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Score: Oklahoma 3, Ohio 0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-18)
Location: Norman, Okla. (McCasland Field House)
Record: Ohio 3-6, Oklahoma 8-1
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (3-6) was swept by host Oklahoma (8-1), 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-18), on Friday (Sept. 9) in the NIKE Invitational at McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla.

The Bobcats lost after sweeping Lamar, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-21), on Friday morning in its opening match of the invitational. The Sooners opened the invitational with a 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 20-25, 26-24, 20-18) setback to Texas-San Antonio on Thursday (Sept. 8).

THE BASICS
• Ohio was limited to a .146 (30 kills-15 errors-103 total attacks) attack percentage while Oklahoma hit at a .337 (46 kills-13 errors-98 total attacks) clip. The Bobcats were also plagued by eight service errors and four serve receive errors.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) led the Bobcats with 10 kills. She also had an assisted block and two digs.
• Junior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) finished with eight kills and two digs for Ohio.
• Redshirt middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) led the Bobcats with three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) to go along with three kills and one digs.
• Freshman setter Katelyn Burke (Oswego, Ill.) dished out a team-high 17 assists for Ohio and chipped in a kill, two assisted blocks and two digs.
• Senior libero Brooke Coleman (Plano, Texas) compiled a match-high 14 digs for the Bobcats.
• The Sooners were led by senior outside hitter Kimmy Gardiner, who recorded a match-high 11 kills and three service aces. She also logged an assisted block, 10 digs and an assist.
• Junior middle blocker Marion Hazelwood notched 10 kills, two total blocks (one solo, one assisted), an assist and two digs for Oklahoma.
• Sophomore outside hitter Alyssa Enneking added 10 kills, three digs and an assist for the Sooners.
• Redshirt senior outside hitter Madison Ward compiled eight kills, a solo block and 10 digs for Oklahoma.
• Senior middle blocker Micaela Spann totaled a team-high three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) for the Sooners and also had six kills and a dig.
• Sophomore setter Audry Alford distributed a match-high 36 assists for Oklahoma. She also tallied an assisted block and four digs.
• Redshirt sophomore defensive specialist Rachel Monriquez led the Sooners with 13 digs and also had a kill and a service ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Oklahoma set the tone for its sweep in the opening set, winning by 13 points. The Sooners attacked at a .447 (19 kills-two errors-38 total attacks) pace while holding the Bobcats to a .184 (10 kills-three errors-38 total attacks) percentage.
• Ohio gave Oklahoma a battle in the second set. After the Sooners opened with 10-4 lead, the Bobcats put together a 10-5 stretch to make it a one-point set at 15-14. Two kills by Lake, kills by Kosiorek, Nelson and senior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) and double blocks and Lake and freshman middle blocker/outside hitter Sara Januszewski (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Nelson and Burke sparked Ohio's run. An Ohio attack error and a kill by Spann gave Oklahoma a 17-14 lead and forced the Bobcats to burn a timeout. Kills by Salis and Kosiorek helped make it a two-point set at 19-17, but the Sooners closed out the set win and a 2-0 match lead with a 6-2 run highlighted by three kills by Hazelwood.
• It looked as though Oklahoma was going to breeze to a three-set win after the Sooners jumped out to a 20-10 lead in the third set. The Bobcats refused to go down without a fight, though, stringing together an 8-3 run that featured two kills by freshman outside hitter Lizzie Stephens (Frisco, Texas), kills by Nelson and Kosiorek and a double block by Burke and Januszewski. Unfortunately for Ohio, a kill by Spann and a double block by Hazelwood and freshman outside hitter Morgan Turner ended the sweep for the Sooners.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Lake recorded double-digit kills for the third time this year and sixth time in her career.
• Coleman logged double-digit digs for the fourth-straight match, seventh time this season and 36th time in her career.

QUOTABLE
Third-year head coach Deane Webb on the defeat
"We just kind of got away from our identity. We've been an agressive serving team, and I just think we weren't tonight. They're a way too athletic team. They outmatched us physically and outmatched us in terms of experiece. We have to do something different to be able to overcome that. I don't know tonight that we did that. I think we just tried to play even, and you can't play even with a team that's more experienced or more athletic, or it's not going to go well, especially the first contact. I really wasn't pleased with how we served and passed tonight."

Senior libero Brooke Coleman on the loss
"Going into a big match like this, playing against a big team, we need to know that they're a team that can compete with us, and we can't be scared. From the beginning of this game, we were playing scared, and that's what got us."

UP NEXT
Ohio will take on Texas-San Antonio on Saturday (Sept. 10) at 11 a.m. ET in its final match of the NIKE Invitational.

After beating Oklahoma on Thursday, the Roadrunners swept Lamar, 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-22) on Friday afternoon.

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