Ducks Beat Prairie View A&M, 3-1

Saturday, August 30

Bozeman, MT

1:00 PM

University of Oregon

2-0,0-0Big Ten

Prairie View A&M

0-2,0-0SWAC

Oregon

Prairie View

08/30/25 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Oregon (2-0) hit .321 and combined for 10 service aces in Saturday’s victory.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Valentina Vaulet and Maria Tabacuks combined for 30 kills and the Oregon volleyball team moved to 2-0 with Saturday's four-set win (25-14, 25-18, 20-25, 25-16) over Prairie View A&M in Bozeman, Mont. The Ducks hit .321 and held their second opponent in as many matches to a sub-.200 efficiency.

After putting down 17 kills in Friday's opener, Vaulet backed it up with 16 kills (.423 hitting pct.) to go along with six digs, three blocks and two aces. She was one of four Ducks with two aces in the match, joined by Sophia Meyers, Kamden Mitchell and Cora Taylor.

Tabacuks and fellow freshman Holley McFadden had 14 and seven kills, respectively. From the setter spot, Mitchell and Taylor accounted for 45 assists and 14 digs.

How It Happened: Oregon was hitting .405 through the first two sets, jumping out to the 2-0 match lead. McFadden supplied the final kill in each set. The Bainbridge Island, Wash., native had her seven kills against Prairie View on just eight swings without an error.

Prairie View A&M (0-2) used a quick start in the third—leading 10-5—to make its way onto the match scoreboard. The Ducks pulled to within two on two occasions, lastly with the opponent up 16-14 after consecutive kills from Vaulet. Tabacuks saved a set point but on the next play, a UO attack went wide.

The Ducks reversed the trend with an 8-3 start and never trailed in the fourth frame. Prairie View got the deficit down to two—UO leading 11-9—but could get no closer. Oregon won eight of the next 10 points including a four-point run for a 19-11 lead. The Ducks arrived at match point on a service error from the opponent and on their second chance to close it out, Meyers answered with the final kill.

Freshman Alanah Clemente provided a spark off the bench in the fourth, posting five kills, two blocks and a dig in the final set.

Notable: First-ever meeting between Oregon and Prairie View A&M … program win No. 997 … Vaulet tallied the 100^th block of her career … five players had at least six digs including a team-high nine from Meyers … freshman setter Jillian McCarty made her first-career appearance in the second set and had two assists and an ace.

Up Next: The Ducks take on weekend host Montana State in Sunday's Bobcat Invite finale. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ with a 1 p.m. (PT) start time. The teams have played 20 times prior but not since 1989; Oregon holds a 13-7 advantage in the all-time series.

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