Team Orange Sweeps Orange & Black Scrimmage

Friday, August 17

Corvallis, OR

7:00 PM

Oregon State

Orange & Black Scrimmage

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

August 17, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State volleyball team played in front of Beaver Nation for the first time in 2018 Friday evening in the annual Orange & Black Scrimmage. While the event was the first opportunity for fans to get a glimpse of this year's squad, it was also the first time six newcomers were able to perform in a game environment at OSU.

Team Orange won all three sets by scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 25-18.

Despite the scores, third-year head coach Mark Barnard was the pleased with the result, choosing to watch from the sideline while assistant coaches Jessica Quinn and Ron Zwerver directed the intrasquad match.

"I really liked the work defensively by Kayla (Ellis), Grace (Massey) and Makenna Browne," Barnard said. "We're going to need that kind of play in the backcourt. Just like last year, I think we'll need to defend and recycle the ball."

Barnard also noted the play of redshirt freshman Lindsey Schell saying, "she did a good job blocking and could turn out to be our best blocker in the middle. I thought she really stepped out of her redshirt tonight."

Setters Montanna Gubrud, Allison Hughes and Maddie Sheehan, who remain in a battle for the starting job swapped teams after each set. All three setters got a turn as the only setter for the Orange team and directed her squad to a winning set.

"Montanna did a really nice job tonight. She set the most consistent ball out there, but I think we saw that between our three setters we'll be okay."

Junior transfer outside hitter Amy Underdown, who is expected to help replace three-time All-American Mary-Kate Marshall, had a solid outing receiving high praise from Barnard, when he said, "Amy did a great job for her team. She took a huge step forward today."

Members of Team Orange: seniors Kory Cheshire and Shekinah Clarke, juniors Makenna Browne, Serena Bruin and Amy Underdown, sophomore Grace Massey and freshman Nya Buckner.

Members of Team Black: seniors Kayla Ellis, Maddy Gravley and Daniela Vargas, sophomores Haylie Bennett and Maddie Goings, and freshmen Lindsey Schell and Kyla Waiters.

The Beavers open the season next week when they travel to the Midwest to participate in the Iowa State Challenge. OSU will face Virginia at 2 p.m. PT to begin the tournament on Friday, Aug. 24 and will then take on Ole Miss (10 a.m. PT) and Iowa State (4:30 p.m. PT) the next day.

OSU returns to Gill Coliseum Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. to take on Seattle in the non-conference finale.

Season and single game tickets for the 2018 Oregon State volleyball season are now available for purchase via BeaverTickets.com/Volleyball and 1-800-GO-BEAVS.

As a ticketed event, Oregon State volleyball matches will now adhere to the Athletic Department's Clear Bag Policy, which was implemented in the spring as an additional security measure and to provide fans a more consistent and efficient entry process. For more information on the policy, click here.

For more information on the Oregon State volleyball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverVBall, by Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverVBall or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverVBall.

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