Box Score

Fayetteville, Ark. -- The Oral Roberts University volleyball team lost to No. 17 Colorado State today (30-15, 30-27, 30-24) at the Morning News Invitational held at the University of Arkansas.

Senior outside hitter April Syko led the Golden Eagles with a .333 hitting percentage (12-4-24) and three block assists. Sophomore libero Becky Dreher had 16 digs, while senior setter Anna Moreno collected 32 assists.

Colorado State came out with a blistering .621 hitting percentage and 20 kills in game one. Game one brought the worst losing margin of the season for ORU, as they dropped the game 30-15.

ORU led the way in game two, trailing only four times. The Golden Eagles pulled ahead 26-20 on five straight points, but managed only one more point before the Rams won 30-27. ORU held Colorado State to a .064 hitting percentage in game two.

Game three was close throughout, but Colorado State scored five straight points to go up 29-23 and eventually won 30-24.

ORU moves to 5-4 on the season. Their other losses were to No. 5 Long Beach State, No. 6 Florida and Arkansas. Colorado State improves to 5-3.

The ORU volleyball team is back in action tonight as they face Louisville, who received AVCA top 25 votes this week, at 5 p.m. in their final match of the Morning News Invitational.