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Tulsa
SMU
Volleyball Falls to SMU, 3-1
10/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 5, 2011
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Box Score 
TULSA, Okla. - The Tulsa Golden Hurricane volleyball squad fell to the SMU Mustangs 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 18-25, 23-25) in a Conference USA match Wednesday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
The loss snaps a 26-match winning streak overall in conference play, and a 21-match home winning streak in conference for the Golden Hurricane (13-5, 4-1 C-USA). SMU improved to 6-11 overall and 2-3 in league play.
Tyler Henderson led TU with 20 kills, while Diana Silva added a double-double with 14 kills and 18 digs. Jordan Clampitt also had a double-double with 26 assists and 12 digs, while Bailey Clampitt added 26 assists and seven digs.
Carly Boatwright hit .455 with six kills, and Kellie Culbertson added eight kills and nine digs. Kelsey Hancock tallied 11 kills.
"I felt like SMU came in here and wanted it more than we did, and played that way," Tulsa Head Coach Steven McRoberts said. "They had lost their first three conference matches, came back and beat Houston, and I think they know their margin for error is little to none, and they played with a sense of urgency. We just didn't come in and match their intensity on that. We're going to have to get better and we're going to have to mature as a team. We're going to come back at practice tomorrow and have a good hard practice in order to get ready for Southern Miss this weekend. We have to get over this, get ready for the next match and get better."
Tulsa hit .181 as a team (62-31-171) with 62 kills, 57 assists, six service aces, 73 digs and 6.0 blocks. SMU hit .221 (44-14-136) with 44 kills, 42 assists, four aces, 68 digs and 15.0 blocks.
The Golden Hurricane jumped out to an early 6-3 lead in the first set, then the Mustangs rallied and continued their momentum to a 25-19 win of the first set. Henderson led TU with four kills, while Jordan Clampitt had seven assists and Diana Silva added nine digs. Jessica Adams had two service aces in the set. SMU was led by Caroline Young with four kills in the first set, while Kelli Becerra had five assists.
The second set was a back-and-forth affair, until the Golden Hurricane rallied to take a 16-12 advantage. Kelsey Hancock hit one of her four kills in the set to give TU a 20-14 lead when SMU called timeout to stem momentum. TU continued their stellar play in the set, winning 25-15 to tie the match up at one set apiece. Tyler Henderson had seven kills, while Jordan Clampitt and Bailey Clampitt each had eight assists to aid in winning the set. The Mustangs were led by Caroline Young with four kills, while Kelli Becerra added five assists.
The Mustangs built as much as a 19-12 lead before winning the third set 25-18. Young, Savannah Myklebust, Courtney Manning, and Jessica Oliver each had two kills for SMU, while Dana Powell added six digs. Defensively, the Mustangs had 10 blocks in the set compared to TU's two. Henderson and Hancock each had four kills for TU, while Bailey Clampitt added eight assists.
The fourth set was close throughout, with TU holding a slim lead at 22-21. SMU rallied to take a 25-23 edge in the set to finish off the match.
The Mustangs were led by Becerra with 26 assists and nine digs, while Dana Powell had a double-double with 18 digs and 12 kills.
The Golden Hurricane returns to the court Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, against Southern Miss. Both matches start at 1 p.m.
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SMU def. Tulsa 25-19,15-25,25-18,25-23SMU (6-11, 2-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - OLIVER,Jessica 13-0-4; POWELL,Dana 12-2-2; YOUNG,Caroline 7-0-4; MANNING,Courtney 7-1-9; MYKLEBUST,Savannah 2-1-3; KOCH,Kendrick 1-0-0; BECERRA,Kelli 1-0-0; DALY,Caroline 1-0-6; Totals 44-4-15.0. (Assists) - BECERRA,Kelli 26; KOCH,Kendrick 11. (Dig leaders) - POWELL,Dana 18; STEWART,Sidney 14; BECERRA,Kelli 9
Tulsa (13-5, 4-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Henderson, Tyler 20-0-4; Silva, Diana 14-0-0; Hancock, Kelsey 11-0-0; Culbertson, Kellie 8-0-0; Boatwright, Carly 6-0-1; Gobbo, Miriele 2-0-3; Clampitt, Jordan 1-1-0; TEAM 0-1-0; Clampitt, Bailey 0-1-0; Adams, Jessica 0-3-0; Totals 62-6-6.0. (Assists) - Clampitt, Jordan 26; Clampitt, Bailey 26. (Dig leaders) - Adams, Jessica 21; Silva, Diana 18; Clampitt, Jordan 12; Culbertson, Kellie 9
Site: Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center) Date: Oct 05, 2011 Attend: 250 Time: 1:59 Referees: Steve Thomas, Dave Juergens
