EUGENE, Ore. — No. 7 Washington State (14-1, 4-0 Pac-12) had 13 blocks and nine aces as a team in a back-and-forth, 3-1 (25-14, 20-25, 29-17, 25-23), win on the road to snap a seven-match winning streak for sixth-ranked Oregon (13-2, 3-1 Pac-12) Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena.
Iman Isanovic finished with a team-high 14 kills with nine digs, and Magda Jehlarova finished with a team-leading seven blocks to go along with 13 kills. Julia Norville and Karly Basham combined for seven set assists, 33 digs, and four aces on the afternoon while Pia Timmer finished with 14 kills and eight digs, helping the Cougs close out the match from the service line with her first ace of the match to finish off the win.
“At the end, I honestly thought we were going five. It was getting rugged out there, it was like pulling teeth,” said Associate Head Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator Burdette Greeny. “I think when both teams see each other this much, as the match goes on you’re just trying to probe and trying to find things, and I don’t think we were fully clicking all day,” said Greeny. “We saw it down at Gregory Gymnasium, coming back in the second set when we were down. This team has that in them and I love that. I’m really proud of the girls for not giving in. That is what we’re going to really be talking about — not giving in like we did at the end.”
Washington State held off three Oregon Set points late…
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