Oral Roberts University rallied from a 2-0 deficit but could not overcome crosstown rival Tulsa in a 3-1 loss on Friday night. The setback, which came in the opening match of the Golden Hurricane Classic, is ORU's fourth straight.

THE BASICS
Score: Tulsa 3, Oral Roberts 1 (25-15, 25-19, 23-25, 26-24)
Records: Oral Roberts - 5-7, Tulsa - 7-3
Location: Reynolds Center - Tulsa, Okla.

TURNING POINT
ORU fought off two match points in the 4th set but could not stave off a third, as Tulsa's Erica Bohannon ended the match with two straight kills.

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Laura Milos paced ORU with 15 kills while Maggie DiPronio set a career high with 22 digs
Tulsa: Bohannon led all players with 18 kills and Valerie El Houssine notched a double-double, collecting 17 kills and 111 digs

1ST SET - TULSA, 25-15
Tulsa scored five of the first six points and cruised through the opening period. The Golden Hurricane clinched a 10-point win on an ORU service error.

2ND SET - TULSA, 25-19
The home team led for good after a Bohannon kill split a 10-all tie. Paige Panfil came up with a kill on Tulsa's second set point.

3RD SET - ORU, 25-23
ORU hit .382 in their best set of the night. Sara Pope and Sadie Schaffner each tallied five kills in the set, and Milos extended the match with a kill on the second set point.

4TH SET - TULSA, 26-24
Tulsa took their final lead of the match after an ORU service error broke a 17-all tie. The set remained close, although Bohannon came up clutch with the final two kills of the night

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Pope finished with 13 kills, while Schaffner had seven after entering the match in the 2nd set
- Tulsa hit .248 on the night and held ORU to a .200 clip
- Tulsa natives Sofia Redden and Caroline Arnould each saw their first significant action of the season on Friday. Redden set a career high with four digs, and Arnould added two blocks
- DiPronio's 22-dig effort was the first 20-plus match of the season by an ORU player
- Jovana Poljasevic continued her strong run of offensive efforts with nine kills
- Brooke Berryhill led Tulsa with 24 digs
- Ball-handling errors were key on Friday' ORU was whistled for seven, and Tulsa was called for just one

NEWS AND NOTES
- ORU has not won since their victory over Arkansas on September 9
- The four-match losing streak is ORU's first since dropping seven straight matches to begin September of 2012.
- The Golden Eagles are now 59-19 all-time against Tulsa, although the Golden Hurricane have now won seven straight meetings

UP NEXT
ORU is back at the Reynolds Center on Saturday morning for an 11 am match against McNeese State. The Golden Eagles are 4-0 all-time against the Cowgirls, with all four wins coming since 2011.