OMAHA, Neb. – The Oral Roberts women's volleyball team dropped their first match of a three match road trip to the Omaha Mavericks in three sets (16-25, 16-25, 21-25).
 
ORU opened the match neck-and-neck with UNO until the Mavericks sparked a 9-2 run to extend their lead to seven (7-14). Despite seven Omaha service errors in set one, the Mavericks also logged a .429 hitting percentage and carded 14 kills to ORU's six. The Golden Eagles fell in set one, 16-25.
 
Nine attack errors hurt the Golden Eagles as they dropped the second set, 16-25. Runs of 10-1 and 4-0 by the Mavericks propelled them to a victory while ORU couldn't get anything going on the offensive side of the ball.
 
ORU found their rhythm in the third set but it wasn't enough to top Omaha. The Golden Eagles stayed by the Mavericks side for the whole set, trading points back-and-forth. ORU recorded 15 kills (team-high) and a .281 hitting percentage. A 5-0 run mid-set by UNO became the difference, leading to a Golden Eagle 0-3 loss.
 
Match Notes

• Trinity Freeman led ORU in kills, racking up 11. Freeman hit .226% on the match and logged two digs. This was her 19^th match this season leading the Golden Eagles in kills and 68^th of her career.
• Anzley Rinard wasn't far behind Freeman, carding seven kills and a team-high .278 hitting percentage (team-high) on the match. Rinard also recorded four digs.
• Setter Rachel Resta logged 16 assists (team-high), three digs, two kills and a service ace. Resta's 16 assists marks her 14^th match leading ORU in assists this season.
• Breanna Rivas racked up 12 digs en route to her 10^th match of the season with 10+ digs and the 45^th of her career.
• Hope Hickman led the team with two service aces to go along with six kills and four digs.
• Alaina Larson surpassed 50 career service aces against Omaha!
• ORU is three wins away from 1,000 wins as a program.

 
Up Next
A quick turnaround is in store for the Golden Eagles as they face off against Denver on October 22^nd and Kansas City on October 24^th.
 
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