Kansas City
3-10,0-0Summit League
Saint Louis
8-3,0-0Atlantic 10
Roos Drop Heartbreaker to SLU
9/17/2022 1:00:00 PM | Volleyball
Odyssey Warren had a career day, finishing with 21 kills on 0.413 hitting
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - After falling behind by two sets, Kansas City Volleyball did not back down from the challenge that Saint Louis presented, forcing a fifth set before falling, 3-2 (25-23, 25-14, 22-25, 23-25, 17-15). Odyssey Warren carried the Kansas City offense, sending across a career-high 21 kills and hitting at a 0.413 clip.
KEY MOMENTS
- S1 / 14-9 | Warren got going early in the first, sending across her second kill to put the Roos up by five.
- S1 / 20-18 | A kill by Rachel Sturdevant gave KC a two-point edge, but SLU rallied off the next five points to claim control of the first set.
- S2 / 6-12 | Devynn Day came through with a kill to put an end to a five-point Saint Louis run.
- S2 / 13-23 | The Roos won three-of-four points, capped by a Raina Smith kill, to try to gain some momentum, but the Billikens took the 2-0 lead.
- S3 / 13-12 | After falling behind by five points early, the Roos rattled off six-straight points on Leah Green's serve. A string of three-straight kills by Warren helped the cause.
- S3 / 20-19 | A Saint Louis service error gave Kansas City the lead for good. It sparked a 4-0 run for KC, including a first-career kill for Nyle Mathis.
S3 | ??FIRST CAREER KILL ALERT??
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) September 17, 2022
Nyle Mathis gets the first kill of her collegiate career to expand the Roos' lead in the third.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/51ZRpUF2NN
- S4 / 8-7 | Georgia Mullins and Kimora Whetstone teamed up in the block, giving the Roos an early edge in the fourth.
- S4 / 15-11 | A kill by Mullins capped a 7-2 Kansas City run, putting the Roos ahead by four.
- S4 / 22-20 | After the Billikens came storming back to take a lead, three-straight kills by Odyssey Warren poised Kansas City to take the fourth set.
- S5 / 6-5 | A block by Mathis and Whetstone gave the Roos a lead early in the final set.
- S5 / 13-12 | After falling behind by three, Warren took over again, placing three kills in four points to give KC a lead.
S5 | @OdysseyWarren cannot. be. stopped.
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) September 17, 2022
She's got a career-high 2?0? kills and KC is not backing down in this fifth set.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/mfHdKEZB3X
- S5 / 15-14 | The Roos fought off the first match point, and a block by Sturdevant and Carly Gillen gave the Roos a match point of their own, but Saint Louis took the next three points, and the match.
STATS TO NOTE
- Warren committed two attacking errors within the game's first seven points. After that, she was near flawless, sending across 21 kills and no more errors.
- Her 21-kill performance bests her previous career-high of 19, done against Albany on Sep. 17, 2021. It is the most kills by a Roo since Melanie Brecka went for 21 against Western Illinois on Nov. 13 of last season.
- Sturdevant finished with 10 kills, the most of her Kansas City career.
- After committing seven hitting errors in each of the first two sets, the Roos were forced into just six errors in the final three sets combined.
- Kennedy Schritenthal and Leah Green bolstered the Roos' back line, finishing with 23 and 19 digs, respectively.
UP NEXT
The Roos will look to shake their losing streak as they turn towards Summit League play, first traveling to Oral Roberts next Saturday at 1 p.m.
