OU Earns 800th Program Win

Saturday, October 5

Norman

5:00 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

11-4, 3-1

Kansas *

4-9, 0-3

Oklahoma

Photo by: Ty Russell

October 05, 2019 | Volleyball

Box Score

NORMAN – The Oklahoma volleyball team earned the 800^th win in program history Saturday as the Sooners took down Kansas 3-1.

OU (11-4, 3-1 Big 12) topped the Jayhawks (4-9, 0-3 Big 12) 23-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-17 in front of over 1,000 fans to remain undefeated (6-0) inside McCasland Field House this season.

"The plan was to execute from the service line and get the pins going early and get the middles involved, both first ball and in transition," said head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton. "At different points and in different sets, each player rose to the occasion when we needed them to. Overall, I'm really proud of their ability to execute at a really high level after a loss on Wednesday."

"Credit to the people who have come before us. I think, 'man, how cool' because we talk about it as a team - the people who came before you and leaving your jersey in a better place," said Gray-Walton of the program milestone. "To just add to that tradition that we knew was here and we wanted to be a part of as a family and a staff, to just be one of many greats, I'm a very, very small part of it. That's that team out there wanting to win. That speaks to the success and tradition of this program and this place."

The Sooners swung .241 in the match while holding the Jayhawks to .162. OU out-killed the Jayhawks 58-42 and posted 66 digs to Kansas' 54. The Sooners were a force from behind the service line, firing off seven aces. Brianna Kadiku and Kylee McLaughlin tallied three apiece while Ashlynn Dunbar added one of her own.

Three OU players recorded double-doubles in the contest. Dunbar notched her sixth of season as she led the way with 18 kills to go with 11 digs. Keyton Kinley also registered a double-double, racking up 16 digs and 11 assists. Setter McLaughlin dished out 37 assists along with 12 digs. The setter also had seven kills on the day.

Junior Paige Anderson joined Dunbar in double figures in kills with 10 to her name. Anderson also led the team and the match in blocks with four of OU's nine.

Kansas took the first set 25-23. A tight second set saw a tie as late as 18-all before OU used back-to-back kills by Dunbar to gain separation. Anderson and Sarah Sanders chipped in kills to bring up set point at 24-21 before Anderson and Sarah Maras teamed up for a block on the Kansas outside to end the frame.

The Sooners came out firing in the third set, swinging .282 while keeping Kansas to just .086. OU led by as many as five point throughout the frame and closed it out on an 8-3 scoring run.

The Sooners jumped out to an eight-point lead in the final set. OU reeled off four unanswered points to win the set, capitalizing on a Kansas service error before adding a kill from Anderson, a Dunbar service ace and McLaughlin's seventh kill of the night.

Up Next

OU heads to Austin, Texas, for a Red River clash on October 12 at 5 p.m. CT.

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