Final Road Trip of the Regular Season - University of Oregon Athletics

EUGENE, Ore. — The No. 12 Oregon volleyball team heads to Los Angeles for its final road trip of the regular season beginning Thursday at USC (6 p.m., B1G+). The Ducks will then head across town to play UCLA Saturday at 2 p.m.

Oregon is 20-4 this season and 11-3 in Big Ten play, and is tied for second in the league standings with three matches remaining ahead of the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Tournament (Nov. 20-25) in Fishers, Ind.

Series History vs USC
Oregon will be looking to snap a three-match losing streak to USC when the teams meet Thursday; the Ducks had won nine of the prior 13 matches. Oregon has won 13 of 25 dating back to 2012, good for more than half of the program's wins (21) in the all-time series; USC leads overall, 61-21.

Series History vs UCLA
Oregon has won eight-consecutive matches in the series, the program's longest winning streak against the Bruins; Oregon is 4-0 against UCLA as Big Ten opponents. UCLA leads the all-time head-to-head, 59-23 but dating back to 2018, the Ducks have won 12 of the past 15 meetings.

Last Time Out
After suffering its first home loss of the year the night before to No. 1 Nebraska, the Ducks bounced back with a four-set win over Northwestern. Four players had at least nine kills in the victory, and after an error-prone third frame, Oregon hit .429 with six blocks in the fourth set (25-11) to secure its 20th win of the season.

Senior Salute
Oregon seniors Marina Crownover and Valentina Vaulet celebrated Senior Day with the Ducks' four-set win over Northwestern (Nov. 8). Crownover had 46 assists and 21 digs for her team-leading 11th double-double while Vaulet posted 16 kills (.448 pct), four digs, three blocks and an ace.

Building Blocks
The Ducks tallied 13.0 total blocks in their win against Northwestern (Nov. 8). It was the team's ninth match of the season with double-digit blocks, six of those during Big Ten play. Oregon had six of its 13 blocks in the closeout fourth set. Alaina Pollard and Dalia Virlan each had five blocks in the match.

Milestone Watch
Junior Sjakkie Donkers enters the USC-UCLA road trip needing 18 kills to reach 1,000 career kills. She has eight matches this season with at least 15 kills including three matches with 20 or more kills. Donkers' collegiate career began at UT Arlington (2024) and Gonzaga (2025).

Sold Out!
The Ducks played in front of a sold-out Matthew Knight Arena crowd of 12,364 fans against top-ranked Nebraska (Nov. 7). It replaced the previous program attendance record of 8,566, a figure from the 2024 home match against the Cornhuskers. It is also the fifth-highest attendance in the NCAA this season.

Dishing It Out
With her 15th assist against Nebraska (Nov. 7), setter Marina Crownover reached 3,000 career assists between her time at Texas (2022-23), Missouri (2024-25) and Oregon. Crownover has at least 45 assists in nine matches this season and ranks eighth in the Big Ten and 29th in the NCAA with 10.44 assists per set.

Killing It
Oregon enters the week third in the Big Ten and 11th nationally with 14.14 kills per set. Sophomore opposite Alanah Clemente leads the team with 3.53 kills per set followed closely by junior outside hitter Sjakkie Donkers with 3.49 kills per set. The Ducks are also 13th in the NCAA with 13.13 assists per set.

Active Ace
Senior Valentina Vaulet enters the week with 186 career aces, good for third among active NCAA Division I players. She has 87 of those service aces in 53 matches at Oregon. Vaulet just trails Autumn Martinez-Robinson (188) of George Mason and Olivia Babcock (187) of Pitt on the active list. Vaulet is seventh in the Big Ten with 31 aces this season.

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