{"id":412424,"date":"2026-09-28T01:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412424\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:42:09","slug":"no-8-gators-sweep-oklahoma-in-sec-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412424\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 8 Gators Sweep Oklahoma in SEC Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORMAN, Okla. \u2013 No. 8 Florida volleyball opened Southeastern Conference play with a sweep of Oklahoma, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19), inside McCasland Field House, extending their win streak to seven.
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\nThe Gators (10-1, 1-0 SEC) turned in their second-best offensive effort of the season, posting 48 kills on a .406 hitting percentage. Kamryn Chaney’s<\/a> 15 kills paced Florida, while Alec Rothe<\/a> and Logan King<\/a> added 12 and 11, respectively. Taylor Parks<\/a> ran the offense with 35 assists and three kills, helping UF finish with 46 assists as a team. The Gators out-hit Oklahoma (7-3, 0-1 SEC) in kills (48-35), assists (46-32) and hitting efficiency (.406-.174).
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\nDefensively, the Orange & Blue registered eight total team blocks, led by six from King and five from Rothe. Lily Hayes<\/a> anchored the back row with 12 digs, while Parks and Bella Lee<\/a> added nine and eight, respectively. The Sooners recorded 36 digs and two team blocks, both well under UF’s 45 and eight.
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\nAlaleh Tolliver led the Sooners with nine kills and three digs, while Tekoa Barnes added six kills and 12 digs.
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\nSet One – UF 25, Oklahoma 21<\/p>\n


\n\tNeither team was able to gain an edge of more than two points through the majority of the opening frame. Florida took its first three-point lead of the match following Chaney and Rothe kills to give the Gators a 20-17 advantage.
\n\tConsecutive blocks from King and Rothe put the Orange & Blue in front, 23-18, en route to the 25-21 set victory.
\n\tThe first set featured 14 ties and seven lead changes before UF pulled away.
\n\tRothe and Chaney combined for nine of Florida’s 15 kills at five and four, respectively, while the Gators hit .481.
\n\tFlorida tallied five total team blocks, led by four from King, helping hold Oklahoma to a .111 hitting percentage. <\/p>\n

Set Two – UF 25, Oklahoma 22<\/p>\n


\n\tFacing a 13-9 deficit, the Gators rattled off four straight points to even the match before taking the lead going into the media timeout, 15-14, off a King kill. \u00a0
\n\tThe Sooners evened the set late at 19-19, but an OU attack error and two kills from Chaney put the Gators in front, 22-19.
\n\tAfter Oklahoma responded by closing the gap to one, Chaney slammed the door on the comeback attempt with her 10th kill, helping UF to a 25-22 set-two win.
\n\tLee led the defensive effort with six digs, while Florida recorded 19 as a team.
\n\tChaney’s six kills paced the offense, while Parks assisted on 13 of UF’s 15 kills. <\/p>\n

Set Three – UF 25, Oklahoma 19<\/p>\n


\n\tWith the score knotted at seven, a pair of Chaney kills and a Rothe kill opened up a 10-7 edge for UF.
\n\tA 3-0 spurt pushed the Florida lead to five at 14-9, capped by Chaney’s first service ace of the season.
\n\tThe Florida lead swelled to as many as eight on four occasions, the latest at 24-16 off of another Chaney kill.
\n\tRothe put the match away off a perfect ball from Parks, giving the Gators the 25-19 set and match win.
\n\tOffense stole the show in the final frame, as the Orange & Blue posted 18 kills with a .531 hitting efficiency.
\n\tRothe tallied six kills, and Chaney five, for 11 of UF’s kills in the period.
\n\tHayes recorded five digs, while the Gators ended with 18 in the third. <\/p>\n

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\nQuotes from the Court
\nHead Coach Ryan Theis<\/a>
\n\u2026on Florida’s performance at Oklahoma
\n“In the first two sets we handicapped ourselves, we five missed serves in each. I get that we’re on the road, but we’re not going to be able to do that. The offense saved the day, we had great sideout, really good efficiency, a little slower in the second but really like the offense based on not serving it well. Then in the third, they switched their lineup a little and tried some shifting. I think by then we were settled in with better feel for serving and got them out of system more and more.”
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\nNotables<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Gators improve to 6-0 all-time against OU.
\n\tFlorida is now 2-0 against the Sooners in SEC openers.
\n\tThe Gators also improve to 40-3 all-time in SEC openers.
\n\tWith their 10-1 record, Florida has matched the 2023 team’s start.
\n\tThe Orange & Blue hit over .400 for the second time this season.
\n\tSunday also marked the second time this season that the Gators had three athletes with 10 or more kills.
\n\tThe Gators held an opponent under .200 hitting for the eighth time in 2026.
\n\t48 kills by UF are tied for the most in a three-set match this season.
\n\t46 assists are also the most in a three-set match this season. <\/p>\n

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\nUp Next

\nThe Orange & Blue return home for “Pack the Dome” weekend, beginning with a match against No. 13 Tennessee on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. ET. The Gators will conclude the weekend against No. 3 Kentucky on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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