Purdue Fort Wayne
Oral Roberts
Mastodons Fall in Four to Golden Eagles
11/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 3, 2007
Fort Wayne, IN - The Mastodons hosted the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts on Saturday night in the Gates Center. The 'Dons and ORU went into the match tied for the top of the Summit League rankings, and the Golden Eagles left the match with the win, 3-1.
The Golden Eagles defeated the Mastodons, 30-27, 25-30, 30-28, 30-28.
Game one was a back-and-forth battle at the start, with the teams trading points until seven all. Then the Golden Eagles went ahead by three, 10-7. The Mastodons would take it within one at 13-12, but ORU moved ahead once again, 20-16. IPFW would make a late run, coming within two at 26-24 but the Golden Eagles proved victorious, 30-27.
Oral Roberts would start game two off with a 7-4 lead. The 'Dons spent much of the game behind until they tied the game up at 15. They traded some points before IPFW would get a two point advantage at 22-20. The 'Dons would hold the Golden Eagles from there, 30-25.
The Golden Eagles again started off a game with the advantage. In game three, they would go ahead by four, 5-1, before the 'Dons would tie the match at five. Points were traded, and IPFW would take a two point advantage at 15-13. The 'Dons would continue to hold an advantage at 20-18. The Golden Eagles would continue to be one point behind until they tied the match at 26 all. Two attack errors by the 'Dons would give Oral Roberts the game, 30-28.
The Mastodons took a 4-0 lead to start game four. The Golden Eagles would rally back, tying the match at 5 all. It would be a game of ties, with the final one coming at 21 all. Oral Roberts would go ahead by one, and continue to hold a slight lead to take the game and match, 30-28.
The Mastodons had four ladies with 14 kills. Rebekah Roehm added 12 digs to her 14 kills for a double-double. She also had two service aces and four block assists.
Cynara Martins also had a double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs. Mayara Schlindwein and Jessica Miller each had 14 kills.
Jessica Dominiak dished out 56 assists while Peachy Jankowski had 21 digs. Jamie Schwartz dug 15 balls in the four game match.
Taryn Parker led the 'Dons on the block with seven total blocks. She had three solos and four assists. Parker matched her personal best in solo and total blocks.
The Golden Eagles were led by Jackie Oliveira with 22 kills and 24 digs. Carol Garbato had 20 digs and Juliane Vieira had 35 assists.
The Mastodons (17-10, 10-4 Summit League) will have a week to prepare for the Western Illinois Westerwinds on Friday, November 9th. Start time is 7 PM at the Gates Center.
IPFW will host the Summit League Women's Volleyball Championship on November 16th and 17th. The top four teams of the Summit League will face off starting at 5 PM on the 16th. All matches are at the Gates Center.
~Dons~
