Duck-Cougar Match To Be Televised in October
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – The Pacific-12 Conference announced Tuesday that the University Oregon volleyball team’s home match vs. Washington State in mid-October is among 10 matches scheduled for broadcast by Fox Sports Net this fall.
All 12 teams from the nation’s top volleyball conference will be featured at least once and will be broadcast tape delay on various Fox Sports Net stations (and a list of all 10 televised matches follows).
Date Match Time Distribution Dates
9/9 UCLA at USC 7 pm PT 9/10-11
9/13 Utah at Colorado 7 pm MT 9/14-18
9/30 Arizona State at Stanford 7 pm PT 10/1-2
10/8 UCLA at Arizona 7 pm PT 10/9
10/14 Washington at California 7 pm PT 10/15-16
* 10/21 WSU at Oregon 7 pm PT 10/22-23
10/29 USC at California 7 pm PT 10/30
11/4 Oregon State at Arizona 7 pm PT 11/5-6
11 Stanford at Washington 7 pm PT 11/12-13
11/25 California at Stanford 7 pm PT 11/26-27
An 11th match from the weekend of November 18-19, will also be televised and will be selected on November 7, based on the Pac-12 Conference standings (with a list of potential matches follows):
November 18
Arizona at UCLA
Arizona State at USC
Oregon State at California
Oregon at Stanford
Washington at Utah
Washington State at Colorado
November 19
Arizona at USC
Oregon at California
Washington at Colorado
Washington State at Utah
Last November, the Ducks enjoyed their 12th televised appearance in head coach Jim Moore’s tenure in its Fox Sports-televised 3-1 win at Corvallis. In those matches, UO sports a 6-6 record with other wins coming vs. OSU, 3-1 in 2009, 3-0 in ’08 and 3-1 in ‘06, and vs. WSU, 3-0 in ’08, and 3-0 in ’06.
Looking ahead to mid-August, the Ducks will give a sneak peak of this year’s team in the Green-Yellow and Alumni Exhibitions on Saturday, August 13 and Friday, August 19, with both set to start at 7 pm.
The Ducks then open their season at four-time defending national champion Penn State and vs. returning NCAA Regional advancer and Big Ten runner-up Minnesota in the AVCA Showcase, August 26-27 in State College.
Oregon’s home opener is a week later vs. Seattle on Friday, September 2 at 7 p.m. Its first Pac-12 match follows two weeks later against another NCAA returnee in Arizona, Friday, September 16 at 7 p.m.
In 2011, the Ducks will again sport a fresh-faced squad that features seven newcomers – six frosh and one junior transfer. In contrast, its core of returnees sports three sophomores and five juniors in Moore’s seventh year at the helm.
Top players to watch include junior outside hitter and All-Pac-10 honorable mention Alaina Bergsma and sophomore setter and returning All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honoree Lauren Plum.
This spring, the duo were tabbed to the A2 National Team and have played the past few weeks in China as part of the Bring It Promotions Tour. Updates from the group’s tour are available via the @BIPinChina Twitter account.
Other Duck starters back in 2011 include junior outside hitter and former All-Pac-10 Freshman Team member Katherine Fischer, junior libero Haley Jacob and defensive specialist Kellie Kawasaki and sophomore middle blocker Ariana Williams.
Oregon volleyball fans can also follow the Ducks on Twitter at the @OregonVB address.
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