EUGENE, Ore. — After playing five sets in three of its last four matches, the No. 10 Oregon volleyball team picked up its 10th sweep of the season Wednesday afternoon at Cal. The Ducks tallied a season-high .470 hitting percentage—the seventh-best figure in UO history—and posted 10.0 blocks in the three-set triumph.
With the result, Oregon extends its winning streak to 12 in a row and improves its record to 22-5 this season with a 16-3 mark in Pac-12 play.
Brooke Nuneviller and Mimi Colyer led the Ducks with 13 and 12 kills, respectively, and in the middle, Karson Bacon and Kiari Robey combined for 11 kills on 18 swings with no attack errors. Nuneviller hit .522 against Cal on her way to a seventh outing of the year with 10+ kills coupled with just one attack error.
In running the offensive show, setter Hannah Pukis dished out 34 assists to go along with 10 digs to complete her 11th double-double of the year. She and Nuneviller each had three aces in the victory.
Wednesday marked the team’s seventh match of the year with a .400 or higher hitting percentage, establishing a new program record against a Pac-12 opponent. The Ducks committed just five attack errors in 83 swings against Cal; UO put down 44 kills in three sets.
Bacon, along with her five kills, recorded a match-high five blocks for the Ducks followed closely by Robey and Gloria Mutiri with four each. Colyer had three blocks in the win.
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