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Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Drop Season Opener to Texas
September 24, 2020 | Volleyball
NORMAN – The Oklahoma volleyball team fell to conference rival Texas, 3-0, inside McCasland Field House Thursday night in the season opener.
The Sooners dropped to the Longhorns, 25-18, 25-16, 25-21, as Texas outkilled OU 48-24 on a .382 hitting percentage while holding OU to .149.
Texas also led in blocks (7-5) and digs with 34 to OU's 25.
"I think (Texas) really attacked it from the serving line," head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton said. "Going in to your first match, you're always like, 'can how we've been serving show up when the whistle blows and it's a different team across the net?' A game serve and a practice serve are very different, and Texas tonight served tough and we did not. To say we were competitive into it, we were because we had good defense at times, but we just couldn't kill it and keep up with them in that regard. We'll go back, watch the tape and find how we can we be in better spots to make some more defensive plays, but really, it's on us. We've got to take better rips and play taking some risk, but not reckless and we'll at least get another shot tomorrow night."
Freshman Guewe Diouf led the Sooners with 13 kills on the night, while sophomore Grace Talpash dished out 22 assists. Defensively, senior Keyton Kinley and junior Aysia Harty led the team with nine digs apiece. Sophomore Olivia Curtis chipped in four digs. Of OU's five total blocks, freshman Kelsey Carrington got in on four of them.
"If you were to ask (Guewe) tonight, she's not really excited about her performance, but she has very high expectations for herself," Gray-Walton said. "I think what we saw tonight was a lot of young faces out there. First match of the year, playing their rival and you kind of had the big eyes when the lights come on. So it was good to see us settle in to things ... We need to figure out a way to not rely on one individual and facilitate better passing, maybe some better decision making. We need to kill the ball better. We can't just have one person doing all of it for us. We've always relied on a balanced attack. Yes, it's new and nice but we need to have some supporting cast members [for G] as well."
In the first set, the teams battled back-and-forth up to 14-14. Texas would use a 5-1 run to take a 19-15 lead, before closing out the set on a 6-2 run. The Sooners pulled within one point in the second set to make it 15-14 before Texas earned the 25-16 win.
In set three, Texas jumped out to a 19-13 lead, but behind the arm of Diouf, the Sooners went on a 5-0 run to make it 19-18. An ace from Curtis would tie things at 21-all, but Texas would score the last four points to take set three, 25-21.
The Sooners and Longhorns will meet again Friday at 6 p.m. for game two of the series. The match will air on ESPNU.
For updates, follow @OU_Volleyball on Twitter or like Oklahoma Volleyball on Facebook.
The Sooners dropped to the Longhorns, 25-18, 25-16, 25-21, as Texas outkilled OU 48-24 on a .382 hitting percentage while holding OU to .149.
Texas also led in blocks (7-5) and digs with 34 to OU's 25.
"I think (Texas) really attacked it from the serving line," head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton said. "Going in to your first match, you're always like, 'can how we've been serving show up when the whistle blows and it's a different team across the net?' A game serve and a practice serve are very different, and Texas tonight served tough and we did not. To say we were competitive into it, we were because we had good defense at times, but we just couldn't kill it and keep up with them in that regard. We'll go back, watch the tape and find how we can we be in better spots to make some more defensive plays, but really, it's on us. We've got to take better rips and play taking some risk, but not reckless and we'll at least get another shot tomorrow night."
Freshman Guewe Diouf led the Sooners with 13 kills on the night, while sophomore Grace Talpash dished out 22 assists. Defensively, senior Keyton Kinley and junior Aysia Harty led the team with nine digs apiece. Sophomore Olivia Curtis chipped in four digs. Of OU's five total blocks, freshman Kelsey Carrington got in on four of them.
"If you were to ask (Guewe) tonight, she's not really excited about her performance, but she has very high expectations for herself," Gray-Walton said. "I think what we saw tonight was a lot of young faces out there. First match of the year, playing their rival and you kind of had the big eyes when the lights come on. So it was good to see us settle in to things ... We need to figure out a way to not rely on one individual and facilitate better passing, maybe some better decision making. We need to kill the ball better. We can't just have one person doing all of it for us. We've always relied on a balanced attack. Yes, it's new and nice but we need to have some supporting cast members [for G] as well."
In the first set, the teams battled back-and-forth up to 14-14. Texas would use a 5-1 run to take a 19-15 lead, before closing out the set on a 6-2 run. The Sooners pulled within one point in the second set to make it 15-14 before Texas earned the 25-16 win.
In set three, Texas jumped out to a 19-13 lead, but behind the arm of Diouf, the Sooners went on a 5-0 run to make it 19-18. An ace from Curtis would tie things at 21-all, but Texas would score the last four points to take set three, 25-21.
The Sooners and Longhorns will meet again Friday at 6 p.m. for game two of the series. The match will air on ESPNU.
For updates, follow @OU_Volleyball on Twitter or like Oklahoma Volleyball on Facebook.
Team Stats
UT
OU
Kills
48
24
Errors
14
13
Attempts
89
74
Hitting %
.382
.149
Points
59
32
Assists
42
22
Aces
4
3
Blocks
7
5
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
4
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