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EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) volleyball team fell to No. 14 Oregon 0-3 (16-25, 20-25, 17-25) to open up the Oregon Classic on Thursday at Matthew Knight Arena.
 
Junior Ragni Steen Knudsen led UTRGV (1-3) with 12 kills and six digs. Sophomore Barbara Silva recorded 10 kills on .318 hitting and five digs.
 
Lindsey Vander Weide led Oregon (2-1) with 12 kills and seven digs. Taylor Agost finished with nine kills on .400 hitting.
 
UTRGV kept the second set tight throughout, scoring three-straight points to take a 4-2 lead on a kill and a pair of aces by Knudsen. Oregon scored the next three to go up 5-4 on a Willow Johnson kill, but UTRGV tied the set at 5 on a Silva kill and 8 on a Knudsen kill. UTRGV regained the lead at 14-13 on a block by senior Bojana Mitrovic and freshman Veronika Jandova. UTRGV also led 16-15 and 18-17 following attack errors, and was within one at 20-21 on a Knudsen kill, but Oregon scored the final four points of the set.
 
Oregon jumped out to an 11-3 lead in the first set and a 7-2 lead in the second set to wrap up the match.
 
UTRGV is back in action on Friday at 8 p.m. against Northern Illinois.

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