Ronika Stone

Lindsey Vander Weide

The 2018 Oregon volleyball team was picked to finish third in the Pac-12 in a vote of the conference's coaches released on Wednesday, and bothandwere selected to the preseason all-Pac-12 team.The Ducks, entering their second season under head coachafter reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year, were third in the preseason voting with 96 points behind defending Pac-12 champions Stanford (121) and USC (100). Stanford earned 11 of the 12 first-place votes, with USC receiving the other.Stone was an all-Pac-12 selection in 2017 after leading the Ducks and ranking fourth in the conference with a .366 hitting percentage. The junior from San Jose, Calif., also led Oregon with 1.14 blocks per set and 30 total service aces, and she was an AVCA Pacific North all-Region honorable mention honoree.Vander Weide made the all-Pac-12 team as a freshman and a sophomore before earning honorable mention recognition in 2017. Vander Weide was second on the Ducks with 2.48 kills per set and 2.70 digs per set last season, and is looking to regain the form that made her an AVCA third-team all-American in 2016.The Ducks, ranked 18th in the AVCA preseason poll, will open their 2018 season against No. 3 Texas on Friday, August 24, at the VERT Challenge in Lincoln, Neb., before playing No. 2 ranked and defending national champions Nebraska on August 25.Oregon will hold its Alumni Match this Saturday, August 18, at 7 p.m. PT in Matthew Knight Arena. Admission and parking are free for fans.1. Stanford (11) - 1212. USC (1) - 1003. Oregon - 964. UCLA - 905. Colorado - 896. Washington - 737. Washington State - 648. Utah - 479. Arizona - 4610. Oregon State - 2711. Arizona State - 2412. California - 15Naghede Abu, ColoradoKara Bajema, WashingtonAudrianna Fitzmorris, StanfordMadeleine Gates, UCLAJenna Gray, StanfordMorgan Hentz, StanfordKhalia Lanier, USCMac May, UCLATaylor Mims, Washington StateBerkeley Oblad, UtahKathryn Plummer, StanfordAlexa Smith, Colorado