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Daytona Dooley
3
Winner Oral Roberts ORU 8-21,5-12 Summit League
0
Western Ill. WIU 4-25,0-17 Summit League
Winner
Oral Roberts ORU
8-21,5-12 Summit League
3
Final
0
Western Ill. WIU
4-25,0-17 Summit League
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Oral Roberts ORU 25 25 25 (3)
Western Ill. WIU 20 12 18 (0)

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

WIU Falls at Home

WIU swept by ORU

MACOMB, Ill – Western Illinois fell at home in three sets (20-25, 12-25, 18-25) to the visiting Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts. The Leathernecks fall to 4-25 overall and 0-17 in conference play.

SET 1
Oral Roberts jumped to an early 4-0 lead in set one. Brittany Wulf would have a response as she would get three straight kills to bring WIU within one. ORU countered the WIU 3-0 run with a 4-1 run for themselves. Brittany Wulf would end the run with her fourth kill in the set. The Leathernecks would then get a kill by freshman Elizabeth Ziegler and a service ace by Wulf. A ball-handling error by ORU would tie the match at eight. Grace Kremer would tie the match at 12 as she would get a kill. WIU would use that momentum to take its first lead heading into the media timeout. Out of the timeout, ORU would use an 8-1 run to gain control of the first set. WIU would try to fight back with a Ziegler kill and a Julianna Schmidt ace making it 22-19. ORU would end up taking the first set 25-20

SET 2
Once again, Oral Roberts would jump out in front early. The Golden Eagles would hold a 5-0 advantage before a couple of attack errors, and a Karli Wenzel ace would bring WIU within two (5-3). ORU would push their advantage to six early in the first set (12-6) before Hailey Sperling would get a kill to bring them within five. Sperling would trade kills with ORU making it 13-8 midway through the second set. After the media timeout, WIU would find Grace Kremer for a kill. The Leathernecks, down by six, would see ORU go on a 4-1 run to pull ahead 19-10. Oral Roberts would close out the set 25-12

SET 3
WIU would get out in front first in set three. Two Brittany Wulf kills helped WIU get in the driver's seat up 3-1. ORU responded with a 3-1 run tying the match at four. Both teams would stay competitive, having the match tied at five, six, seven, eight, and ten. WIU would use Schmidt, and Aubrey Putman kills to go back in front 13-10. A 6-0 run by the Golden Eagles would force WIU into a timeout. WIU could not get any closer than five points as ORU took the final set 25-18.

Elizabeth Ziegler and Brittany Wulf led WIU in kills with seven. Hailey Sperling followed up her double-double at St. Thomas with five kills and 12 digs. Karli Wenzel had 13 digs to lead WIU. Seniors Gabby DePersio and Jessie Connell dished out double-digit assists, with Depersio finishing with 12 and Connell ten. WIU had two total blocks as a team. WIU also finished with three service aces.

Western Illinois will finish its regular season on Saturday (Nov. 19), taking on the Roos of Kansas City inside Western Hall. WIU will honor its three seniors, Gabby DePersio, Jessie Connell, and Aubrey Putman, after the match.
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