The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 0 – Omaha 3
Records: ORU (10-4, 4-1 SL) – UNO (7-7, 4-0 SL)
Box Score
Location: Baxter Arena (Omaha, Neb.)
 
OMAHA, Neb. – It was a matchup of the last two undefeated Summit League teams Tuesday, but the Oral Roberts volleyball team saw its four-match win streak stopped at Omaha (20-25, 14-25, 25-27) inside Baxter Arena.
 
Three of the first four points of the match went to the Golden Eagles after forcing consecutive errors by the Mavericks. ORU used a 3-0 run to take an 8-7 advantage as Trinity Freeman had back-to-back kills and combined on a block with Jaxie Wakley to cap the run. Omaha overcame an 11-10 deficit behind a 6-2 burst and added a 4-0 run late to hold on to a 25-20 set win, despite 10 tie scores and four lead changes.
 
Freeman found the floor early in set two to even the score, 4-4, but it was the Mavericks that tallied the next three points and stretched their lead to 10-6 until a swing by Wakley. Another 3-0 run by the home side made it a 13-7 deficit for ORU before Aixa Vigil dropped in a kill and Freeman joined Sakira LaCour on a block closing the gap. Omaha responded by posting the next six points for a 19-9 cushion and closed the frame, 25-14.
 
The third set was back and forth from the beginning and featured 13 tie scores and eight lead changes in total. After a solo block from Wakley helped ORU to a 9-8 edge, the Mavericks put up six of the next seven points for a 14-10 lead until an attack error followed by a LaCour kill pulled the Golden Eagles within two. ORU cut the margin to one on three different occasions and LaCour powered a kill and added a block with Vigil as the visitors erased a two-point deficit and took a 23-22 lead on a kill from Bryanne Soares. ORU had a chance to extend the match earning two sets points, but could not hold off UNO at the finish falling 27-25.
 
Inside the Box Score

• LaCour, the reigning Summit League Defensive Player of the Week, excelled both offensively and defensively for the Golden Eagles. The junior had four kills on eight swings in the opening set and went on to hit .500 for the night getting nine kills on 18 swings. She also put away a match-high four block assists as the league leader in blocks per set.
• Freeman matched LaCour for the team lead totaling nine kills, while Vigil added seven and Kaia Dunford had six on just 18 swings.
• Wakley had two solo and one block assist to go with a team-best two service aces.
• Soares put together a 28-assist, 12-dig performance as the sophomore completed her third-straight double-double.
• Sarah Thiessen also reached double-digit digs as the redshirt senior finished with 13.

 
Up Next
ORU continues a four-match road stretch Saturday, Oct. 9 at Kansas City facing the Roos at 1 p.m.
 
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