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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Wednesday, September 28
Norman
6:00 PM
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Oklahoma Narrowly Edged by No. 4 Texas
September 28, 2016 | Volleyball
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| Set Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Texas | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
| Stat Comparison | ||
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| Category | Texas | Oklahoma |
| Kills | 66 | 66 |
| Pct. | .349 | .289 |
| Digs | 57 | 61 |
| Blocks | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| Individual Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Texas | Oklahoma |
| Kills | White - 26 | Hazelwood - 19 |
| Assists | Collins - 54 | Alford - 32 |
| Digs | McCoy - 13 | Manriquez - 15 |
| Blocks | Johnson - 4 | Spann - 4 |
| Player of the Match |
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 Marion Hazelwood // Jr. // MBHazelwood tallied a career-high 19 kills and hit .500 for the match after posting eight kills on a .800 attack rate in the first set. |
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team claimed the first set against No. 4 Texas before being narrowly defeated in four sets in front of 1,874 fans at McCasland Field House on Wednesday night. The Sooners dropped to 9-6 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12, while the Longhorns improved to 11-2 and 3-0.
Oklahoma won the first, 25-22, before Texas evened the match with a 25-23 win in the second. The Longhorns went on to win the next two; 25-20 and 25-22. For the match, they hit .349 and the Sooners countered at .289.
“The second set should've bounced our way. We were up 23-22 and it didn't bounce our way, unfortunately,” started head coach Santiago Restrepo. “All the sets were pretty even, but we did fight. It was good.”
Junior middle blocker Marion Hazelwood (Beach City, Texas) set a career-high in kills to lead OU with 19 on a .500 attack rate. She tallied eight of her kills on 10 attempts without an error in the first set.
“We planned to run everything through the middle,” Restrepo said of Hazelwood's success. “It worked for some [of the match]. At some points, we couldn't pass the ball well enough to set the middles.”
In the first set, Oklahoma went into the media timeout on a 3-0 run and picked up its largest lead of the set at 16-12. Texas would tie the set at 18-18, but the Sooners went in front at 21-20 on a Hazelwood kill and held on to win the set.
Oklahoma led 18-17 in the second, but Texas answered with a 3-0 run to go in front 20-18. Senior outside hitter Kimmy Gardiner (Grapevine, Texas) then put down three-consecutive kills to give OU the lead and force a Texas timeout. The Longhorns got back-to-back points out of the timeout to tie the set. Redshirt-senior outside hitter Madison Ward (Lawton, Okla.) then netted a kill as the Sooners regained the lead, but Texas ended the set on a 3-0 run to claim the set and even the match at one apiece.
The Longhorns, who hit .300 or better in every set, gained separation by hitting .310 to the Sooners' .159 in the third. Micaya White, who led all players with 26 kills on a .333 attack rate, tallied eight kills in the set.
Ebony Nwanebu hit .444 on 17 kills and Paulina Prieto Cerame added 16 kills. White recorded a double-double with 12 digs.
For Oklahoma, Ward finished second on the team with 16 kills and added eight digs. Gardiner was second on the team in digs at 13 to redshirt-sophomore libero Rachel Manriquez' (Edmond, Okla.) 15. Sophomore setter Audrey Alford (Norman, Okla.) collected a team-leading 32 kills. Freshman Ashley Brown (Prosper, Texas), seeing her first significant playing time as OU ran a 6-2 for the first time all year, totaled 20 kills off the bench.
Texas setter Chloe Collins led all players with 54 assists. Cat McCoy grabbed a team-leading 13 digs.
The Sooners are on the road for six of their next seven matches. Oklahoma faces off against TCU in Fort Worth at 12 p.m. ahead of the OU-TCU football game at 4 p.m.
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