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Friday, August 27
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Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Battle in Five-Set Loss to Oregon State
August 27, 2021 | Volleyball
NORMAN – The Oklahoma volleyball team battled in its season opener, falling in five sets to Oregon State Friday night inside McCasland Field House. The Beavers took the match 25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12.
OU narrowly outhit the Beavers .115 to .101 in the match and led with 53 kills to Oregon State's 52.
"Last year we had a mixture of youth and new faces from transfer, but also the unknowns of COVID," head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton said. "Every day was just a little bit weird to navigate. I think this year going into it, we are still young and still have some new faces out there, but there has been some consistency to the rhythm that we have been able to lean into and so we are just trying to keep to the core values to the program as we learn every day. We are relentless in our pursuit in anything we are doing. It is the sum of our parts."
Freshman Megan Wilson shined on offense, tallying 15 kills in her collegiate debut. Newcomer Savannah Davison nearly had a double-double as she notched 12 kills and nine digs in her first game as a Sooner. Back in action after missing the 2020 season, senior Paige Anderson chipped in 11 kills and five digs.
Freshman Peyton Dunn made an immediate impact as the starting setter recording 41 assists. Dunn also picked up five kills, six digs and two blocks on the night.
Defensively, freshman libero Callie Kemohah recorded 22 digs in her season debut. Aysia Harty tallied nine and Sam Anthony added seven for the Sooners. Oregon State narrowly out-blocked the Sooners, 11.0-10.0, with Tyler Alcorn getting in on four to lead all Sooners.
"We always know the first night out, on any college volleyball first day, nobody has a scouting report of what the opponent really truly might look like, so you really have to focus on your side of the net. You go into all the first things — first night in a jersey, first time with fans and the anxiousness that gets going. I thought at times we settled in and then reared our head with some unforced errors. It was a battle of just managing the ball. Oregon State didn't really play lights out either. We had a lot of chances to win it and that is maybe where we are most disappointed. It is not in the effort but the opportunities to finish when we didn't."
The Sooners dropped the first set, 25-20, before knotting things up with a 25-20 win of their own in set two. OU led wire-to-wire in the second set, racing out to a five point lead as an Anderson kill made it 11-6. The Sooners would continue to lead by at least three points the remainder of the match before closing it and capitalizing on a Beaver error.
Oregon State took a tightly contested third set, 25-22, with the Sooners responding in the fourth with a 25-22 win. The Beavers took an early 10-7 lead before the Sooners used a 6-1 run to take the lead. OU never looked back after jumping ahead 13-11 as Davison and Alcorn combined for the set-clinching block.
The two teams traded points in the fifth before Oregon State jumped ahead 8-5. The Sooners would get within two points, but fell in the final set, 15-12.
The Sooners are back in action Saturday against Lipscomb at noon and Houston at 7 p.m.
OU narrowly outhit the Beavers .115 to .101 in the match and led with 53 kills to Oregon State's 52.
"Last year we had a mixture of youth and new faces from transfer, but also the unknowns of COVID," head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton said. "Every day was just a little bit weird to navigate. I think this year going into it, we are still young and still have some new faces out there, but there has been some consistency to the rhythm that we have been able to lean into and so we are just trying to keep to the core values to the program as we learn every day. We are relentless in our pursuit in anything we are doing. It is the sum of our parts."
Freshman Megan Wilson shined on offense, tallying 15 kills in her collegiate debut. Newcomer Savannah Davison nearly had a double-double as she notched 12 kills and nine digs in her first game as a Sooner. Back in action after missing the 2020 season, senior Paige Anderson chipped in 11 kills and five digs.
Freshman Peyton Dunn made an immediate impact as the starting setter recording 41 assists. Dunn also picked up five kills, six digs and two blocks on the night.
Defensively, freshman libero Callie Kemohah recorded 22 digs in her season debut. Aysia Harty tallied nine and Sam Anthony added seven for the Sooners. Oregon State narrowly out-blocked the Sooners, 11.0-10.0, with Tyler Alcorn getting in on four to lead all Sooners.
"We always know the first night out, on any college volleyball first day, nobody has a scouting report of what the opponent really truly might look like, so you really have to focus on your side of the net. You go into all the first things — first night in a jersey, first time with fans and the anxiousness that gets going. I thought at times we settled in and then reared our head with some unforced errors. It was a battle of just managing the ball. Oregon State didn't really play lights out either. We had a lot of chances to win it and that is maybe where we are most disappointed. It is not in the effort but the opportunities to finish when we didn't."
The Sooners dropped the first set, 25-20, before knotting things up with a 25-20 win of their own in set two. OU led wire-to-wire in the second set, racing out to a five point lead as an Anderson kill made it 11-6. The Sooners would continue to lead by at least three points the remainder of the match before closing it and capitalizing on a Beaver error.
Oregon State took a tightly contested third set, 25-22, with the Sooners responding in the fourth with a 25-22 win. The Beavers took an early 10-7 lead before the Sooners used a 6-1 run to take the lead. OU never looked back after jumping ahead 13-11 as Davison and Alcorn combined for the set-clinching block.
The two teams traded points in the fifth before Oregon State jumped ahead 8-5. The Sooners would get within two points, but fell in the final set, 15-12.
The Sooners are back in action Saturday against Lipscomb at noon and Houston at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
OSU
OU
Kills
52
53
Errors
36
34
Attempts
159
165
Hitting %
.101
.115
Points
68
66
Assists
43
49
Aces
5
3
Blocks
11
10
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
11
Aces
2
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
4
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