Midweek Road Trip to Face Cal

EUGENE, Ore. – The final week of the 2022 regular season begins Wednesday with a midday matchup at California. First serve is scheduled for 12 p.m. (PT) at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif. No. 10 Oregon (21-5, 15-3) carries an 11-match winning streak into the match. The Ducks then return to Matthew Knight Arena for Senior Day on Friday, Nov. 25, against Oregon State at 6 p.m.

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Wednesday at California, 12 p.m. (Pac-12 Oregon/Bay Area) – Watch | Live Stats
Friday vs Oregon State, 6 p.m. (Pac-12 Oregon) – Watch | Live Stats

Last Time Out
For the second time in as many weeks, the Ducks battled back from an 0-2 deficit to pull a reverse sweep, this time in a 3-2 home win over USC. Mimi Colyer and Brooke Nuneviller led the way with 29 and 19 kills, respectively, and the Ducks had a .429 hitting percentage against USC. The win extended UO's winning streak to 11 in a row.

Stat Pack
The Ducks enter the final week of the regular season leading the Pac-12 with their .291 hitting percentage, a figure that sits seventh in the NCAA. Setter Hannah Pukis is ranked ninth in the country with 11.22 assists per set. She tied a career high with 62 assists in Sunday's 3-2 win over USC.

Keep 'Em Coming
Mimi Colyer became just the fourth player in Pac-12 history, and first since 2016, to win both Offensive Player and Freshman of the Week (Nov. 21) in the same week. She is now part of the exclusive list that also includes Samantha Bricio (USC, 2012), Audriana Fitzmorris (Stanford, 2016) and Kathryn Plummer (Stanford, 2016). Colyer averaged 5.50 points per set for the weekend against UCLA and USC, aided by a 29-kill outing (.463) against the Trojans.

What's an Error?
Senior opposite Gloria Mutiri tallied 15 kills in 33 swings with no errors in the Ducks' 3-2 win over UCLA (Nov. 18). She finished the match with a .455 hitting percentage. It was Mutiri's third match of the season with double-digit kills paired with no attack errors. She enters the week 10th in the Pac-12 with a .337 hitting percentage this season.

Just Keep Climbing
Senior Brooke Nuneviller sits among the top five in program history in career digs (3), points (5), attempts (5) and service aces (T5). She also enters Wednesday's match with 1,443 kills in her UO career, just four shy of former teammate Lindsey Vander Weide for sixth place in Oregon history.

Three of a Kind
For a 13th time this season, the Ducks had three players reach 10 or more kills in a five-set win over UCLA (Nov. 18). Brooke Nuneviller led all players with 19 kills followed by Mimi Colyer and Gloria Mutiri with 17 and 15 kills, respectively. That trio accounts for nine of the 13 showings. Oregon has won 10 of those 13 matches.

Rankings Roundup
Oregon moved up to a season-high No. 10 ranking in the Nov. 21 release of the AVCA coaches poll. The Ducks also check in at No. 10 in the most recent NCAA RPI release, one of five Pac-12 teams currently positioned among the top 40.

Series Info vs California
Oregon is 9-1 in its last 10 meetings with Cal, and has won 15 of the past 16 in the head-to-head series. Dating back to a 3-1 win in 2019, the Ducks have won 15-consecutive sets. Oregon has also won six in a row in Berkeley. Wednesday's match will be the only meeting between the teams this season.

Series Info vs Oregon State
Dating back to the start of the 2006 season, the Ducks have won 29 of the past 33 meetings in the all-time series including a 3-1 win earlier this season (Sept. 21) in Corvallis. Oregon has won 16-straight home matches against OSU and is 10-1 in the head-to-head matchup under head coach Matt Ulmer.

Up Next
The first and second rounds of the 2022 NCAA Tournament will be held Dec. 1-3. The bracket will be announced Sunday, Nov. 27, at 4:30 p.m. (PT) on ESPNU. Click HERE for the complete schedule.

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