The No. 18 Oklahoma volleyball team took its talents to South Beach this weekend and came away from the Miami (Fla.) Hurricane Invitational with a 2-1 record in the tournament.
The Sooners routed Florida A&M on Friday and made quick work of Auburn on Saturday morning but dropped their last game to host Miami on Saturday night.
Seniors Brianne Barker and Suzy Boulavsky were named to the all-tournament team for their play over the weekend. Barker averaged 10 assists and 2.67 digs per set for the tournament, and Boulavsky led the Sooners with 3.1 kills per set and hit .312 over the weekend.
The tournament started well for the Sooners as they made quick work of Florida A&M, sweeping the Rattlers, 3-0 (-11, -12, -12), in just an hour and five minutes.
The Sooners hit .449 for the match, their highest percentage in the rally-scoring era, while holding the Rattlers to a .036 hitting percentage.
Senior Caitlin Higgins led the OU attack with a double-double, tallying 10 kills and 10 digs. OU committed just five attack errors in the match.
Saturday morning looked very similar to Friday night. Oklahoma swept the Auburn Tigers, 3-0 (-19, -16, -16), in a match that lasted only slightly longer than the match against Florida A&M at one hour and 15 minutes.
OU hit .347 as a team and held the Tigers to a .124 hitting percentage, and Boulavsky led the offense with 11 kills. Junior María Fernanda had 25 digs, her highest total this season.
But the Sooners hit a wall against Miami on Saturday night. Oklahoma took the first set, 25-17, but the Hurricanes stepped up their defense and took the next three sets to win the match, 3-1 (17-25, -17, 26-24, -19).
The Hurricanes had 90 digs to OU’s 78 and hit .278 to OU’s .241. Boulavsky led the Sooners with 15 kills, and sophomore Sallie McLaurin had 13. Fernanda had 28 digs in the match.
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