ALVA, Okla. – The East Central University volleyball team played one of the final two road matches of the 2021 regular-season, falling to Northwestern Oklahoma State 3-1 (25-16, 21-25, 28-26, 25-21).
Scoring
- Set 1: 16-25
- The Rangers (10-18, 5-9 GAC) took an early 5-0 advantage
- NWOSU quickly built the lead out to as many as 14 (23-9)
- The Tigers (13-13, 9-5 GAC) made a late push, but were not able to get closer than nine
- Set 2: 25-21
- The teams traded serves at the start of the set for a 4-4 tie
- ECU went on a 4-0 run to take an 8-4 advantage
- NWOSU countered with a 4-0 run to tie the set at eight
- The Tigers went up by three and kept pushing to increase the lead to as many as seven
- The Rangers fought back late in the set to get within one (21-20)
- ECU kept pushing and used a 4-1 run to claim the set victory
- Set 3: 26-28
- NWOSU took an early two-point lead and held on to it for most of the set
- The Rangers led by as many as five and the Tigers were able to tie the set several times (13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26), but not take the lead
- ECU made a late run and made a back-and-forth battle move to extra points
- Set 4: 21-25
- The set was close from start to finish
- No team led by more than four points
- 6 Tie Scores / 1 Lead Changes
- Final tie came at 21-all
- NWOSU then used a 4-0 run to take the match victory
Tiger Quick Hits
- The Tigers led in kills and digs
- Kills: ECU – 63 / NWOSU – 46
- No. 4 ECU 4-Set Single Match record
- Digs: ECU – 81 / NWOSU – 68
- The big difference came in errors and blocks
- Errors: ECU – 41 / NWOSU – 17
- Blocks: ECU – 16.0 (1-15) / NWOSU 21.0 (1-20)
- No. 2 Total Block 4-Set Single match record
- ECU also set a 4-Set Single Match record in attempts
- The Tigers saw three players earn double-doubles
- RSr. Sydney Dungen: 32 assists, 10 digs, 3 service aces, 1 kill
- 24th career double-double (No. 4 ECU Career List)
- Jr. Thalianette Garcia: 18 kills, 14 digs, 1 service ace, 1 block assist
- 21st career double-double (No. 6 ECU Career List)
- 11th double-double of the season (No. 5 ECU Single Season List)
- Fr. Emma Strickland: 23 kills, 11 digs, 3 assists, 1 block assist
- 9th double-double of the year (No. 10 ECU Single Season List)
- Tallied 23.5 points in the match
- No. 8 ECU Single Individual Match Record
- 23 kills ranked No. 2 on ECU Single Individual Match Record
- Sr. Alejandra Delgado record 30 digs in the match
- Fourth 30+ dig match in 2021
- Now ranked No. 4 ECU Single Season Digs List (537)
- Garcia and Sr. Aloni Jordan both moved onto ECU Single Season lists
- Garcia moved up to No. 8 on Attempts (907)
- Jordan moved up to No. 9 on Total Blocks (74) and No. 9 Block Assists (65)
Up Next
- The Tigers will play the final two regular-season matches of the 2021 season next week
- Tuesday, Nov. 9 at Southern Nazarene – 7 p.m.
- Thursday, Nov. 11 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State – 7 p.m.