Oregon State Earns First Conference Win With Sweep of Arizona State

  0 Emma LeGault | October 02nd, 2016 | College - Women's Indoor, News, Pac 12

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The Oregon State Beavers (8-7, 1-3 Pac-12) notched their first conference win on Sunday, sweeping the Arizona State Sun Devils (7-9, 0-4 Pac-12) in Arizona.

Oregon State finished the day with 44 kills on 82 attempts for a .390 average. Mary-Kate Marshall led with 12 kills, hitting .310 on the day, and added an ace, a solo block, and four digs. McKenna Hollingsworth had 34 aces, and Kayla Ellis finished with seven digs.

Lexi MacLean led Arizona State with 10 kills. Oluoma Okaro had five blocks (two solo), and Halle Harker added eight digs. The team had 29 kills on 88 attempts for a .102 average.

After hitting .152 in the first set, Oregon State came back to dominate in sets two and three with percentages of .500 and .600, respectively. The Beavers held the Sun Devils to a -.107 average in set two and .346 in set three.

Oregon State hosts Washington State on Friday at home. Arizona State faces No. 23 USC on Wednesday and No. 12 UCLA on Friday, both away.

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Courtesy of Oregon State Athletics: 

TEMPE, Ariz. — Mary-Kate Marshall tallied a team-leading 12 kills and Lila Toner was close behind with 10 as the Oregon State volleyball team swept Arizona State Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Set scores were 25-22, 25-11 and 25-18.

The Oregon State offense was sharp, to say the least, hitting .390 on the day against the Sun Devils. By comparison, the Sun Devils (7-9 overall, 0-4 Pac-12 Conference) hit only .102 against the Beavers, who recorded a match-high 28 digs and also finished with five blocks.

Marshall paced the Beavers offensively, recording her 12 kills on 29 attacks for a .310 hitting percentage. She added four digs, two blocks and a service ace in the victory.

Marshall has double figure kills in 11 of the Beavers’ (8-7, 1-3) 15 matches this season. She also now has 1,157 kills for her career, four shy of tying for 10th all-time at Oregon State.

Toner, meanwhile, hit an impressive .533. The senior finished with 10 kills — her seventh match in double figures this season — in just 15 attempts, accumulating only two errors. Toner also had six digs, a block and a service ace.

Lanesha Reagan and Daniela Vargas had eight and seven kills, respectively, with the two combining for just two errors in 23 total attacks. Reagan hit .467 while Vargas, who surpassed her previous career-best of four kills, hit .750.

Kory Cheshire added six kills and McKenna Hollingsworth tallied 34 assists.

Defensively, Kayla Ellis topped the Beavers with seven digs.

The Beavers hit just .152 in the first set, but kept the Sun Devils to a .088 clip to go up 1-0 via a 25-22.

It was all Oregon State in sets two and three.

The Beavers hit .500 in the second set, finishing with 13 kills to just one attack error. The Sun Devils, by comparison, finished with seven kills to 10 errors in the frame.

Set three was closer, but still in Oregon State’s favor due to a .600 attack percentage. The Beavers never trailed in the set — ASU, in fact, held the lead just twice on the day, both coming early in set two.

The win was the Beavers’ third in their last four matches against Arizona State, including two of three in Tempe.

Oregon State returns to Gill Coliseum for a Friday matchup with Washington State. The match can be seen at 7 p.m. PT, with tickets available at BeaverTickets.com and 1-800-GOBEAVS.

Courtesy of Arizona State Athletics:

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona State Volleyball team (7-9, 0-4 Pac-12) fell in three sets to the Oregon State Beavers (8-7, 1-3 Pac-12), 22-25, 11-25, 18-25, on Sunday morning in Wells Fargo Arena.

Sophomore Lexi MacLean led the Sun Devils with 10 kills while freshman Mmachi Nwoke and sophomore Jasmine Koonts each added five. Junior Oluoma Okaro had five total blocks on the match, including two solo blocks.

Junior Halle Harker‘s eight digs on the match officially moves her into 15th in the ASU record book for career digs with 1,176. She is now 45 away from breaking into the Sun Devil’s top-10 list.

“The most important thing is we have to be able to score,” said head coach Stevie Mussie. “We need to have an increased sense of urgency when we have the ball on our side. We pass well but we have to be able to score right away and end rallies. That is a huge focus for us.”

Oregon State’s Mary-Kate Marshall led all scorers with 12 kills while Lila Toner added 10 of her own.

Up next, the Sun Devils travel to Los Angeles to continue Pac-12 play. They face No. 23 USC on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7:00 p.m. PT and No. 12 UCLA on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7:00 p.m. PT. Both matches will be aired on the Pac-12 Network.

MATCH NOTES:

Kills: MacLean (10)

Top Attack Pct: Koonts (.333; 5K, 2E, 9TA)

Blocks: Okaro (5TB: 2BS, 3BA)

CAREER NOTE:

Career Digs At ASU:

1. Sydney Donahue, 2004-07—2385

10. Nancy Christian, 1990-93—1221

11. Margie Giordano, 2005-08—1218

12. Kelly Plaisted, 1987-90—1194

13. Sarah Reaves, 2007-10—1181

14. Tammy Webb, 1983-86—1178

15. Halle Harker, 2014-Present—1176

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