OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Volleyball team gears up for a midweek home contest against Southwestern Christian on Tuesday night at 6:00 PM.

Tuesday, October 22
6:00 p.m. – Oklahoma City (10-11, 10-5 SAC) vs Southwestern Christian (3-17, 1-14 SAC)
Location: Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons Arena

STARS OUTLOOK
Oklahoma City comes off a 1-1 weekend out west as the Stars swept Oklahoma Panhandle State on Friday night before falling in five sets to Wayland Baptist on Saturday. OCU swept the season-series against Panhandle after Ruby Kelley came up one dig shy of a double-double after posting 15 kills and nine digs on Friday night. Kelley's 15 kills was her most in a three-set match all season long while also having three blocks and two aces. Kelley continued her strong play on Saturday by putting together a team-high 22 kills which set a new a season-high for the Stars senior as Kelley notched her seventh double-double of the season as she tallied 16 digs with two aces as the weekend performance from Kelley earned the Sooner Athletic Conference Attacker of the Week award. The win on Friday brought Oklahoma City to .500 for the first time this season before dropping to 10-11 overall after the defeat on Saturday. OCU sits tied for fourth in the conference with Mid-America Christian who the Stars will visit on Friday, Nov. 1. Nelson and Texas Wesleyan sit at the top of the SAC standings who is also still left on the Stars schedule as the final two matches of the season. 

OCU Leaders

Kills

• Ruby Kelley - 193
• Grace Smallwood - 163
• Rylee Steward - 160

Digs

• Grace Smallwood - 250
• Kaitlyn Dunlap - 234
• Natalie Adams - 149

Assists

• Natalie Adams - 428
• Jaiden Downey - 261

Blocks

• Rylee Steward - 55.0
• Ruby Kelley - 46.0
• Maddie Edwards - 39.0

Service Aces

• Ruby Kelley - 26
• Natalie Adams - 22
• Jaiden Downey - 20

SCOUTING THE EAGLES...

• Southwestern Christian enters Tuesday's contest 3-17 overall with a 1-14 record in conference play.
• The Eagles come in on a nine game losing streak with eight of the nine losses coming in three sets. 
• Their last win came on Sept. 20 in five sets over Langston while the other two victories came in the non-conference over Harris-Stowe and Texas College. 
• Paige McGee leads the Eagles with 140 kills seeing her season-high of 16 come against Harris-Stowe back on Aug. 24.
• Leading SCU in assists is Faith DeSouza with a total of 278 on the year. Desouza has gone over 20 or more assists five times this season with her season-high coming against Langston on Sept. 20 with 31. 

SCU Leaders

Kills

• Paige McGee - 140
• Brianna DeVries - 97
• Alondra Esparza - 86

Digs

• Lotta Lischka - 218
• Faith DeSouza - 149
• Megan Graham - 101

Assists

• Faith DeSouza - 278
• Megan Graham - 161

Blocks

• Alondra Esparza - 26.0
• Paige McGee - 13.0
• Brianna DeVries - 11.0

Service Aces

• Brianna DeVries - 19
• Faith DeSouza - 18
• Lotta Lischka - 12

SERIES HISTORY vs SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN

Oklahoma City enters with an 11-game winning streak over the Eagles while holding a 22-1 record over SCU since 2013. Oklahoma City will look to sweep the season-series after beating Southwestern Christian back on Sept. 17 in Bethany. In the previous contest between the two teams, Maddie Edwards tallied eight kills setting a season-high while putting together a stunning .727 attack percentage going 8-for-11 while racking up a pair of blocks.

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