Oklahoma volleyball takes on reigning national champion No. 12 Texas A&M at McCasland Field House on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m central time.
The match opens a four-match homestand against AVCA Top 25 opponents for the Sooners (8-4, 1-2 SEC), according to SoonerSports.com. No. 9 Texas visits Sunday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m., and No. 4 Kentucky and No. 10 Tennessee follow the next weekend.
Wednesday's match airs on SEC Network. The Texas match streams on SEC Network+.
OU enters the homestand after picking up its first SEC win of the season, a 3-1 victory at South Carolina on Friday, Oct. 2. Alaleh Tolliver led with 20 kills and Tekoa Barnes added 18 in that match. The Sooners closed the road weekend with a four-set loss at Georgia.
Barnes, a sophomore, posted back-to-back 18-kill performances on the road trip, hitting .500 on 32 swings against South Carolina and adding three aces at Georgia. She leads OU with 3.82 kills per set and 4.45 points per set, 10th in the SEC. Tolliver leads the team with 152 total kills.
Sophomore setter Avaya Maga ranks third nationally with 11.59 assists per set, having totaled 533 assists through 12 matches and recorded 55 in the South Carolina win alone. OU's offense ranks 11th nationally in assists per set and 14th in kills per set.
Texas A&M (10-5, 3-0 SEC) opened conference play with three consecutive sweeps. The Aggies lead the SEC by holding league opponents to a .087 hitting percentage. Senior Kyndal Stowers leads Texas A&M with 151 kills and 4.31 kills per set.
The Aggies lead the all-time series 40-8 and have won the last three meetings.
OU's last win came in 2018.
Texas (7-5, 3-1 SEC) arrives on a two-match winning streak. Outside hitter Torrey Stafford leads the SEC in conference play with 5.20 kills per set. The Longhorns lead the all-time series 65-5, though OU won a five-set match in Austin on Nov. 3, 2024. Texas won the next two meetings.
Single-match tickets start at $10 plus tax. Mini-plan packages start at $15 plus tax and are available at 405-325-2424 or [email protected].
The Sooners' homestand continues with No. 4 Kentucky and No. 10 Tennessee visiting McCasland Field House the following weekend.
