ROCHESTER, Mich. — Oakland (6-11, 1-5 HL) dropped 3-0 to IU Indy (9-10, 4-2 HL) on Saturday, falling 16-25, 22-25, 24-26. The Golden Grizzlies hit .240 with 35 kills, while the Jags finished at .374 with 52 kills. Oakland moved from a 9-7 deficit to a 12-10 lead in the second set, but the Jaguars went on to take the set 25-22.
Outside hitter
Liv Hosford led Oakland with 11 kills, hit .310 and added seven digs and two blocks. Outside hitter
Molly Reck recorded 10 kills on a .308 hitting percentage and collected a team-high nine digs, as middle blocker
Ellen Zapp added five kills, two service aces and one block while hitting .385. Running a 6-2 offense, setter
Delaney Stern finished with a team-leading 15 assists and five digs.
Oakland was within 15-12 after back-to-back kills by opposite hitter
Ella Schomer and Zapp, but the Jaguars followed with six straight points, including two Oakland attack errors and an ace, to move ahead 21-12. Earlier, Oakland opened the set with Hosford's kill from Stern before the Jaguars built a 6-2 advantage. Oakland kept finding responses through Hosford, Zapp and Schomer, with Hosford also joining on a block that made it 12-9. Hosford accounted for Oakland's final two kills, both assisted by setter
Morgin Parsley, before the Jaguars closed out the opening set 25-16.
Oakland's second-set push carried it to a 16-13 lead, but the Jaguars answered with six straight points to move ahead 19-16 and eventually took the set 25-22. Earlier, after the Jaguars led 9-6, Oakland responded with a Hosford kill, a Schomer-middle blocker
Kamsi Iweajunwa block and back-to-back Reck kills from Stern to go in front 10-9, then used a Jaguars attack error and an Oakland ace during libero
Kalli Cook's service turn for a 12-10 edge. Oakland added another stretch after falling behind 19-16, with Zapp and Hosford recording kills before a Zapp service ace tied the set at 19-19, and Hosford later answered for a 20-20 tie. The Jaguars scored three of the next four points, and although Reck's kill from Stern brought Oakland to 23-22, the Jaguars closed the set with the final two points.
Oakland took a 20-16 lead in the third set on Hosford's kill from Parsley, but the Jaguars scored five straight points to move ahead 21-20 and later closed out a 26-24 set. Earlier, Zapp opened Oakland's scoring with a kill from Stern and then teamed with Hosford on a block, while Reck added early kills and a service ace as Oakland built a 9-5 advantage. Reck's fourth kill of the set and a Zapp ace pushed Oakland to 16-10 before middle blocker
Lillian Frias and Hosford helped the Golden Grizzlies reach 20 points. After the Jaguars went ahead 21-20, Oakland answered with back-to-back points and later got kills from opposite hitter
Caroline Moore and Frias for 23-22 and 24-23 leads. The Jaguars tied the set at 24-24 and followed with two more kills to take the set, 26-24.
Back on the road, the Golden Grizzlies head to Robert Morris for a two-match series starting on Friday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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