The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 1 – North Dakota State 3
Records: ORU (8-22, 4-12 SL) – NDSU (13-15, 8-8 SL)
Location: Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (Fargo, N.D.)

FARGO, N.D. – The Oral Roberts volleyball team suffered a four-set loss in the regular season finale at North Dakota State (21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 19-25) Sunday afternoon at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. The Golden Eagles were able to reach the postseason and will be the No. 6 seed at The Summit League Championship presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare owning a tiebreak with North Dakota.

ORU struggled to slow down the Bison offense in the early going falling behind 21-8, but did not give up fighting back with a 12-3 run to close the gap before dropping the opening set, 25-21.

A kill from Bri Greenlee gave the Golden Eagles an 8-6 edge in the second stanza before NDSU pushed back scoring the next five points and never gave up the lead despite a late rally from ORU getting within one, 20-19.

An Inka Inkret service ace helped ORU to a quick, 6-2 advantage, but again the Bison took the lead on a 6-0 run. The Golden Eagles kept the margin close and used three-straight points on a kill from Katarina Mikulic and back-to-back service aces by Greenlee to get set point, 24-22. Sakira LaCour put away a swing and combined with Mikulic for a block to take the frame, 26-24.

NDSU jumped to a 5-1 lead in the fourth frame and kept ORU from a comeback bid to win, 25-19, but thanks to results in other matches around The Summit League, the Golden Eagles secured a postseason berth.

Inside the Box Score

• Mikulic started strong for the ORU offense tallying five kills on her first six swings and finished with a season-high 13 kills and completed the double-double with 11 digs.
• LaCour buried each of her first six swings of the afternoon getting off to a perfect start and closed the best offensive effort of her freshman campaign registering 13 kills reaching double figures for the first time in her career. She added a team-best three block assists.
• Greenlee put away kills on six of the first seven swings she attempted and ended with 10 kills on a .455 hitting percentage.
• CeCe Madison recorded another double-double for ORU posting 10 kills and 15 digs, while Sarah Thiessen joined her with a team-best 15 digs.
• Sylvia Lawson paced the team with 45 set assists and added four kills and six digs.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles rallied their way into the 2019 Summit League Volleyball Championship presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare as the No. 6 seed. ORU will take on the No. 3 seed Mastodons of Purdue Fort Wayne at 7 p.m. (CT) Friday, Nov. 22.

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