Oral Roberts University

TULSA, Okla. – The ORU volleyball team fell to the St. Thomas Tommies in four sets (14-25, 25-21, 21-25, 18-25) on Thursday night at the Mabee Center. Despite an outstanding second set, the Golden Eagles couldn't find a way to win their first match of a two match home series.
 
ORU dropped set one, in part from an 8-0 run by the Tommies, pushing them ahead 9-3 early in the set. This deficit was too large to overcome as the Golden Eagles left themselves down 0-1 on the match.
 
Set two was all ORU, hitting .318% on the set and recording 10 kills and six service aces. Two kills from Hope Hickman and Anzley Rinard helped ORU conquer the Tommies in set two. Trinity Freeman was a force to be reckoned with, accounting for half of ORU's kills in the set, propelling them to an emphatic set two dub.
 
Despite logging a team high 15 kills in one set and hitting .286%, the Tommies squeaked by in set three. ORU and UST were tied at 21 heading into the final stretch of the set but the Tommies closed the door on ORU, ending set three on a 8-4 run.
 
The Bison didn't let the Golden Eagles off that easy as they dominated set four. Eight errors from ORU and fourteen kills from NDSU didn't mix as the Bison claimed the fourth set, 25-13.
 
The Golden Eagles carded eight errors in the fourth set while the difference in kills between the two foes was 15 to nine, spelling a loss for ORU.
 
Match Notes

• Trinity Freeman led ORU offensively, carding 17 kills while also hitting .243% on the match. Freeman recorder her 15^th match of the season with 10+ digs.
• Anzley Rinard was one kill and one dig shy of carding a double-double logging, nine kills and nine digs.
• Maite Solabarrieta recorded 19 assists while Rachel Resta wasn't far behind with 12. Resta also logged a team high two service aces.
• Breanna Rivas racked up a season-high 20 digs! Rivas logged her first 20+ kill game of the season and eighth of her career as a Golden Eagle. She is slowly inching closer to 1,000 career digs logging her 916^th dig tonight.
• ORU is four wins away from 1,000 wins as a program.

 
Up Next
ORU hosts their second match in the Mabee Center this week, facing off against the Kansas City Roos on Saturday, October 12^th at 1:00 p.m.
 
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