Skip To Main Content

Upcoming Events and Recent Results

Western Illinois University Athletics

Shiah Sanders
3
Winner Oral Roberts ORU 5-12 (2-3)
1
Western Illinois WIU 1-18 (0-6)
Winner
Oral Roberts ORU
5-12 (2-3)
3
Final
1
Western Illinois WIU
1-18 (0-6)
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Oral Roberts ORU 25 25 10 25 (3)
Western Illinois WIU 20 21 25 12 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Volleyball Stumbles Against Oral Roberts, 3-1

Patenaude led the team with 11 kills

MACOMB, Ill. – The Western Illinois volleyball team dropped a  3-1 contest against Oral Roberts on Sunday (Oct. 7) to fall 1-17 (0-6).

The Golden Eagles jumped out to take a quick 6-2 lead in the first set, but the Leathernecks pulled within two points (9-7) in the middle of the first game. Western Illinois went back-and-forth with Oral Roberts, but the Golden Eagles outlasted the Leathernecks 25-20 in the opening frame. In the second set, both teams battled early as the score was knotted at five after an Oral Roberts service error. After finding themselves down three points (16-13), Mariah Mitchell swung and scored to pull the Leathernecks within one point (19-18). ORU finished the set on 6-4 to take the game, 25-21.

Western Illinois came out of the intermission determined, and it showed after the Leathernecks took a commanding 9-1 lead to open the set. During the run, Shiah Sanders and Mackenzie Steckler recorded a pair of kills, while Melanie Patenaude, Emma Norris and Jaime Johnson all logged a kill. The third set was all Western's as the Leathernecks never slowed down, taking the third set, 25-10. Sanders and Steckler ended with four third set kills.

The Leathernecks fell in the fourth set 25-12, as Norris collected three kills in the final frame. Patenaude finished with 11 kills, while Sanders ended with 10. Johnson finished with 36 assists.

The Purple and Gold are back on the court on Oct. 12 against South Dakota State. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
 
Print Friendly Version