University of Oklahoma Athletics

Thursday, September 18
Winston-Salem, N.C.
7:00 PM

University of Oklahoma

3
at
0

Wake Forest

Volleyball Tops UALR, 3-1

Sooners Open Weekend by Sweeping Wake

September 18, 2014 | Volleyball

Oklahoma
Oklahoma
3
0
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3
Oklahoma (9-2) 25 25 25
Wake Forest (8-3) 23 17 20
Stat Comparison
Category OU WF
Kills 52 39
Pct. .394 .295
Digs 37 37
Blocks 5.0 5.0
Inidivual Leaders
Category OU WF
Kills Gardiner - 16 Russell - 9
Assists Doyle - 43 Rosendall - 30
Digs Doyle - 8 Wolf - 12
Blocks Spann - 4 Rusk - 3
Player of the Match
Kimmy Gardiner // So. // OH
Gardiner followed up an All-Tournament Team performance with a 16-kill effort, while hitting .433.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team opened its weekend with a 3-0 sweep at Wake Forest by scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-20 on Thursday evening. The Sooners, who have won five in a row, improved to 9-2 on the season, while the Demon Deacons dropped to 8-3.

Sophomore outside hitter Kimmy Gardiner (Grapevine, Texas) and junior outside hitter Kierra Holst (Coppell, Texas) combined for 30 kills to lead an OU attack that hit .394; the third highest team attack rate of the season. Gardiner notched 16 kills and hit .433, while Holst tallied 14 kills and hit .478.

Freshman middle blocker Marion Hazelwood (Beach City, Texas) added 11 kills and committed just one error to hit a team-high .526. Fellow middle blocker, sophomore Micaela Spann (Carrollton, Texas) chipped in with eight kills and hit .429. Spann led all players with four blocks.

Junior setter Julia Doyle (Plymouth, Minn.) set a season-high in a three-set match with 43 assists. She has totaled 40 assists or more in seven of 11 matches this season. Doyle added a team-high eight digs and two blocks.

The Sooners held Wake to a .295 attack rate. Jazmen Russell led the Demon Deacons with nine kills, while Caroline Wolf totaled a match-high 12 digs.

Oklahoma is in action tomorrow night at No. 13 North Carolina at 5:00 PM CT.

VB Highlights: OU 3, Florida State 2
Wednesday, September 10
VB Highlights: OU 3, Abilene Christian 0
Saturday, August 30
VB Highlights: OU 3, Incarnate Word 0
Friday, August 29
VB Highlights: OU 3, Missouri State 1
Friday, August 29