Volleyball Falls To Kansas, 3-2

Nov. 10, 1999

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma volleyball team drops its second-consecutive five-game match in as many outings to Big 12 Conference foe Kansas Wednesday night at the Horejsi Athletics Center in Lawrence, Kan. The Jayhawks defeated the Sooners with game scores of 6-15, 15-2, 13-15, 15-9, 15-13.

Oklahoma used a balance attack as five players ended the match with double digit kills. Sophomore Danielle Bookout ended the evening one kill shy of tying her career best as she landed a match-high 19 spikes. However, the Hereford, Texas, native did establish personal bests in hitting efficiency with a .531 (19K-2E-32TA) and service aces with four. Bookout also contributed six blocks.

Sophomore Chantae Weathers, who's coming off a career-high 25-kill performance against Texas, contributed 15 kills, followed junior Cathy Cook's 13 kills. Senior Melissa Christman and junior Holly McMillan had 10 kills each. At the net, Cook and Christman guided the team with match highs of seven blocks each. This equaled Christman's career best performance in that category.

Defensively, Oklahoma had solid performances from juniors Carolyn Kittell and Maxine Zubiaga plus freshman Liz Newman. Kittell hustled for team bests of 13 digs and 55 assists. Zubiaga and Newman contributed 10 digs apiece.

Kansas, who also had five players with 10-or-more kills, was led by Amanda Reves' and Amy Myatt's 19 and 18 kills, respectively. Nancy Bell led four Jayhawks in double digits digs with 19.

Both teams hit .240 for the match but KU landed 75 kills to OU's 69. The Jayhawks also held a 76-66 advantage in the digs category but Oklahoma collected 15.0 blocks to Kansas' 10.0.

Oklahoma returns to action Saturday when the Sooners host Texas A&M at 7 p.m. at the OU Field House in Norman. The Aggies rebounded from a 2-0 deficit Wednesday night to upset Baylor in five games (13-15, 11-15, 16-14, 15-9, 15-9) in College Station, Texas.

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