No. 19 Volleyball Wins Fifth-Straight, Sweeps Tech

Saturday, September 30

Lubbock, Texas

7:00PM

University of Missouri

Texas Tech

9/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball

Sept. 30, 2006

Box Score

LUBBOCK, Texas--The 19th-ranked Missouri volleyball team (11-4, 5-1) won their fifth-consecutive match, sweeping Texas Tech (8-7, 1-5) on Saturday evening in Lubbock, 30-26, 30-20, 30-24. Mizzou won their eighth-straight over the Red Raiders and their eighth-straight over teams from Texas. Mizzou was led in scoring by senior Jessica Vander Kooi who scored on 13 kills, adding two blocks and eight digs.

Freshman Lei Wang (Shanghai, China) dished a three-game match season-high of 44 assists, pacing a Tiger offence that hit .291 on the evening and over .340 in games one and two.

Na Yang and Nicole Wilson both added 11 kills each. Tatum Ailes led Mizzou with 11 digs. Wilson also led the team with four blocks.

In game one, neither team really gained much footing on each other as sideouts ruled the scoring early. Mizzou was able to gain a four-point advantage at 16-12 after a 4-1 run started by back-to-back Nicole Wilson kills. Tech would score 7 of the next 10 to tie at 19. A Yang kill and solo block in consecutive points gave the Tigers a two-point cushion that they would contain. A three-point streak capped by an Abbie Booth ace made the margin four once again at 28-24. Wilson closed the book on the frame with one of her seven kills in the stanza. A heavily offensive frame, Mizzou outhit Tech .342-.306 in the game.

The game two score of 30-20 was actually closer than the frame actually produced. Mizzou was up early, leading at 10-3 and later led 16-6 and then 23-9 after scoring seven of eight off Tatum Ailes and Abbie Booth serving. The Tigers once again was efficient offensively, grabbing a .367 hitting percentage while holding Tech to .128. Vander Kooi scored six kills in the frame for Mizzou.

The Tigers gained control of game three early, running up a 22-10 lead, never allowing a consecutive point to Tech up to that point. Tech went on an 8-1 run to close within five at 23-18 and give Mizzou a scare. But, the Tigers would go on to score on seven of the next 12 rallies to take the game and the match.

Mizzou will play Kansas at home on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the year's first event of the Mizzou-Kansas Border Showdown presented by Midwest Ford Dealers. Fans will receive $3 off a regular-priced ticket on Black & Gold Night when wearing the Tigers' colors.

SATURDAY IN THE BIG 12

No. 19 Missouri def. TEXAS TECH, 30-26, 30-20, 30-24

No. 1 Nebraska def. BAYLOR, 30-32, 30-18, 30-21, 30-24

Kansas State lost to No. 8 TEXAS, 30-28, 30-25, 26-30, 16-30, 10-15

Iowa State def. KANSAS, 30-28, 30-22, 30-24

Oklahoma def. COLORADO, 22-30, 30-18, 30-21, 22-30, 15-6

Texas A&M, idle

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