Oct. 12, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas - A five-match road winning streak was snapped for the No. 7 Missouri women's volleyball team Wednesday night, as the Tigers (12-2, 6-2) succumbed to their first sweep of the year, losing 28-30, 27-30, and 22-30 to No. 17 Texas. The Longhorns (12-2, 7-1) take over sole possession of second place in the Big 12, as they win their sixth-straight match. Shen Danru became Mizzou's all-time kill leader at Mizzou with six this match to take her to 1,484 overall in her career.
Sophomore Na Yang led the Tigers with 14 kills, and junior Nicole Wilson added 13. Tatum Ailes and Shen Danru led the team with 10 digs.
Mizzou recorded a hitting percentage of .211 in the match, their lowest of the season.
Mizzou was up 13-10 early in game one after a four-point run that put the Tigers in the driver's seat. A three-kill run by Na Yang over a four-point stretch, gave the Missouri a 16-13 advantage. Texas scored on six of the next eight points to tie at 19-19. The teams would trade ties to advance the score to 27 all. Mizzou would score on Shen Danru ace, but Texas answered with three straight points, ending on a double-block to take the game 30-28. Yang would score seven of Mizzou's 17 kills in the first frame. Mizzou outhit Texas .227-.200 in the game.
Solid hitting on both sides of the net was the story in game two. Texas would score on 22 kills in the second frame, hitting .409. Mizzou was strong at .359 hitting. Mizzou was the leader out of the gate once again, as Mizzou went up 6-3 on a Tiger triple-block. Mizzou was up 15-11 before Texas scored five-straight points to take their first lead of the frame at 16-15. Similar to game one, the teams tied several times, but at 27-27, once again Texas held strong. The Longhorns scored four-consecutive points, with three kills from Jen Christian to win 30-27.
In game three, the Tigers held the lead briefly at 3-2, but would never again in the 30-22 game loss. The Tigers made 11 hitting and three service errors, falling quickly to the continued, hard-hitting Longhorns. Texas would hit .333 in the frame to Mizzou's season-low game hitting total of .067.
The Tigers come home this upcoming weekend for a showing with Kansas in the first installment of the Missouri-Kansas Border Showdown presented by Midwest Ford Dealers. The homecoming-day match will take place Saturday at 6:30 p.m.