Lubbock, Texas – The Texas Tech Red Raider volleyball team dropped its first match to Oral Roberts 1-3, then Arizona State 3-0, on Friday at United Supermarkets Arena.
In the first game, Tech held the Golden Eagles to just a .136 hitting clip, but failed to capitalize on that. Junior set Reese Rhodes She had herself a game after recording her fourth double-double with 43 assists and a career-high 16 digs. In the same match, libero Maddie Correa Posted in 14 diggers and first person Currie Marrusak Career total – top 11 diggers.
Only Maddie O’Brien Put in double-digit kills against ORU with 11, also posting two aces, four digs and a block. Madison Gilliland He led the team in blocks with a career-high five, followed by Rhodes with three and Brooke Kanas With three.
The second matchup was excellent as the Red Raiders swept Pac-12 foe, Arizona State. The team totaled 44 kills, 42 assists, seven aces and 51 digs in the match. Kenna Sauer She led the Red Raiders with 13 kills on the night and also picked up eight digs and a block. Reagan Cooper Nine slams followed on 17 hits (.529 hitting) and O’Brien led the charge at the service line with a career-high four aces.
Rhodes had another great match after collecting her fifth double-double with 34 assists and 14 digs. KJ Adams She also tallied double-digit digs with 11 and Correa recorded eight of her own. O’Brien led the team in blocks with four and Carrington Jones He had a .400 hitting clip on 15 hits.
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- Both Kenna Sauer (104) and Reese Rhodes (103) Today there are more than 100 diggers
- Rhodes added a career-high 800 hitting percentage against ASU with four kills on five attacks.
- Maddie O’Brien She’s had three straight games with multiple aces… So far she’s had 10 aces at the Red Raider Classic and tallied a career-high four aces in the Arizona State matchup.
- KJ Adams Posted a season-best 11 digs and two aces against the Sun Devils
- Reagan Cooper He had a 0high .529 hitting clip against Arizona State.
- Caitlin Duggan Collected season highs in kills (6), blocks (2) and digs (4) at Oral Roberts.
- Madison Gilliland He posted a career-high with a team-leading five blocks against ORU
- Currie Marrusak She recorded her first double-digit dig performance against the Golden Eagles with a career-high 11 digs.
- Page Muni He also collected a career-high seven digs in the match
- Brian Williams She tied her career high in kills with three for ORU.
- O’Brien had a total of 11 kills against ORU
- Rhodes had a career-high 16 digs in the same game
Quotes
Head coach Tony Greystone
Opening statement…
“Overall for the day, I have no excuses this afternoon. I gave the team a tough line-up. We were trying to rest some players, I was a little bit angry with what I was trying to do and it backfired on us. We were late. It was good to see us play against a good team, and that was a big win for us. “We looked like ourselves this evening, and I liked how we fought and performed. Overall, I think we’re back and we’re going to continue to be better. I think the win yesterday and tonight will make up for what happened this afternoon.”
Afternoon match to night match adjustment…
“It started from the side of the net. Against Oral Roberts, I felt like we were fighting ourselves … there was this cloud over us, and we couldn’t get out of it. We couldn’t get ourselves to where we wanted to be. With energy and talk, they had confidence, and we were playing uphill the whole way. It was. So, we need a hard reset. Just like we’ve gone through the warm-up and final words [Arizona State] The match started, I saw in their eyes that they were ready to play. They went over everything that happened this afternoon, and we were good to go.
Junior Outside Hitter, #18 Maddie O’Brien
Tonight’s performance…
“Honestly, I can’t do it without my teammates, you know? That’s what we’ve all been working on. It’s just trying to spread the ball, trying to give other players the ball, trying to create opportunities for our pinch-hitters. And for our midfielders, we obviously can’t do it without our defense. Our defense tonight. It made an impact and they were all over the place. Reese Rhodes He did an amazing job feeding the ball. I mean, I couldn’t have done it without them.
In tomorrow’s game…
I think our confidence is high. I think we found ourselves, so I think it feels good. I think we’re ready to play another one.
Next
Texas Tech has one more tournament match tomorrow against UTRGV at 2:30 pm USA.
