Home Weekend Begins Friday vs Arizona

EUGENE, Ore. – The second half of a back-to-back home weekend begins Friday with the Ducks hosting Arizona inside Matthew Knight Arena at 7 p.m. (PT). Ten of the past 12 meetings between Oregon and Arizona have gone at least four sets including the first matchup this year in Tucson.

Friday's match will be the Ducks' Dig Pink event with fans encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. The weekend finale is Sunday at 1 p.m. against Arizona State. Fans can donate three non-perishable food items for discounted tickets to Sunday's match.

How to Follow
Friday's match against Arizona will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with a live radio call on KWVA 88.1 FM airing for both matches. A live stream (GoDucks.com/Live) will be available for Sunday's match with Arizona State. Live stats can be found at Oregon.Statbroadcast.com with in-match updates provided through @OregonVB on Twitter.

About Arizona (12-14, 2-12 Pac-12)
The Wildcats enter Friday's matchup having lost four in a row including a pair of five-set losses at Colorado (Nov. 1) and then-No. 17 Utah (Nov. 3). Senior MB Devyn Cross leads the Pac-12 with a .420 hitting percentage and junior OH Paige Whipple ranks seventh in the conference with 3.53 kills per set. In the first meeting this season, Whipple and Cross led Arizona with 17 and 16 kills, respectively.

About Arizona State (13-12, 5-9 Pac-12)
The Sun Devils head into the Oregon road swing on a four-match skid including two five-set losses at then-No. 17 Utah (Nov. 1) and No. 20 Cal (Nov. 10) in that stretch. Arizona State leads the Pac-12 with 15.93 digs per set and senior L Courtney Leffel is third in the league with 4.57 digs per set. Junior OH Andrea Mitrovic is hitting .274 this season with a team-leading 3.10 kills per set.

Mile-Stone
SR MB Ronika Stone tied her season high with 19 kills to go along with a career-best 15 digs and season-high eight blocks against No. 24 Washington State (Nov. 10). Along the way, she tallied the fourth double-double of her career and became the seventh UO player to surpass 1,500 career points during the rally-scoring era (since 2001).

All the Digs
The Ducks picked up a season-high 83 digs in their four-set match against No. 24 Washington State (Nov. 10). SO OH Brooke Nuneviller was one of five UO players in double figures. She had a season-high 24 digs and was joined by SR MB Ronika Stone (15), FR L Georgia Murphy (13), FR S Elise Ferreira (12) and FR DS Bea Wetton (10). Oregon is up to sixth in the Pac-12 with 14.38 digs per set. Stone's outing marked a season high.

Trending Up
FR MB Karson Bacon had 13 total blocks last weekend vs the Washington schools. She posted a season-high nine blocks in a four-set match against then-No. 24 Washington State. Bacon enters the weekend ranked 10th in the Pac-12 with 1.00 blocks per set. She also put down 12 kills with a .417 hitting percentage (12-2-24) last weekend.

Starts with a Serve
Oregon remains among the toughest serving teams in the Pac-12, currently ranked fourth in the conference with 1.35 aces per set. SO OH Brooke Nuneviller leads the Ducks and is tied for seventh in the league with 23 service aces. In total, Nuneviller is one of seven Oregon players with at least 10 aces this season. SR OPP Willow Johnson is next on the team with 18 service winners.

Last Time Out
Facing an 0-2 deficit against No. 24 Washington State, the Ducks won the third set and saved five match points in the fourth before falling, 3-1 (20-25, 15-25, 25-16, 24-26) in Eugene. SR MB Ronika Stone (19 K, 15 D) and FR S Elise Ferreira (42 A, 12 D) each posted a double-double in the setback. SO OH Brooke Nuneviller and FR MB Karson Bacon led all players with 24 digs and nine blocks, respectively.

Up Next
Three of the last four matches of the season will be played on the road beginning with a weekend road trip to Southern California. Oregon will return to Matthew Knight Arena for Senior Day on Nov. 29 against Oregon State.