Hawkeyes Drop Weekend Finale to Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. — College of Iowa volleyball fell to Oklahoma, 3-0, Saturday afternoon on the McCasland Area Home within the Oklahoma Invitational. The Hawkeyes and Sooners each entered the day 2-0 on the weekend defeating Gonzaga and FIU.

Sophomore exterior hitter Toyosi Onabanjo led the Hawkeyes in kills (13) with an assault share of .476. Redshirt senior Lily Tessier registered 26 assists, whereas senior Mari Hinkle and sophomore Michelle Urquhart each tallied double-digit digs tallying 11 and 10, respectively. Iowa and Oklahoma blocked evenly within the match with 5 blocks a chunk.

HOW IT HAPPENED

SET 1 (OU, 25-18): Scoring went back-and-forth from the beginning. The Sooners pulled forward after 4 straight factors that compelled an Iowa timeout. The Hawkeyes got here again out robust and went on their very own 4-0 scoring run to take a 13-12 lead. Within the set, factors got here in bunches; OU then went on to attain 5 straight and take again the lead, 17-13. Iowa was in a position to get a couple of kills, however ultimately the Sooners pulled away to safe the set victory.

SET 2 (OU, 25-21): The Hawkeyes and Sooners have been neck-to-neck from the beginning with a number of lead modifications by way of the opening of the set. The Sooners went on a 4-0 scoring run to tug away with a 9-6 lead. Well timed kills from the Hawkeyes stored them alive, however Oklahoma’s defensive play highlighted by some key blocks didn’t enable Iowa to get again within the set.

SET 3 (OU, 25-21): Iowa began the set robust with back-to-back kills. The Sooners then went on a run of seven-straight factors to take a 9-3 lead. Halfway by way of the set Oklahoma had a 17-11 lead and Iowa took a timeout. Iowa chipped away however have been by no means in a position to get in entrance. The Hawkeyes got here again, closing the rating, 23-21 OU, however the Sooners by no means relinquished the lead. Oklahoma secured the set and the match on a service error by Iowa.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH JIM BARNES

“It’s disappointing for our crew. We have been excited to play Oklahoma, and we simply didn’t persistently play aggressive. We had a great serving recreation, however we have been tentative which shocked me. I assumed we’d come out too aggressive, however we have been a bit of tentative. Oklahoma performed actually aggressive and we weren’t in a position to flip it on them. We realized rather a lot although; after we play aggressive, we will match up with anybody. We are going to be taught from that lesson. Two and one on the weekend, and we’ll be taught from all three matches.”

NOTABLES

• Toyosi Onabanjo and Delaney McSweeney have been named to the Oklahoma Invitational All-Event Staff.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes journey to Boulder, Colorado, for the PAC-12/Large Ten Problem the place they are going to face Washington at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday and Colorado at 2:30 p.m. CT on Sunday inside CU Occasions Heart. Each matches shall be streamed on PAC-12 Plus.