The Basics
South Dakota State (5-10, 5-9 SL) at Oral Roberts (2-12, 2-10 SL)
Match One Date/Time: Friday, March 19, 2021 / 7 p.m.
Match Two Date/Time: Saturday, March 20, 2021 / 5 p.m.
Location: Cooper Aerobics Center / Tulsa, Okla.

Live Video: ORU Sports Network (ORUSN)
Live Stats: ORU Athletics
#ORUVB Notes
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts volleyball team plays its final home matches of the season March 19-20 as South Dakota State comes to town for two Summit League contests inside the Cooper Aerobics Center. Don't miss a point with free, live video coverage on ORUSN.
 
OPENING SERVE
•The Golden Eagles own a 16-6 record in the all-time series with the Jackrabbits.
 
•Libero Sarah Thiessen and outside hitter Aixa Vigil were named Summit League Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week Feb. 9 for their efforts leading the Golden Eagles to two road wins over the Leathernecks.
 
•ORU continues to improve its serving efforts and is now the top team in The Summit League and 29th in the NCAA totaling 92 service aces as five players have reached double digits led by Jeslyn Spencer's 17.
 
•The Golden Eagles utilize a three-person attack as all three have crossed the century mark in kills. Aixa Vigil leads the team with 171 (3.3 per set), while Kaia Dunford (2.6 per set) and Jaxie Wakley (2.4 per set) have 149 and 139, respectively.
 
•Thiessen is third in the league and 41st in the nation totaling 266 digs as the redshirt junior has reached double figures in every outing, including six, 20+ dig performances with a career-best 36 Feb. 8. Her 36 digs remains the most by anyone in The Summit League.
 
•Vigil has posted eight double-doubles on the year and reached double-digit kills in all but two outings with a pair of 21-kill efforts against North Dakota and South Dakota.
 
•Wakley excels at the net posting 54 blocks and ranks seventh in the league averaging 0.94 blocks per set. As a team, ORU ranks second in the conference behind 104 total blocks aided by Sakira LaCour's 43.
 
•Setters Bryanne Soares and Sylvia Lawson have combined for 11.2 assists per set. Soares had a 54-assist effort Feb. 15 and hit double digits in 12 of 14 matches, while Lawson has eight outings reaching double digits.
 
•ORU was predicted to finish seventh in The Summit League standings following a quarterfinal exit at last year's conference championships.
 
•Head Coach Frank Craig III added six players in his first recruiting class with the Golden Eagles as four freshmen and two junior college transfers joined the program. Kaia Dunford (Waimanalo, Hawaii), Chloe Salcedo (Garland, Texas), Bryanne Soares (Kapolei, Hawaii) and Jaxie Wakley (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) enter the collegiate ranks for the first time. Rami Mose (Compton, California) and Aixa Vigil (Surquillo, Peru) made the move to ORU after starting in junior college.
 
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