ECU falls flat during road trip to Southwestern
Oct. 28—WEATHERFORD — After going to five sets with Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Ada a month ago, the East Central University volleyball team could not gain control on the road, falling 3-0 during Great American Conference play Thursday night at Pioneer Cellular Event Center.
The Bulldogs improved to 15-7 overall and 9-3 in the conference, while ECU dropped to 11-13 and 6-6.
With the result, ECU drops to 6-6 in conference play.
After SWOSU took the opening set by a score of 25-12, the Tigers put up a much better fight in the next two frames.
ECU jumped out to a 7-4 lead in set No. 2 before SWOSU went on a pair of scoring runs to pull away 15-11. But four straight points from the Tigers put ECU back in the game, eventually tying the score 19-19. However, a four-point run by SWOSU gave them the push they needed to close out the set 25-21.
Set 3 was similar to Set 2 in that the Tigers started out strong, leading 8-2 before the Bulldogs flipped the script to surge ahead 16-11. ECU battled back to trail within three late in the set, but SWOSU maintained their control, securing the set with a 25-20 final score.
The Tigers were held to a negative hitting percentage for the first time this season.
On defense, Sydney Roshek collected a team-high 26 digs while Angel Nahinu had four total blocks.
The ECU volleyball team will return to Ada for a home GAC matchup against Oklahoma Baptist University at 7 p.m. on Halloween night inside the Kerr Activities Center.
