Sooners Set for Friday Night Battle at LSU

NORMAN – Oklahoma Volleyball returns to the court Friday night, traveling to Baton Rouge, La., to take on LSU inside the Pete Maravich Center. The match is set for a 7 p.m. start on SECN+.

Date: Friday, Oct. 11
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Opponent: LSU
Watch: SEC Network +
Live Stats: Statbroadcast

LOOKING BACK
The Sooners are coming off a 3-1 loss to Arkansas Sunday afternoon. Payton Chamberlain recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 52 assists and 13 digs. Along with Chamberlain and Callie Kemohah, Whitney Wallace and Jasmine Ellison each recorded double-digit digs with 12 and 11, respectively for career highs.

Kamille Gibson led the offense with a career-best 22 kills on a .333 clip. Alexis Shelton notched 15 kills to go with nine digs and a team-high five blocks. Lydia Martyn chipped in 14 kills on a team-best .417 clip and Kari Geissberger added 11.

ROAD WARRIORS
The Sooners played their entire non-conference slate away from the friendly confines on McCasland Field House. Despite being on the road for four straight weekends, the Sooners finished non-conference action 6-2, with their only losses to TCU and UCSB. In SEC play, the Sooners will be on the road for eight of their 16 matches, including a three-game road swing that begins with LSU Friday night.

WELCOME TO THE BLOCK PARTY
The Sooners defense has been a force to be reckoned with this season, recording at least eight blocks in 10 matches this season. Against Tulsa on Sept. 13, the Sooners put up an impressive 20.0 blocks, the most by a Sooner squad since tallying 19.0 against Kansas State in 2020. OU has recorded at least 7.0 blocks in every match this year and reached the double-digit mark on five occasions. The Sooners are second in the SEC in blocks per set with 2.67.

STATS & RANKINGS
Despite their record, the Sooners are statistically one of the top teams in the SEC. OU ranks second in blocks per set (2.67), third in assists per set (13.26) and fourth in kills (13.74/set) and hitting percentage (.278). Individually, Alexis Shelton is fourth in kills per set (4.45), while Payton Chamberlain is second in assists per set (10.74). Lydia Martyn ranks eighth in blocks/set (1.19) and KJ Burgess is 10^th with 1.11.

STELLAR SHELTON
After missing the final two matches of the 2023 season due to injury, junior Alexis Shelton has picked up where she left off, recording double-digit kills in every match this season. Shelton has now recorded 17 consecutive matches with double-digit kills going back to the 2023 season. In her last 37 games, she has reached the double-digit kill mark on 33 occasions. The junior has notched three 20-plus kill games this season and recorded 15 kills or more in nine matches. Shelton also ranks second on the team in digs with 100 and third in blocks with 42, proving herself to be quite the all-around player.

WE DIG IT
On Sunday, Oct. 6, Callie Kemohah found herself in the top two all-time in career digs. With 144 digs on the season, Kemohah now sits at 1,445 for her career as a Sooner. Kemohah started the season in sixth place and rapidly moved her way into the top two where she will end her career etched in the record books.

DOUBLE THE FUN
For the sixth straight week of play, at least one Sooner recorded a double-double. After each recording a double-double against Drake, Leah LaBoy and Alexis Shelton notched their seconds of the season at the Tulsa Invitational. At the K-State Invitational, Shelton recorded her third of the season with 11 kills and 10 digs against UCSB, while Payton Chamberlain notched her first of the year with 43 assists and 11 digs against K-State. Against Florida, Chamberlain recorded her second double-double of the season with 41 assists and 10 digs. In the match at Kentucky, Shelton and Chamberlain both recorded a double-double with Shelton notching 17 kills and 14 digs and Chamberlain recording 42 assists and 11 digs. Chamberlain picked up yet another double-double against Arkansas with 52 assists and 13 digs.

THE OPPOSITION
KENTUCKY: The Tigers are 9-6 on the season and 1-3 in conference play, coming off a 3-1 loss to Ole Miss on Sunday. LSU's lone conference victory was over Mississippi State on Oct. 4. The Tigers boasts the top hitter in the league in Jurnee Robinson who averages 5.00 kills/set.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Sooners will continue their three-game road swing with matches at South Carolina and Georgia. OU will face Georgia on Oct. 18 before traveling to South Carolina on Oct. 20

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