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Purdue Fort Wayne
Oral Roberts
IPFW Tops Oral Roberts in Halloween Sweep
10/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 31, 2008
Fort Wayne, IN – In front of a raucous Halloween night crowd, and for the first time in five total meetings, the IPFW Mastodons (13-11, 8-3 Summit League) were victorious over the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (16-7, 9-2 Summit), sweeping the second-place Summit League team 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-22).
The win also improves IPFW to 5-0 on Halloween matches since 1997: 3-0 over Indianapolis in 1997, 3-1 over SIU-Edwardsville in 1998, 3-0 over Chicago State in 2003, and 3-0 over Wright State in 2006.
IPFW was led by senior Jessica Miller, who had a match-high 13 kills, while Rebekah Roehm added nine and Ashley Dillon chipped in seven. Jessica Dominiak dished out 24 assists, with Shannon Reuter putting up 12, as Roehm also had a match-high two service aces. Jamie Schwartz dug up 20 kill attempts to pace the two squads, with Dillon (15) and Roehm (10) also finishing in double figures. As a team, IPFW totaled 13 blocks, and was led in the category by senior Kylee Hervey with seven, while Ashley Dillon added six.
ORU came out firing on all cylinders in the contest, scoring the first three points, and five of the first six, jumping out to a 5-1 lead early in the opening frame. IPFW fought back, using a 3-0 run to close to within one at 6-5, and later a 4-0 run to take an 11-9 advantage, forcing a Golden Eagle timeout. After the break, Oral Roberts closed back and tied the set at 12 before IPFW scored three of the next four points to lead 16-13. A 3-0 Golden Eagle streak knotted the set at 16 before IPFW ran off runs of 3-0 and 2-0 to push ahead 21-17. The teams traded sideouts before the ‘Dons closed the frame on a 2-0 run, scoring the final points on a Dillon/Parker combo block.
The opening of the second set was a back-and-forth affair, with the largest run by either team being a 2-0 streak, until the Golden Eagles, trailing 12-10, ran off three straight points to take a 13-12 lead, their first lead since 1-0, forcing an IPFW timeout. After a pair of sideouts, IPFW responded with a 2-0 run, and then a subsequent 3-0 run, with all three of the points in the latter of the runs coming via block. Oral Roberts used a pair of 2-0 runs, sandwiched by a Miller kill, to tie the set at 20 apiece. IPFW used a timeout to regroup, and pulled back onto the court to the tune of a 3-0 pushing ahead 23-20. A 3-1 run by the Golden Eagles cut the deficit to one at 24-23, before Maya Schlindwein ended the frame with a powerful kill, giving IPFW a 2-0 advantage following the 25-23 second-set victory.
After a rousing halftime speech, Oral Roberts came out firing to start the third set, scoring the first three points before IPFW shook it off and scored six straight of their own, putting up a 6-3 lead, forcing the Golden Eagles into their first timeout of the frame. ORU fought back, tying the set at seven and nine, before the ‘Dons answered the call at 9-9, scoring five straight points to push ahead 14-9. Three straight Oral Roberts points cut the deficit to 14-12, before IPFW scored four of the next six points to lead 18-14. Oral Roberts closed the gap to two at 19-17, before IPFW scored three straight to push ahead 22-17. The Golden Eagles would not give up easily, twice closing the gap to just a pair of points before the ‘Dons ended the match with a Hervey kill, giving IPFW the 25-22 third-set victory.
Oral Roberts had two players finish with double-figure kills, Danijela Novakovic and Janete Ferreira, who each had 10, while Joanita Souza finished one off with nine. Juliane Vieira dished out 24 assists, while Thais Parada had 13. Four Golden Eagles, Carol Garbato (13), Serena Cate (11), Vieira (11) and Ferreira (11) had double-figure digs, while Souza led the team with four blocks, all assisted.
IPFW takes back to the court on Saturday, November 1, with another conference match against Centenary, who fell 3-0 at Oakland tonight, with first-serve set for 7:00 PM.
~Dons~
