Efficient Road Sweep at USC - University of Oregon Athletics

Thursday, November 12

Los Angeles, CA

6:00 PM

University of Oregon

21-4,12-3Big Ten

USC

10-15,4-11Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Oregon	26	25	32	3
Southern California	24	14	30	0

Crownover, Pollard celebration at USC (Nov. 12, 2026)

11/12/26 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

No. 12 Oregon (21-4, 12-3 B1G) hit .336 and had seven aces in Thursday’s win.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The No. 12 Oregon volleyball team started its weekend road trip with a sweep of USC (26-24, 25-14, 32-30) Thursday night at the Galen Center. Fifth-year setter Marina Crownover tallied 46 assists in the straight-set win and the Ducks hit .336 in the program's first road win at USC since 2021. With the result, Oregon is now 21-4 this season with a 12-3 record in Big Ten play.

The Ducks' weekend in SoCal continues Saturday at UCLA (2 p.m., B1G+).

The trio of Alanah Clemente, Sjakkie Donkers and Valentina Vaulet combined for 45 of Oregon's 57 kills, doing so while hitting .360 or better individually. Clemente and Donkers each had 17 kills and Vaulet put down 11 kills in the sweep. Crownover's 46 assists are a season high for a three-set match this season.

Clemente and Crownover each picked up 11 digs to complete their respective double-double efforts and sophomore libero Reese Sheppard led all players with 15 digs. Clemente tacked on four blocks and three aces, sharing the match lead with Vaulet from the service line.

Oregon held USC (10-15, 4-11) to a .180 hitting percentage and is now 15-0 this season when keeping an opponent under the .200 efficiency mark.

How It Happened: The opening set featured 17 ties and six lead changes. The home team led 23-21 but the Ducks responded with three points in a row to go up 24-23 after back-to-back kills from Donkers and Clemente. A serve from Clemente landed just long on the next play to extend the set but on the team's second opportunity, the UO sophomore came flying out of the back row to secure the 1-0 match lead.

The Ducks dominated the second set, stretching a 15-9 lead at the media break to a 20-11 advantage on an attack error by USC. Marlee Arrington provided a lift off the bench with two kills and a block assist in the frame. Her last kill pushed the Oregon lead to 22-14. Donkers followed up with another kill and two Trojan miscues later, the Ducks led the match, 2-0.

In a return to the back-and-forth play of the opener, the third set featured 14 more ties and three lead changes. The Ducks went ahead at 15-14—another Clemente kill—and never trail again but USC stayed within three down the stretch of the match. Oregon had its first of nine match points at 24-22 but USC pulled even at 24-all.

The Ducks appeared to win at 31-29 but a successful challenge by the home team detected an Oregon touch before the would-be USC block landed out of bounds. With the score now tied at 30-30, Clemente and Dalia Virlan teamed up for a block to end the next rally and give Oregon a ninth match point. On the next rally, Donkers tooled the block to clinch the sweep.

Notable: Snapped a three-match losing streak to USC … Donkers came into the weekend needing 18 kills to reach 1,000 career kills … Vaulet is tied with Pitt's Olivia Babcock at 189 career aces, leading all active NCAA Division I players … team improves to 7-0 when hitting .300 or higher this season.

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