OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City volleyball team bounced back on Saturday after a loss to MACU the night before as the Stars handle the Drovers with ease by taking the match in three.

Oklahoma City 3, Science & Arts 0

Set 1: 25-15
Set 2: 25-16
Set 3: 25-13

STAR OF THE SHOW: Grace Smallwood tabbed her fourth double-double of the season as the Stars freshman from Oklahoma City carried game-highs in kills with 14 and in digs with 11.

THE RUNDOWN 

Set 1
Ruby Kelley opened up the Stars scoring with two kills during a 5-1 run to open the match for OCU. The Stars went on to extend its lead by scoring six straight points during a 7-1 run that included a Kelley ace as well as kills by Grace Smallwood and Emma Nickerson. Continuing a set of runs, Oklahoma City clinched set point after a 6-1 run as Kelley and Smallwood carried on their dominance to take a 24-11 lead. The Drovers would not go down easily scoring four points in a row before an attack error that gave Oklahoma City a 25-15 win in the first set. 

Set 2
The home squad opened up in the second set on fire scoring six points in a row right out of the gate as Kelley supplied four kills during that stretch while Erin Mack finished it off to make it 6-0. Science & Arts could only bring their deficit to as little as four points before Oklahoma City took off once again putting together an 8-1 run as Rylee Steward jumped into the mix with a kill of her to give OCU its biggest lead at 19-7. Like the first set, the Drovers did not go away easily having a 5-1 run go in their direction. However, the hole was to deep to climb out of as Smallwood provided the final two kills for Oklahoma City to earn a 25-16 victory in set two.

Set 3
After USAO jumped out 1-0 it was the Stars who grabbed the lead for good by rattling off four straight point behind kills from Nickerson, Steward and Mack. Science & Arts only scored back-to-back points twice in the third set as Oklahoma City took advantage by having three different stretches of scoring four in a row as the freshman Smallwood collected five kills in the third set helping her team grow a double-digit lead just before Joeci Hunt delivered an ace to put the Stars up 22-10. Maddie Edwards gave the Stars match point with a kill of her own which followed with a match-ending block by Rylee Steward and Marina Kalajdzic to capture a 25-13 win.

Game Notes

• With the win, Kristen Coventon moves to 101-54 at Oklahoma City and 187-138 all-time.
• After seeing its five-game winning streak come to an end on Friday, Oklahoma City bounces back with its fourth straight sweep over the Drovers. 
• Oklahoma City moves to 7-8 on the season and 7-2 in conference play.
• OCU tallied its second-most assists in a three-set match with 39 total with the help of Natalie Adams and Jaiden Downey combining for 36 of those.
• Ruby Kelley tallied double-digit kills for the seventh time in nine games with 13 while leading the match with three aces which ties a season-high.
• Natalie Adams led the day with 20 assists making it the seventh time this season Adams has gone for 20 or more in a single match.
• Jaiden Downey continued to play a big part notching 16 assists which ties for the most she has had in a three-set match while making it the 10th straight contest with double-digit assists.
• Riley Winkler set a new season-high with nine digs surpassing her previous total of eight set on Sept. 20 against Central Christian.
• With the win, Oklahoma City moves to 15-0 against the Drovers dating back to 2016 as Saturday was the 14th time in 15 meetings that OCU has swept USAO.

Up Next
Oklahoma City will head down south next weekend to Texas where the Stars will take on Nelson in Waxahachie on Friday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 PM.

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