Tulsa, Okla. - The Oral Roberts University volleyball team swept IPFW, 3-0, (27-25, 25-17, 25-18) Saturday evening in Cooper Aerobics Center. ORU picked up its second-straight win and snapped IPFW's five-match win streak.

The Golden Eagles are now 9-5 overall and 3-1 in the Summit League, while the Mastodons fall to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in conference action. ORU also stays undefeated against IPFW all-time, improving to 4-0.

ORU was led by senior middle blocker JoJo Souza (Sao Paulo, Brazil) who registered a match-high 11 kills and hit an astounding .526 on the night, while junior middle blocker Talita Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil) added nine kills, six blocks and hit .421. Senior outside hitter Janete Ferreira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) tallied a match-high 17 digs and senior setter Juliane Vieira (Ribeirao Preto, Brazil) recorded 38 assists.

IPFW was led by Jessica Miller's nine kills, while Ashley Dillon tallied seven kills and six digs and Jessica Dominiak added 13 assists.

The Golden Eagles finished the match with a .267 hitting percentage while IPFW hit .098. The Golden Eagles also recorded 20 more kills (48-28), four more blocks (14-10), 21 more digs (58-37) and 21 more assists (45-24).

IPFW took a 10-6 lead in the first set before the Golden Eagles took off on a 7-3 run to tie up the set at 13-all. The Mastodons followed with a 6-2 run to take a four-point lead at 19-15. Souza and Santos led the attack in the next five points and put the set back to within one point. After a tie at 25-all Souza served out the next two points to give the Golden Eagles the first set victory.

Both teams matched each other in the next set point for point in the first 20 points to keep the score tied at 10-10. ORU pulled together a 5-3 run as Santos recorded a kill and Vieira smashed a service ace to force IPFW to take a timeout. The Golden Eagles took another 5-2 run to go up 20-15, as sophomore libero Cassie Holmes (Tulsa, Okla.) served seven straight points. A ball handling error by IPFW's Kylee Hervey gave ORU a chance for set point at 26-16. Freshman Lauren Ophus (Tulsa, Okla.) recorded a kill for the Golden Eagles set point and gave ORU a 2-0 lead heading to the lockerroom.

Souza and Vieira led the attack to start off the third set while IPFW committed three errors to give ORU a 5-2 lead. After an IPFW timeout, the Mastodons fought back with a 10-7 run to tie the set up at 12-all. The Golden Eagles rode the serve of Ophus to take a 17-15 lead while a Santos kill and six IPFW errors gave ORU a shot at the set and match point. IPFW's Dillon recorded a kill to make the score 24-18 but Santos responded with a kill of her own to give the Golden Eagles the set and match point for the win.

ORU heads back out on the road next weekend, traveling to IUPUI on Friday, Oct. 3 and plays at 6 p.m., while the Golden Eagles face Western Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

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