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TULSA, Okla. ?€" Maja Devic (Split, Croatia) totaled 23 kills and
nine blocks
while hitting .583 in leading the Oral Roberts University
volleyball team to a pair
of 3-0 sweeps during action at day two of the 2006 ORU
Classic.
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The Golden Eagles opened the day by
dispatching St. Francis (NY), 30-8, 30-7, 30-4, and then closed the
night by
topping Texas-Arlington, 30-19, 30-23, 30-21.
ORU (8-6) now has a season-high win streak
of
six matches and can claim the 2006 ORU Classic title out-right by
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w:st="on">State tomorrow night in a 7:00 p.m. match at the
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The Golden Eagles put together quite
the
offensive display against St. Francis (0-6), hitting .616 as a
team, recording 51
kills with only six errors in 73 total attempts.
The home squad also added a season-high 22 service aces
while limiting
their opponents to just six kills on a -.196 attack percentage for
the
match.
Devic led the way for ORU, registering 14
kills
with a single error in 14 attempts as she hit .812 for the
match.
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Thais
Parada (Sao
Paulo, Brazilst1:place>) added 31 assists with nine kills and a
.667 attack percentage.
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Ori
Zuzic
(Porec, Croatia) just missed out on a school record against the
Terriers, as her
nine service aces were one shy of the school's single match
mark.
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Current ORU Head Coach
Sheera Sirola
holds the record with a 10-ace performance at
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The Golden Eagles' defense was again in
full
effect during the night cap, as they totaled 73 digs and eight
blocks while limiting
the Mavs (9-5) to a .070 attack percentage.
Cris Alves (
w:st="on">Sao Caetano,
w:st="on">Brazil) anchored the defense with
a match-high 32 digs and Zuzic added 12 picks and a team-best 15
kills for her
ninth double-double of the year.
ORU road the offense's 20 kills to a 30-19
victory
in game one, and then turned up the defensive intensity in games
two and three
as they held UTA to .094 and -.022 attack percentages,
respectively, in the 3-0
sweep.
Devic and Kim
Snow (DeKalb, Ill.) each chipped in with nine kills a
piece
while hitting .400 and .304, respectively. SPAN>Parada flirted with a triple-double before finishing the
night with 41 assists,
11 digs, and seven kills.
ORU will wrap up their portion of the 2006
ORU
Classic when they take on Utah
State tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m.
in the Aerobicsst1:PlaceName> Centerst1:place>.
Texas-Arlington and
Ark.-Little Rock will face off in the first of Saturday's four
matches at 12:00
p.m.
--ORU--
