Marijana Bjelobrk has become OCU's career leader in kills with 1,442.

Box Score

Providence (Mont.) UP 24-7

Oklahoma City OCU 34-1

Providence (Mont.) UP

24-7

Final

Dec. 03, 2019

Oklahoma City OCU

34-1

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Providence (Mont.) UP	23	23	25	25	13	(2)
Oklahoma City OCU	25	25	22	21	15	(3)

Next Match:

at Morningside (Iowa)

12/4/2019 | 4 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Dec. 04 (Wed) / 4 p.m.

at Morningside (Iowa)

History

Recap
Roster

Game Recap: Volleyball | 12/3/2019 10:10:00 PM

OCU holds off Providence

Stars take first win in NAIA Championships since Nov. 30, 2016

Next Match:

at Morningside (Iowa)

12/4/2019 | 4 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Dec. 04 (Wed) / 4 p.m.

at Morningside (Iowa)

History

Recap
Roster

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	UP	OCU
Kills	68	63
Errors	28	28
Attempts	182	191
Hitting %	.220	.183
Points	81.0	72.0
Assists	61	61
Aces	3	3
Blocks	10.0	6.0

Kills

OCU

Errors

OCU

Attempts

182

OCU

191

Hitting %

.220

OCU

.183

Points

81.0

OCU

72.0

Assists

OCU

Aces

OCU

Blocks

10.0

OCU

6.0

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/lacy-beeler/5386' class='boxscore_player_link'>Beeler, Lacy</a>

#2 Beeler, Lacy

Kills

20
Aces

1
Blocks

2

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/catelyn-vargas/5398' class='boxscore_player_link'>Vargas, Catelyn</a>

#22 Vargas, Catelyn

Kills

13
Aces

0
Blocks

4

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/marijana-bjelobrk/5388' class='boxscore_player_link'>Bjelobrk, Marijana</a>

#11 Bjelobrk, Marijana

Kills

12
Aces

1
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/ella-lofton/5394' class='boxscore_player_link'>Lofton, Ella</a>

#4 Lofton, Ella

Kills

9
Aces

0
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/sophia-salak/5397' class='boxscore_player_link'>Salak, Sophia</a>

#10 Salak, Sophia

Assists

60
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/caitlin-briggs/5389' class='boxscore_player_link'>Briggs, Caitlin</a>

#8 Briggs, Caitlin

Assists

1
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/isabel-harwell/5390' class='boxscore_player_link'>Harwell, Isabel</a>

#5 Harwell, Isabel

Digs

20
RE

1

#8 Briggs, Caitlin

Digs

19
RE

0

#11 Bjelobrk, Marijana

Digs

14
RE

0

#2 Beeler, Lacy

Digs

13
RE

1

Kills

Aces

#11

Bjelobrk, Marijana

Beeler, Lacy

Harwell, Isabel

Blocks

#22

Assists

#10

Salak, Sophia

Briggs, Caitlin

Digs

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Oklahoma City University edged Providence (Mont.) 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 21-25, 15-13 on Tuesday in the NAIA women's volleyball championships presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront at the Tyson Events Center.
Marijana Bjelobrk took over as OCU's all-time kills leader. The 16th-ranked Stars (34-1) meet Morningside (Iowa) at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Bjelobrk, a senior from Belgrade, Serbia, posted 12 kills and 14 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. Bjelobrk brought her career total to 1,442 kills, surpassing the 1,431 Xiaoting Ma piled up from 2008-10. Bjelobrk tied the record with a kill to put OCU ahead 21-20 in the first set, then nailed another to give the Stars set point at 24-23.
The Stars overcame 4-0, 6-1 and 12-9 deficits in the fifth set to prevail for the 33rd consecutive time. Oklahoma City fended off 17th-ranked Providence to move to 2-0 against ranked teams this year. Bjelobrk crushed a kill to provide OCU match point at 14-13.
"Providence was a great team," OCU coach Kristen Coventon said. "We knew going into it that it would be a very tough game. I thought our middle blockers did a very good job today – probably the best game both of them have played this year."
The Stars matched the single-season program record for victories with 34. OCU went 34-10 in 2007.
"We've faced some adversity throughout this season, so it was great to see us use that and fight back in the fifth set," Coventon said. "I'm proud of how hard we fought. Masha breaking the OCU kill record was the icing on top. Now we have to gear up to play another solid team in Morningside."
Oklahoma City tallied five unanswered points to move ahead 13-12 in the fifth set. Lacy Beeler nailed a kill, then combined with Kenady Bertling on a block. Bjelobrk smashed a kill to tie the set 12-12.
Beeler, a junior from Jenks, Okla., accumulated 20 kills, 13 digs and two blocks. Beeler provided OCU with her second consecutive 20-kill outing, fifth 20-kill performance and 16th double-double of 2019.
Sophia Salak rang up a career-high 60 assists to go with six digs and two blocks. Salak, a sophomore from McKinney, Texas, turned in the eighth all-time 60-assist performance for the Stars and the first since Sanja Vojnovic dished out 60 against William Woods (Mo.) on Aug. 27, 2016.
Catelyn Vargas, a redshirt freshman from Lubbock, Texas, supplied OCU with 13 kills and four blocks, while Isabel Harwell, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla., tracked down 20 digs. Caitlin Briggs, a junior from Mustang, Okla., scooped up 19 digs.
OCU won for the first time in the NAIA Championships since a 25-17, 25-11, 25-17 win over Mobile (Ala.) on Nov. 30, 2016 in Sioux City, Iowa. The Stars improved to 3-1 this year in five-set matches.

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