Oregon Drops Regular Season Finale - Awaits Postseason Destination

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Oregon Drops Regular Season Finale - Awaits Postseason Destination

11/23/07 | Women's Volleyball

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By: GoDucks.com

SEATTLE, Wash. ? The 13^th-ranked Oregon volleyball team dropped its final match of the regular season in four games (30-27, 27-30, 25-30, 16-30) to sixth-ranked Washington on Friday night at Bank of America Arena.

The Ducks end their regular season 20-10 overall and 9-9 in the Pac-10, putting together their best season since 1989, when the program finished 21-9 overall and 10-8 in the Pac-10.

Oregon learns its postseason fate on Sunday at 5 p.m. PST, when the NCAA Tournament Selection show is announced on ESPNU.

Washington (26-3, 15-3) was led by the trio of Christal Morrison, Stevie Mussie and Jessica Swarbick, as the Huskies hit .315 as a team.

Morrison finished the match with 21 kills, followed by Mussie's 13 and Swarbick's 12.

Junior Gorana Maricic led Oregon with 21 kills, while sophomore Sonja Newcombe tallied her eighth double-double of the year with 14 kills and 11 digs.

Freshman Heather Meyers hit a team-best .393, totaling 17 kills, and junior Katie Swoboda added a match-high 23 digs.

Oregon was held to a .174 attacking percentage, but freshman setter Rachel Morris set a new career high with 27 assists.

Maricic's 602.0 points are a new single-season record, along with her 5.44 kills per game. Newcombe's 419.0 points rank eighth in single-season history, while Swoboda's 523 digs are second in single-season history. If the Portland native maintains her average of 5.34 digs per game, it would set a new single season record as well.

Meyers team-leading .364 attacking percentage, currently ties for the best single season mark.