Ducks Suffer Pair of 3-1 Losses in Tempe

Wednesday, April 24

Tempe, AZ

8:30 AM

University of Oregon

Utah

Photo by: JJ Digos @JDigosPhoto

04/24/24 | Women's Beach Volleyball

Landree Coats and Bella Gamache were 2-0 at No. 2 pairs Wednesday.

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Oregon beach volleyball team lost two matches Wednesday on the opening day of the 2024 Pac-12 Championship in Tempe, Ariz. The Ducks started the day with a 3-1 setback to Utah, and then fell to No. 18 Arizona, also 3-1, in the contenders' bracket to bring their season to an end.

The pair of Landree Coats and Bella Gamache went 2-0 with a pair of three-set wins at the No. 2 spot in the UO lineup.

Match 1 | Utah 3, Oregon 1

Utah grabbed the first point of the dual with a win at No. 4 pairs but the Ducks pulled even thanks to a three-set win by Coats and Gamache on court two. The Oregon duo was down a set and match point in the second but put together a 3-0 run to force a decisive third frame.

Coats and Gamache jumped out to a 7-2 advantage in set three on their way to the 16-21, 22-20, 15-9 victory. It was the pair's second win against Utah this season having picked up a point at the No. 3 spot in the first meeting three weeks ago. Wednesday morning's result was their team-leading eighth win of the season.

However, Utah responded with sweeps at the No. 1 and 5 spots to clinch the dual and advance. Jensen Kaelin and Ashley Schroeder led 17-16 in the first set at No. 3 pairs when the match was decided.

1: Langley Griffin/Katie McAlister (UTAH) def. Daley McClellan/Alina Valenti (ORE) – 23-21, 21-16
2: Landree Coats/Bella Gamache (ORE) def. Rylee Johnson/Bella Vezzani (UTAH) – 16-21, 22-20, 15-9
3: Jensen Kaelin/Ashley Schroeder (ORE) vs Chloe Narancich/Lauren Sayre (UTAH) – 17-16 (uf)
4: Marissa Koch/Kylie Pitzak (UTAH) def. Natasha George/Sophie Gregoire (ORE) – 21-19, 21-11
5: Gwen Fife/Milan Ray (UTAH) def. Presley McCaskill/Isabel Patterson (ORE) – 21-9, 21-11
Order of finish – 4, 2, 1, 5

Match 2 | Arizona 3, Oregon 1

Mirroring the first match, the Ducks trailed 1-0 after a win by Arizona at No. 4 pairs. Coats and Gamache, however, were on a roll early and won the opening set against Annie Kost and Hope Shannon. The 'Zona duo answered to extend the match and force a third.

Coats and Gamache erased an 11-8 deficit and had a pair of match points at 14-12 before having to save an Arizona match point at 15-14. On their fourth opportunity to grab a dual point, the Ducks secured the three-set win—21-11, 18-21, 18-16—with Coats coming up with a block on attempted over-on-two ball.

The dual with the top-20 opponent was tied but Arizona picked up straight-set wins at No. 1 and 4 pairs to clinch the overall dual and advance. Kaelin and Schroeder, as they did earlier in the day, had a lead in their match at No. 3 pairs when the dual was decided.

1: Olivia McElroy/Abby Russell (ARZ) def. Daley McClellan/Alina Valenti (ORE) – 21-13, 21-11
2: Landree Coats/Bella Gamache (ORE) def. Annie Kost/Hope Shannon (ARZ) – 21-11, 18-21, 18-16
3: Jensen Kaelin/Ashley Schroeder (ORE) vs Grace Cook/Kylee Fitzsimmons (ARZ) – 8-6 (uf)
4: Jess Horwath/Kate Phillips (ARZ) def. Natasha George/Sophie Gregoire (ORE) – 21-9, 21-7
5: Mirando Erro/Ashlyn Zilliken (ARZ) def. Presley McCaskill/Isabel Patterson (ORE) – 21-9, 21-8
Order of finish – 4, 2, 5, 1

Notable: Schroeder finishes her UO career with 43 dual victories, just two off the program record…in its last three matches against ranked opponents, UO won at least one point…17 of 30 matches this season were against teams either ranked or receiving votes…individually, Coats led the Ducks with 10 dual wins this season, her first in Eugene.

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