Wilson Sets Program Record in Loss at Iowa State

Wednesday, November 23

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Wilson Sets Program Record in Loss at Iowa State

November 24, 2022 | Volleyball

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AMES, Iowa – Sophomore Megan Wilson set a program record for service aces in a single season with 55 as the Oklahoma volleyball team dropped a four-set match, 3-1, at Iowa State Wednesday night, inside the Hilton Coliseum.

OU was down 2-0 in the match after Iowa State took the first two sets. The Sooners came back in the third set, 25-17, to keep the match alive, but the Cyclones ultimately prevailed to take the match, 25-18, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23. Iowa State led OU in four of the six statistical categories, except for blocks (12-7) and service aces where each team posted seven each.

The Sooners fell to 15-12 overall and 5-10 in Big 12 play while the Cyclones improved to 19-11 and 10-6 in league play.

"I thought we competed hard and settled into a good serving game after the first set," head coach Lindsey Gray-Walton said. "The competitive spirit was consistent throughout. Externally we were supporting the sum of our parts, and this is another learning moment for a group that stays committed to the process of showing up to compete every day."

Wilson led the Sooners offense with an impressive 18 kills, moving her up ninth in program history for a single season with 356. Her two service aces on the night propelled her to the top of the record books with 55 service aces in a single season.

In her 12th match in double digit kills, freshman Taylor Preston notched 11 kills on the night. Sophomore Payton Chamberlain notched her seventh match on the season with 40+ assists after posting 42 on the night. Both Preston and Chamberlain earned 10 digs each to both earn their fourth double-double on the season. This marked Preston's fourth career double-double and Chamberlain's seventh.

Defensively, sophomore libero Callie Kemohah led the way with 16 digs to move her up to seventh in program history for digs in a single season (462). Kemohah also notched a pair of aces to bring her season total to 28, where she still sits in a tie for seventh overall.

"Not the outcome we wanted tonight, but the growth we've seen in our court leaders of Megan and Callie this season is special and something the stat sheet doesn't show," Gray-Walton noted. "They both have stepped up their level of care and consistency and it shows in how they're competing. That's our backbone … I'm really proud as a coach to see the breakout roles for each of them over the course of the season."

Freshman Chloe Kaminski also added her fifth match this season in double-digit digs with 11. Graduate student Adria Oliver led the Sooners in blocks with six overall, including five block assists. Wilson chipped in four blocks while freshman Morgan Perkins added three.

Iowa State came out strong in the first set to take a 4-1 lead. Although, the Sooners came back strong after four-straight kills (including three from Wilson) to take their first lead of the match 7-5. In a back-and-forth battle, the Cyclones took back the lead after a 5-0 run to make the score 14-9. After the media timeout, Kemohah's service ace and Preston's kill brought the match within one, 16-15. Iowa State would go on a 4-0 run to secure the first set, 25-18.

The Cyclones and Sooners battled at the start of the second set before Iowa State went on a 4-0 run to take the lead 7-4. Iowa State would lead by three, 15-12, before the media timeout. After the break, the Cyclones went on a 4-0 run to take a six-point lead. The Sooners would fight back with their own 4-0 run to cut the lead to 19-17. After an OU timeout, the Sooners brought the set within two, but Iowa State would prevail to take the second set, 25-23.

Trailing 2-0 in the match, OU came out firing in set three. The Sooners battled with the Cyclones, but eventually took the lead 9-5 after a 4-0 run to force an Iowa State timeout. After the break, OU extended the lead 14-7 after a 5-0 run which included a service ace from Wilson to set the program record in a single season (55). Freshman Alexis Shelton posted a kill to secure the 25-17 third-set win, forcing a fourth set.

It was a battle for every point in the fourth and final set until the Cyclones went on a 3-0 to lead the set, 15-12, before the media timeout. The Sooners eventually took the lead by one, 20-19, after back-to-back kills from Wilson forced an Iowa State timeout. After the break, the Cyclones reclaimed the lead, 22-20, after a pair of attack errors from the Sooners. The Cyclones closed out the set on a 3-0 run to win the final set, 25-23, and to win the match on Thanksgiving Eve and their Senior Night.

The Sooners return to McCasland Field House for their regular season finale and Senior Night against TCU at 6 p.m. CT Saturday. OU will be recognizing three seniors – Adria Oliver, Savannah Davison and Grace Talpash – who are all being honored in a post-match ceremony.

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