ADA, Okla. – The East Central University volleyball team went to five sets for the second-straight time this week with Southeastern Oklahoma State, falling 3-2 (25-19, 16-25, 25-15, 9-25, 10-15) on Senior Night. The match was the final of the 2020-21 regular-season and gave the Tigers (4-6, 4-6 GAC) the Great American Conference West Division No. 4 seed for the championship tournament.
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Scoring
- Set 1: 25-19
- ECU jumped out to an early 11-3 lead to take control for good
- The teams traded points through the rest of the set
- Set 2: 16-25
- The teams traded the first four serves, before the Tigers took a 5-2 advantage
- The Savage Storm (2-8, 2-8 GAC) fought back and tied the set at seven
- SEOSU kept pushing the temp and gained a 16-10 lead
- The teams traded points and small runs through the remainder of the set
- Set 3: 25-15
- ECU came out ready to fight and took a 5-0 lead
- The Tigers kept pushing the tempo throughout the set
- Led by as many as 10 late in the set (21-11)
- Set 4: 9-25
- The Savage Storm took control early, going on a 9-1 run to open the set
- SEOSU didn't let ECU score more than two-straight points throughout the set
- Set 5: 10-15
- The teams traded the first six serves
- The Savage Storm then used a 3-0 run to take the lead
- The Tigers fought back within one (5-6), but SEOSU followed with a 4-0 run
- The teams traded points through the remainder of the match
Tiger Quick Hits
- Jr. Thalianette Garcia garnered her seventh double-double of the season
- 10 kills, 10 digs, 1 assist, 1 service ace, 1 block assist
- Jr. Darcie Kaiser added 10 kills on the day
- 10 kill, 1 service ace, 7 digs
- Sr. Sydney Dungen tallied her second double-double of the season
- 2 kills, 24 assists, 3 service aces, 19 digs
- Dungen is ranked on four ECU Career Top-10 lists and close to getting on three others
- No. 2 Assists – 2,102
- No. 4 Service Aces – 84
- No. 5 Kill Percentage - .245
- No. 7 Double-Doubles – 17
- Close to making the Matches Played, Sets Play and Digs lists
- 99 Matches Played – No. 10 is 102
- 332 Sets Played – No. 10 is 339
- 666 Digs – No. 10 is 676
- Sr. Kellie Smith is ranked No. 9 on the ECU Career Block Solos List – 23
- Sr. Kasey Beeler is ranked No. 7 on the ECU Career Digs List -778
- The Tigers honored its four seniors before the start of the match
Up Next
- The Tigers claimed the No. 4 Western Division Seed in the 2020-21 GAC Championship Tournament
- Will face No. 5 Southern Nazarene, Tuesday, April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Kerr Activities Center