Box Score

Central Christian CCC 4-12,1-7 SAC

Oklahoma City OCU 7-6, 6-2 SAC

Central Christian CCC

4-12,1-7 SAC

Final

Sep. 23, 2023

Oklahoma City OCU

7-6, 6-2 SAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Central Christian CCC	20	14	17	(0)
Oklahoma City OCU	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | 9/23/2023 6:05:00 PM

OCU volleyball finishes off a strong weekend with a sweep over Central Christian

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OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City volleyball team earned back-to-back sweeps for the first time since September of 2021 after the three-set victory over Central Christian.

Score

Oklahoma City 3, Central Christian 0

Oklahoma City (7-6, 6-2 SAC)
Central Christian (4-12, 1-7 SAC)

Match Summary

Set 1: 25-20 (OCU)

Set 2: 25-14 (OCU)

Set 3: 25-17 (OCU)

Set 1

Central Christian started on top 5-1 before OCU hit its stride by putting together a 5-0 run on a pair of kills from Ruby Kelley and kills from Michela De Stefano and Natalie Adams. With OCU leading 13-8 the Tigers clawed their way back in it with a 7-1 run capped off with a kill by Amanda Dotter to put Central Christian on top 15-14. Back and forth the lead went until OCU scored three consecutive points, finished off with an ace by Adams to give OCU a lead of 21-18. Junior Rylee Steward completed the set with a kill to give the Stars a 25-20 first-set victory,

Set 2

The first three points of the second set went in the Stars direction followed up by a shift in momentum as the Tigers scored the next five points to go up 5-3. OCU found a way to gain the momentum back as the Stars scored four straight on kills by Kelley and Emma Nickerson. Leading 14-11 OCU closed out the second set outscoring Central Christian 11-3 as Kelley collected three kills and Steward had two kills in that span to help push Oklahoma City to a 25-14 second set win.

Set 3

On the verge of a sweep, OCU got out to an early 5-0 run with kills by Adams, Kelley, and Steward to lead the way. Central Christian kept it tight as a Dotter kill gave the Tigers a 14-13 lead before OCU caught fire and went on an 8-2 run as multiple Stars got in on the action including De Stefano, Kelley, and Nickerson to give the Stars a 20-15 lead. Oklahoma City closed out the third set by outscoring the Tigers 5-2 as Steward supplied the match-winning block to secure a sweep for OCU as the Stars took set three 25-17.

Game Notes

Oklahoma City picked up 36 kills while Central Christian collected 21. Both squads had four aces apiece while OCU led with 32 assists to the Tigers 19.
The OCU defense was on full display with 54 digs and eight blocks as Central Christian collected three blocks and tallied up 47 digs.
Ruby Kelley led the match with 10 kills, making it her seventh match of the season with double-digit kills. Kelley also led the match with four blocks and collected one ace.
Natalie Adams held the match lead with 26 assists while putting together five kills on a .500 attack percentage.
Kaitlyn Dunlap tied the match lead with 14 digs followed by Riley Winkler with 11 digs, tying the second-highest total digs she has had this season.
OCU picks up back-to-back sweeps for the first time since September 8th and September 10th of 2021 coming against Southwestern Christian and Langston.
Oklahoma City stays unbeaten in the series history against Central Christian dating back to 2017 as the Stars move to 12-0 over the Tigers after the win on Saturday.