The Basics
Score: North Dakota 0 – Oral Roberts 3
Records: UND (1-22, 0-11 SL) – ORU (14-5, 8-2 SL)
Box Score
Location: Cooper Aerobics Center (Tulsa, Okla.)
 
TULSA, Okla. – Aixa Vigil's 14-kill, 11-dig double-double paced the Oral Roberts volleyball team to a dominating sweep of North Dakota (25-17, 25-19, 25-14) Saturday afternoon inside Cooper Aerobics Center pushing the Golden Eagles winning streak to four.
 
After trading leads back and forth in the early stages of the first frame, ORU finally took control breaking an 11-11 tie. It was a 12-3 run that put the Golden Eagles in command starting when Jaxie Wakley found the floor on a swing. Five-straight kills coming from four ORU players helped close the set, 25-17, using a .364 hitting percentage in the opener.
 
UND built a 5-2 advantage in the second set only to have the home side quickly even the score as Trinity Freeman delivered a kill. ORU maintained the lead holding a 10-8 margin until the Fighting Hawks battled back. Facing a 13-12 deficit, the Golden Eagles turned up the intensity and scored the next six points as Sarah Thiessen kept UND off balance with her serve leading to three attack errors and kills by Jeslyn Spencer and Wakley. The momentum stayed with ORU as it moved to a 22-14 lead and ended the stanza, 25-19, as Sakira LaCour powered in a kill.
 
It was the strong serving of Rami Mose that brought the house down in set three as she started a huge, double-digit run on a kill to tie the score, 4-4. The senior pushed ORU in front, 13-4, hitting back-to-back service aces and the offense would not be contained getting a rare kill by Thiessen, the libero. Bryanne Soares added a kill capping a 4-0 burst that extended the margin to 17-5 and the Golden Eagles would not be stopped securing the sweep, 25-14.
 
Inside the Box Score

• As a team, ORU finished the afternoon hitting .374, its highest percentage in Summit League play this season and third-highest of 2021.
• Vigil excelled offensively from the beginning as the senior had five kills in each of the first two sets and added four in the finale to post 14 on the day. She completed her third-straight double-double getting 11 digs.
• LaCour aided the Golden Eagles on both sides of the net recording eight kills and three block assists.
• Wakley chipped in six kills on just 10 swings without an error and paced the team with two solo blocks and three block assists, while Kaia Dunford buried six swings during the final set.
• Soares led the team with 35 set assists and added nine digs, four kills and one block assist.
• Thiessen was the top performer in the match totaling 12 digs and dropped in the fifth kill of her ORU career.

 
Up Next
The Golden Eagles are back on the road for their next two outings with a trip to South Dakota starting against the Jackrabbits Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
 
For the latest information on ORU Volleyball, follow the Golden Eagles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the ORU Athletics app from the App Store or Google Play Store.