Oklahoma Comes Back to Down Bulldogs, 3-2

Friday, October 18

Athens, Ga.

7 p.m.

University of Georgia

8-8,2-4SEC

Oklahoma

8-6,2-4SEC

Oklahoma

Georgia

October 18, 2024 | Volleyball

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Volleyball | vs. Oklahoma | L, 2-3
Set scores: 25-19, 29-27, 17-25, 19-25, 11-15
Season Record: 8-8, 2-4

Oklahoma Comes Back to Down Bulldogs, 3-2

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia volleyball team dropped a five-set decision to the Oklahoma Sooners on Friday at Stegeman Coliseum (25-19, 29-27, 17-25, 19-25, 11-15). Georgia held a 2-0 lead in the match, but Oklahoma stormed back to win the match in the first SEC meeting of the two teams.

Fast Facts

Bianna Muoneke (12 kills, 11 digs) and Erykah Lovett (15 kills, 12 digs) each recorded a double-double. It was the fifth double-double for each of them.
Sophie Fischer also topped the double-digit kill mark with 11.
Bailey Cox led the team with 15 digs while Fischer led with five blocks.
Estelle Haugen tallied a season-best five service aces. Georgia had nine as a team.
Freshman MK Patten had a season-best eight kills.

Key Quotes
Head Coach Tom Black
On what the difference was between the first two sets and the last three…
"I thought we were playing really clean volleyball in the first two sets and making the simple plays, and then in a tale of two matches we ended up obviously on the bottom."

On Estelle Haugen's performance today…
"Este came out big with the serves and it put a lot of pressure on them."

Up Next
Georgia travels to Austin, Texas for a meeting with No. 7 Texas on Sunday. The Bulldogs and Longhorns will begin at 2 p.m., ET, streaming live on SEC Network+.