WEATHERFORD, Okla. - The East Central University volleyball team finished up a 15-match road trip at the start of the 2019 season, with a 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 13-25, 18-25) loss at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Great American Conference action.
Scoring
- Set One: L, 19-25
- Teams traded points and a few runs to start the set
- 8 tie scores, 1 lead change
- The final tie came at 12-all
- The Bulldogs (5-6, 1-1 GAC) then went on a 3-0 run to take control for good
- The Tigers kept the score within two or three points for most of the set
- Set Two: W, 25-19
- Set close at first, with a 6-5 lead for SWOSU
- ECU then took control with a 7-0 run for a 13-6 advantage
- The Tigers kept the lead to no lower than three points the rest of the set
- Set Three: L, 13-25
- The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 4-0 advantage and never let up on the tempo of the match
- Increased the lead to double digits on the way to the win
- Set Four: L, 18-25
- SWOSU again took over early, taking a 7-2 led
- Kept up the pressure and had the lead out to as many as 10
- The Tigers held of three match points
Tiger Quick Hits
- Both teams recorded 172 attacks and the teams were close in blocks
- ECU 1-8 (9) / SWOSU 2-8 (10)
- The Bulldogs earned a 77-70 lead in digs
- Jr. Sydney Dungen recorded her second and the team's fourth double-double of the season
- 31 assists, 13 digs
- Team had just two double-doubles in 2018
- First player to earn more than one double-double in the season
- Four players recorded double-digit dig totals in the match
- Fr. Shainell Taylor: 8 kills, 1 service ace, 17 digs
- Sr. Kaitlyn Coffey: 9 kills, 4 assists, 1 service ace, 1 block solo, 3 block assists, 14 digs
- Dungen: 13 digs
- Jr. Kasey Beeler: 3 assists, 1 service ace, 12 digs
- Fr. Zaniya Norvell led the team in kills
- 10 kills, .240 (10k-4e-25ta) hitting pct., 3 block assists
- Dungen is currently ranked No. 5 on the ECU Career Assists lists – 1,336
- Match ended a 15-match road trip to start the 2019 season
Up Next
- The Tigers will come home to the Kerr Activities Center for the first time in 2019
- Thursday, Sept. 26 vs. Oklahoma Baptist at 6:30 p.m.
- One of just nine home matches in 2019
- ECU will remain home for one more match
- Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State at 6:30 p.m.
- Annual Blackout Match! Against the Savage Storm
- The Tigers will then play two road matches
