Maybe it was the leftover momentum from Friday’s sweep over No. 17 UCLA.

Maybe it was junior transfer, Taylor Borup — who recorded her first Pac-12 start and a team-high 13 kills in Friday’s match.

Whatever the case may be, the No. 20 Oregon Ducks concluded their Los Angeles road trip with an upset sweep (26-24, 25-22 and 25-20) over the 12th-ranked USC Trojans Sunday afternoon at the Galen Center.

The Ducks (11-5, Pac-12 4-2) were led by Borup and Ronika Stone, who each ended with 10 kills. Borup recorded her second straight double-double with a team-high 11 digs on top of her 10 kills. Senior setter August Raskie ended with 35 assists and Lauren Page led on defense with four blocks.

Oregon started Sunday’s match strong. The team quickly took a 12-5 lead to force the Trojans (12-5, 4-2) to take both of their timeouts early. After a short delay from a questionable call, Oregon began to slow down. USC used a 5-0 run to catch up to the Ducks and lead at 19-18. The two teams exchanged back-to-back points until Oregon clinched the set victory at 26-24.

After dropping the first set, USC came out strong and forced Oregon to take its first timeout at 8-5 to start the second set. USC kept the lead until the Ducks scored three straight to tie the set at 18. A block from Lindsey Vander-Weide and Lauren Page edged Oregon to take a 20-19 lead over the Trojans. The Ducks held on and defeated the Trojans 25-22 to go into intermission 2-0.

The Ducks ran away with set three. After picking up the lead at 2-1, the Ducks never let it go. USC felt the pressure and used both of its timeouts before reaching double-digit points. An 8-2 run by Oregon helped propel the team to its highest leading-point deficit (7). The closest the Trojans got to the Ducks came at 19-17. Oregon claimed the final set win of 25-20 and completed the match sweep.

Oregon will return to Eugene briefly next week before traveling to Boulder, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. The Ducks will start the weekend playing against the Colorado Buffaloes on Friday at 6 p.m and then close the road trip against the Utah Utes Sunday at 11 a.m.

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