Sooners Outlast Aggies in Five

Oklahoma

New Mexico State

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5
Oklahoma (3-4)	25	25	19	17	16
New Mexico State (5-3)	16	22	25	25	14

Stat Comparison
Category	OU	NMSU
Kills	62	66
Pct.	.341	.304
Digs	50	52
Blocks	13.0	9.0

Inidivual Leaders
Category	OU	NMSU
Kills	Gardiner - 14	Murphy - 15
Assists	Doyle - 28	Ainsworth - 29
Digs	Migliazzo - 16	Tauai - 15
Blocks	Spann - 9	Thomas - 6

Player of the Match
Micaela Spann // Jr. // MB Spann played error-free with 12 kills on 22 total attempts for a .545 kill percentage. On the defensive side of the ball, she totaled a match-leading nine blocks, including two solos.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Oklahoma volleyball let a two-set lead slip away, but survived to defeat New Mexico State, 3-2, to open the Borderland Invitational on Thursday night. The Sooners improved to 3-4, while the Aggies dropped to 5-3.

Oklahoma, which had lost its first three five-set matches of the season, claimed the first two sets by scores of 25-16 and 25-22; hitting .382 and .414 in each set. New Mexico State stormed back to force a fifth- and deciding-set with wins of 25-19 and 25-17; hitting .484 and .500, respectively. In the fifth, the Aggies led at the switch, 8-7. The Sooners had the first shot at match-point, but NMSU staved it off temporarily. Oklahoma finished the match with a kill from junior middle blocker Micaela Spann (Carrollton, Texas) and a combo-block by Spann and senior outside hitter Kierra Holst (Coppell, Texas).

Junior outside hitter Kimmy Gardiner (Grapevine, Texas) led Oklahoma with 14 kills to go with eight digs and four blocks. Spann, one of four Sooners in double figures, added 12 kills, nine blocks and hit a match-high .545. Freshman outside hitter Alyssa Enneking (League City, Texas) and Holst reached double figures with 12 and 10, respectively.

Powering the offense were senior Julia Doyle (Plymouth, Minn.) and freshman Audrey Alford (Norman, Okla.) at the setter position. Doyle picked up 28 assists, while Alford was right behind at 27. Defensively, Oklahoma was led in digs by senior libero Taylor Migliazzo (Kansas City, Mo.) with 16.

For New Mexico State, Gwen Murphy notched a match-high 15 kills. Jordan Abalos recorded a double-double in a 10-kill, 12-dig effort.

The Sooners are back in action Friday at 5:00 pm against Denver. The weekend wraps up Saturday as Oklahoma heads from Las Cruces, N.M. to El Paso, Texas to take on UTEP.

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Players Mentioned

Audrey Alford

Julia Doyle

Alyssa Enneking

Kimmy Gardiner

Kierra Holst

Taylor Migliazzo

Micaela Spann

Micaela Spann

Micaela Spann

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