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Beavers to Travel to the Desert to Face Cats, Devils
October 22, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
ON TAP
• Oregon State will be on the road each of the next two weeks with trips to Arizona and the Bay Area on the docket.
• OSU (8-11, 2-6 Pac-12) travels to Tucson to take on Arizona (11-9, 1-7) Friday night at 7 p.m.
• The Beavers then make the trip to Tempe for a Sunday contest at noon against Arizona State (11-8, 3-5).
TELEVISION
• Friday's match against the Wildcats will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Arizona only. Camryn Irwin will be on the call.
• Sunday's match against the Sun Devils will also air live also on Pac-12 Arizona. Daron Sutton will have the play-by-play for OSU and ASU.
• Fans with subscriptions to the Network can also watch the matches on Pac-12.com, or via the Pac-12 Now app.
LIVE STATS
• Live stats will be available for both matches and can be found by visiting the volleyball schedule page on osubeavers.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State volleyball program via social media. There are several platforms to follow the team including :
• Twitter: @BeaverVBall
• Instagram: @BeaverVBall
• Facebook: /BeaverVBall
AGAINST THE WILDCATS
• Oregon State trails the all-time series with Arizona 17-48. OSU lost both meetings with Arizonain 2018 in a three set sweeps. But the Beavers swept the 'Cats twice in 2017 en route to an NCAA berth.
AGAINST THE SUN DEVILS
• OSU is also behind in the series with ASU 22-44. The Beavers split the series with the Sun Devils in 2018 falling in three sets in Tempe before taking a four set win in Corvallis. The Beavers fell behind early trailing 1-0 before reeling off three straight sets to earn the victory.
LAST WEEK
• With starting setter Maddie Sheehan sidelined last week, the Beavers ran a 5-2 offense with Montanna Gubrud setting from the back row and Mary Kate Lopez setting in the front.
• Freshman outside hitter Cecilee Max-Brown, who started the first five matches of the season returned to the court for the first time since September giving the Beavers their full complement of attackers for the first time in five weeks.
• Amy Underdown paced the OSU offense with 12 kills and Lindsey Schell and Kory Cheshire added eight kills each. Schell added a match-high six blocks and Grace Massey accumulated 18 digs in a four-set loss to USC.
• Maddie Goings led the Beavers with 17 kills and Max-Brown came off the bench to record 16 kills in her first extended playing time since September. Underdown added a season-best 13 kills for the Beavers, who extended the match multiple times before falling in an intense five-set contest. Gubrud and Lopez each notched career-highs with 38 and 16 assists respectively. Massey tallied 24 digs, while Schell, Cheshire and Max-Brown each produced six blocks.
TESTING THE DEPTH
• Oregon State, for the second season in a row, has been battered by injuries. A squad that head coach Mark Barnard suggested was the deepest he's had, was tested early in the season. Four outside hitters went down within a matter of days - Chloe Brown (injury) and Amy Underdown were injured during Week 2 at the Hoosier Invite and were unable to finish the tourney. While Maddie Goings (injury) and Cecilee Max-Brown (illness) played through ailments but were sidelined the following week.
• With that foursome sidelined, the Beavers played at the Redhawk Invitational with Haylie Bennett, the starting opposite in 2017 and '18, Shekinah Clarke, who had been rehabbing last year's season-ending knee injury, and Kory Cheshire, who moved from starting middle blocker to opposite and then to the left side.
• Goings was able to return to the lineup at the UNC/CSU Classic after missing one week, while Brown and Underdown returned for the opening week of Pac-12 play ... Max-Brown finally returned from illness last weekend after missing five weeks.
• While the hitters have returned to health, the Beavers lost senior DS Makenna Browne to a season-ending knee injury at the end of September during the victory over Oregon.
• In addition, starting setter Maddie Sheehan and freshman Amya Small were injured last week and both were unavailable against the L.A. schools last weekend.
NEWCOMER CONTRIBUTIONS
• The Beavers welcomed five newcomers to the fold in 2019 - sophomore transfer OH Chloe Brown and freshmen S Mary Kate Lopez, OH Cecilee Max-Brown, DS Taylor Quinn and MB Amya Small.
• Brown and Max-Brown made an immediate impact on the squad winning both of the starting outside hitter spots. The pair of newbies led the Beavers in the opening weekend at the Oregon Classic with both earning all-tournament team honors.
• Quinn earned playing time as a defensive and serving specialist during the preseason as well.
• Lopez spent the early portion of the season trapped behind a pair of more experienced setters. However, with an injury taking Maddie Sheehan out of the equation, Lopez received her first extensive playing time setting a personal mark with 16 assists against UCLA.
• Small has battled against three middles with starting experience ahead of her and is likely to redshirt in 2019.
DIGGING THROUGH THE RECORD BOOKS
• Early in the preseason, junior libero Grace Massey moved into OSU's Top 10 in history. She has since moved up to seventh in OSU history with 1,303. She needs just one dig to tie Shelly Smith (1991-94) for fifth.
• Massey, who entered the season with 993 digs, became the 16th player in OSU history to amass 1,000 career digs during the first match of the season, against UC Irvine at the Oregon Classic.
• She set OSU's sophomore record in 2018 with 560 digs, which also ranked as the third most prolific season in OSU history.
• Junior outside hitter Maddie Goings has also moved into the Beavers' top 30 with 759 career digs, which is tied with Camilla Ah-Hoy (2006-10) for 24th in school history
CHESHIRE PUTS THE ROOF ON
• Senior middle blocker Kory Cheshire is moving up the Beavers' career blocks lists this fall.
• Cheshire currently has 280 total blocks in her career ranking 13th in OSU history. She needs 29 blocks to tie Bree Knitter (2006-09) for 12th on the Beavers' all-time list.
• In addition, Cheshire has 230 block assists to rank 13th. She needs 25 more to tie former teammate Maddy Gravley (2015-18).
• And she is up to 50 career solo blocks to rank 20th in school history. She needs two solos to tie Lexie Rathgeber (2006-09) for 19th.
GOINGS GOING GONE
• Junior Maddie Goings, who moved to the right side to begin the season but has played all over the court due to injuries , leads the team with 177 kills in 2019 (2.90 k/s).
• Goings registered 56 kills at the Hoosier Invite for a 4.67 k/s clip en route to earning all-tournament honors.
• Goings now has 891 kills in her career which ranks 20th in OSU history. She needs 46 to tie Michele Solomon for 19th place.
SETTING THE OFFENSE
• Sophomore setter Maddie Sheehan became the 13th player in school history to register 1,000 career assists.
• Sheehan has moved into 10th place all-time at OSU and currently has 1,467 career assists. Most recently, Sheehan moved past McKenna Hollingsworth and Christine Wilson and needs 298 to tie Kristy Wing (1988-91) for ninth in OSU history.
• Senior setter Montanna Gubrud, who transferred into the program in 2018, set an OSU career-high with 38 assists last week against UCLA.
CLARKE IN THE CLUTCH
• Redshirt senior Shekinah Clarke was called upon for the first time in 2019 at the Redhawk Invitational when the Beavers were decimated by injuries. Clarke came through with a team-leading, and career-high, 15 kills in her first start against New Mexico to lead the squad to a come from behind five-set win.
• Clarke went on to tally another 19 kills in the next two matches helping the Beavers to a 3-0 record over the weekend (9/13-14).
• Was named to the Redhawk Invitational All-Tournament Team.
• Recently, Clarke has been forced into a defensive specialist-type role due to injury. She posted a career-best 13 digs in the win over Colorado (9/27).
• In an unrelated note, Clarke's brother, Onesimus, made his first career start at left guard for the Beavers' football team during the same weekend as the Redhawk Invitational -- a win over Cal Poly that Saturday (9/14).
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
• Oregon Classic - New starting outside hitters Chloe Brown and Cecilee Max-Brown were named ot the Oregon Classic All-Tournament Team in their OSU debuts. Brown led the Beavers with 12 and 13 kills respectively and registered the first double-double of her career.
• Hoosier Invite - Maddie Goings set a career-high with 26 kills against Oklahoma and totaled 56 in the Beavers' trip to Indiana. Goings was named to the all-tournament team.
• Redhawk Invitational - Kory Cheshire garnered MVP honors and Shekinah Clarke earned an all-tournament nod as the Beavers swept the competition. Cheshire set a career-high with 17 kills against Gonzaga and 23 digs against New Mexico, while Clarke registered a career-high 15 kills against the Lobos.
• Oregon State will be on the road each of the next two weeks with trips to Arizona and the Bay Area on the docket.
• OSU (8-11, 2-6 Pac-12) travels to Tucson to take on Arizona (11-9, 1-7) Friday night at 7 p.m.
• The Beavers then make the trip to Tempe for a Sunday contest at noon against Arizona State (11-8, 3-5).
TELEVISION
• Friday's match against the Wildcats will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Arizona only. Camryn Irwin will be on the call.
• Sunday's match against the Sun Devils will also air live also on Pac-12 Arizona. Daron Sutton will have the play-by-play for OSU and ASU.
• Fans with subscriptions to the Network can also watch the matches on Pac-12.com, or via the Pac-12 Now app.
LIVE STATS
• Live stats will be available for both matches and can be found by visiting the volleyball schedule page on osubeavers.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State volleyball program via social media. There are several platforms to follow the team including :
• Twitter: @BeaverVBall
• Instagram: @BeaverVBall
• Facebook: /BeaverVBall
AGAINST THE WILDCATS
• Oregon State trails the all-time series with Arizona 17-48. OSU lost both meetings with Arizonain 2018 in a three set sweeps. But the Beavers swept the 'Cats twice in 2017 en route to an NCAA berth.
AGAINST THE SUN DEVILS
• OSU is also behind in the series with ASU 22-44. The Beavers split the series with the Sun Devils in 2018 falling in three sets in Tempe before taking a four set win in Corvallis. The Beavers fell behind early trailing 1-0 before reeling off three straight sets to earn the victory.
LAST WEEK
• With starting setter Maddie Sheehan sidelined last week, the Beavers ran a 5-2 offense with Montanna Gubrud setting from the back row and Mary Kate Lopez setting in the front.
• Freshman outside hitter Cecilee Max-Brown, who started the first five matches of the season returned to the court for the first time since September giving the Beavers their full complement of attackers for the first time in five weeks.
• Amy Underdown paced the OSU offense with 12 kills and Lindsey Schell and Kory Cheshire added eight kills each. Schell added a match-high six blocks and Grace Massey accumulated 18 digs in a four-set loss to USC.
• Maddie Goings led the Beavers with 17 kills and Max-Brown came off the bench to record 16 kills in her first extended playing time since September. Underdown added a season-best 13 kills for the Beavers, who extended the match multiple times before falling in an intense five-set contest. Gubrud and Lopez each notched career-highs with 38 and 16 assists respectively. Massey tallied 24 digs, while Schell, Cheshire and Max-Brown each produced six blocks.
TESTING THE DEPTH
• Oregon State, for the second season in a row, has been battered by injuries. A squad that head coach Mark Barnard suggested was the deepest he's had, was tested early in the season. Four outside hitters went down within a matter of days - Chloe Brown (injury) and Amy Underdown were injured during Week 2 at the Hoosier Invite and were unable to finish the tourney. While Maddie Goings (injury) and Cecilee Max-Brown (illness) played through ailments but were sidelined the following week.
• With that foursome sidelined, the Beavers played at the Redhawk Invitational with Haylie Bennett, the starting opposite in 2017 and '18, Shekinah Clarke, who had been rehabbing last year's season-ending knee injury, and Kory Cheshire, who moved from starting middle blocker to opposite and then to the left side.
• Goings was able to return to the lineup at the UNC/CSU Classic after missing one week, while Brown and Underdown returned for the opening week of Pac-12 play ... Max-Brown finally returned from illness last weekend after missing five weeks.
• While the hitters have returned to health, the Beavers lost senior DS Makenna Browne to a season-ending knee injury at the end of September during the victory over Oregon.
• In addition, starting setter Maddie Sheehan and freshman Amya Small were injured last week and both were unavailable against the L.A. schools last weekend.
NEWCOMER CONTRIBUTIONS
• The Beavers welcomed five newcomers to the fold in 2019 - sophomore transfer OH Chloe Brown and freshmen S Mary Kate Lopez, OH Cecilee Max-Brown, DS Taylor Quinn and MB Amya Small.
• Brown and Max-Brown made an immediate impact on the squad winning both of the starting outside hitter spots. The pair of newbies led the Beavers in the opening weekend at the Oregon Classic with both earning all-tournament team honors.
• Quinn earned playing time as a defensive and serving specialist during the preseason as well.
• Lopez spent the early portion of the season trapped behind a pair of more experienced setters. However, with an injury taking Maddie Sheehan out of the equation, Lopez received her first extensive playing time setting a personal mark with 16 assists against UCLA.
• Small has battled against three middles with starting experience ahead of her and is likely to redshirt in 2019.
DIGGING THROUGH THE RECORD BOOKS
• Early in the preseason, junior libero Grace Massey moved into OSU's Top 10 in history. She has since moved up to seventh in OSU history with 1,303. She needs just one dig to tie Shelly Smith (1991-94) for fifth.
• Massey, who entered the season with 993 digs, became the 16th player in OSU history to amass 1,000 career digs during the first match of the season, against UC Irvine at the Oregon Classic.
• She set OSU's sophomore record in 2018 with 560 digs, which also ranked as the third most prolific season in OSU history.
• Junior outside hitter Maddie Goings has also moved into the Beavers' top 30 with 759 career digs, which is tied with Camilla Ah-Hoy (2006-10) for 24th in school history
CHESHIRE PUTS THE ROOF ON
• Senior middle blocker Kory Cheshire is moving up the Beavers' career blocks lists this fall.
• Cheshire currently has 280 total blocks in her career ranking 13th in OSU history. She needs 29 blocks to tie Bree Knitter (2006-09) for 12th on the Beavers' all-time list.
• In addition, Cheshire has 230 block assists to rank 13th. She needs 25 more to tie former teammate Maddy Gravley (2015-18).
• And she is up to 50 career solo blocks to rank 20th in school history. She needs two solos to tie Lexie Rathgeber (2006-09) for 19th.
GOINGS GOING GONE
• Junior Maddie Goings, who moved to the right side to begin the season but has played all over the court due to injuries , leads the team with 177 kills in 2019 (2.90 k/s).
• Goings registered 56 kills at the Hoosier Invite for a 4.67 k/s clip en route to earning all-tournament honors.
• Goings now has 891 kills in her career which ranks 20th in OSU history. She needs 46 to tie Michele Solomon for 19th place.
SETTING THE OFFENSE
• Sophomore setter Maddie Sheehan became the 13th player in school history to register 1,000 career assists.
• Sheehan has moved into 10th place all-time at OSU and currently has 1,467 career assists. Most recently, Sheehan moved past McKenna Hollingsworth and Christine Wilson and needs 298 to tie Kristy Wing (1988-91) for ninth in OSU history.
• Senior setter Montanna Gubrud, who transferred into the program in 2018, set an OSU career-high with 38 assists last week against UCLA.
CLARKE IN THE CLUTCH
• Redshirt senior Shekinah Clarke was called upon for the first time in 2019 at the Redhawk Invitational when the Beavers were decimated by injuries. Clarke came through with a team-leading, and career-high, 15 kills in her first start against New Mexico to lead the squad to a come from behind five-set win.
• Clarke went on to tally another 19 kills in the next two matches helping the Beavers to a 3-0 record over the weekend (9/13-14).
• Was named to the Redhawk Invitational All-Tournament Team.
• Recently, Clarke has been forced into a defensive specialist-type role due to injury. She posted a career-best 13 digs in the win over Colorado (9/27).
• In an unrelated note, Clarke's brother, Onesimus, made his first career start at left guard for the Beavers' football team during the same weekend as the Redhawk Invitational -- a win over Cal Poly that Saturday (9/14).
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
• Oregon Classic - New starting outside hitters Chloe Brown and Cecilee Max-Brown were named ot the Oregon Classic All-Tournament Team in their OSU debuts. Brown led the Beavers with 12 and 13 kills respectively and registered the first double-double of her career.
• Hoosier Invite - Maddie Goings set a career-high with 26 kills against Oklahoma and totaled 56 in the Beavers' trip to Indiana. Goings was named to the all-tournament team.
• Redhawk Invitational - Kory Cheshire garnered MVP honors and Shekinah Clarke earned an all-tournament nod as the Beavers swept the competition. Cheshire set a career-high with 17 kills against Gonzaga and 23 digs against New Mexico, while Clarke registered a career-high 15 kills against the Lobos.
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