Home Weekend Finale vs Rutgers

EUGENE, Ore. — The No. 11 Oregon volleyball team closes out its home weekend against Rutgers (1 p.m., BTN) Sunday afternoon at Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks are coming off a five-set win over 18^th-ranked Indiana while the Scarlet Knights dropped a tight, four setter at No. 20 Washington.

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Series History vs Rutgers
Oregon and Rutgers have played six times prior to Sunday's match in Eugene; UO leads, 5-1. Three of those previous six meetings were played on the Ducks' home floor but only the 2024 match played out at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon is 2-0 against Rutgers as Big Ten opponents.

Last Time Out
The Ducks extended their winning streak to six and picked up their fourth ranked win of the season with Friday's five-set victory over No. 18 Indiana. Alanah Clemente had a match-high 19 kills while the Ducks posted a season-high 14.0 total team blocks. Sjakkie Donkers and Valentina Vaulet added 16 and 10 kills, respectively, and libero Reese Sheppard tied her career high with three aces.

Erasing an Early Deficit
With Friday's win over Indiana, Oregon improved to 5-1 when losing the first set this season. The Ducks were within a point of going down two sets but ended the second on a 4-0 run to pull even. Oregon also rallied from losing the opening set against Missouri, Washington State, San Diego and Purdue.

Killing It
Oregon entered the weekend leading the Big Ten and ranking sixth nationally with 14.30 kills per set this season; now 14.17 k/s after Friday's match against No. 18 Indiana. Oregon is the only Big Ten team with three players averaging more than three kills per set: Sjakkie Donkers (3.69 k/s), Alanah Clemente (3.29) and Valentina Vaulet (3.15).

Active Ace
Senior Valentina Vaulet enters Sunday's match against Rutgers second among active NCAA Division I players with 181 career aces. She currently sits behind Autumn Martinez-Robinson of George Mason (182) and just ahead of Pitt's Olivia Babcock (180). Vaulet is tied for a sixth in the Big Ten with a team-high 26 service aces this season.

Serving Streak
With her ace in the second set against No. 18 Indiana (Oct. 16), junior Dalia Virlan made it 11-straight matches with at least one service ace. She has 16 of her 19 aces this season during the recent streak from the back line which started Sept. 12 against UC Davis.

Freshman Spark
Freshman middle blocker Alaina Pollard tied her season high with six kills (.857) off the bench in the Ducks' five-set win over Indiana (Oct. 16). She did not commit an error in seven swings coupled with three blocks and two digs against the Hoosiers.

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