Hurricane Ike Alters Volleyball Plans

Red Raider Round Up
Date	Friday-Sunday, Sept. 12-14
Location	United Spirit Arena (15,000)
Tickets	$5 for adults and $3 for children
Internet	TBD (for more information, click here) \| Live Stats
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

NORMAN, Okla. - Due to the cancellation of the 2008 Ladyjack Invitational, the University of Oklahoma women's volleyball team (2-4) will play at the Red Raider Round Up in Lubbock, Texas this weekend. OU's altered schedule includes a 7 p.m. matchup Friday night with Texas Tech. The game will count as a Big 12 Conference match and replace the one previously scheduled for November 15. The Sooners also face TCU at 11 a.m. on Saturday and New Orleans at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

OU head coach Santiago Restrepo enters this weekend two wins shy of his 200th career victory. Now in his 10th season of coaching, Restrepo's all-time mark stands at 198-131 (.546). He is also currently four wins shy of his 75th career win at Oklahoma.

The Sooners went 1-2 last weekend at the Holiday Inn City Center Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles. After taking the opening set from host Southern Cal, 27-25, OU was unable to hold as USC took a 3-1 win. The following day, the Sooners dropped a 3-0 contest to #20 San Diego. Oklahoma closed out the tournament on a high note, defeating Hofstra convincingly, 3-0.

Redshirt sophomore Francie Ekwerekwu was named to the all-tournament team after leading the team in kills for the second straight weekend. Freshman setter Brianne Barker garnered the first two double-doubles of her career, the first coming against San Diego and the second against Hofstra. Sophomore Chrissy Disarro had a career game against Southern Cal by setting new highs in four categories - block solos (5), block assists (6), total blocks (11) and kills (9). She is currently tied for 28th in the nation with 1.41 blocks per set.

Live stats from the event will be available on the Texas Tech athletics web site, www.texastech.com.

Players Mentioned

Brianne Barker

Chrissy Disarro

Francie Ekwerekwu

Sponsors

University of Oklahoma Athletics