STANFORD, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford women's volleyball picked up a 3-1 win over No. 17 Oregon, Thursday, at Maples Pavilion behind 21 kills from Kathryn Plummer and a double-double from Meghan McClure.
The win clinched at least a share of the Cardinal's 18th Pac-12 title as second-place USC (10-5 Pac-12) dropped a four-set match at home to Washington on Thursday. Stanford (23-1, 15-0 Pac-12) will have its first chance to win the league outright on Friday against Oregon State.
Plummer finished with a match-high in kills – 10 more than the next highest output by a player on either team. The junior outside hitter also collected eight digs and had a season-high six blocks. McClure's seventh double-double of the year consisted of 10 kills and matched her season-best with 14 digs.
Stanford, which won its 21st consecutive match and its 30th straight match at Maples Pavilion, hit .259 and had 18.5 team blocks. Oregon (16-9, 9-6 Pac-12), which entered the match second in the conference with a .261 hitting percentage, was held to a .171 clip.
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Setter Jenna Gray controlled the offense with 47 assists. The junior set a season-high with seven blocks and matched her season-best with eight digs. Junior opposite Audriana Fitzmorris recorded seven kills and three blocks, while junior libero Morgan Hentz finished with 13 digs.
Stanford was without senior middle blocker Tami Alade, who missed the match due to injury. Senior Courtney Bowen started in her place and tallied a career-high 10 blocks and had seven kills. Freshman middle blocker Holly Campbell hit .467 with eight kills and tied her career-high with eight blocks.
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Oregon was led by senior Lindsey Vander Weide and junior Ronika Stone, who both registered 11 kills. Opposite Willow Johnson added 10 kills on .304 hitting, while freshman libero Brooke Nuneviller racked up a match-best 18 digs.
Stanford closes out its four-match homestand on Friday against the Beavers. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Maples Pavilion.