Volleyball Comes Up Short vs. K-State

Kansas State

Oklahoma

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Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4
Kansas State	13	25	25	28
Oklahoma	25	19	21	26

Stat Comparison
Category	K-State	Oklahoma
Kills	62	60
Pct.	.262	.265
Digs	47	52
Blocks	11.0	9.0

Individual Leaders
Category	K-State	Oklahoma
Kills	Sassin - 17	Hazelwood - 16
Assists	Brand - 52	Alford - 52
Digs	Kober - 15	Manriquez - 14
Blocks	Flowers - 5	Hazelwood - 6

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team had its three-match win streak snapped in a 3-1 loss to Kansas State at McCasland Field House on Saturday night. The Sooners dropped to 12-8 overall and 3-4 in the Big 12, while the Wildcats, who are receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches' Poll, improved to 15-5 and 4-3.

Oklahoma came out of the gates on fire with a 25-13 win in the first. K-State took the next two by scores of 25-19 and 25-21. The Sooners then held a 22-18 lead in the fourth with a chance to force a fifth set, but the Wildcats finished the night on a 10-4 run to win the set, 28-26, and claim the match.

“It's momentum swings, that's what happened,” explained head coach Santiago Restrepo. “We started really high and couldn't keep up that momentum. I thought, in the fourth set we woke up. The set bounced their way. We've just got to play better in crunch time.”

The first set opened with OU taking an early 7-3 advantage that forced a Kansas State timeout. The Wildcats burned two early timeouts and lost a pair of challenges as the Sooners hit .323 and held the Wildcats to -.053 for the set.

The action on the floor went back-and-forth in the third with neither side able to grab hold of the momentum. Leading 22-21, Kansas State got back-to-back service aces off the net from Alyssa Schultejans to gain set-point.

K-State's Brooke Sassin led all players with 17 kills and added 10 digs for the double-double. Schultejans and Bryna Vogel joined Sassin in double figures with 15 and 10, respectively. Setter Katie Brand dished out 52 asssists, while Kersten Kiber picked up 15 digs.

Four Sooners finished the night in double figures for kills. Junior middle blocker Marion Hazelwood (Beach City, Texas) hit .500 with a team-high 16 to go with six blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Madison Drescher (Southlake, Texas) was second on the team at 15. Sophomore outside hitter Alyssa Enneking (League City, Texas) chipped in with 12 and senior middle blocker Micaela Spann (Carrollton, Texas) added 10 with a .412 attack rate.

Sophomore setter Audrey Alford (Norman, Okla.) collected 52 digs and 10 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. Redshirt-sophomore libero Rachel Manriquez (Edmond, Okla.) added a team-high 14 digs.

Oklahoma returns to action next Saturday, October 22 with a match at Baylor.

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Players Mentioned

Audrey Alford

Madison Drescher

Alyssa Enneking

Marion Hazelwood

Rachel Manriquez

Micaela Spann

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