Beavers Blitz Buffaloes, Move to 2-0 in Pac-12 Play

Friday, September 27

Corvallis, OR

6:00 PM

Oregon State

8-5

Colorado

8-4

Colorado

Oregon St.

Grace Massey, Shekinah Clarke, Kory Cheshire

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

September 27, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

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By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State volleyball team defeated Colorado Friday evening at Gill Coliseum to move to 2-0 in Pac-12 Conference play for the first time since 2004. The Beavers had to overcome a slow start to knock off the Buffaloes in four sets.

OSU, which now boasts an 8-5 record overall, beat Colorado (8-4, 0-2) by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-19 and 25-19.

"It's good to win when you're not playing well," head coach Mark Barnard said. "We didn't play nearly as well as last night. We know we have a lot to work on next week, but it is nice to not have been punished with the loss. We'll focus on those things to be better next week when we face Cal and Stanford."

The Buffaloes stampeded to a quick 7-2 lead out of the gate before the Beavers could get going. OSU stemmed the tide pushing back to within two points on four occasions, but a 5-1 burst by the Buffs gave them the 17-12 advantage. Colorado went on to open the lead to 23-17 before a pair of short runs by OSU closed the gap to 24-22. CU would hang on to take the set, 25-22, to go up one set to none.

Trailing 10-9 in the second stanza scored three in a row highlighted by a Haylie Bennett block to seize the lead at 12-10. The Beavers continued to slowly move out as Bennett, Lindsey Schell and Chloe Brown pushed the lead to 19-13. OSU continued on to win the set, 25-18, evening the match at a set each.

Oregon State carried the momentum into the third set using an 11-3 burst fueled by three Maddie Goings kills to take the lead at 15-8. The Beavers kept their foot on the gas with Kory Cheshire supplying three kills to take a 23-11 advantage. The Buffaloes continued to fight closing the gap to 24-19 before succumbing to the Beavers, 25-19.

Leading the match 2-1, the Beavers reeled off the first five points of the fourth set as Bennett produced a pair of kills and combined with Schell for a block. CU closed the Beavers' lead to 7-6 before OSU stretched the lead back to 14-8. The teams traded sideouts to the 21-15 leading to back-to-back kills from Cheshire and Shekinah Clarke to make it 23-16. OSU went on to close out the match, 25-19.

"Haylie was fantastic again. I challenged her during the fourth set and she responded by crushing the next ball. That's great for her and for us. Grace Massey passed at an unbelievable level this week as well."

Bennett led the Beavers for the second night in a row with 16 kills. Goings and Brown added 13 and 12 kills respectively. Schell posted a team-high six blocks and Clarke notched a team-best 13 digs.

Game Notes: Oregon State moves to 2-0 in Pac-12 play for the first time since 2004 … Haylie Bennett lead the Beavers with 16 kills for the second match in a row … Maddie Goings (13 kills, 11 digs) and Chloe Brown (12 kills, 12 digs) each posted double-doubles.

Next Up: Oregon State is idle for the remainder of the weekend but return to the court next week to host No. 21 California on Friday, Oct. 4, and No. 1 Stanford, Saturday. Both matches will be broadcast on Pac-12 Network.

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