SWOSU Unable to Weather Savage Storm

September 15, 2006

Weatherford, OK - Southwestern Oklahoma State put forth a spirited effort but were unable to slow down a red-hot Southeastern Oklahoma State volleyball team, losing by scores of 30-26, 30-23, 30-27 Thursday in Weatherford.

The Bulldogs, now 4-11 on the year and 0-1 in the Lone Star Conference North Division, battled the Savage Storm on even terms for two of the three games but misfired down the stretch in both. SOSU improved to 9-6 and 1-1 in league play with the win.

SWOSU’s next game will be Saturday at home against LSC North rival Texas A&M-Commerce. The match is set to begin at 2 p.m.

In the first game, SWOSU squared it at 22-all on a service ace by Amanda Ortega (Sr., Amarillo, Texas) SOSU then regrouped and outscored the Bulldogs 8-4 during the game’s remainder for the victory.

The final game was the best of the match as both teams traded leads throughout the contest. Ashley Pettit’s (So., Sulphur Bluff, Texas) kill tied the game at 27 before three successive errors by SWOSU, one a service error and two attack errors ended the match at 30-27.

Tennesee Brown (Jr., Peaster, Texas) and squad newcomer Amber Coles (Jr., Oklahoma City) were the top offensive producers for the Bulldogs. Brown had 14 kills on 25 attacks with only two errors for a nifty .480 attack percentage. Coles had her best game of the season at the net totaling 11 kills in 23 attacks against seven errors.

As a team, SWOSU had a respectable attack percentage of .147 but was bettered by the Savage Storm’s .323. Olivia Franceskini, an international player from Croatia for SOSU, led all players with 17 kills. Teammate Jennifer Landry added 15 for the Savage Storm.