Despite facing an 0 – 2 deficit going into the third set, the No. 17 Oregon Ducks rallied to upset No. 1 UCLA Bruins Friday night. The Bruins would be the second No. 1 team this season to fall to the Ducks, the other being four-time defending champion Penn State. The Ducks fell 20 – 25, 23 – 25 in the first and second set and then would go on to fight back and take the third and fourth sets 25 – 15, 25 – 18. In the fifth set, the two teams repeatedly matched each other point for point until the Ducks ended the game with 5 consecutive points.
Alaina Bergsma spikes the ball as the Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Bergsma finished with 29 points, a new career high, with the help of 25 kills. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Ducks sophomore Lauren Plum (4) taps the ball over the nets as the Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. On top of her 56 assists, Plum netted eight digs, and four kills. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Ducks junior Katherine Fischer (12) attempts to save a deflected ball as the Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Fischer set a new career high in digs (20). (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Freshman Shellsy Ashen (16) attempts a dig at the ball as the Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Shellsy finished with 3 digs on the night. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Ducks sophomore Ariana Williams (7) attempts a dig as the Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Williams played key role in defense, setting a season high in solo blocks (3) and matching a season high in total blocks (5). (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
In a scary moment for the Oregon Ducks, junior Katherine Fischer (12) goes down during their game against the UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Matthew Knight Arena fell completely silent. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Junior Katherine Fischer (12) rises to her feet and talks with the team trainer after appearing to briefly injure herself. The Oregon Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins in a Pac-12 matchup at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Ducks sophomore Lauren Plum serves the ball during the No. 17 Oregon Ducks match against the No. 1 UCLA Bruins at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. Plum finished with 56 assists, just two shy of her career high. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Players on the Oregon Ducks volleyball team signed autographs after the game where they beat the UCLA Bruins 3 – 2 at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 11, 2011. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A reporter for Something to Talk About, an interview show produced by fourth- and fifth-graders at Eugene’s Camas Ridge Elementary School, speaks to Oregon Ducks freshman Chloe Buckendahl (8) after the No. 17 Ducks defeat the No. 1 UCLA Bruins 3 – 2 at Matthew Knight Arena. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
