The Sooner volleyball team bounced back from a disappointing loss to Missouri Wednesday to sweep Texas Tech in three sets [25-15, 25-19, 25-21] Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.
OU never trailed in the opening and final sets of the match, and the second set only saw three lead changes at the beginning.
Sophomore Suzy Boulavsky paced the Sooners offensively with 16 kills, followed by junior Sarah Freudenrich’s 14 kills. Freudenrich added three block assists to help the Sooners gain 6 team blocks.
Brianne Barker recorded her 20th double-double of the season. The sophomore setter had 34 assists and led the Sooners with 12 digs.
Freshman libero María Fernanda curiously had just five digs (1.67 per set) against the Red Raiders, despite her 4.49 per set season average.
OU played its second straight sloppy game Saturday, committing 22 errors against the Red Raiders after committing 21 against Missouri Wednesday.
Even though Texas Tech (2-23, 0-16) is clearly the basement team in the Big 12 this season, the win was key for the Sooners to regain momentum after a hard loss to Missouri in three sets [22-25, 20-25, 18-25] earlier last week.
Against the Tigers, sophomore Caitlin Higgins led the Sooners on defense with 22 digs, one shy of her season and career highs, but it wasn’t enough to stop Missouri’s offense that was powered by a 21-kill performance from junior Paola Ampudia.
The Sooners were held to a low .115 attack percentage, and only Boulavsky reached double-digit kills with 10, followed by junior Francie Ekwerekwu with nine and Higgins with eight.
After splitting the two-game road stint one win and one loss, the Sooners return to Norman to host the tough Texas A&M Aggies at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
OU will play its final home game against No. 1 Texas a week from Wednesday, then will finish the regular season on the road against No. 10 Iowa State the following Saturday.
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nancy_lop 2 years, 6 months ago
The OU Womens Volleyball Team always reflect a good team work. It is true that the Freshman libero just have 5 digs but in the other hand helped the setter with 7 assists. So they are doing a great team work!!!!