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\n at\u00a0Cleveland State
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<\/p>\n MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 Oakland (8-12, 3-5 Horizon) defeated Robert Morris (3-16, 1-7 Horizon), 3-1, Saturday afternoon at UPMC Events Center, taking the sets 25-19, 21-25, 25-23 and 25-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n After the teams split the first two sets, the Golden Grizzlies won five of six rallies in the third to move from a 7-7 tie to a 12-8 lead and won the set 25-23. Oakland finished with 57 kills, seven aces and 101 digs, while RMU hit .147 for the match.<\/p>\n Outside hitter Liv Hosford<\/a> scored 18 points with 18 kills and added 17 digs. Setter Delaney Stern<\/a> finished with 48 assists, 17 digs and two service aces. Libero Kalli Cook<\/a> collected 23 digs and served three aces. Outside hitter Molly Reck<\/a> added 14 kills and 16 digs.<\/p>\n SET ONE: OAKLAND, 25-19 Earlier, Oakland traded points through the opening stretch, with middle blockers Ellen Zapp<\/a> and Lillian Frias<\/a> finishing kills off assists from Stern to keep the set level at 3-3, 4-4 and 5-5. After the Colonials cut into the margin at 11-9, Oakland answered with kills from Hosford, outside hitter Olivia Rust<\/a>, Reck and Frias, plus a Zapp ace, to keep separation through the middle of the set.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hosford added three more kills after Oakland led 19-14, and Zapp closed the set with a kill from Stern after RMU scored four straight late points, giving Oakland a 25-19 win.<\/p>\n SET TWO: ROBERT MORRIS, 25-21 Earlier, RMU built a 13-4 lead as Oakland’s early points came from two service errors and kills by Reck. Oakland worked back with kills from Frias, Hosford and Zapp, a Stern service ace and a block by Zapp and Rust. Cook’s ace made it 19-16.\u00a0<\/p>\n After the Colonials moved ahead 23-18, Reck added another kill, defensive specialist Kate Vrabel<\/a> served an ace, and Oakland benefited from a ball-handling error to close the gap before the late finish.<\/p>\n SET THREE: OAKLAND, 25-23 Earlier, RMU had scored four straight to move ahead 7-6, but Frias tied it with a kill, and Oakland quickly recovered from a service error to begin its mid-set push. Oakland maintained the edge with later kills from Rust, Frias, Hosford and Zapp.\u00a0<\/p>\n After the Colonials closed to 20-19, Hosford’s kill and an RMU attack error moved Oakland to a 22-19 lead. Kills from Zapp and Reck brought Oakland to set point at 24-20, and although RMU won the next three rallies, Oakland finished the set, 25-23, on an RMU attack error.<\/p>\n SET FOUR: OAKLAND, 25-19 After the Colonials closed to 10-8, Hosford delivered another kill, Rust and Zapp were credited on consecutive blocks, and an RMU attack error moved Oakland ahead 14-8. Oakland continued to side out behind kills from Rust, Reck and Frias, and Frias put down back-to-back kills that moved the score to 20-13.\u00a0<\/p>\n RMU made a late push to 23-18, but a service error gave Oakland its next point and Rust finished the set from Stern for a 25-19 win.<\/p>\n UP NEXT How to Follow Oakland Volleyball: For complete information on Oakland Volleyball, follow the team on X at @OaklandWVB<\/a> and head coach Krista Rice<\/a> at @KKg1007<\/a>. The team is also on Instagram<\/a>.
\nOakland broke open the first set after trailing 6-5, winning the next six points to move in front 11-6 behind a Hosford kill, a Cook service ace, kills from Reck and Hosford, and an RMU attack error.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nOakland cut a nine-point deficit to two late in the second set, getting within 23-21 before the Colonials scored the final two points to take the set 25-21.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nOakland created the separation it needed in the third set by turning a 7-7 tie into a 12-8 lead, winning five of six rallies and scoring four straight points on Cook’s serve with kills from Hosford and Zapp and a Cook ace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nOakland turned a 5-4 deficit into a 9-6 lead in the fourth set, with Hosford recording three kills and Stern adding a kill during the early push.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Golden Grizzlies travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to face Cleveland State on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
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