EUGENE, Ore. — Pia Timmer had 19 kills, Laura Jansen added 17 and Katy Ryan finished with a team-leading five blocks, but Washington State volleyball (17-8, 9-5 Pac-12) fell in four sets at 16th-ranked Oregon (17-6, 10-3 Pac-12), 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23, on Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena.
The loss snapped a three-match winning streak for WSU against the Ducks and was the first of the season in which the Cougars finished with more blocks (7-4) and a higher hitting percentage (.313-.307) than their opponents.
It was also the first loss of the season for Washington State after winning the opening set as WSU came out strong in a 25-20 first-set win before dropping three close sets that each went down to the wire.
Karly Basham finished with a team-leading 15 digs and picked up her career-best 34th ace of the season, moving past her career-high from 2021 by one. Jansen (12) and Timmer (12) each had double-digit digs on the night to finish with double-doubles. Setter Argentina Ung had four kills with zero attack errors on the afternoon and finished with 52 assists.
Set 1 Recap
Washington State went on a 4-0 run to go ahead, 17-13, and finished the set on a 3-1 run to win, 25-20. Pia Timmer had five kills on her first eight swings of the day (5-0-8, .625) to help the Cougars jump on top in the match.
Set 2 Recap
WSU trailed, 23-15, in the second but fought back with a 4-0…
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