Oct. 20, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State volleyball fell 3-0 to the third ranked Oregon Ducks on Saturday night with set scores of 15-25, 23-25, 20-25. Freshman Macey Gardner posted a team-best 12 kills in the contest.
In the first set, Arizona State (14-9, 3-7 Pac-12) kept the scoreboard close tying it three times in the early points before rallying behind three Erica Wilson kills to make it 12-14. Macey Gardner made it 15-16 behind the serve of Wilson, but the Ducks (18-1, 9-1 Pac-12) capitalized on Sun Devil miscues and a pair of aces to close out the frame 15-25.
Arizona State held UO to a .188 attack percentage in the second, but the Ducks came out ahead with a close score of 23-25. After ASU led 6-3 to start, the teams traded the lead five times with 11 ties. Following a Devil timeout, attacks from Gardner, Whitney Follette and Wilson allowed ASU to come back and tie it at 19-all. Back-to-back errors by Oregon forced the Ducks into their first timeout which then saw ASU taking it down to the wire, 23-all. Two errors doomed ASU in the final points, making the Sun Devils go into intermission down 2-0.
Improving as the night went on, the Sun Devils hit their best in the third and final frame with a team clip of .250. The score teeter-tottered in the beginning of the frame but three-consecutive Duck errors tied the game at 12-12. Nora Tuioti-Mariner held her serve through three points, 16-18, but UO starting to slip away at 18-22 before ASU called its second timeout. The Devils were unable to make up ground, falling 20-25 for the sweep.
Tough night falling 3-0 to No. 3 Oregon. Will work throughout the week to battle it out at Stanford and California thesundevils.com/sports/w-volle...
— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) October 21, 2012
Next Up:
The Sun Devils will hit the road again, traveling to Stanford on Friday, Oct. 26 for a 7 p.m. matchup. On Sunday, ASU will face off against California at noon on the Pac-12 Network.
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