
Tigers Take Four-Game Win Over Red Raiders
11/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 6, 2004
LUBBOCK, Texas-- - The Mizzou volleyball team won its fifth in a row over Texas Tech, with a 3-1 (27-30, 30-21, 30-26, 30-28) win on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. The Tigers have won seven of their last eight matches against the Red Raiders.
Mizzou improves to 15-6 on the season and 10-4 in the Big 12 Conference, while Tech falls to 8-13 overall and 4-11 in the conference.
Jessica Vander Kooi led Mizzou with 20 kills on the night, along with 12 digs for her team-leading 16th double-double of the year. Tatum Ailes had 20 digs to lead MU defensively.
Shen Danru had 14 kills and nine digs for Missouri. With the nine digs, she moves into seventh place on the career digs list at Mizzou. She has 979 for her career and needs just 17 more to move into sixth place.
Tied at 27 in the opening game, Texas Tech scored the final three points of the game to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Lisa Boyd hit .500 with six kills in the first game but as a team, Mizzou hit just .205, while the Red Raiders had a .356 hittting percentage.
Missouri trailed in game two 15-14, before put together a 9-0 run to take a 23-15 lead. The Tigers scored 16 of the final 22 points of game two to take a 30-21 win and even the match at one game a piece at the intermission. MU improved its hitting percentage to .333, while holding the Red Raiders to just a .064 percentage.
The Tigers took control of the third game early on in the game, leading by as much as six at 19-13. Texas Tech made several attempts at a rally, but each time MU was able to put an end to the run and taking a 30-26 win and a 2-1 advantage in the match.
Game four was close from stat to finish, with Mizzou scoring the final three points of the game to close out the match with a 30-28 game-four win.
With their win, combined with Kansas State's loss to Nebraska on Saturday, the Tigers are now alone in fourth place in the Big 12 Conference with six matches left in the regular season.
On Wednesday, the Tigers will travel to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State at 7 p.m. in the Hilton Coliseum. Earlier this season, Mizzou picked up a 3-0 sweep of the Cyclones and has won 15 straight over ISU. The next home action for MU will be on Sunday, Nov. 14, when it will host Texas at 1 p.m.