A hard-fought first game was not enough for the Oral Roberts University volleyball team to beat #5 Long Beach State today, as it dropped its final match in the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational (23-30, 20-30, 17-30).

"It was a disappointing loss for us with the fact that we didn't compete through the entire match," Head Coach Amy Farber Knowles said. "The first game was awesome. We played them point for point, but we lost a couple points and started to panic. Had we maintained our composure it could have gone either way."

Patricia Menezes had 11 kills and three block assists in the Golden Eagles' loss to the 49er's.

Anna Moreno had 31 assists and 10 digs, while April Syko had 10 kills.

Becky Dreher added 11 digs to the Golden Eagle stats.

ORU moves to 2-1 on the year, after beating Dayton and Baylor on Friday.

The Golden Eagles are back in action next Friday as they face Brigham Young on the opening day of the Brigham Young University Invitational.