Volleyball Pushes No. 4 Kansas to Four

⁴Kansas

Oklahoma

Box Score

Highlights

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Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4
⁴Kansas	23	25	25	27
Oklahoma	25	23	20	25

Stat Comparison
Category	Kansas	Oklahoma
Kills	62	59
Pct.	.229	.239
Digs	65	67
Blocks	12.0	6.0

Individual Leaders
Category	Kansas	Oklahoma
Kills	Payne - 21	Hazelwood - 16
Assists	Havili - 53	Alford - 51
Digs	Watt - 21	Manriquez - 22
Blocks	Two Players - 6	Two Players - 3

Player of the Match
MB-Marion Hazelwood, Jr. Hazelwood hit .448 with 16 kills; her highest total since posting 16 on a .500 attack rate against Kansas State on October 15.

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team fell to No. 4 Kansas, 3-1, in front of 1,052 at McCasland Field House on Saturday night. The Sooners dropped to 13-11 overall and 4-7 in the Big 12, while the Jayhawks improved to 21-2 and 10-1 with their 10^th consecutive win.

Oklahoma was victorious in the first set, 25-23, but lost each of the next three by scores of 23-25, 20-25 and 25-27.

At the midway point of the first, the Sooners held a 15-11 lead as the set reached a media timeout after senior outside hitter Kimmy Gardiner (Grapevine, Texas) recorded her third kill. Four different players posted three or more kills in the set for OU, including six from junior middle blocker Marion Hazelwood (Beach City, Texas).

Kansas held an early advantage in set two until a 6-0 Oklahoma run tied the score at 14 as sophomore outside hitter Madison Drescher (Southlake, Texas) knocked down a kill. Later in the set, the Jayhawks were first to set-point, but Hazelwood notched a kill to force a KU timeout at 24-23 before Kansas won the set.

The third set was tightly contested as the Jayhawks hit .293 and the Sooners hit .286. Again four OU players registered at least three kills as senior middle blocker Micaela Spann (Carrollton, Texas) put down four.

Needing to win the set to force a fifth, Oklahoma held an early 8-4 lead in the fourth and was in front by as many as six at 18-12. The Jayhawks would eventually pull even at 22 and finished the match on a service ace from setter Ainise Havili.

Kansas' Kelsie Payne led all players with 21 kills on a .381 attack rate for the night. Madison Rigdon was second on the team with 15 as Havili managed the offense with 53 assists. Cassie Wait picked up a team-high 21 digs.

Four Sooners finished the night in double figures for kills. Hazelwood hit .448 with 16 kills. Spann and Drescher tallied 12 kills each with Spann hitting .360. Enneking recorded her fifth double-double of the season in an 11-kill, 15-dig effort.

Sophomore setter Audrey Alford (Norman, Okla.) collected 51 assists; her fifth match of the season with 50 or more. Redshirt-sophomore libero Rachel Manriquez (Edmond, Okla.) totaled 22 digs; her third match with 20 or more.

The Sooners remain at home for two matches in the coming week beginning with Wednesday, November 9 against Iowa State at 7 p.m.