In a match that she didn’t start, Sofia Maldonado Diaz had her best outing of the year. It just wasn’t quite enough for Arizona volleyball to overcome No. 18 Oregon. The Ducks used superior passing and serving to win in four sets (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 26-24).
“Those guys were passing on a dime,” Arizona head coach Dave Rubio said of the Ducks. “I thought blocking was solid, considering that they were in system 90 percent of the time, which is hard for us to do anything when they’re in system. And even then, I thought our defense was good.