DURANT, Okla. – The East Central University volleyball team dropped the first two sets of the match, but then rallied back to earn the 3-2 victory (21-25, 13-25, 25-23, 25-15, 18-16) at Southeastern Oklahoma State.
Scoring
- Set 1: 21-25
- 4 Lead Changes, 10 Tie Scores
- The teams traded serves and small runs throughout the set
- No team led by more than three, until after a 17-all tie
- The Tigers (4-5, 4-5 GAC) took the first lead over three (21-18) late on a 4-1 run
- The Savage Storm (1-8, 1-8 GAC) fought back to tie the set at 21 and gain the 25-21 win on a 7-0 run
- Set 2: 13-25
- The teams traded points and runs through the first third of the set
- Set was tied at 6 when SEOSU used a 4-0 run to take the lead for good
- The Savage Storm pushed the advantage to seven (8-15)
- ECU fought back within three (12-15)
- SEOSU countered with a 6-0 run to push the lead to 11
- Set 3: 25-23
- The Savage Storm opened with a 3-1 run, but the Tigers followed with a 4-0 run to gain the lead
- The set was knotted at five and six before an ECU 3-0 run gave them the lead for good
- Led by no more than four until late in the set
- A 3-0 run pushed the advantage to five (20-15)
- SEOSU fought back within two, but could get no closer the rest of the set
- Set 4: 25-15
- The teams traded the first 12 serves for a 6-6 tie
- The Tigers then took control for good, with an 8-1 run
- Set 5: 18-16
- 4 Lead Changes, 8 Tie Scores
- The set was tight from start to finish
- The teams were tied or ECU led by as many as two until the final points (14-12)
- SEOSU took its first lead of the set (since 1-2) with a 3-0 run
- Gave the Savage Storm a 15-14 lead and forced extra points
- Jr. Darcie Kaiser then gave ECU the victory on back-to-back kills
Tiger Quick Hits
- Jr. Darcie Kaiser led a group of three players with double-digit kill totals
- 17 kills, 1 assist, 1 block assist, 4 digs
- Jr. Lauren Cox and Jr. Aloni Jordan each added 10 kills
- Cox: 10 kills, .292 (10k-3e-24ta) hitting pct., 1 assist, 3 block assists
- Jordan: 10 kills, 4 block assists, 1 dig
- Jr. Alejandra Delgado and Jr. Thalianette Garcia added double-digit dig totals
- Delgado: 30 digs, 3 assists
- Garcia: 7 kills, 1 assist, 4 service aces, 1 block assist, 22 digs
- Sr. Sydney Dungen recorded 43 assists
- Added 2 kills, .400 (2k-0e-5ta) hitting pct., 2 service aces, 6 digs
- Dungen is ranked on three ECU Career Top-10 lists
- No. 3 Assist – 2,096
- No. 5 Service Aces – 81
- No. 7 Double-Double – 16
- Only the second victory at SEOSU in the all-time series (2-11 when playing in Durant, Okla.)
- Third five-set match of the 2020-21 season for ECU
- 2-1 in the full-length matches
- Second time the Tigers rallied back from down two sets to claim the victory
Up Next
- The teams will finish the regular-season, Friday, April 2 at the Kerr Activities Center (7 p.m.)
- The match is a make-up from earlier in the season
- Annual Senior Day for three ECU Seniors