Ducks Stay Undefeated With Win Over MSU

Sophomore Sonja Newcombe also had 12 kills and three blocks for the Ducks.

Junior Gorana Maricic had 12 kills and two blocks in Oregon's victory. Photo courtesy: goducks.com

WACO, Texas - The Oregon volleyball team opened the Baylor Invitational on Friday afternoon with a three-game sweep (33-31, 30-17, 30-25 ) of Mississippi State at the Ferrell Center.

The Ducks are on a four-match winning streak and are undefeated in 2007, having not lost a game all season.

For the fourth consecutive match junior Gorana Maricic reached double figures in kills, with 12.

Sophomore Sonja Newcombe also had 12 kills and three blocks.

Freshman Rachel Morris set a new career high with 20 assists in the match, while sophomore Nevena Djordjevic added 17.

Oregon hit .237 in the match, while the Bulldogs (2-2) were held to a .130 attacking percentage.

Oregon also set a new season high with 10 total blocks, led by senior Karen Waddington (6) and sophomore Neticia Enesi (4). Junior Katie Swoboda totaled 18 digs.

In the first game, Oregon started off slow as Mississippi State rallied off three straight points to open the match.

The Ducks trailed by as many as six (23-17) their biggest deficit of the match, but were able to come back and take a 27-25 lead, backed by two service aces from Swoboda and two kills from Maricic.

With Oregon serving for game point, Waddington responded with a solo block to put the first game to rest.

With things back on track for Oregon, the second game of the match was much different.

Oregon opened up a 10-3 lead and picked up a double digit lead, 14-4. Enesi had five kills and one service ace in the game.

The Ducks will end the tournament today playing Stephen F. Austin (1-2) at 9:00 a.m. (PST) and host Baylor at 5:00 p.m. (PST).

Oregon fans can follow the matches with live stats on gametracker by finding the links on www.GoDucks.com

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