Oregon State Defeats Colorado In Five-Set Thriller

Saturday, November 12

Corvallis, Ore.

7:00 PM

Oregon State

11-16, 4-12Pac-12

Colorado

13-13, 5-11Pac-12

Colorado

Oregon State

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

November 12, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Mary-Kate Marshall led the Beavers with 21 kills

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Mary-Kate Marshall, McKenna Hollingsworth and Lanesha Reagan all finished with double doubles to lead the Oregon State volleyball team to a five-set win over Colorado in a thrilling match Saturday night at Gill Coliseum.

Set scores were 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 18-25 and 15-13.

The Beavers scored six of the last seven points in the deciding fifth set. A kill by Toner gave the Beavers the match, and the senior started the run with her then-13^th kill to pull the Beavers to within two at 12-10. She and Kory Cheshire teamed together on a block to make it a one-point match, and Reagan evened the score with her final kill of the night – 16^th overall.

An attack error on Colorado put the Beavers up, and Kayla Ellis gave Oregon State match point with a service ace.

Marshall led Oregon State offensively, recording 21 kills on 58 attacks. She hit .310 on the night, and added 14 digs for the double double.

Reagan's 11^th double double of the season came via her 16 kills and 13 digs. The redshirt sophomore added a service and solo block.

Hollingsworth, meanwhile, registered her double double thanks to 32 assists and 12 digs.

Oregon State (11-16 overall, 4-12 Pac-12 Conference) hit .260 for the match, and kept Colorado to a .209 clip. The Buffaloes narrowly out-dug Oregon State, 77-to-72, with Ellis and Marshall tying for the Oregon State team lead at 14.

Colorado (13-13, 5-11) also out-blocked Oregon State, 13.5-to-10, but the Beavers held a distinct advantage in kills – 69-to-56 – and service aces, racking up three to the Buffaloes' three. Marshall paced OSU with two.

It was all Oregon State in set one, which went to the Beavers, 25-15. Marshall had eight kills in the frame, which saw OSU hit an impressive .529 – committing only two errors in 34 attacks.

Colorado won set two, 25-23, coming back late from a deficit. The Beavers hit .222 in the set, but were closely matched by the Buffaloes' .214.

Oregon State, after the 10-minute break, came back strong in a third set that saw just two lead changes. The Beavers hit .406 during the set, committing only two errors on 32 attempts. The Buffaloes, by contrast, hit .233.

The match went to a fifth set after Colorado won set four, 25-18. The Buffaloes only hit .118, but managed to hold the Beavers to a .047 clip.

Oregon State returns to action Wednesday night when visiting UCLA at 8 p.m. PT. The match will air live on Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 Los Angeles and Pac-12.com.

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