Ducks Maintain Undefeated Streak with Win Over MSU

Friday, August 31

Waco, Texas

2:00 p.m.

University of Oregon

4-0

Mississippi State

2-2

Mississippi State

Oregon Ducks

Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com

Ducks Maintain Undefeated Streak with Win Over MSU

08/31/07 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: GoDucks.com

WACO, Texas ? The Oregon volleyball team opened the Baylor Invitational on Friday afternoon with a three-game sweep (33-31, 30-17, 30-25 ) of Mississippi State at the Ferrell Center.

The Ducks are on a four-match winning streak and are undefeated in 2007, having not lost a game all season.

For the fourth consecutive match junior Gorana Maricic reached double figures in kills, with 12. Sophomore Sonja Newcombe also had 12 kills and three blocks.

Freshman Rachel Morris set a new career high with 20 assists in the match, while sophomore Nevena Djordjevic added 17.

Oregon hit .237 in the match, while the Bulldogs (2-2) were held to a .130 attacking percentage.

Oregon also set a new season high with 10 total blocks, led by senior Karen Waddington (6) and sophomore Neticia Enesi (4). Junior Katie Swoboda totaled 18 digs.

In the first game, Oregon started off slow as Mississippi State rallied off three straight points to open the match. The Ducks trailed by as many as six (23-17) their biggest deficit of the match, but were able to come back and take a 27-25 lead, backed by two service aces from Swoboda and two kills from Maricic. With Oregon serving for game point, Waddington responded with a solo block to put the first game to rest.

With things back on track for Oregon, the second game of the match was much different. Oregon opened up a 10-3 lead and picked up a double digit lead, 14-4. Enesi had five kills and one service ace in the game.

The Ducks will end the tournament tomorrow playing Stephen F. Austin (1-2) at 9 a.m. (PST) and host Baylor at 5 p.m. (PST). Oregon fans can follow the matches with live stats on gametracker by finding the links on www.GoDucks.com

QUICK QUACKS: The match was Oregon's first against an SEC opponent since 1999, when the Ducks rallied from a two-game deficit to defeat Alabama (3-15, 7-15, 15-11, 15-11, 15-11)...head coach Jim Moore is 25-1 in non-conference action in his three seasons at Oregon...Oregon's stretch of not dropping a game in its last 12 is the longest since 2002, when the Ducks won 12-straight games through the first five matches of the year.