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Olivia Nutter
Olivia Nutter recorded a career-high eight blocks Friday.
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SW Christian SCU 21-8
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Winner Oklahoma City OCU 29-3
SW Christian SCU
21-8
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Final
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Oklahoma City OCU
29-3
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
SW Christian SCU 14 25 19 21 (1)
Oklahoma City OCU 25 22 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

OCU reaches SAC Tournament final

Stars knock off Southwestern Christian in SAC Tournament semifinals

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University surged past Southwestern Christian 25-14, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21 on Friday evening in the Sooner Athletic Conference volleyball tournament semifinals at Abe Lemons Arena.
The Stars face Texas Wesleyan at 1 p.m. for the SAC Tournament title. Oklahoma City (29-3) will look for its third consecutive conference tournament crown and fourth 30-win season in program history.
OCU and Texas Wesleyan have both clinched national-tournament berths. Oklahoma City wrapped up a spot in the NAIA Championships by taking its third SAC regular-season title in a row. Texas Wesleyan gains the league's tournament bid.
Marijana Bjelobrk produced her seventh double-double of the season with 12 kills, 18 digs and three blocks for OCU. Bjelobrk, a junior from Belgrade, Serbia, notched her career high in digs, surpassing the 15 digs she collected vs. Southwestern Christian on Sept. 11 in Oklahoma City.
Lauren Hermes made her third entry into OCU's 30-dig club. Hermes equaled her career high of 33 digs she piled up Sept. 11 vs. Southwestern Christian. Hermes, a junior from The Colony, Texas, also posted 30 digs vs. Texas Wesleyan on Oct. 20 at home. OCU now has 17 30-dig performances in its program history. Hermes served up three aces.
Ella Lofton, a sophomore from Cedar Park, Texas, turned in 10 kills and six digs, while Taylor Horton, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla., rang up 33 assists, 11 digs, five kills, two blocks and two aces.
Lacy Beeler, a sophomore from Jenks, Okla., supplied the Stars with nine kills, 14 digs and two blocks, and Caitlin Bosarge, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., totaled seven digs and a season-high five aces. OCU's Olivia Nutter, a freshman from Plano, Texas, piled up a season-best eight blocks.
In the third set, Hermes had back-to-back aces to help give the Stars a 7-2 lead. Southwestern Christian scored five points in a row to close its deficit to 24-19 before Bjelobrk put away the set with a kill.
In the fourth set, Nutter teamed with Beeler then Bjelobrk on blocks to break a 19-19 tie. Hermes knocked down a kill to put the Stars at match point at 24-19. Lofton's kill sealed the outcome.
 
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
At Campus Sites
Tuesday's Results
Oklahoma City def. Panhandle State, 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-18)
Southwestern Assemblies of God def. Mid-America Christian, 3-0 (25-22, 27-25, 25-18)
Southwestern Christian def. John Brown, 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-23)
Texas Wesleyan def. Wayland Baptist, 3-2 (25-18 ,23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-9)
At Oklahoma City
Abe Lemons Arena
Friday's Results
Semifinals
Oklahoma City def. Southwestern Christian, 3-1 (25-14, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21)
Texas Wesleyan def. Southwestern Assemblies of God, 3-1 (25-12, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23)
Saturday's Match
Championship
Oklahoma City (29-3) vs. Texas Wesleyan (24-9), 1 p.m.
 
30-Dig Club
Oklahoma City University
36—Dani Chase vs. Midland, Sept. 1, 2017
34—Meghann Turner at Lubbock Christian, Sept. 23, 2006; Shelbey Veselka at Wayland Baptist, Sept. 22, 2007; Shelbey Veselka at Southern Nazarene, Oct. 14, 2008
33—Nicole Gruenbacher at Southern Nazarene, Oct. 25, 2007; Lauren Hermes vs. Southwestern Christian, Sept. 11, 2018; Lauren Hermes vs. Southwestern Christian, Nov. 9, 2018 in Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament; Shelbey Veselka vs. Evangel, Sept. 26, 2008
32—Danielle Robison vs. McPherson, Sept. 1, 2012; Danielle Robison vs. Southwestern Assemblies of God, Sept. 30, 2013
31—Kelley Shiels vs. Evangel, Sept. 6, 2014
30—Dani Chase vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State, Oct. 4, 2017; Victoria Cross vs. Sterling, Sept. 10, 2011; Nicole Gruenbacher vs. Texas-Brownsville, Nov. 17, 2006 in NAIA Region VI Tournament at Houston; Lauren Hermes vs. Texas Wesleyan, Oct. 20, 2018; Maryna Verbovetska vs. John Brown, Oct. 4, 2007; Maryna Verbovetska vs. Lubbock Christian, Nov. 10, 2007 in Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament at Plainview, Texas
 
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