WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The East Central University volleyball team fought through three-close sets, but fell to Southwestern Oklahoma State, 0-3 (26-28, 21-25, 22-25), at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center.

Scoring

• 1^st Set: 26-28
  • 10 Tie Scores, 4 Lead Changes
  • The Bulldogs (1-2, 1-1 GAC) jumped out to an early 6-1 advantage
  • The Tigers (0-2, 0-2 GAC) quickly rebounded and tied the set at six
  • The score then toggled back-and-forth until a 12-all tie
  • SWOSU then went on a 2-0 run and held the lead by at least two points until late in the set
  • ECU used a 3-0 run to get within one (19-20)
  • The Tigers kept fighting and used a 3-0 run to tie the set at 24 to force extra points
  • The teams fought through a 26-all tie before the Bulldogs were able to get the two-straight points needs to win the set
• 2^nd Set: 21-25
  • 16 Tie Scores, 5 Lead Changes
  • The teams battled back-and-forth until a 19-all tie
  • SWOSU was down 19-18 and went on a 4-0 run to take a 22-19 advantage
• 3^rd Set: 22-25
  • The Bulldogs took control early with a 4-0 run
  • SWOSU kept the lead throughout the set
    • Largest lead nine
  • The Tigers cut the lead to three, but that was as close as they would get
  • ECU trailed 29-24, but were able to hold off three? match points

Tiger Quick Hits

• So. Zaniya Norvell and Jr. Thalianette Garcia recorded 10+ kills for the day
  • Norvell: 12 kills, 2 block assists, 2 digs
  • Garcia: 10 kills, 3 service aces, 1 block assist, 9 digs
• Jr. Darcie Kaiser recorded a .455 hitting pct.
  • 6 kills, 1 error, 11 total attempts, 2 digs
• Sr. Sydney Dungen added 29 assists to move her career number to 1,916
  • Ranks No. 3 on the ECU Career Assists chart
  • Dungen also has 77 career service aces to rank No. 6 on the career chart
  • Tallied 1 kill, 29 assists, 1 block assist, 8 digs vs. SWOSU
• Sr. Kasey Beeler now has 793 career digs to rank No. 7 on the ECU career lists after five tonight
• Jr. Alejandra Delgado led the team defensively with 10 digs

Up Next

• The Tigers will make their home debut next week at the Kerr Activities Center
  • Wednesday, Feb. 10 vs. Southern Nazarene – 7 p.m.
    • ECU student-athletes and non-student coaching staff may invite two immediate family members to home contests – no general attendance
    • ECU remains committed to enforcing a mandatory mask and social distancing mitigation effort on the entire campus.  All seating will be arranged to adhere to current, local and, state guidelines for combating COVID-19
    • No tickets will be available to visiting teams