TUCSON, Ariz. — The No. 18 Oregon volleyball team pushed its winning streak to four with Friday’s four-set road victory (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 26-24) over Arizona. With the result, the Ducks improve to 14-5 this season with an 8-3 mark in Pac-12 play. Mimi Colyer led all players with 18 kills, and Oregon won its fifth-consecutive match against Arizona, the program’s longest streak in the all-time series.
The Ducks benefitted from a season-high nine service aces in Friday’s match to go along with a 13.0 total team blocks, including the match-winning stuff. Colyer and Elise Agi each had four aces. Conversely, and for the first time this season, UO did not allow an ace to its opponent. Karson Bacon and Colby Neal tied for the team lead with five blocks apiece.
Libero Georgia Murphy picked up a match-high 19 digs in four sets while Hannah Pukis, back in the UO lineup for the first time since Oct. 7, registered a double-double with 46 assists and 12 digs. With her third dig of match, Murphy moved into sixth place on the UO all-time digs list. She passed Amy McNeel Barnes (1993-95/1,346) and now has 1,363 career digs.
How It Happened: The teams split the first two sets Friday, and the UO offense was struggling with at .052 after the second. The Ducks responded with a .378 hitting percentage in the third frame. With the score tied at 14-all, Oregon put together a four-point run featuring four kills including two from Brooke Nuneviller.
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