The 12th-ranked Oregon volleyball team couldn’t overcome Michigan on Saturday, but they did see one of their players make history. Senior setter Lauren Plum set the career Oregon assists record on Saturday, breaking it late in the third set with an assist to Liz Brenner. Plum went into the match needing 33 assists to tie the previous record of 4,400 set by Nevena Djordjevic, but the senior beat that mark by two.

The Ducks were swept in three sets by the 7th-ranked Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Saturday, losing the first two sets 22-25 and the last one 21-25. This loss came just a day after losing to another Michigan team, the Spartans of Michigan State.

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The Oregon football team brought 76 players to their game against Virginia on Saturday. Fourteen of those players were linebackers, which was the largest number of players at any position. During Pac-12 play, the maximum number of players the Ducks will be able to bring on the road is 70, but there is no limit during nonconference road games.

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Serena Williams continued her dominant 2013 season on Sunday by winning the U.S. Open. This is the fifth Open title Williams has won in her career. After splitting the first two sets against No. 2-seeded Victoria Azarenka, top-seeded Williams blew out her opponent in the third and final set, winning it by a score of 6-1. This Open victory is a Williams’ ninth title of 2013, which is the most victories she’s ever had in a single year. She’s also won four of the last six Grand Slam titles and now has 17 career Grand Slam trophies.