Consistently going to five sets eventually was going to come back to bite the OU volleyball team.

On Wednesday night, the 22nd-ranked Sooners (17-5, 4-2 Big 12) got bit by the Texas A&M Aggies, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Oklahoma, 3-2 (-22, -19, 17-25, 27-29, 11-15) in the final conference matchup in College Station between the two schools.

Senior right side Suzy Boulavsky led OU with 16 kills but had a low .279 hitting percentage.

Sophomore middle blocker Sallie McLaurin had 13 kills and nine block assists, and senior setter Brianne Barker had another double-double with 49 assists and 17 digs.

The Sooners committed 19 attack errors in the last three sets after only five in the first two.

OU did a good job containing A&M’s leading hitter, Kelsey Black. Black only managed 10 kills on a .023 clip. However, the Sooners were torched by Lindsey Miller, who totaled 23 kills and a .455 hitting percentage. She also added seven total blocks.

Five Aggies had double-digit digs, and the Aggie defense outperformed OU in total digs, 80-76.

OU established a big lead in the first set, jumping out on the Aggies, 13-6. However, A&M battled back, tying the score at 18 before taking a two-point lead at 22-20. OU rallied to score the last five points of the set to win, 25-22.

OU had one block solo and 10 block assists in the first set as the Sooners held the Aggies to just a .100 hitting percentage and 13 attack errors.

The second set looked a lot like the first, with OU continuing to dominate at the net with another 10 block assists and a block solo. OU led from start to finish in the set, pulling ahead by as many as seven, to win the set, 25-19.

Texas A&M came out of the locker room looking like a totally different team. The Aggies and Sooners battled back and forth until A&M took the lead at 10-9. The Aggies cruised after that, winning the set, 25-17.

OU failed to record a block in the set, and it appeared OU had taken its foot off the gas once again.

OU stormed out to a 12-7 lead in the fourth set, forcing Texas A&M to call timeout. But the Aggies refused to go away, coming back to tie the game at 18 and forcing OU to call timeout when A&M took a 21-19 lead. OU went on a 5-1 run to get to the match point, but A&M scored the next two points to send the send the set to extra points. A&M finally completed the comeback, winning the set 29-27.

It was the second time in as many matches that OU squandered a 2-0 lead to force a fifth set.

In the fifth, neither team had more than a one-point lead until Texas A&M pulled ahead, 9-7, forcing OU to call timeout. From there, it was all Aggies as A&M (15-4, 4-2 Big 12) finished off the Sooners, 15-11, to complete the unlikely comeback.

The Sooners are back in action when they host Kansas at 5 p.m. Saturday at McCasland Field House.