The #7 Oregon Ducks squeaked out a sweep of the Utah Utes on Friday night at Matthew Knight Arena, 26-24, 29-27, 25-12.
The bad news from Friday’s match against the unranked Utah Utes is that the Oregon Ducks are still starting matches slowly. The good news is that in the second set, Oregon overcame four Utah set points to win the set, so the Ducks are perhaps showing better resiliency in close sets than earlier in the season.
Oregon opened the first set with three straight points, but fell off a bit after that, allowing the Utes to catch up and take a lead going into mid-set.