Two More Wins Against Portland

Sunday, March 22

Portland, OR

11:00 AM

University of Oregon

Portland

03/22/26 | Women's Beach Volleyball

The Ducks improve to 11-10 after Sunday’s road wins.

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon beach volleyball team posted a pair of 4-1 road wins Sunday afternoon against Portland. With the results, the Ducks improve to 11-10 through the first five weeks of the year. Individually, senior Natasha George is the fourth player in program history to reach 40 career wins.

Match 20: Oregon 4, Portland 1
In the opener, the teams split the first two points with Hanna Bjornson and Sofia Taylor scoring first at No. 4 pairs. Portland pulled even with a straight-set win of its own on court two. The Ducks went back on top with a win at No. 1 by Bella Gamache and Liz Rossi. The first frame was tied at 11-all but the UO pair rattled off 10 of the final 14 points on their way to the team's second point.

George and Landree Coats clinched the opener with a dominant 21-9, 21-10 victory at No. 5 pairs. Daley McClellan and Elsa Snipes closed out the scoring with a 21-19, 21-9 win in the No. 3 spot in the lineup.

1: Gamache/Rossi (ORE) def. Incitti/Mercer (UP) – 21-15, 21-12
2: Freytag/Larsson (UP) def. Griffiths/Slojkowski (ORE) – 21-16, 21-15
3: McClellan/Snipes (ORE) def. Bruk/Strati (UP) – 21-19, 21-9
4: Bjornson/Taylor (ORE) def. Mitchell/Ortiz (UP) – 21-11, 21-12
5: Coats/George (ORE) def. Cormack/Hildenbrand (UP) – 21-9, 21-10
EXH: Komsky/Kriz (ORE) def. Kesmodel/Povey (UP) – 21-15, 21-11
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 1, 5*, 3

Match 21: Oregon 4, Portland 1
The Ducks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with near-simultaneous finishes at No. 2 and 4 pairs. George, this time teaming with Macy Furtwangler, was first off the court followed by McClellan and Snipes over on court two. While it was a milestone result for George, it doubled as the first-career lineup victory for Furtwangler.

Portland (4-11) cut its deficit in half with a three-set win at the top of the lineup but Bjornson and Taylor answered with a quick 21-9, 21-6 victory at No. 5 pairs to clinch the Ducks' second win of the day. In the last dual in play, Kendall Clark and AJ Slojkowski battled their way to a three-set victory on court three.

1: Freytag/Larsson (UP) def. Gamache/Rossi (ORE) – 21-23, 21-18, 17-15
2: McClellan/Snipes (ORE) def. Incitti/Mercer (UP) – 21-13, 21-16
3: Clark/Slojkowski (ORE) def. Bruk/Strati (UP) – 19-21, 22-20, 17-15
4: Furtwangler/George (ORE) def. Mitchell/Ortiz (UP) – 21-15, 21-19
5: Bjornson/Taylor (ORE) def. Cormack/Hildenbrand (UP) – 21-9, 21-6
EXH: Coats/Koellner (ORE) def. Debban/Povey (UP) – 21-15, 21-15
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 1, 5*, 3

Up Next: The Ducks next compete at the Boise State Beach Classic (April 3-4) with duals against CSUN, Santa Clara, UTEP and host Boise State.

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