Onye Ofoegbu and Cristin Cline rushed toward the net as their team led by just two points in what ended up being the third and final set in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The ball bounced back to the other side of the court for the Ducks’ tenth block of the evening.

Defense ended up being the difference in No. 13 Oregon’s (21-6, 13-5 Big Ten) 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-21, 25-22) over Michigan (17-12, 7-11 Big Ten).

The Ducks took care of business in the last match at Michigan State. They came into Ann Arbor on Saturday looking to continue their winning streak into the final matchups of the regular season.

Oregon got off to an early advantage following three quick attack errors by the Wolverines. Opposite hitter, Valentina Vaulet chipped into the Michigan deficit with three kills in a short period of time to make up for the errors. Vaulet starred for the Wolverines with 14 kills and 10 digs but accounted for 41 of Michigan’s 120 attacks.

The Wolverines tied it at 9-9 in Set 1 but from there the Ducks regained the advantage and never looked back. Oregon recorded 5.5 of its 11 blocks in the first period.

Mimi Colyer also picked up five of her team-leading 14 kills in the first set. She just moved to tenth all-time on the Ducks’ kills list in the last outing against Michigan State and continued her strong play on Saturday.

Set 2 started in an even more dominant fashion in favor of the Ducks. Michelle Ohwobete went on a 3-0 run on her own, picking up two kills and a service ace in the process.

Michigan tightened the gap with an 11-4 scoring burst. In the end, back-to-back kills by Ohwobete sealed the second for the Ducks.

Ohwobete tallied 12 kills on .435 percent hitting and seven blocks. Ofoegbu and Colyer led the team with seven and five blocks, respectively.

The Wolverines didn’t allow Oregon to get out to the same lead in Set 3 as it did in the first two. It was a back-and-forth third set — until the block assist by Ofoegbu and Cline gave the Ducks their largest advantage on the third. Noemie Glover finished the match with her eighth kill of the day. 

Oregon is set to play its final home match of the regular season on Wednesday in a tough opponent in No. 8 Purdue (22-6, 13-4 Big Ten). The Ducks have struggled against opponents ranked higher than them this season, going 0-4. They, however, have won all but two games at home but the two losses were to the top-2 teams in the nation.

The first set against the Boilermakers will come at 7:30 p.m. at Matthew Knight Arena.