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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Volleyball Visits Texas A&M Friday
October 27, 2005 | Volleyball
NORMAN, Okla. - After getting its first Big 12 win earlier this week, the Oklahoma volleyball team takes its momentum on the road as it faces Texas A&M this Friday at 6 p.m. inside the G. Rollie White Coliseum in College Station, Texas.
The two squads squared off against each other just three weeks ago in Norman. In that match up both teams were looking for their first Big 12 win of the season. The Aggies, ranked No. 23 at the time, took the four-game match (25-30, 30-25, 26-30, 22-30) at the Howard McCasland Field House.
In that match up, A&M's All-American, Laura Jones, was a dominant factor in the Aggie victory. Jones put away 30 kills on a .333 clip while also collecting 14 digs on the defensive end. TAMU hit at a .285 clip while OU followed with a .214 clip. The Aggies owned the advantage at the net, recording 13 blocks to OU's eight.
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For Oklahoma, sophomore Anna Stadel and junior Eliane Santos led the way for the Sooners. Stadel recorded a career-high 17 kills while Santos followed with 15. Junior Joanna Schmitt led the defensive effort and finished with a match-high 14 digs.
Since that last meeting, each team has only posted one Big 12 win. The Aggies have dropped their last four straight, including a sweep to No. 14 Texas Wednesday night, and have fallen out of the top-25 poll.
On the other hand, Oklahoma arrives with momentum after avenging an earlier season loss to Texas Tech by beating the Red Raiders, 3-2, this past Wednesday in Norman.
Now, Texas A&M and Oklahoma sit in the bottom two spots of the conference, respectively. Oklahoma owns a 6-15 overall mark and 1-11 record in league play while Texas A&M posts a 9-11 season record and a 2-9 mark in Big 12 play. The Aggies only other conference win beside Oklahoma came at Iowa State (3-1).
Jones continues to spearhead the Aggie offense as she leads the nation with 5.75 kills per game. Despite the loss to Texas on Wednesday, Jones pounded a match-high 14 kills and added a match-high 12 digs.
Complementing Jones and the Aggie offense is middle blocker Christi Hahn who adds 2.74 KPG and is hitting at a team-high .297 clip.
As an offensive unit, the Aggies fall among the bottom half of the Big 12, but still own the advantage over the Sooners. Texas A&M is outhitting Oklahoma, .225 to .192 and is averaging 15.41 KPG to OU's 14.25.
Defensively, TAMU is collecting 15.12 digs per game (fifth in the Big 12). The back row leader for the Aggies is senior Holly Clay who is third in the league with her 4.18 DPG mark.
Jones is a defensive presence as well, adding 3.07 DPG (11th in the Big 12) for the TAMU defense.
At the net, Oklahoma owns the advantage as it averages 2.82 blocks per game compared to TAMU's 2.54 output.
The Sooners need to take control at the net in order to contain TAMU's Jones. Middle blockers Eliane Santos and Anna Stadel are coming off impressive performances in the win against Texas Tech.
Santos and Stadel each posted 10 block assists, setting an OU five-game rally-scoring record. The same effort will be needed against A&M as the Aggies outplayed the Sooners at the net in the last meeting.
Another key factor in the match will be the errors committed by the Sooners. In the last meeting, Oklahoma posted eight more errors (28) than the Aggies, proving to be costly points in the close four-game match.
OU VS. A&M ALL-TIME SERIES
The Aggies lead the series with a 31-1 advantage. OU's last win against Texas A&M came in 1979 in Denton, Texas.
LAST TIME OUT VS. THE AGGIES
The Sooners suffered a four-game loss (25-30, 30-25, 26-30, 22-30) in Norman as the Texas A&M Aggies clinched their first Big 12 win of the season three weeks ago. Sophomore Anna Stadel and junior Eliane Santos led the Sooner offense with 17 and 15 kills, respectively. The Aggie offense was led by All-American Laura Jones who put away 30 kills on the night.
NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS
Oklahoma faces a tough challenge in undefeated and No. 1 Nebraska next Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb. In the earlier meeting this season, Oklahoma became the first Big 12 school to take the Huskers to four games in the loss (30-28, 25-30, 29-31, 20-30).
TIME CHANGE
A quick note: Oklahoma's match against Texas A&M this Friday, originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m., has been moved to 6 p.m.
TECH LEFTOVERS
In a five-game victory (30-25, 30-32, 30-21, 27-30, 15-13) over Texas Tech, Oklahoma claimed its first Big 12 win of the season in front of a home crowd at the Howard McCasland Field House in Norman. Oklahoma had a balanced offensive attack with four Sooners posting double-digit kills and juniors Joanna Schmitt (12 kills, 17 digs) and Eliane Santos (18 kills, 10 block assists) collecting double-doubles on the night. In addition, the Sooners set three different five-game rally-scoring records.
MONSEN ON A ROLL
Since entering the lineup as the libero in the past three matches, junior Anna Monsen has been impressive. The defensive specialist has been the starting libero in the past two of three matches and has averaged 3.82 digs per game during that time. In Wednesday night's win over Texas Tech, Monsen set a five-game rally-scoring record with 26 digs in the contest.
RECORD SETTING MATCH
The Sooners set three records in their win over Texas Tech, adding to the seven they had already set this season. Adding to Anna Monsen's record night, Anna Stadel and Eliane Santos recorded 10 block assists each, eclipsing the previous mark for a rally-scoring five-game match of 9. With the middle blockers' efforts, the squad also set a team block assist mark with 42 block assists in the match.
OFFENSIVE COMPARISON
Since the arrival of head coach Santiago Restrepo last season, the Oklahoma statistics continue to improve. In 2004, OU improved in every major statistical category. The same can be said in 2005. Through 21 matches of the 29-match season, Oklahoma has made improvements in every offensive category. Below is a comparison of the 2004 season stats with OU's numbers so far this season:
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SANTOS VS. TOP NEWCOMERS
Junior transfer Eliane Santos, a former College of Southern Idaho product, is making a strong case for the Big 12's Newcomer of the Year. The following is a look at where she compares to other top newcomers or freshmen around the league:
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STADEL TOPS RECORD BOOK
With her two solo blocks against Colorado, sophomore Anna Stadel has tied the OU career rally-scoring mark of 27 solo blocks. She shares the top spot with Candice Woods (2001-02).
WEILAND = ACE
Sophomore transfer Sarah Weiland, a former Tulane product, has been a strong impact to the Sooner offense from behind the line. The outside hitter is leading the Big 12 in service aces with 38 produced this season. Behind Weiland's 0.49 per game mark, the Sooners are ranked fourth in the Big 12 (1.56 APG). Weiland has produced an ace in 15 of the 21 matches this season.
SOONERS TAKE NO. 1 HUSKERS TO FOUR
Oklahoma became only the third team (at the time) to take No. 1 Nebraska to four games this season in a tough 3-1 loss to the Huskers at the Howard McCasland Field House (9/28). In addition, OU was the first Big 12 team to take Nebraska to four games.
SCHMITT BREAKS 1,000 MARK
In her first match back as the Sooners' starting outside hitter (9/17) after being sidelined due to an ankle injury, junior Joanna Schmitt pounded 12 kills which set her among a new category, the 1,000 kills career mark. The preseason All-Big 12 selection already led the rally-scoring era in career kills and now owns a current mark of 1,063.
SANTOS AND SOONERS SET RECORDS
In only her sixth match as a Sooner, junior transfer Eliane Santos set an OU rally-scoring record with four solo blocks against Kansas (9/17). The previous mark for a rally-scoring match was three, held by several Sooners. In addition, Santos' efforts led the team to set a rally-scoring record with eight solo blocks by the squad. The previous mark was seven set against the exact same opponent, Kansas, in 2001.
WEILAND MOVES TO NO. 2 ON LIST
After posting 37 aces in her first 20 matches at Oklahoma, sophomore transfer Sarah Weiland has already moved into the No. 2 spot on OU's single season list. Weiland leads the Big 12 with 0.51 per game and only needs to seven more to break the single season aces mark held by Jessica Barney in 2001.
NEWCOMER CONTRIBUTION
The Sooners have had multiple newcomers who have been strong additions to the Sooner lineup. Sophomore transfers Hannah Sharp (Louisville) and Sarah Weiland (Tulane) have been consistent leading contributors to the Sooners defensively and offensively while junior transfer Eliane Santos (College of Southern Idaho) has been a dominating force.
The following is a look at what each newcomer is contributing:
Eliane Santos - 4.05 kills per game; KPG ranks fourth among all Big 12 players; leads team in blocks with 1.45 per game; fourth among Big 12 players in BPG; fourth on team in digs with 1.42 per game.
Hannah Sharp - team leader in digs (2.75 per game)
Sarah Weiland - leads Big 12 in aces with 0.49 per game; broke OU and Big 12 record with nine aces against Loyola; averaging 2.29 kills per game.
BIG 12 DOMINANCE
The Big 12 Conference is making a strong case that it's one of the best volleyball leagues in the country. This week the conference has four teams in the AVCA Top-25 poll with No. 1 Nebraska leading the charge. In addition, Colorado is receiving votes in the top-25 poll.
SANTOS SHINES IN OPENER
In her first match as a Sooner, two-time junior college All-American (College of Southern Idaho) Eliane Santos posted a double-double with 19 kills and 12 digs for the Sooners against UTA (9/7) The junior middle blocker led all players in kills and tied teammate Joanna Schmitt's mark for the most kills in a three-game rally-scoring match at OU. Schmitt set the record against Indiana earlier this year.
SCHMITT EARNS ALL-TOURNEY HONORS
Despite not playing in the final match of the Hampton Inn Bama Bash due to injury, Oklahoma junior outside hitter Joanna Schmitt was still selected to the Hampton Inn Bama Bash All Tournament team for her efforts against Indiana and Loyola-Chicago on Friday, Sept. 2. Schmitt hit at an impressive .547 clip in tournament action while pounding 42 kills and collecting 16 digs in two matches.
In addition, The preseason All-Big 12 team member pounded a match-high 19 kills against Loyola-Chicago while hitting at an impressive .567 clip, a new career high. Schmitt's previous career high in hitting percentage was .486, set against Oral Roberts last September.
Schmitt set a new three-game rally-scoring record with her 19 kills. Schmitt held the previous mark of 18 that was set her freshman season against Drake.
WEILAND SERVES UP RECORD
Sophomore transfer Sarah Weiland, a Tulane product, broke all sorts of records after serving up nine aces against Loyola-Chicago Friday afternoon. Weiland set an Oklahoma sideout-scoring record as well as a new rally-scoring record.
Former Sooner Sheena Werling held the rally-scoring record with six aces while Gloria Holcomb held the sideout record with eight. In addition, the Sooners totaled 17 aces which set a new team-rally scoring record.
Weiland also set new Big 12 records with her strong performance. She now holds the four-game rally scoring aces record mark in the conference. The previous record was eight and held by Katia Lara of Texas (2000). Currently, Weiland leads all Big 12 players with 15 aces on the season (1.25 per game).
SCHMITT SETS CAREER MARK
It only took her one match into the 2005 season to break the rally-scoring career record in digs for the Sooners. Junior Joanna Schmitt, a preseason All Big 12 selection, set the new career bench mark of 622 digs after collecting a team-high 13 digs in her first outing of the season (8/27).
The Cottage Grove, Wis., native already owns the rally-scoring career mark in kills with a current tally of 990 and two more seasons ahead of her.
Additionally, Schmitt is on pace to break the rally-scoring aces mark (73) and needs only 14 more to do so. Schmitt led the team in aces in 2004 after recording 20 over the course of last season.
SCHMITT NAMED PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12
Oklahoma volleyball standout Joanna Schmitt has been chosen as a preseason All-Big 12 selection for 2005. The 5-10 junior outside hitter was picked by the league's head coaches and was one of 13 players voted to the squad.
As last year's team captain Schmitt nailed a team-leading 425 kills for an average of 4.01 kills per game, which ranked ninth among all Big 12 players. The Cottage Grove, Wis., native also produced 13 double-doubles on the season, led the team in service aces with 20 and ranked second on the team in digs with 285.
“This is a compliment to Joanna and how hard she works,” head coach Santiago Restrepo said. “All the coaches recognize what a great job she has done for us. I know she wants to improve this season and show that she belongs among this group.”
SOONERS PICKED TO FINISH NINTH
In the Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll, the OU volleyball squad was picked to finish in ninth place in the conference race. The Sooners finished ninth in 2004 above Baylor and Iowa State. Defending Big 12 Champion Nebraska and current No. 1 in the country was chosen as the preseason favorite for the conference crown.
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