Sooners Fall to No. 16 Kansas State

Oct. 11, 2008

#16 Kansas State 3, Oklahoma 2 | Box Score: PDF | HTML

	1	2	3	4	5	F
#16 Kansas St.	18	22	26	25	15	3
Oklahoma	25	25	24	20	9	2

Stat Leaders
Oklahoma	Statistic	Kansas State
Barnes (22)	Digs	Mathewson (30)
Barker (40)	Assists	Pacheco (43)
Higgins (15)	Kills	Liliom/Korobkova (16)
Disarro (.333)	Hitting %	Mathewson/Fay (1.000)
Boulavsky/Disarro (4)	Blocks	Farr (7)

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NORMAN, Okla. - Freshman Caitlin Higgins tallied her eighth double-double of the season with 15 kills and 14 digs but it was not enough as the University of Oklahoma women's volleyball team fell in five sets to 16th-ranked Kansas State on Saturday evening. The Sooners (7-10, 3-6 Big 12) won the first two sets, 25-18 and 25-22, but the Wildcats (16-3, 6-2 Big 12) responded, taking the third set 26-24 and the last two 25-20 and 15-9.

“We played our hearts out,” said Oklahoma head coach Santiago Restrepo. “Overall, it was a great performance. I think we should have won in three, but unfortunately it went five and the game didn't go our way.”

In addition to Higgins' double-double, freshman Brianne Barker added her ninth of the season with 40 assists and 12 digs. Sophomore Chrissy Disarro tallied a career-high 11 kills and led the Sooners with a .333 hitting clip on the evening. Senior Lacy Barnes led OU defensively with 22 digs. Junior Bridget Laplante added 13.

Freshman Suzy Boulavsky hit .222 on the evening with eight kills and a season-high four block assists. Redshirt sophomore Francie Ekwerekwu also added eight and added Laplante added seven.

Rita Liliom led Kansas State with 16 kills and 12 digs. Natalya Korobkova added 16 kills for the Wildcats, while Lauren Mathewson led the team with 30 digs. As a team, Kansas State out-blocked Oklahoma 13-5.

The Sooners look to snap their four-game skid Wednesday evening. Oklahoma host Colorado at 7 p.m. The first 250 fans in attendance receive an OU volleyball pennant.