in their first Pac-12 road matches of 2018
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